| Alessandro Alessandroni | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 18, 1925 Rome, Italy |
| Genres | Film score |
| Occupations | Musician, composer |
| Instruments | Guitar, mandolin, sitar, accordion, piano, whistling, mandolincello |
| Years active | 1936-present |
| Labels | http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/button_italic.png |
| Associated acts | Ennio Morricone |
Alessandro Alessandroni (born March 18, 1925 in Rome) is an Italian musician. He plays multiple instruments, including the guitar, mandolin, mandolincello, sitar, accordion, and piano, and has composed over 40 film scores and countless library music.
Being an accomplished whistler, Alessandroni collaborated with his childhood friend Ennio Morricone on a number of soundtracks for Spaghetti westerns. Morricone's orchestration often calls for an unusual combination of instruments and voices. Alessandroni's twangy guitar riff is central to the main theme for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Alessandroni can be heard as the whistler on the soundtracks for Sergio Leone's films A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, Once Upon a Time in the West, Pervirella, and many others.[1] An eight singers choir was also founded in 1961 by Alessandro Alessandroni, I Cantori Moderni Di Alessandroni provided vocals on numerous Italian records and soundtracks, including those by Ennio Morricone and Piero Umiliani.
