Franco Godi
Franco Godi (born 10 June 1940) is an Italian composer, conductor, arranger and record producer.
Franco Godi | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 10, 1940 |
| Occupation | composer record producer |
Born in Milan, Godi grew up in Prato where he started his musical activity as the member of a band.[1] After working in a local radio station, in 1962 he composed his first jingle for the Bertolli oil, and from then he became the most active composer in the field of commercials and Caroselli in Italy, as to be called "Mr. Jingle".[1]
Godi was also active as a film score composer, particularly in the field of animation where he had a long collaboration with Bruno Bozzetto, and also composed theme songs for a large number of television programs and series.[1] He is the founder of the record label Best Sound, which produced some of the early hip hop Italian groups, including Articolo 31 and Gemelli Diversi.[2]
Discography
| Year | Title | Label | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Pop-Paraphrenia..... | Fonovideo | Collaboration with Rocchi & Chiarosi |
| 1977 | Herr Rossi Sucht Das Glück | Satellit & EMI Electrola | |
| Herr Rossi Sucht Das Glück Folge 2 | |||
| 1978 | Rossi, Wenn Du Wärest - Folge 3 | ||
| Rossi, Wenn Du Wärest - Folge 4 | |||
| Drama Test | Music Scene | Collboartion with O. Rocchi & Chiarosi | |
| Le Canzoni De Il Signor Rossi | RCA Original Cast | ||
| 1983 | Mr. Godi / Mr. Jingle (The Advertising Music In Italy) | Best Sound | |
| 1990 | Music For Images And Messages | Compliation | |
| 1999 | Signor Rossi | Crippled Dick Hot Wax! | Compliation, recorded 1970 - 1977 |
| 2000 | VIP - Mio Fratello Superuomo Soundtrack | CAM | Recorded 1965 |
| 2004 | La Linea - La Musica (Original Soundtrack) | Crippled Dick Hot Wax! | Recorded 1979 - 1986 |
| ???? | Sound - Wave | Cinemusic |
Filmography
| Year | Film | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Life In A Tin | Bruno Bozzetto | Short Film |
| 1968 | The SuperVips | ||
| 1970 | Il signor Rossi al Camping | Short Film | |
| 1972 | Lineman Season 1 | Osvaldo Cavandoli | TV Show, |
| 1974 | Self Service | Bruno Bozzetto | Short Film |
| Mr. Rossi in Venise | |||
| Paolo il freddo | Ciccio Ingrassia | ||
| 1975 | The Exorcist: Italian Style | ||
| 1976 | Il signor Rossi cerca la felicità | Bruno Bozzetto | |
| Allegro non troppo | 'Ballet Themes' | ||
| Mr Rossi's Vacation | |||
| 1977 | Mr. Rossi's Dreams | ||
| Supergulp, i fumetti in TV | Sandro Lodolo | Season 1 | |
| 1978 | The Last Savage | Alfredo Castiglioni & Angelo Castiglioni | |
| 1979 | Lineman Season 2 | Osvaldo Cavandoli | TV Show |
| 1981 | Supergulp, i fumetti in TV | Sandro Lodolo | Season 3 |
| 1982 | Shocking Africa | Alfredo Castiglioni & Angelo Castiglioni | Short Film |
| Tennis Club | Bruno Bozzetto | Short Film | |
| 1984 | Moa Moa | Short Film | |
| 1986 | Lineman Season 3 | Osvaldo Cavandoli | TV Show |
| 1988 | Don Tonino Season 1 | Fosco Gasperi | TV Series |
| 1990 | Don Tonino Season 2 | ||
| 2001 | Senza filtro | Mimmo Raimondi | Actor, 'JD' |
| 2006 | 53 días de invierno | Judith Colell | Writer of 'Misty Lovers' |
