Biography
From the late 1940s onward, Carlo Rustichelli emerged as a central presence in Italian cinema scoring. He entered the world in Modena in 1916, completed his musical studies in Bologna and Rome, and first contributed to films during the final years of the 1930s. Only after another decade, once director Pietro Germi began calling on him repeatedly, did scoring become his primary occupation. Germi praised the steady flow of inventive melodies that carried distinct Italian character through shifting styles and forms, likening the output to “a music barrel which never dries up.”
Rustichelli ultimately supplied music for hundreds of productions, several dozen of which reached wide American audiences; these include Germi’s Oscar-winning Divorce -- Italian Style (1961) and Seduced and Abandoned (1964) as well as Arthur Lubin’s Arabian Nights fantasy The Thief of Baghdad (1960). Italian labels issued many of the soundtracks on vinyl, and a focused campaign of reissues appeared during the closing phase of the LP era. By the close of the twentieth century Rustichelli was regarded in Italy as a distinguished figure in both music and film. In 2001 the Italy-based CAM label released the overview collection Ritratto di un Autore, accompanied by a note written by the composer himself. Separate compact discs also preserve complete versions of several landmark scores, among them Seduced and Abandoned.
Rustichelli ultimately supplied music for hundreds of productions, several dozen of which reached wide American audiences; these include Germi’s Oscar-winning Divorce -- Italian Style (1961) and Seduced and Abandoned (1964) as well as Arthur Lubin’s Arabian Nights fantasy The Thief of Baghdad (1960). Italian labels issued many of the soundtracks on vinyl, and a focused campaign of reissues appeared during the closing phase of the LP era. By the close of the twentieth century Rustichelli was regarded in Italy as a distinguished figure in both music and film. In 2001 the Italy-based CAM label released the overview collection Ritratto di un Autore, accompanied by a note written by the composer himself. Separate compact discs also preserve complete versions of several landmark scores, among them Seduced and Abandoned.
Albums

Le quattro giornate di Napoli (Original Soundtrack)
2026

La mano sul fucile (Original Soundtrack)
2026

Delitto quasi perfetto (Original Soundtrack)
2025

Le stagioni del nostro amore (Original Soundtrack)
2025

Il figlioccio del padrino (Original Soundtrack)
2025

Letto a tre piazze (Original Soundtrack)
2025

Armiamoci e partite (Original Soundtrack)
2025

Sedotti e bidonati (Original Soundtrack)
2024

Satiricosissimo (Original Soundtrack)
2024

Ma chi t'ha dato la patente? (Original Soundtrack)
2024

I compagni (Original Soundtrack)
2024

L'antimiracolo (Original Soundtrack)
2024

Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, "Un Maledetto Imbroglio'' (1959)
2021

Scacco internazionale (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2018

L’uomo dai calzoni corti (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2018

I cavalieri della vendetta (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2018

Il terribile ispettore (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2018

The Thief of Baghdad (Film Score 1961)
2018

La lunga notte del ‘43 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2018

La grande notte di Ringo (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2018

Antinea, l'amante della città sepolta (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2018

Kapo (Film Score 1960)
2018

Divorce, Italian Style (Film Score 1961)
2018

I promessi sposi (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2014

L'isola di Arturo (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2013

Una su tredici (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2013

Stuntman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2013

Bastardo... vamos a matar! (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2013

Rosmunda e Alboino (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2013

Uccidi o muori (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2013

Divorzio All'Italiana (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2013

Il dominatore del deserto
2012

I predoni della steppa
2012

Sedotta e abbandonata (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2012

La ragazza di Bube
2012

Un treno per Durango (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2012

I giganti della Tessaglia
2012

Dio perdona... Io no! (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2012

I lunghi capelli della morte (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2008

La Frusta E Il Corpo
2005

Sei Donne Per l'Assassino
2005

Alfredo Alfredo (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1994

L'uomo, l'orgoglio, la vendetta (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1994

Signore e signori (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1993

Io, io, io, e gli altri (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1992

Mare matto (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1966

Buffalo Bill l'eroe del Far West (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1964

3 notti d'amore (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack / Remastered 2021)
1964
Singles



