Pivio (born 7 June 1958 in Genoa, Italy) and Aldo De Scalzi (born 23 January 1957 in Genoa, Italy) are two Italian composers, best known for scoring music for television and motion pictures. They are not siblings: Pivio is a pseudonym for Roberto Pischiutta, while Aldo De Scalzi is Vittorio De Scalzi's brother, founding member of New Trolls, an Italian progressive rock band. Aldo himself has written and composed many songs for New Trolls, including "Faccia di Cane", in competition at the popular Italian song contest Sanremo Music Festival in 1985. Moreover, in 1973 Aldo and Vittorio De Scalzi started together their own music studio, Studio G. and the record labels Magma and Grog Records, renowned for having hosted, during the 70s, the most talented bands from progressive rock Italian movement (New Trolls, Picchio dal Pozzo, Alphataurus, Pholas Dactilus, Latte e miele, Mandillo, Celeste, Sigillo di Horus). From 1976 on, Aldo starts playing with the progressive rock band Picchio dal Pozzo.
Meanwhile, in 1979 Pivio founded along with Marco Odino, the new wave band Scortilla, famous for the hit "Fahrenheit 451", in competition at the Italian music contest Festivalbar, in 1984 edition. Graduated with a degree in Electronic Engineering at Genova University, Pivio moved in Rome in the late 1980s. Pivio and Aldo De Scalzi started their collaboration during the 90s and throughout their career, have been in soundtrack work for various motion pictures, starting with Hamam (Il bagno Turco) directed by Ferzan Özpetek in 1997.
Moreover, in 1995 Pivio and Aldo De Scalzi started the side project Trancendental, developing their interest in Mediterranean world music, crossing Maghreb and Middle East musical traditions and in 2004 started the record label I dischi dell'espleta and the publishing company Creuza S.r.l.
The duo
Pivio and Aldo De Scalzi met during the 1980s when Aldo happened to be the sound technician for a Scortilla's tour. Then, Aldo (with Danilo Madonia, who made many arrangements for, among the others, Renato Zero), produced "Fahrenheit 451", the Scortilla's album, released by Warner. The duo Pivio and Aldo De Scalzi were born officially in 1991. with their debut album Maccaia followed, in 1995, by Mirag in which they explore middle eastern sounds, which were developed more clearly in Deposizione (released in 1995, with the nickname of "Trancendental"); in this album there are echoes of the duo's musical bias: progressive rock and new wave.
Film work
When film producer and director Marco Risi and his wife and actress Francesca D'Aloja listened to the album Deposizione, the couple decided to contact Pivio and Aldo De Scalzi to get them involved with a film project: Hamam, the directorial debut by Turkish-Italian filmmaker Ferzan Özpetek, produced by Marco Risi and starring Francesca D'Aloja and Alessandro Gassman. The duo composed in twelve days the original motion picture soundtrack, inspired by Turkish musical tradition and melting ancient with more contemporary sounds. In 1997 Hamam was screened in the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs section at 50º Cannes Film Festival, where gained audience and film critics attention. Released in Italy by Italian film distribution company Filmauro, Hamam stayed in theaters for almost three months and the original soundtrack sold more than 300,000 copies. For Pivio and Aldo De Scalzi it was the very beginning of a long career as composers for motion pictures. Among the others, they scored for Outlaw, I giardini dell'Eden, Harem Suare, Casomai, El Alamein – The Line of Fire, Piano 17, Barbarossa, Complici del silenzio, We Can Do That, La peggiore settimana della mia vita, The Butterfly Room, Razzabastarda and for TV series Distretto di Polizia, L'ispettore Coliandro and Medicina generale. The duo has had a long association with directors Manetti Bros., composing the music for, among the others, , L'ispettore Coliandro, The Arrival of Wang, Paura 3D, Song 'e Napule and the awarded musical Love and Bullets (2017 film).
Filmography
Year Film Director 1997 Hamam Ferzan Özpetek 1998 Le faremo tanto male Pino Quartullo 1998 The Scent of the Night Claudio Caligari 1998 Viola Kisses Everybody Giovanni Veronesi 1998 The Second Wife Ugo Chiti 1998 The Garden of Eden Alessandro D'Alatri 1998 Elvjs & Merilijn Armando Manni 1998 Il delitto di via Monte Parioli Antonio Bonifacio 1998 Marriages Cristina Comencini 1999 I fobici Giancarlo Scarchilli 1999 I fetentoni Alessandro Di Robilant 1999 Harem Suare Ferzan Özpetek 1999 Outlaw Enzo Monteleone 2001 The Dangerous Sex Date Maria Martinelli 2001 Lupo mannaro Antonio Tibaldi 2001 Nella terra di nessuno Gianfranco Giagni 2001 Blek Giek Enrico Caria 2001 Se fossi in te Giulio Manfredonia 2002 Turno di notte Carmen Giardina 2002 Nati stanchi (additional music) Dominick Tambasco 2002 The Best Day of My Life (additional music) Cristina Comencini 2002 The Boys from El Alamein Enzo Monteleone 2002 El Alamein: The Line of Fire Enzo Monteleone 2002 Casomai Alessandro D'Alatri 2003 Uncut Jonathan Zarantonello 2003 Per sempre Alessandro Di Robilant 2004 E' già ieri (additional music) Giulio Manfredonia 2004 Three Days of Anarchy Vito Zagarrio 2005 The Person de Leo N. Alberto Vendemmiati 2006 Ice on Fire (additional music) Umberto Marino 2006 Seven Kilometers from Jerusalem Claudio Malaponti 2006 The Stone Merchant Renzo Martinelli 2006 Piano 17 Manetti Bros. 2006 Maradona, the Hand of God Marco Risi 2007 Vedi Napoli e poi muori Enrico Caria 2007 Dark resurrection(additional music) Angelo Licata 2007 Last minute Marocco Francesco Falaschi 2007 Carnera - The Walking Mountain Renzo Martinelli 2008 The Early Bird Catches the Worm Francesco Patierno 2008 We Can Do That Giulio Manfredonia 2009 Complici del silenzio Stefano Incerti 2009 Hollywood on the Tiber Marco Spagnoli 2009 Barbarossa - Sword of War Renzo Martinelli 2009 Cavie Manetti Bros. 2010 Left by the ship Alberto Vendemmiati, Emma Rossi Landi 2011 Qualunquemente (additional music) Giulio Manfredonia 2011 L'infiltré Giacomo Battiato 2011 Questo mondo è per te Francesco Falaschi 2011 Some Say No Gianbattista Avellino 2011 Hollywood invasion Marco Spagnoli 2011 Box Office – 3D Ezio Greggio 2011 L'era legale Enrico Caria 2011 The Arrival of Wang Manetti Bros. 2011 Giovanna Cau - Diversamente giovane Marco Spagnoli 2011 The Worst Week of My Life Alessandro Genovesi 2011 Seven Footprints to Satan Benjamin Christensen (1929) 2012 A wild awakening Fulvio Ottaviano 2012 The Butterfly Room Jonathan Zarantonello 2012 All'ultima spiaggia Gianluca Ansanelli 2012 Giuliano Montaldo - Four Times Twenty Marco Spagnoli 2012 E la vita continua Pino Quartullo 2012 Fratelli minori Carmen Giardina 2012 The Worst Christmas of My Life Alessandro Genovesi 2012 The Mongrel Alessandro Gassman 2013 Anna Magnani a Hollywood Marco Spagnoli 2013 Essere Riccardo ... e gli altri Giancarlo Scarchilli 2013 Monk with a camera Guido Santi and Tina Mascara 2014 Amori elementari Sergio Basso 2014 Eppideis Matteo Andreolli 2014 Song'e Napule Manetti Bros. 2014 The sweepers Igor Maltagliati 2015 Le frise ignoranti Antonello De Leo and Pietro Loprieno 2015 Game therapy Ryan Travis 2016 Ustica Renzo Martinelli 2016 L'uomo che non cambio la storia Enrico Caria 2016 The long march Sergio Basso 2017 The startup Alessandro D'Alatri 2017 Love and Bullets (2017 film) Manetti Bros. 2018 Favola Sebastiano Mauri 2018 Il tuttofare Valerio Attanasio 2018 Restiamo amici Antonello Grimaldi 2019 Un'avventura Marco Danieli 2020 Tell Me Who I Am Sergio Basso 2020 Thou Shalt Not Hate Mauro Mancini 2021 Il silenzio grande Alessandro Gassmann 2021 Diabolik Manetti Bros. 2022 Belli Ciao Gennaro Nunziante 2022 Il filo invisibile Marco Simon Puccioni 2022 Io & Spotty Cosimo Gomez 2022 Diabolik 2 - Ginko all'attacco Manetti Bros.
Pivio solo filmography
Year Film Director 1996 Cold ground Guido Santi 2001 Non dire gatto Giorgio Tirabassi 2005 Il bastardo e l'handicappato Giampaolo Morelli 2007 Sleeping around (with Danilo Madonia) Marco Carniti 2007 Dora Sergio Basso 2012 Paura – 3D Manetti Bros. 2014 Macabrus Manetti Bros. 2014 Murder Inc. Francesco Bovino 2016 It's fine anyway Marcello Saurino and Pivio 2019 The wisdom tooth Gregorio Sassoli 2020 Il caso Braibanti Carmen Giardina and Massimiliano Palmese 2021 Nothin' at all Matteo Malatesta 2022 B-Movie Matteo Malatesta
Film TV and TV-series