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Piero Umiliani (born July 17, 1926 in Florence, Italy –- died February 14, 2001 in Rome) was an Italian film music composer, most famous for his 1968 song Mah Nà Mah Nà –- originally used for the Swedish mondo documentary Svezia, Inferno e Paradiso (“Sweden, Heaven or Hell”), in 1977 it became world-famous when performed on The Muppet Show. It is also a trademark song of the Benny Hill show.

Like many of his Italian colleagues at that time, he composed scores for many exploitation films in the 1960s and 1970s, covering genres such as spaghetti western, Eurospy, Giallo, and soft sex films. Although not as widely regarded as, for example, Ennio Morricone or Riz Ortolani, he helped form the style of the typical European ’60s/’70s jazz soundtrack that has recently been experiencing a revival through films like Kill Bill and Ocean’s Twelve.

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soundtrack, lounge, jazz, instrumental, italian
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3	La ragazza dalla pelle di luna full track	49
4	Crepuscolo sul mare (Twilight on the Sea) full track	46
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Beat_C wrote:
last month

i finally found out who wrote the muppets-classic "mah na' mah na'" - halleluja! love love love the soundtrack for "Svezia, Inferno e Paradiso".

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audrey3011 wrote:
last month

amazing...

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carol_s wrote:
August 2008

To-Day's Sound makes me think of summer and the 60s/70s and italians riding bikes and getting hiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh

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anubiskaine wrote:
August 2008

I just love this guy, Crepuscolo Sul Mare is such an amazing work of art,everywhere I go, instant chick magnet when I play this on my guitar, thanks Piero :)

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leegven wrote:
August 2008

piero piero piero

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clubbinwar wrote:
July 2008

why is the recording of crepuscolo sul mare so lo-fi? :(

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boigne wrote:
July 2008

Mah Na Mah Na "trademark song of the Benny Hill Show"? Surely that was Yakkety Sax.

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flat11 wrote:
June 2008

The question is: Who cares?

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LORGILEIN wrote:
June 2008

The question is: What is a Mah Na' Mah Na'?

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zygocactus wrote:
March 2008

mitico

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marakara wrote:
September 2007

this guy rulez!

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massibhoy wrote:
July 2007

uno dei Grandi !!!

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[deleted-user] wrote:
July 2007

la ragazza dalla pelle di luna
idna wrote:
June 2007

utterly a genius!

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Charade wrote:
June 2007

<3

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Ciacchi wrote:
May 2007

course it does

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larslindahl wrote:
March 2007

Mah Na Mah Na doesnt deserve to be in the top 100...

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neilbombd wrote:
February 2007

God, his Ode To Duke Ellington record is magical!

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gagge wrote:
August 2006

great movie score composer

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