Augusto Martelli (15 March 1940 – 3 November 2014) was an Italian composer, conductor, arranger and television personality.
Born in Genoa, the son of conductor and composer Giordano Bruno Martelli, Martelli is probably best known for the song Djamballà, the theme song of the 1970 film Il dio serpente, which reached the first position in the Italian charts. He is also well known for his romantic and professional relationship with pop singer Mina, with whom he collaborated as a composer and an arranger and with whom he co-founded the music label PDU. After having been conductor in a number of RAI variety shows, starting from late seventies Martelli was also host of a number of TV programs, mainly for Canale 5. He also composed songs and scores for a large number of Fininvest TV programs, including the jazz-fusion instrumental piece "Round D Minor" for the motor racing show "Grand Prix" hosted by Andrea de Adamich in the 1980s.
Selected filmography
Pensando a te (1969) More Dollars for the MacGregors (1970) Il dio serpente (1970) Sartana in the Valley of Death (1970) The Wind's Fierce (1970) We Are All in Temporary Liberty (1971)
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1940 births
Musicians from Genoa
2014 deaths
Italian music arrangers
Italian conductors (music) Italian male conductors (music) Italian composers Italian male composers Italian bandleaders Italian pop musicians Italian jazz musicians Male jazz musicians Italian jazz pianists Italian television presenters 20th-century Italian musicians 20th-century Italian male musicians Mass media people from Genoa