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Astor Piazzolla
Composer, Actor, Additional Credits
Born March 11, 1921Died July 4, 1992 (71 years)
Astor Pantaleón Piazzolla was an Argentine tango composer, film composer, bandoneon player and arranger. His oeuvre revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed nuevo tango, incorporating elements from jazz and classical music. A virtuoso bandoneonist, he regularly performed his own compositions with a variety of ensembles. In 1992, American music critic Stephen Holden described Piazzolla as "the world's foremost composer of tango music".
Filmography
| 2007 | Satori Uso · as Composer |
| 1999 | Independent Lens (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1995 | Under the Milky Way · as Composer |
| 1992 | The Journey · as Original Music Composer |
| 1988 | |
| 1986 | Kärleken är allt · as Composer |
| 1985 | |
| 1985 | |
| 1984 | |
| 1984 | Henry IV · as Original Music Composer |
| 1983 | Bella Donna · as Composer |
| 1982 | |
| 1982 | |
| 1982 | |
| 1981 | Le Pont du Nord · as Original Music Composer |
| 1980 | |
| 1979 | The Intruder · as Original Music Composer |
| 1978 | Disonora il padre (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1977 | |
| 1977 | When the City Awakes · as Original Music Composer |
| 1976 | Lumiere · as Original Music Composer |
| 1975 | Rain over Santiago · as Original Music Composer |
| 1975 | Cinéma 16 (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1973 | |
| 1973 | |
| 1969 | |
| 1969 | The Fiaca · as Original Music Composer |
| 1967 | Las pirañas · as Original Music Composer |
| 1966 | Las locas del conventillo · as Original Music Composer |
| 1963 | |
| 1962 | |
| 1961 | Prisioneros de una noche · as Composer |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | |
| 1956 | The Bitter Stems · as Original Music Composer |