Franco De Gemini

Sound

September 10, 1928 (84 years)

† July 20, 2013

Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Biography

Franco De Gemini (Ferrara, September 10, 1928 - Rome, July 20, 2013) was an Italian musician, record producer and composer. He was nicknamed “Harmonica Man”: although he was one of Italy's greatest harmonica players, he went down in history for only four notes, those written by Ennio Morricone for the soundtrack of Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West and which recur in many scenes, including the final one, in which the harmonica is in the mouth of Charles Bronson, who is forced to stand…

Filmography

8.5

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

While the Civil War rages on between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hitman, and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold.

5.0

The Seducers

Ulla, a prostitute is hired by the despicable Mudy, mother of the shy and mentally disturbed 20-year-old Tony with a tendency toward pyromania. She is invited on a sea cruise where she is meant to "take" his virginity. Also invited on the cruise are the provocative Paula and her husband Aldo, who are constantly striving to win the favor of a wealthy woman in hope of obtaining an oil concession. Despite her efforts, Ulla has no effect on the young man until the yacht stops on a Mediterranean island inhabited only by a goat herder and his wife, Beba. Tony is attracted to her, but little by little his mental disorders arise, and the story ends in tragedy.

6.4

The Cop

A crackdown on drugs leads a burned out cop to take the law into his own hands and seek revenge against villainous drug dealers. Word comes down from above that the United States feels French authorities have been lax on their arrests of the dealers. A violent action feature finds the harried inspector battling his colleagues as much as the criminal element targeted for extermination.

5.8

Sonny and Jed

As thoroughly unlikeable a robber as ever walked the West, Joe nonetheless robs from the rich and gives to the poor. Not only is he a murderous, ill-tempered sort, he is bad-mannered, too. When beautiful Sonny decides he should be her man and teach her how to be a proper outlaw, sparks fly.

5.7

Payment in Blood

Chamaco finds himself on the wrong end of a firing squad after tracking an ex-Confederate to interrogate him about General Beauregard's missing gold. He's saved by a stranger who calls himself Stuart Byrnes. Stuart claims to know the location of Beauregard's strongbox, and so Chamaco takes him to Blake's camp. After a sort of initiation by the gang, Stuart leads Blake's men back across the border to Durango to retrieve the gold.

9.0

You Can Do a Lot with 7 Women

Richard Harrison is Mike Spencer, a cop whose girlfriend is killed by drug dealers after she stumbles onto their operation during a fashion show. He goes undercover as a photographer to catch the people responsible.

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