Who Are Those Composers? ~ Coriolano ‘Lallo’ Gori

Coriolano ‘Lallo’ Gori was born in Cervia, Ravenna on March 7, 1927. Gori graduated in piano, harmony and composition at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan. He entered RAI as a member of its orchestra, then he became the musical director of its office in Rome.

Gori was best known as a composer of scores for films, and composed scores for 88 of them. These included several Spaghetti Westerns, poliziotteschis and thrillers, such as “Primitive Love”, “Massacre Time”, “Dead Men Don't Make Shadows”, “Werewolf Woman” and “The Iron Commissioner”. Gori became the composer of choice for notorious Spaghetti Western director Demofilo Fidani, who re-used Gori’s compositions in many of his films and became one of the most prolific of the Italian composers of the Spaghetti western genre

Gori also composed several pop songs, and three of them entered the competition at the Sanremo Music Festival.

GORI, Coriolano (aka Coriolano Cori, L. Gori, Lallo Gori) [3/7/1927, Cervia, Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy – 12/1/1982, Terracina, Lazio, Italy] – composer, conductor, songwriter, musician (piano).

The Brute and the Beast* – 1966 [as Lallo Gori]

     Song: “A Man Alone” sung by Sergio Endrigo

My Name is Pecos* – 1966 [as Lallo Gori]

     Song: “The Ballad of Pecos” sung by Bob Smart

     Song: “Dal sude verra' qualcuno” sung by Franco Fajila & The Beats

Buckaroo* – 1967 [as Lallo Gori]

Death Rides Along* - 1967 [as Lallo Gori]

The Handsome, the Ugly and the Stupid – 1967 [as Lallo Gori]

A Man, a Colt – 1967 (co) [as Lallo Gori]

Pecos Cleans Up – 1967 [as Lallo Gori]

Poker With Pistols – 1967 [as Lallo Gori]

Black Jack – 1968 [as Lallo Gori]

Dead Men Don‘t Make Shadows – 1968 [as Lallo Gori]

Execution – 1968 [as Lallo Gori]

Sartana and His Shadow of Death – 1969 [as Lallo Gori]

Zorro the Dominator – 1969 [as Lallo Gori]

Dead Men Don't Make Shadows* – 1970 [as Lallo Gori]

Django and Sartana are Coming… It’s the End – 1970 [as Lallo Gori]

Durango is Coming, Pay or Die – 1970

One Damned Day at Dawn – 1970 [as Lallo Gori]

The Ballad of Django – 1971 [as Lallo Gori]

     Song: “I Know My Love” sung by Mark Wolff (Marco Wolff)

The Django Story – 1971 [as Lallo Gori]

     Song: "I Know My Love" sung by Mark Wolf

A Fistful of Death – 1971 [as Lallo Gori]

Savage Guns* – 1971 [as Lallo Gori]

Showdown for a Badman* – 1971 [as Lallo Gori]

     Song: "I Know My Love" sung by Mark Wolf (Marco Wolff)

Anything for a Friend – 1972 [as Lallo Gori]

Pistol Packin’ Preacher – 1972 [as Lallo Gori]

Zorro the Lawman – 1972 [as Lallo Gori]

Tequila* – 1973 [as Lallo Gori]

*Available on CD