Benedetto Ghiglia (27 December 1921 – 4 July 2012) was an Italian composer, conductor and pianist.

[1] Born in Fiesole, Ghiglia graduated in composition and piano from the Florence Conservatory.

[2] He then started an activity as a chamber musician, both as solo and in couple with cellist Pietro Grossi.

[2] Since the early 1950s Ghiglia focused his career on composing film scores, often working in the documentary genre.

[2] He also composed incidental music for all the stage plays by Mario Missiroli.