Franco Mannino (25 April 1924 – 1 February 2005)[1] was an Italian film composer, pianist, opera director, playwright and novelist.

He conducted the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Canada between 1982 and 1986, among the others.

In addition there was his music for more than a hundred films by some of the best-known directors of his day, including Luchino Visconti with whom he collaborated several times, including such films as Death in Venice (conductor) and Ludwig (piano and arrangements for orchestra of music by Richard Wagner: mainly "Porazzi-theme" and excerpts from Tristan and Isolde), Conversation Piece and L'Innocente, both conducting original composed material.

His 1963 opera Il diavolo in giardino, from a libretto by Visconti (and collaborators) based on a Thomas Mann short story, was presented at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo in February.

Another of his works, which Visconti directed, was the ballet Mario e il Mago in 1956.