Gianni Ferrio

Gianni Ferrio (16 November 1924 – 21 October 2013) was an Italian composer, conductor and music arranger.

He composed some 120 soundtracks, mostly for Spaghetti Westerns and commedie sexy all'italiana films.

[3][4] The last collaboration with Mina was on her 2012 album 12 (American Song Book), for which Ferrio provided the string arrangements.

Ferrio served as conductor for the Sanremo Music Festival in 1959 and 1962, for the Eurovision Song Contest 1965,[5] and for several Italian TV shows.

[1] Ferrio was married to ballerina and film actress Alba Arnova.

Gianni Ferrio (2008)