Detto Mariano obit

Detto Mariano, who composed songs for Celentano, Mina and Battisti, has died

 He was 82 years old. Official arranger of the Clan, since the 80s he has written soundtracks for the cinema. In 2006 he received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

He was not on the list.

Said Mariano, author and arranger of hits by Adriano Celentano's Clan and then of many songs by Mina and Battisti, died at the age of 82 in Milan where he had been hospitalized fifteen days ago for the consequences of the coronavirus. He was in intensive care but his conditions were considered stable and no one expected a sudden worsening. His main activity was songs but starting from the 80s Mariano wrote about thirty film soundtracks including the one for Yuppi Du , for Eccezziunale veramente and for Il ragazzo di campagna . In 2006 he was awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement.

In addition to his work as an arranger, starting with Il ragazzo della via Gluck also for Celentano, Nel sole by Al Bano, Insieme and Viva lei for Mina and Emozioni for Lucio Battisti, Mariano had written about forty songs, including Ciao amore from 1961, one of Adriano Celentano's biggest hits. Among his most famous songs as an author there is also L'immensità , written with Mogol and at the center of a long dispute with Don Backy, who claimed full authorship, recalling that at the time he had no way of being able to deposit it with Siae as he was not yet registered as an author.

“Just a few minutes ago, my friend and former drummer Riziero Bixio, communicated to me some grim news, namely the death of my friend and arranger of many of my hits, Detto Mariano”, wrote Don Backy on Facebook. “Needless to say, the news chilled me. Only fools could think otherwise, based on our tumultuous events on the authorship of the songs. Nevertheless, I will not be so hypocritical as not to remain firm in my usual positions towards him. By now, there will be no more time to convince him to return to me the part that was annexed of those songs, without having the title, and I hope that the weight of that story and of the earth will still be light on him”.

Even with Celentano he was divided by a lawsuit still underway in Milan regarding Prisencolinensinainciusol, the piece for which Mariano claimed authorship with regard to the music. The composer and arranger has always been convinced that "a good arranger, when he does his job well, is also the author of a piece and his name should appear next to those of the author of the lyrics and the author of the music". Thanks to a petition he launched about ten years ago and signed by numerous Italian musicians and arrangers, since March 2010 Siae has recognized this right for arrangers in all those cases in which "the arranger, in the final draft of an original work, has made a creative and compositional intervention".

Detto Mariano, registered as Mariano Detto at the registry office of Monte Urano, in the province of Fermo, had met Adriano Celentano during his military service. So when Molleggiato decided to create the Clan label Celentano involved Mariano, who had studied piano, in the role of arranger and job after job he became the official arranger of the Clan. The first one he made was for the song Sei resta sola which, sung by Celentano, achieved great success. Afterwards, from April 1962 to December 1967, he made the arrangements for all the artists of the Clan, from Ricky Gianco to Don Backy, to Gino Santercole. Starting in 1968, after leaving the Clan, Mariano began collaborating with Lucio Battisti with the arrangement of fundamental songs such as Mi ritorni in mente, Acqua azzurra, acqua chiara, Fiori rosa, fiori di pesco and with Ricordi for which he worked on the songs of Bobby Solo ( Zingara and Siesta ), of Milva ( Un sorriso ), l'Equipe 84 ( Tutta mia la città ). And then with the Camaleonti ( L'ora dell'amore , Applausi ).

 Not secondary, in addition to writing soundtracks, is the signature of theme songs for cartoons including Mazinga, Temple and Tam Tam, Judo Boy, Gundam, Astroganga, Piccola Lulu, I bon bon di Lilly . Said Mariano lived between Milan and Rome, where he worked and owned a house full of memories and memorabilia in the Prati area. On September 9, 2011 he was named honorary citizen of Poggio Bustone, the birthplace of Lucio Battisti.

 

Actor

Adriano Celentano in Yuppi du (1975)

Yuppi du

6.0

(as Mariano Detto)

1975

 

Adriano Celentano in Super rapina a Milano (1964)

Super rapina a Milano

5.9

Athos

1964

 

Composer

Titanic: The Legend Goes On... (2000)

Titanic: The Legend Goes On...

1.5

Composer

2000

 

Crimine contro crimine

Composer

1998

 

S.P.Q.R. (1998)

S.P.Q.R.

5.7

TV Series

Composer

1998

 

Club Vacanze (1995)

Club Vacanze

4.6

Composer

1995

 

Morgan Fairchild, Christopher Lee, and Patrick Macnee in Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (1991)

Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady

5.7

TV Movie

Composer (as Maestro Detto Mariano)

1991

 

Detective Malone (1991)

Detective Malone

4.3

Composer

1991

 

L'amante scomoda (1990)

L'amante scomoda

4.0

Composer

1990

 

Il vigile urbano (1989)

Il vigile urbano

6.1

TV Series

Composer

1989–1990

13 episodes

 

Peter Ustinov and Delphine Forest in C'era un Castello con Quaranta Cani (1990)

C'era un Castello con Quaranta Cani

5.0

Composer

1990

 

Le prime foglie d'autunno (1988)

Le prime foglie d'autunno

4.3

Composer

1988

 

Computron 22 (1988)

Computron 22

2.9

Composer

1988

 

Melonee Rodgers and Frank Zagarino in Striker (1988)

Striker

4.6

Composer

1988

 

Waka-Waka (1987)

Waka-Waka

4.8

Composer

1987

 

T.I.R. (1987)

T.I.R.

7.6

TV Series

Composer

1987

11 episodes

 

Adriano Celentano and Debra Feuer in Il burbero (1986)

Il burbero

6.2

Composer

1986

 

Italian Fast Food (1986)

Italian Fast Food

4.1

Composer

1986

 

Laura Antonelli, Ornella Muti, Lino Banfi, Massimo Boldi, Christian De Sica, Nino Manfredi, Enrico Montesano, Heather Parisi, Michele Placido, Renato Pozzetto, and Paolo Villaggio in Grandi magazzini (1986)

Grandi magazzini

5.6

Composer

1986

 

Il Bi e il Ba (1986)

Il Bi e il Ba

6.6

Composer

1986

 

Mariangela D'Abbraccio in The Killer Is Still Among Us (1986)

The Killer Is Still Among Us

5.2

Composer

1986

 

War Bus (1985)

War Bus

5.0

Composer (as Robert Marry)

1985

 

Miami Golem (1985)

Miami Golem

3.8

Composer (as Robert Marry)

1985

 

È arrivato mio fratello (1985)

È arrivato mio fratello

6.0

Composer

1985

 

Al limite, cioè, non glielo dico (1985)

Al limite, cioè, non glielo dico

Composer

1985

 

Il ragazzo di campagna (1984)

Il ragazzo di campagna

6.8

Composer

1984

 

Tomorrow I'm Getting Married (1984)

Tomorrow I'm Getting Married

5.1

Composer

1984

 

Toxic Love (1983)

Toxic Love

7.2

Composer

1983

 

Robert Iannucci, Alicia Moro, and Luca Venantini in The Exterminators of the Year 3000 (1983)

The Exterminators of the Year 3000

5.1

Composer

1983

 

Emanuelle's Perverse Outburst

3.5

Composer

1983

 

Al bar dello sport (1983)

Al bar dello sport

6.3

Composer

1983

 

Acapulco, prima spiaggia... a sinistra (1983)

Acapulco, prima spiaggia... a sinistra

5.3

Composer

1983

 

Diego Abatantuono, Edwige Fenech, and Enrico Maria Salerno in An Ideal Adventure (1982)

An Ideal Adventure

5.1

Composer

1982

 

Gloria Guida and Renato Pozzetto in La casa stregata (1982)

La casa stregata

6.1

Composer

1982

 

W la foca (1982)

W la foca

5.2

Composer

1982

 

Eccezzziunale... veramente (1982)

Eccezzziunale... veramente

6.5

Composer

1982

 

Edwige Fenech in Ricchi, ricchissimi... praticamente in mutande (1982)

Ricchi, ricchissimi... praticamente in mutande

5.5

Composer

1982

 

Diego Abatantuono and Jerry Calà in I fichissimi (1981)

I fichissimi

5.9

Composer

1981

 

Delitto al ristorante cinese (1981)

Delitto al ristorante cinese

5.9

Composer

1981

 

Edwige Fenech in Cream Horn (1981)

Cream Horn

5.9

Composer

1981

 

Barbara Bouchet, Mario Carotenuto, Gianni Cavina, Leopoldo Mastelloni, and Renzo Montagnani in Per favore, occupati di Amelia (1981)

Per favore, occupati di Amelia

4.6

Composer

1981

 

Adriano Celentano and Edwige Fenech in Asso (1981)

Asso

6.4

Composer

1981

 

Spaghetti a mezzanotte (1981)

Spaghetti a mezzanotte

6.2

Composer

1981

 

Camera d'albergo (1981)

Camera d'albergo

5.8

Composer

1981

 

La moglie in bianco... l'amante al pepe (1981)

La moglie in bianco... l'amante al pepe

5.4

Composer

1981

 

Manolesta (1981)

Manolesta

6.7

Composer

1981

 

Ornella Muti and Adriano Celentano in The Taming of the Scoundrel (1980)

The Taming of the Scoundrel

7.6

Composer

1980

 

Eleonora Giorgi and Renato Pozzetto in Mia moglie è una strega (1980)

Mia moglie è una strega

6.0

Composer

1980

 

Nemici per la pelle

TV Series

Composer

1980–1981

 

I Made a Splash (1980)

I Made a Splash

6.6

Composer

1980

 

Edwige Fenech in Zucchero, miele e peperoncino (1980)

Zucchero, miele e peperoncino

5.6

Composer

1980

 

Adriano Celentano, Claudia Mori, and Paolo Villaggio in La locandiera (1980)

La locandiera

5.2

Composer

1980

 

Can Cannes

Composer

1980

 

Lino Banfi, Barbara Bouchet, Edwige Fenech, and Renzo Montagnani in La moglie in vacanza... l'amante in città (1980)

La moglie in vacanza... l'amante in città

5.7

Composer

1980

 

Qua la mano (1980)

Qua la mano

5.9

Composer

1980

 

Tesoromio (1979)

Tesoromio

6.0

Composer

1979

 

Barbara Bouchet, Adriano Celentano, and Edwige Fenech in Sabato, domenica e venerdì (1979)

Sabato, domenica e venerdì

5.2

Composer

1979

 

Maurizio Nichetti in Ratataplan (1979)

Ratataplan

7.0

Composer

1979

 

Per vivere meglio, divertitevi con noi (1978)

Per vivere meglio, divertitevi con noi

5.4

Composer

1978

 

L'altra metà del cielo (1977)

L'altra metà del cielo

5.0

Composer

1977

 

Marcello Mastroianni, Adriano Celentano, Nikki Gentile, Claudia Mori, Rebecca Reder, and Lino Toffolo in Lunatics and Lovers (1976)

Lunatics and Lovers

5.7

Composer

1976

 

The Nude Princess (1976)

The Nude Princess

4.7

Composer

1976

 

The Fourth Wall (1969)

The Fourth Wall

5.9

Composer

1969

 

Adriano Celentano in Super rapina a Milano (1964)

Super rapina a Milano

5.9

Composer

1964

 

Uno strano tipo (1963)

Uno strano tipo

5.8

Composer

1963

 

Music Department

War Bus (1985)

War Bus

5.0

conductor (as Robert Marry)

1985

 

Diego Abatantuono and Jerry Calà in I fichissimi (1981)

I fichissimi

5.9

conductor

1981

 

Tesoromio (1979)

Tesoromio

6.0

conductor

1979

 

Stangata in famiglia (1976)

Stangata in famiglia

4.7

conductor

orchestrator

1976

 

4 Billion in 4 Minutes (1976)

4 Billion in 4 Minutes

5.9

music

1976

 

Adriano Celentano in Yuppi du (1975)

Yuppi du

6.0

conductor

orchestrator

1975

 

Il giudice e la minorenne (1974)

Il giudice e la minorenne

5.2

musical director

orchestrator

1974

 

Festival di Sanremo (1951)

Festival di Sanremo

5.8

TV Series

orchestra director

1973

3 episodes

 

Terence Hill in The Tough and the Mighty (1969)

The Tough and the Mighty

6.5

conductor

music arranger

1969

 

Uno strano tipo (1963)

Uno strano tipo

5.8

conductor

1963

 

Soundtrack

Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon in The Morning Show (2019)

The Morning Show

8.2

TV Series

writer: "Pregherò (Stand By Me)"

2021

1 episode

 

Reginald VelJohnson, Andre Pascoe, Ettore Ewen, J.D. Witherspoon, Quinta Brunson, and Vince Staples in Lazor Wulf (2019)

Lazor Wulf

5.4

TV Series

music: "Happy Death March" (uncredited)

2019–2020

4 episodes

 

Stefano Accorsi, Guido Caprino, and Miriam Leone in 1994 (2019)

1994

7.5

TV Series

writer: "Eccezziunale...veramente"

2019

1 episode

 

Françoise Hardy and Véronique Sanson in Birkin, Hardy, Sanson, une vie à aimer (2017)

Birkin, Hardy, Sanson, une vie à aimer

TV Movie

writer: "La Maison où j'ai Grandi" (Il Ragazzo della via Gluck)

2017

 

Préjudice (2015)

Préjudice

6.5

writer: "La Maison où j'ai Grandi" (Il Ragazzo della via Gluck)

2015

 

14+ (2015)

14+

6.9

writer: "Ciao Ragazzi"

2015

 

No me la puc treure del cap (2010)

No me la puc treure del cap

6.3

TV Series

writer: "Pregherò"

2012

1 episode

 

Banda sonora (2007)

Banda sonora

7.3

TV Series

writer: "Pregherò"

2012

1 episode

 

The First Beautiful Thing (2010)

The First Beautiful Thing

7.0

writer: "L'immensità"

2010

 

¿Dónde estás, corazón? (2003)

¿Dónde estás, corazón?

3.7

TV Series

writer: "Inmensidad"

2010

1 episode

 

Adagio (2009)

Adagio

Video

writer: "Inmensidad"

2009

 

Maman est chez le coiffeur (2008)

Maman est chez le coiffeur

7.1

writer: "La Maison où j'ai Grandi" (Il Ragazzo della via Gluck)

2008

 

Mónica Naranjo in Colección privada: Tour Minage (2005)

Colección privada: Tour Minage

Video

writer: "Inmensidad"

2005

 

Daniel Craig and Kelly Macdonald in Some Voices (2000)

Some Voices

6.5

writer: "La Maison où j'ai Grandi" (Il Ragazzo della via Gluck)

2000

 

Bread and Tulips (2000)

Bread and Tulips

7.3

writer: "Frasi d'amore"

2000

 

Love Burns (1994)

Love Burns

6.4

writer: "L'immensità"

1994

 

Ti kniver i hjertet (1994)

Ti kniver i hjertet

6.5

music: "Lyckliga gatan / Il ragazzo della via Gluck"

1994

 

Laura Antonelli, Ornella Muti, Lino Banfi, Massimo Boldi, Christian De Sica, Nino Manfredi, Enrico Montesano, Heather Parisi, Michele Placido, Renato Pozzetto, and Paolo Villaggio in Grandi magazzini (1986)

Grandi magazzini

5.6

writer: "Grandi Magazzini", "Heppinesse"

1986

 

È arrivato mio fratello (1985)

È arrivato mio fratello

6.0

writer: "Oh My Chicago", "Now And Forever" (uncredited)

1985

 

Adriano Celentano and Edwige Fenech in Asso (1981)

Asso

6.4

writer: "I Adore You", "Amico Asso"

1981

 

Ornella Muti and Adriano Celentano in The Taming of the Scoundrel (1980)

The Taming of the Scoundrel

7.6

Soundtrack ("Step on Dynamite", "La Pigiatura")

1980

 

Edwige Fenech in Zucchero, miele e peperoncino (1980)

Zucchero, miele e peperoncino

5.6

music: "Zucchero, miele e peperoncino"

1980

 

Adriano Celentano, Claudia Mori, and Paolo Villaggio in La locandiera (1980)

La locandiera

5.2

writer: "Le Pulizie", "Duetto Finale"

1980

 

Barbara Bouchet, Adriano Celentano, and Edwige Fenech in Sabato, domenica e venerdì (1979)

Sabato, domenica e venerdì

5.2

writer: "Constantin", "La Megghiaire Sfaticata", "Ce Vuò ce fè"

1979

 

Eurovision Song Contest 1976 (1976)

Eurovision Song Contest 1976

7.8

TV Special

writer: "We'll Live It All Again"

1976

 

Avanti! (1972)

Avanti!

7.2

writer: "La Luna"

1972

 

Terence Hill in The Tough and the Mighty (1969)

The Tough and the Mighty

6.5

writer: "Ballata per un balente"

1969

 

L'immensità (La ragazza del Paip's) (1967)

L'immensità (La ragazza del Paip's)

6.1

writer: "L'immensità", "Poesia", "Serenata"

1967

 

Le parapluie des vedettes

TV Special

writer: "La Maison où j'ai Grandi" (Il Ragazzo della via Gluck)

1967

 

Uno strano tipo (1963)

Uno strano tipo

5.8

writer: "Pregherò", "L'ombra nel sole"

1963

Alternative names

Mariano Detto

 

Born

July 27, 1937Monte Urano, Marche, Italy

Died

March 25, 2020Milan, Lombardy, Italy(complications from COVID-19)