Nora Orlandi obit

RIP Nora Orlandi

 

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Farewell to Nora Orlandi, she was 91 years old

Spettakolo

January 1, 2025

Nora Orlandi passed away at the age of 91. Born in Voghera on June 28, 1933, she approached music at a very young age and in 1952 she founded the Quartetto 2+2. It was the embryonic idea of what would later become his trademark: the famous vocal choir I 4 + 4 di Nora Orlandi, founded in the early sixties and whose activity lasted for over twenty years. The choir also included, among others, Marco Ferradini, Santino Rocchetti and Silvia Annichiarico.

Pianist, singer and composer, Nora Orlandi has also had her own solo career and has been the composer of numerous soundtracks. Fun fact: Quentin Tarantino also used her own music, in “Kill Bill 2”, already present in the soundtrack of the film “Mrs. Wardh's Strange Vice”.

After the dissolution of the choir, Nora Orlandi devoted herself mainly to teaching. As a singing teacher she also participated in the second edition of the talent show ‘Amici di Maria De Filippi’.

As the first female film composer of Italian cinema, she composed scores for Spaghetti Westerns, Eurospy films and gialli throughout the 1960s and was best known for "Dies Irae", a short piece she wrote and performed for Sergio Martino's The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh (1971) which was later reused in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004).

ORLANDI, Nora (Nora Matilde-Rosa Orlandi)

 

Born: 6/28/1933, Voghera, Lombardy, Italy

 

Died: 1/1/2025, Rome, Lazio, Italy

 

Actress

Vittorio Gassman, Maurizio Arena, Agostina Belli, Lino Toffolo, and Ugo Tognazzi in The Career of a Chambermaid (1976)

The Career of a Chambermaid

6.6

Choir (as 4+4 di Nora Orlandi)

1976

 

Non vogliamo morire (1954)

Non vogliamo morire

1954

 

Composer

...E il terzo giorno arrivò il corvo (1973)

...E il terzo giorno arrivò il corvo

3.6

Composer

1973

 

Prey of Vultures (1972)

Prey of Vultures

5.7

Composer

1972

 

The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (1971)

The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh

6.9

Composer

1971

 

Una ragazza di Praga (1969)

Una ragazza di Praga

Composer

1969

 

Il diario proibito di Fanny (1969)

Il diario proibito di Fanny

4.0

Composer

1969

 

Klaus Kinski and Christiane Krüger in Double Face (1969)

Double Face

5.8

Composer (as Joan Christian)

1969

 

The Sweet Body of Deborah (1968)

The Sweet Body of Deborah

5.9

Composer

1968

 

Crónica de un atraco (1968)

Crónica de un atraco

5.4

Composer

1968

 

Vengeance Is Mine (1967)

Vengeance Is Mine

6.4

Composer

1967

 

Death at Owell Rock (1967)

Death at Owell Rock

5.7

Composer

1967

 

$10,000 Blood Money (1967)

$10,000 Blood Money

6.1

Composer

1967

 

Clint the Stranger (1967)

Clint the Stranger

6.1

Composer

1967

 

Sheriff with the Gold (1966)

Sheriff with the Gold

5.8

Composer (as Jan Christiane)

1966

 

Johnny Yuma (1966)

Johnny Yuma

6.1

Composer

1966

 

The Beckett Affair (1966)

The Beckett Affair

6.2

Composer

1966

 

Non vogliamo morire (1954)

Non vogliamo morire

Composer

1954

 

Music Department

Orlando furioso (1974)

Orlando furioso

7.3

TV Mini Series

choirmaster

1974

5 episodes

 

Man of the East (1972)

Man of the East

6.5

chorus: song "Jesus, Come to My Heart"

1972

 

Timanfaya (Amor prohibido) (1972)

Timanfaya (Amor prohibido)

5.3

vocal soloist

1972

 

Stephen Boyd, Carroll Baker, George Hilton, and Daniele Vargas in The Devil with Seven Faces (1971)

The Devil with Seven Faces

4.5

vocal soloist

1971

 

Nieves Navarro in Death Walks on High Heels (1971)

Death Walks on High Heels

6.5

vocal soloist

1971

 

Tony Anthony and Ringo Starr in Blindman (1971)

Blindman

6.2

soloist (uncredited)

1971

 

The Double (1971)

The Double

5.4

soprano soloist

1971

 

Vacation (1971)

Vacation

5.4

composer: song "4+4"

1971

 

Between Miracles (1971)

Between Miracles

7.1

voice: soloist

1971

 

The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (1971)

The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh

6.9

soloist (uncredited)

1971

 

Le calde notti di Poppea (1969)

Le calde notti di Poppea

4.6

choirmaster (as I 4+4 di Nora Orlandi)

1969

 

The Price of Power (1969)

The Price of Power

6.3

soloist (uncredited)

1969

 

Klaus Kinski and Christiane Krüger in Double Face (1969)

Double Face

5.8

songs sung by (as Silvie St Laurent)

1969

 

Un corpo caldo per l'inferno (1969)

Un corpo caldo per l'inferno

6.2

additional composer (as I 4+4 di Nora Orlandi)

1969

 

I due crociati (1968)

I due crociati

5.6

choir director

1968

 

The Magnificent Tony Carrera (1968)

The Magnificent Tony Carrera

5.6

choir director (uncredited)

1968

 

The Sweet Body of Deborah (1968)

The Sweet Body of Deborah

5.9

soloist (uncredited)

1968

 

Roger Browne and Edwige Fenech in Samoa, Queen of the Jungle (1968)

Samoa, Queen of the Jungle

4.6

choir director

1968

 

Gungala, the Virgin of the Jungle (1967)

Gungala, the Virgin of the Jungle

4.1

choir director

1967

 

The Witch (1966)

The Witch

6.6

choral director

1966

 

Gli imbroglioni (1963)

Gli imbroglioni

5.3

choir director: "Ciumacchella de Transtevere"

1963

 

Soundtrack

John David Washington and Madeleine Yuna Voyles in The Creator (2023)

The Creator

6.7

performer: "Pan de Azucar"

writer: "Pan de Azucar"

2023

 

Britain's Fat Fight with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (2018)

Britain's Fat Fight with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

6.6

TV Mini Series

performer: "Trumpet for a Silent Man" (uncredited)

2018

1 episode

 

The Wild Boys (2017)

The Wild Boys

6.8

writer: "Lo Strano Vizio Della Signora Wardh - Seq.3"

2017

 

Uma Thurman in Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

8.0

writer: "Dies Irae"

2004

 

Ciranda de Pedra (1981)

Ciranda de Pedra

7.3

TV Series

performer: "Fumo Negli Occhi (Smoke Gets In Your Eyes)"

1981

 

They Were Called Three Musketeers But They Were Four (1973)

They Were Called Three Musketeers But They Were Four

5.3

performer: "Li Chiamavano I Tre Moschettieri... Invece Erano Quattro"

1973

 

Man of the East (1972)

Man of the East

6.5

performer: "Jesus Come (To My Heart)" (uncredited)

1972

 

The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (1971)

The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh

6.9

writer: "Non Dirmi Una Bugia"

1971

 

Klaus Kinski and Christiane Krüger in Double Face (1969)

Double Face

5.8

performer: "Non Dirmi Una Bugia"

writer: "Non Dirmi Una Bugia" (as Silvie St Laurent)

1969

 

To Hell and Back (1968)

To Hell and Back

5.3

performer: "Gun Strip Minuetto"

1968

 

The Sweet Body of Deborah (1968)

The Sweet Body of Deborah

5.9

music: "Molto tempo fa"

1968

 

$10,000 Blood Money (1967)

$10,000 Blood Money

6.1

writer: "Basta cosi"

1967

 

Johnny Yuma (1966)

Johnny Yuma

6.1

writer: "Johnny Yuma", "That Silent Man"

1966

 

Savage Gringo (1966)

Savage Gringo

5.6

performer: "Cuando Se Muere El Sol"

1966

 

Killers Are Challenged (1966)

Killers Are Challenged

5.2

performer: "Theme song"

1966

 

Adriano Celentano in Super rapina a Milano (1964)

Super rapina a Milano

5.9

performer: "4+4"

1964

 

La pupa (1963)

La pupa

5.8

performer: "Pupa Cha Cha Cha"

1963

 

Sophia Loren, Anita Ekberg, and Romy Schneider in Boccaccio '70 (1962)

Boccaccio '70

7.0

performer: "Riffa Cha Cha"

writer: "Riffa Cha Cha"

1962

 

Self

Gerry Scotti in Il gioco dei 9 (1988)

Il gioco dei 9

6.5

TV Series

Self

1989

1 episode