Luis Bacalov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Luis Bacalov

Argentine composer, musician; nationalized Italian; Oscar winning film score composer

Date of Birth: 30-Aug-1933

Place of Birth: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Date of Death: 15-Nov-2017

Profession: composer, conductor, pianist, film score composer

Nationality: Italy, Argentina

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Luis Enríquez Bacalov (30 August 1933 – 15 November 2017) was an Argentine-Italian composer of film scores.
Early on in his career, he composed scores for Spaghetti Western films.
In the early 1970s, he collaborated with Italian progressive rock bands.
Bacalov was nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Original Score, winning it in 1996 for Il Postino.
Bacalov composed significant works for chorus and orchestra.
Before his death, he was the artistic director of the Orchestra della Magna Grecia in Taranto, Italy.