. Concert in Rimini of the Rai Orchestra directed by Master Piero Umiliani. Umiliani was born in
Florence,
Tuscany. Like many of his Italian colleagues at that time, he composed the scores for many
exploitation films in the 1960s and 1970s, in genres such as
spaghetti Westerns,
Eurospy,
giallo, and
softcore sex films. His composition "
Mah Nà Mah Nà" (1968) was originally used in
Sweden: Heaven and Hell, a 1968
Mondo documentary about Sweden. It was a minor charting single (spending 6 weeks on the
Billboard chart and peaking at #55, and reaching #22 in Canada), popularized by
The Red Skelton Show, first airing in October 1969, and
The Muppets, who covered the song several times; starting on episode 0014 of
Sesame Street on 27 November 1969, then
The Ed Sullivan Show three days later, and again on the syndicated series
The Muppet Show in 1977. The track was also a hit in the UK, reaching number 8 in the
UK Singles Chart in May 1977. Umiliani's other scores included
Son of Django,
Orgasmo, ''
Gangster's Law, Death Knocks Twice, Five Dolls for an August Moon, More recently, his composition Echi Della Natura
featured on the soundtrack of Ashim Ahluwalia’s 2012 film Miss Lovely''. Outside of his film score work, Umiliani formed the rock band
Braen's Machine with
Alessandro Alessandroni. Umiliani died in
Rome in February 2001, at the age of 74. ==Selected filmography==