Pivio and Aldo De Scalzi

Pivio and Aldo De Scalzi met during the 1980s when Aldo happened to be the sound technician for a Scortilla's tour. Then, Aldo (with Danilo Madonia, who made many arrangements for, among the others, Renato Zero), produced "Fahrenheit 451", the Scortilla's album, released by Warner. The duo Pivio and Aldo De Scalzi were born officially in 1991. with their debut album Maccaia followed, in 1995, by Mirag in which they explore middle eastern sounds, which were developed more clearly in Deposizione (released in 1995, with the nickname of "Trancendental"); in this album there are echoes of the duo's musical bias: progressive rock and new wave. == Film work ==

When film producer and director Marco Risi and his wife and actress Francesca D'Aloja listened to the album Deposizione, the couple decided to contact Pivio and Aldo De Scalzi to get them involved with a film project: Hamam, the directorial debut by Turkish-Italian filmmaker Ferzan Özpetek, produced by Marco Risi and starring Francesca D'Aloja and Alessandro Gassman. The duo composed in twelve days the original motion picture soundtrack, inspired by Turkish musical tradition and melting ancient with more contemporary sounds. In 1997 Hamam was screened in the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs section at 50º Cannes Film Festival, where gained audience and film critics attention. Released in Italy by Italian film distribution company Filmauro, Hamam stayed in theaters for almost three months and the original soundtrack sold more than 300,000 copies. For Pivio and Aldo De Scalzi it was the very beginning of a long career as composers for motion pictures. Among the others, they scored for Outlaw, ''I giardini dell'Eden, Harem Suare, Casomai, El Alamein – The Line of Fire, Piano 17, Barbarossa, Complici del silenzio, We Can Do That, La peggiore settimana della mia vita, The Butterfly Room, Razzabastarda and for TV series Distretto di Polizia, L'ispettore Coliandro and Medicina generale. The duo has had a long association with directors Manetti Bros., composing the music for, among the others, , L'ispettore Coliandro, The Arrival of Wang, Paura 3D, Song 'e Napule and the awarded musical Love and Bullets (2017 film)''. == Filmography ==

=== David di Donatello === === Nastri d'Argento === === Bif&st - Bari International Film Festival === === Ciak d'oro === === Globo d'oro === === Premio Roma VideoClip === === Soundtrack Stars Award === === Premio FICE === === Ciliegia d'Oro === === Premio Fellini === === Premio Musica de Andalusia === === Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival === == References ==