Rondò Veneziano's music videos are typically cartoon-like, usually featuring robots, spaceships, or views of Venice. Almost all directed by
Guido Manuli, with animation by Walter Cavazzuti and Giovanni Ferrari, they were inspired by album covers created by Victor Togliani, Mombrini & Munari and
Angus McKie. ===
La Serenissima (1981) === Directed by
Guido Manuli, it's one of the most famous music videos, later imitated by
Daft Punk: "from the waters flooding the lagoon city, amidst the roar of lightning, a group of violinists emerge, complete with music stands and scores, in an apocalyptic crescendo of a classical concert of wiged mannequins in eighteenth-century clothing, imperturbably playing the musical instruments. The dual nuances, both xerographed and airbrushed (a bit like the Japanese robot armor), with continuous cross-screen double-impression shimmers on the faces of the mannequins and statues, make it an extremely innovative piece of kitsch animation: ancient mannequins without faces yet also modern, even robotic: among the violins, violas, and electric guitars, they have hands (replacing
Mickey Mouse's gloves), very similar to the robotic fists of
Mazinger and
Grendizer; while the spaceship, descriptive in its detailed and modern design, with a friendly astronaut on board, more graphic, recalls the more Italian atmospheres of the previous video for
La Bionda, created with a more anamorphic style and modern colors. [...] And finally, the ending is interesting and distinctive, in which the spheres of light (filmed in double impression) fade into large iridescent bubbles that save the surviving protagonists, who, undaunted, continue the performance by boarding the spaceship, which is, however, very different from Japanese technology, making it more akin to science fiction and fantasy, blended with a more European design". ===
Odissea veneziana (1984) === Directed by Guido Manuli with sets designed by Victor Togliani (and reused for the cover of the 1985 German album
Odissea veneziana), "the music video features a blond boy with a sword, flying on a huge, semi-mythological white bird towards a ruined castle in the Venetian lagoon, filled with reptiles and flying lizards, where he finds the entire Rondò Veneziano playing. There are various stylistic blends, from Japanese anime to playful Disney-style reworkings of the young protagonist, a fun Italian reworking of Wart from
The Sword in the Stone". ===
Casanova (1985) === This is the most sophisticated and modern music video, in which Guido Manuli now seems to have fully mastered Japanese anime, in his own personal fusion of techniques and styles, even drawing inspiration from the atmosphere of
The Rose of Versailles but completely revisited in an Italian style. It's a free and surreal interpretation of
Giacomo Casanova, the famous Venetian seducer who, in his daring adventures, among many young ladies, does not forget to offer the kiss of
Prince Charming to
Snow White. Airbrushed sets, intense backgrounds inspired by the
Gardens of Bomarzo, special effects, bright colors, and well-crafted serial animation seem to pave the way for the subsequent feature film about
Giuseppe Garibaldi.
Il mago di Venezia (1994) Directed by Kuno Dreysse, it's a music video that combines live action and animation. A child enters the
Doge's Palace in Venice and steps into a violin that transports him to fantastical worlds. Upon opening a chest, he finds a
pop-up book with Rondò Veneziano playing inside. ==Discography==