Carlo Rustichelli, born December 24, 1916, in Carpi, Modena, Italy, died November 13, 2004, in Rome, Italy, was an Italian film composer. Rustichelli studied piano at the Conservatorio Giovanni Battista Martini in Bologna and composition at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. Beginning in the late 1940s, Rustichelli established a long-standing collaboration with director Pietro Germi, composing scores for films including In nome della legge, Il ferroviere, and Divorzio all'italiana. Over a career spanning six decades, Rustichelli composed over 200 film scores, including Billy Wilder's Avanti!, Pier Paolo Pasolini's Mamma Roma, Mario Bava's La frusta e il corpo, and Mario Monicelli's L'armata Brancaleone. Rustichelli won two Nastro d'Argento awards for Best Score for L'uomo di paglia in 1959 and L'armata Brancaleone in 1967. Rustichelli died at age 87.
