Nora Orlandi

Nora Orlandi
Orlandi in 2008
Background information
Born(1933-06-28)28 June 1933
Voghera, Italy
Died1 January 2025(2025-01-01) (aged 91)
Rome, Italy
Genres
  • Film music
  • easy listening
  • lounge music
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • pianist
  • composer

Nora Orlandi (28 June 1933 – 1 January 2025), also known as Joan Christian, was an Italian pianist, violinist, soprano vocalist, composer, and actress. She composed scores for Spaghetti Westerns. She wrote a short piece for Sergio Martino's The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh (1971) which was later reused in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004).

Orlandi died in Rome, Italy on 1 January 2025, at the age of 91.[1]

Select filmography

  • Johnny Yuma (1966)
  • Clint the Stranger (1967)
  • Ten Thousand Dollars for a Massacre (1967)
  • Death at Owell Rock (1967)
  • The Sweet Body of Deborah (1968)
  • $100,000 for a Killing (1968)
  • Double Face (1969)
  • The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh (1971)[2]

References

  1. "Addio a Nora Orlandi, aveva 91 anni". Spettakolo!. 1 January 2025. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  2. Gracey, James. "The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh – Nora Orlandi". paracinema.net. Archived from the original on 10 August 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2019.

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