Franco Micalizzi is an Italian composer and conductor, best known for his scores in Poliziotteschi films. His first success was for the musical score of the spaghetti western They Call Me Trinity, in 1970. He had previously collaborated on composing with Roberto Pregadio the famous whistled western score for the film The Forgotten Pistolero. His main theme for the poliziottesco film Italia a mano armata was used in the soundtrack of Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof. He composed music for several more, including: The Last Hunter, Beyond the Door, The Visitor, The Last Snows of Spring, Go for It, The Curse. He frequently worked with director Umberto Lenzi, scoring among others his movies Rome Armed to the Teeth, Violent Naples, Syndicate Sadists, Brothers Till We Die, The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist, The Greatest Battle and D�moni 3. In 1984 he founded the group "The Micalizzi Family" with his sons Cristiano and Alessandro. His piece "The Puzzle" appears in the soundtrack of Curb Your Enthusiasm and a slow tempo excerpt of it, re-arranged for clarinet and bassoon, is often used in the series as the "stare" theme. [More at Wikipedia]

December 21st, 1939 in Rome (Age 84)