Bruno Nicolai (1926 - 1991) was an Italian film music composer, orchestra director, and musical editor most active in the 1960s through the 1980s. While studying piano and composition at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome, he befriended Ennio Morricone and formed a long working relationship, with Nicolai eventually conducting for and co-scoring films with Morricone. Nicolai also scored a number of giallo exploitation films and wrote a large number of score for director Jess Franco. Notable films · Giulietta e Romeo directed by Riccardo Freda (1964) · I giorni della violenza, Alfonso Brescia (1964) · The Christmas That Almost Wasn't, 'Natale che quasi non fu' (1966) · The Mercenary, Sergio Corbucci (1968) · Run, Man, Run, Sergio Sollima (1968) · 99 Women, Jesús Franco (1968) · Justine and Juliette, Jesús Franco (1968) ·