Bruno Nicolai (20 May 1926 – 16 August 1991) was a multifaceted Italian
composer, known for his film scores spanning from the 1960s to the 1980s.
Educated in piano and composition at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome, he
developed a close partnership with Ennio Morricone, often conducting and
co-scoring films with him. Bruno Nicolai's talent extended to orchestrating
music for giallo films and working with director Jesús Franco. His compositions
have lived on, featuring in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004) and
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019).