Franco Godi

Franco Godi
Born (1940-06-10) June 10, 1940 (age 84)
Milan
Occupation(s)composer
record producer

Franco Godi (born 10 June 1940) is an Italian composer, conductor, arranger and record producer.

Born in Milan, Godi grew up in Prato where he started his musical activity as the member of a band.[1] After working in a local radio station, in 1962 he composed his first jingle for the Bertolli oil, and from then he became the most active composer in the field of commercials and Caroselli in Italy, as to be called "Mr. Jingle".[1]

Godi was also active as a film score composer, particularly in the field of animation where he had a long collaboration with Bruno Bozzetto, and also composed theme songs for a large number of television programs and series.[1] He is the founder of the record label Best Sound, which produced some of the early hip hop Italian groups, including Articolo 31 and Gemelli Diversi.[2]

  1. ^ a b c Guido Michelone, Giuseppe Valenzise (1998). Bibidi bobidi bu: la musica nei cartoni animati da Betty Boop a Peter Gabriel. Castelvecchi, 1998. pp. 297–302. ISBN 8882100812.
  2. ^ Fabio Bernabei (21 May 2014). Hip Hop Italia: Il rap italiano dalla breakdance alle rapstar. Imprimatur editore, 2014. ISBN 978-8868301705.