Paul Giovanni (June 2, 1933 â€" June 17, 1990) was an American
playwright, actor, director, singer and musician. Giovanni is best
known for writing the music for the 1973 British horror film The
Wicker Man.Giovanni wrote the music for The Wicker Man soundtrack,
also writing the lyrics and singing "Landlord's Daughter" and "Gently
Johnny", where he appears in later cuts of the film. He also sang
"Corn Riggs", adapting the lyrics from a Robert Burns song. The music
was played by a group of six musicians, Gary Carpenter, Peter Brewis,
Andrew Tompkins, Ian Cutler, Michael Cole, and Bernard Murray, who
used the name Magnet for their collaboration. The group used a
combination of traditional and modern (electric) instrumentation; some
parts of the soundtrack were augmented by brass instruments.After this
Giovanni returned to New York where his play The Crucifer of Blood was
performed. It was later filmed for TV. Giovanni also composed a
musical entitled Shot Thru The Heart, which has only performed at
Detroit's Birmingham Theatre before closing.Giovanni did graduate
studies at The Catholic University of America Speech and Drama
Department under Rev. Gilbert V. Hartke, OP. He died of pneumonia from
HIV/AIDS related complications on June 17, 1990.
playwright, actor, director, singer and musician. Giovanni is best
known for writing the music for the 1973 British horror film The
Wicker Man.Giovanni wrote the music for The Wicker Man soundtrack,
also writing the lyrics and singing "Landlord's Daughter" and "Gently
Johnny", where he appears in later cuts of the film. He also sang
"Corn Riggs", adapting the lyrics from a Robert Burns song. The music
was played by a group of six musicians, Gary Carpenter, Peter Brewis,
Andrew Tompkins, Ian Cutler, Michael Cole, and Bernard Murray, who
used the name Magnet for their collaboration. The group used a
combination of traditional and modern (electric) instrumentation; some
parts of the soundtrack were augmented by brass instruments.After this
Giovanni returned to New York where his play The Crucifer of Blood was
performed. It was later filmed for TV. Giovanni also composed a
musical entitled Shot Thru The Heart, which has only performed at
Detroit's Birmingham Theatre before closing.Giovanni did graduate
studies at The Catholic University of America Speech and Drama
Department under Rev. Gilbert V. Hartke, OP. He died of pneumonia from
HIV/AIDS related complications on June 17, 1990.
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