RIP Nora Orlandi

 

Farewell to Nora Orlandi, she was 91 years old

Spettakolo

by Marco Pagliettini

January 1, 2025

 

Nora Orlandi passed away at the age of 91. Born in Voghera on June 28, 1933, she approached music at a very young age and in 1952 she founded the Quartetto 2+2. It was the embryonic idea of what would later become his trademark: the famous vocal choir I 4 + 4 di Nora Orlandi, founded in the early sixties and whose activity lasted for over twenty years. The choir also included, among others, Marco Ferradini, Santino Rocchetti and Silvia Annichiarico.

Pianist, singer and composer, Nora Orlandi has also had her own solo career and has been the composer of numerous soundtracks. Fun fact: Quentin Tarantino also used her own music, in “Kill Bill 2”, already present in the soundtrack of the film “Mrs. Wardh's Strange Vice”.

After the dissolution of the choir, Nora Orlandi devoted herself mainly to teaching. As a singing teacher she also participated in the second edition of the talent show ‘Amici di Maria De Filippi’.

ORLANDI, Nora (Nora Matilde-Rosa Orlandi)

Born: 6/28/1933, Voghera, Lombardy, Italy

Died: 1/1/2025, Rome, Lazio, Italy

 

Nora Orlandi’s westerns – composer, singer:

Death at Owell Rock – 1966 (co)

Fort Yuma Gold* - 1966 (co) [sings: “Don’t Cry Cowboy”]

Gunman Called Nebraska - 1966

Johnny Yuma – 1966

A Golden Sheriff – 1966 [as Jan Cristiane]

Savage Gringo – 1966 [sings: “Cuando se muere el sol”]

Death at Owell Rock - 1967

$10,000 for a Massacre – 1967

Vengeance is Mine – 1967 [sings “Captain Brown”]

One More to Hell – 1968 [sings: “Forgive and Not Forget”]

Blindman – 1971 [singer]

These Damned Pounds of Gold - 1971

Man of the East* - 1972 [sings: “Jesus Come to My Heart” with 4x4 chorus]

On the Third Day Arrived the Crow - 1972

The Prey of Vultures - 1972

$10,000 for a Massacre – 1972