Portrait of Astor Piazzolla

Sound

Astor Piazzolla

Career

Active from 1950 to 2025, with a break from 1993 to 2018, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score67/100
Highest rated
Poster for Tangos, the Exile of Gardel
Tangos, the Exile of Gardel
GoodWatch score75/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • César Awards · Best Music Written for a Film

    1986 · Won

    Tangos, the Exile of Gardel

    Source: Wikidata

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 9 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Astor Piazzolla Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Scare
    0.7, average 2.6
  • Adrenaline
    3.1, average 4.8
  • Situational Comedy
    1.1, average 2.7
  • Physical Comedy
    0.9, average 2.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Setting 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Melancholic Romance 2
  • Psychological Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

88
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

12 titles
Armonie di Speranza
Armonie di Speranza (2025)

Original Music Composer

Richard Galliano New York Tango Trio Jazz sous les Pommiers 2025
Richard Galliano New York Tango Trio Jazz sous les Pommiers 2025 (2025)

Original Music Composer

Stjepan Hauser plays Bach and Morricone @ Château de Neuschwanstein 2025
Stjepan Hauser plays Bach and Morricone @ Château de Neuschwanstein 2025 (2025)

Music

Lucienne Renaudin Vary - Schleswig-Holstein Festival 2024
Lucienne Renaudin Vary - Schleswig-Holstein Festival 2024 (2024)

Original Music Composer

Wartime Elegy - An evening of ballet at the National Opera of Ukraine
Wartime Elegy - An evening of ballet at the National Opera of Ukraine (2024)

Sound

Private concert at Gidon Kremer's home
Private concert at Gidon Kremer's home (2024)

Original Music Composer

Gustavo Dudamel at the Paris Opera With artists from the Académie
Gustavo Dudamel at the Paris Opera With artists from the Académie (2023)

Original Music Composer

Astor Piazzolla's Maria de Buenos Aires Grand Théâtre de Genève
Astor Piazzolla's Maria de Buenos Aires Grand Théâtre de Genève (2023)

Original Music Composer

Quinteto Astor Piazzolla - Philharmonie de Paris
Quinteto Astor Piazzolla - Philharmonie de Paris (2022)

Original Music Composer

Contemporary Tango
Contemporary Tango (2022)

Original Music Composer

¡Felicidades Piazzolla!
¡Felicidades Piazzolla! (2021)

Original Music Composer

The Lying Angel
The Lying Angel (2020)

Music

2010s

7 titles
María de Buenos Aires
María de Buenos Aires (2019)

Original Music Composer

Concerto di Carnevale
Concerto di Carnevale (2019)

Original Music Composer

Tres Desinteresados y un Amante
Tres Desinteresados y un Amante (2017)

Music

Los Amantes del Tigre
Los Amantes del Tigre (2017)

Music

Tango with 3 Characters in 3 Spaces
Tango with 3 Characters in 3 Spaces (2013)

Compositor

Mind in the Wilderness: Khatia Buniatishvili
Mind in the Wilderness: Khatia Buniatishvili (2013)

Music

Salvatore Accardo and the Italian Chamber Orchestra in Concert
Salvatore Accardo and the Italian Chamber Orchestra in Concert (2012)

Compositor

2000s

1 title
Microscopías
Microscopías (2003)

Music

1990s

6 titles · average score 66
Quereme así (Piantao)
Quereme así (Piantao) (1997)

Music

The Lion with the White Beard
The Lion with the White Beard (1995)

Music

The Color of Love
The Color of Love (1994)

Music

Ett sommarspel
Ett sommarspel (1994)

Music

The Journey
The Journey (1992)
GoodWatch score 66

Original Music Composer

Eggshells
Eggshells (1992)

Music

1980s

18 titles · average score 68
The South
The South (1988)
GoodWatch score 69

Musician, Original Music Composer

Enligt beslut
Enligt beslut (1988)

Music

Tangos, the Exile of Gardel
Tangos, the Exile of Gardel (1985)
GoodWatch score 75

Original Music Composer, Music

Tango
Tango (1985)

Music

Henry IV
Henry IV (1984)
GoodWatch score 59

Original Music Composer

Cuarteles de invierno
Cuarteles de invierno (1984)

Music

Le Pont du Nord
Le Pont du Nord (1982)
GoodWatch score 68

Original Music Composer

Are We?
Are We? (1982)

Music

Neon City
Neon City (1982)

Music

To Return
To Return (1982)

Music

Paris s'en va
Paris s'en va (1981)

Original Music Composer

El infierno tan temido
El infierno tan temido (1980)

Music

1970s

14 titles · average score 62
The Intruder
The Intruder (1979)

Original Music Composer

Armageddon
Armageddon (1977)
GoodWatch score 59

Music

What's Autumn?
What's Autumn? (1977)

Music

Lumière
Lumière (1976)
GoodWatch score 62

Original Music Composer

When the City Awakes
When the City Awakes (1975)

Original Music Composer

Rain over Santiago
Rain over Santiago (1975)
GoodWatch score 65

Original Music Composer

All Nudity Shall Be Punished
All Nudity Shall Be Punished (1973)
GoodWatch score 62

Music

The Return
The Return (1973)

Music

Argentinísima
Argentinísima (1972)

as Él mismo

La ñata contra el vidrio
La ñata contra el vidrio (1972)

Sound

Con alma y vida
Con alma y vida (1970)

Music

El principio del fin
El principio del fin (1970)

Music

1960s

17 titles · average score 68
The Slowness
The Slowness (1969)
GoodWatch score 72

Original Music Composer

Brief Heaven
Brief Heaven (1969)
GoodWatch score 69

Music

Kuma-Ching
Kuma-Ching (1969)

Original Music Composer

Las pirañas
Las pirañas (1967)
GoodWatch score 61

Original Music Composer

Las locas del conventillo
Las locas del conventillo (1966)

Original Music Composer

Con gusto a rabia
Con gusto a rabia (1965)

Music

Extraña ternura
Extraña ternura (1964)

Original Music Composer

Paula Cautiva
Paula Cautiva (1963)

Music

El nacimiento de un libro
El nacimiento de un libro (1963)

Music

Saturday Night, Cinema
Saturday Night, Cinema (1960)

Original Music Composer

The Furies
The Furies (1960)
GoodWatch score 71

Music

El crack
El crack (1960)
GoodWatch score 67

Music

1950s

11 titles · average score 73
Dos basuras
Dos basuras (1958)

Songs

A Difficult Widow
A Difficult Widow (1957)

Original Music Composer

Operación Antartida
Operación Antartida (1957)

Music

Historia de una carta
Historia de una carta (1957)

Music

Violencia en la ciudad
Violencia en la ciudad (1957)

Music

The Bitter Stems
The Bitter Stems (1956)
GoodWatch score 73

Original Music Composer

Marta Ferrari
Marta Ferrari (1956)

Music

Sucedió en Buenos Aires
Sucedió en Buenos Aires (1954)

Music

Stella Maris
Stella Maris (1953)

Music

El cielo en las manos
El cielo en las manos (1950)

Original Music Composer, Music

Steel racing cars
Steel racing cars (1950)

Music

1940s

1 title
Con los mismos colores
Con los mismos colores (1949)

Music

1930s

1 title
The Day You Love Me
The Day You Love Me (1935)

as Niño diariero