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Piero Umiliani was an Italian composer born on July 17, 1926, in Florence, Italy. He passed away on February 14, 2001, in Rome, Italy. Umiliani was known for his work in film scores and library music, composing and recording 190 soundtracks, 40 library albums, and 35 TV title themes throughout his career. He gained international recognition in 1959 for his original soundtrack for "I Soliti Ignoti" (Big Deal on Madonna Street), which featured Chet Baker and marked a significant moment in Italian comedy cinema by incorporating jazz music. Umiliani became most famous for his song "Mah Nà Mah Nà," originally composed in 1968 for a Mondo documentary about Sweden and later popularized in 1977 by The Muppet Show and the Benny Hill Show. He composed scores for various exploitation films in the 1960s and 1970s, covering genres such as spaghetti western, Eurospy, Giallo, and soft sex films. Although not as widely regarded as contemporaries like Ennio Morricone or Riz Ortolani, he contributed significantly to the European '60s/'70s jazz-influenced film soundtrack style. In 1970, Umiliani established Liuto Edizioni Musicali, his own publishing company and recording studio, releasing the album "Svezia, Inferno e Paradiso," which included his hit "Mah Nà Mah