Tom Torriglia's Italian-American Songs

Here are links to MP3s to some of the songs in the Italian-American musical genre that I’ve written. All songs are copyrighted and I own the masters. The songs are published through Pierce-Beach Music, BMI. All songs are registered with the Harry Fox agency and are on the Festa Records' label. Please enjoy responsibly.

 

Italian-American Genre w/vocals

Description

Good For

Suggested Use

Honeymoon Tarantella/Girl with the Curly Black Hair

Traditional tarantella segue-ing into bouncy pop song about women from the south of Italy

male

TV commercial for hair-color product.  Currently piped in to the Bucca de Beppo  Italian-restaurant chain.

The Pizza Guy

Bouncy, upbeat, pop and the man she adores, her Pizza guy

female

TV commercial for pizza.  Currently piped in to the Bucca de Beppo  Italian-restaurant chain.

Blue Italian Skies Sweet love song. A little bounce to it. female Any romantic movie or romantic comedy where you see two young lovers. I could see this play during the credits at the end of a romantic movie set in Italy. Currently piped in to the Bucca de Beppo  Italian-restaurant chain.

The Pasta Song

Blue-sy version

male or female

Smoky nightclub scene or for a TV commercial for pasta.  Currently piped in to the Bucca de Beppo  Italian-restaurant chain.

The Pasta Song (TV commercial)

Upbeat, swinging version that was used in a TV commercial

male or female

This was used in a TV commercial for the Carrabba's Italian-restaurant chain. 

The Pasta Song (instrumental)

pop, bubbly version

n/a

Smoky nightclub scene or for a TV commercial for pasta. 

Marcello

Latin-type feel. A woman's revenge against all those ass-pinching Marcellos.

female

American-made movie set in Italy.  Currently piped in to the Bucca de Beppo  Italian-restaurant chain.

Sofia

About a man's love for Sophia Loren

male

American-made movie set in Italy.  Perfect as piped-in music at an Italian restaurant chain. Currently piped in to the Bucca de Beppo  Italian-restaurant chain.

Isabella

Louie-prima ish, upbeat

male

American-made movie set in Italy.  Currently piped in to the Bucca de Beppo  Italian-restaurant chain.

Monica From Monaco

bouncy, upbeat. great musical hooks. About the elusive woman of a man's dreams.

male

American-made movie set in Italy, France.  Currently piped in to the Bucca de Beppo  Italian-restaurant chain.

Mambiambo

Euro dance craze

male and female

Any movie where you wan tot introduce a new dance craze.

My Italian Gigolo (live video)

Tango about a woman's smoldering love for her gigolo

female

American-made movie set in Italy. 

The Salsicce Song: A Love Poem (live video) It has a middle-eastern vibe to it.

 

male It's a song about a man who makes sausages for his lovely innamorata.
Roman Holiday (live-no video) bubbly pop song about a woman who meets her dream man in Rome female American-made movie set in Rome. Romantic comedy.

The Cannoli Song (demo version)

Reminiscent of Louis Prima's Buona Sera

male or female

TV commercial for cannoli.  You can change "she" to "he" if a woman sings it. It's going to be used by the Brooklyn Cannoli company on their new website.