Education
Born in Vicenza, Ferrio studied at conservatories of Vicenza and Venice.
Born in Vicenza, Ferrio studied at conservatories of Vicenza and Venice.
He started working at the end of the fifties, and was active as a composer of film scores such as Wanted (1967), Alive or Preferably Dead (1969), Io, Emmanuelle (1969), A Bullet for Sandoval (1969), The Bloodstained Butterfly (1971), Death Walks at Midnight (1972) and Tony Arzenta (1973). His piece "One Silver Dollar", the main theme to Giorgio Ferroni"s Blood for a Silver Dollar (1965), was later included in Quentin Tarantino"s Inglourious Basterds. He was also well known for his work in popular music, particularly for his collaboration with Mina, for whom he composed, among others, the hit song "Parole parole", and wrote arrangements and orchestrations for numerous of her songs and albums.
The last collaboration with Mina was for her 2012 album 12 (American Song Book), for which Ferrio traditionally provided the string arrangements.
He also took part, as conductor, in several important Italian television-shows. Ferrio was married to ballerina and film actress Alba Arnova.