The Italian pianist and composer Piero Umiliani (1926-2001) began his film scoring work in the 1950’s, working with The Taviani Brothers and Mario Monicelli (1958’s “Big Deal on Madonna Street”), among others. After hearing this 1957 LP, Monichelli invited Umiliani to score his great 1958 film. Of Da Roma a New York, Umiliani noted, “In (arranging my tunes) I tried to express myself in a contemporary yet classic manner, without pretense, focusing on a good sound and effective rhythm.”