High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Francesco De Masi (January 11, 1930 – November 6, 2005) was an Italian conductor and film score composer. He studied composition at the San Pietro a Maiella in Naples, under the guidance of Achille Longo, who was also his uncle. De Masi got interested in film music when Longo was asked to compose a soundtrack for a film, and he asked De Masi to be his assistant. De Masi`s filmography includes scores for over 200 films and TV series, ranging from spaghetti westerns and sword and sandal epics to gialli and horror films, such as Lucio Fulci`s Lo squartatore di New York (The New York Ripper). De Masi died of cancer at the age of 75.