Enzo Masetti gave up a career in classical music to become one of the Italy's top film composers of the mid-20th century. Between 1936 and 1959, he wrote more than 60 film scores, many of them for movies that saw extensive international release, and culminating with the music for the two most popular Italian movies ever issued internationally up to that time, Hercules (1959) and Hercules Unchained (1960), both starring Steve Reeves. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide