Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Les Frivolités Parisiennes
Les Trilles Du Diable
Michel Legrand
John Williams
Philippe Sarde
Claude Bolling
Georges Delerue
Wojciech Kilar
Ennio Morricone
Francis Lai
Anonymous
Vladimir Cosma
Gabriel Yared
Marvin Hamlisch
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Justin Hurwitz
Yann Tiersen
Nino Rota
Carlos d'Alessio
Jean Wiener
Philip Glass
Philippe Rombi
Stéphane Grappelli
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Composer's Artistic Vision
Philip Glass, a composer known for his minimalist music, uses repetitive loops in his film scores to create tension and make the audience lose their sense of time.
Interpretation
Alexandre Tharaud chose to record Nino Rota's film themes on solo piano because Rota did not write specific scores for piano and orchestra for cinema.
Performer Biography
Alexandre Tharaud, the pianist on this album, learned to play back film music he heard on television at his grandparents' house from the age of five.
Recording & Production
Vladimir Cosma, a composer featured on the album, personally made the piano and orchestra arrangements for his soundtracks to "Un éléphant ça trompe énormément," "Le Grand blond avec une chaussure noire," and "L'As des as."
Recording & Production
The album features arrangements of film scores, including an unpublished arrangement of "Touchez pas au grisbi" by Jean Wiener, provided by Michel Legrand.
Composer's Artistic Vision
French film composers like Georges Delerue and Michel Legrand, though trained in classical conservatories, adapted their skills to write in diverse styles to enhance characters or situations in films.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Ennio Morricone, a genius composer, reinvented himself numerous times by creating unexpected sound combinations and using unusual instruments, such as the harmonica in Sergio Leone's westerns.
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