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Lovely track! Waveshaper is my go-to synthwaver (I have all of his compositions), but Sunglasses Kid is probably in my top 10 now, of those subgenre composers.
Not too keen on his LOTR work, to be honest, but the other two you mention are excellent.
For fans of rambunctious orchestral music, I recommend this cue:
But my Rahman love is mostly centered on the songs and the more India-meets-west/poppish tropes here and there, throughout his work. Or when he goes more etheral, which is quite often, like in 2019’s BEYOND THE CLOUDS.
Knut Avenstroup Haugen has just released his score for the videogame DUNE: AWAKENING. I really like what I’m hearing. The album is perhaps 20 minutes too long, but nothing a little whittling can’t fix. Check it out!
Indeed, although I haven’t gotten around to that one yet. Jon alerted me to Sunglasses Kid awhile back. I have GRADUATION, SOPHOMORE and NIGHT LIFE. I prefer the instrumental album versions over the song versions, though.
For me Dario Marianelli does not really count into that group of composers for italian movies. To be honest, I am not aware on any italian movie that he wrote the score for. Did he actually?
Yes, but in later years. I think he moved to London early on, like Zimmer, so he didn’t start out in Italian cinema.
Let’s share some concrete recommendations.
Carlo Siliotto:
TEQUILA
MIRACLES FROM HEAVENFrancesco de Masi:
ARIZONA COLT
UNA HISTORIA D’AMORE
LESBO
LONE WOLF MCQUADEMarco Werba: IL DIARIO DI UN PRETE
Pericle Odierna:
IL LEONE DI VETRO
PICCIRIDAPiero Piccioni:
BORA BORA
LE MONACHE DI SANT’ARCANGELO
STORIA DI UNA MONACA DI CLAUSURAPino Donaggio:
CARRIE
DRESSED TO KILL
MORTE IN VATICANO
DON CAMILLO
L’ATTENZIONE
HOTEL COLONIAL
LA MONACA DI MONZA
COSI FAN TUTTE
ANTONIO – GUERRIERO DI DIO
JOE PETROSINO
L’UOMO DI CHE CAVALCAVA DEL BUIORiz Ortolani:
FRATELLO SOLE, SORELLA LUNA
FANTASMA D’AMORE
LA RIVINCITA DI NATELEStefano Caprioli:
LA FRECCIA NERA
FURORE
IL SEGRETO DI BORGO LARICIStelvio Cipriani:
FEMINA RIDENS
ANONIMO VENEZIANIO
IL GIARDINO DELL’EDEN
ORGASMO NERONewer scores:
Francesco Marchetti: THE GARBAGE MAN
Francesco Cerati: VILLETA CON OSPITI
Gabriele Roberti: JULIAN SCHNABEL: A PRIVATE PORTRAIT
Giulani Taviani & Carmelo Travia: L’UOMO CHE DISEGNÓ DIO
Marco Pedrazzi: L’ORO DEL RENOGiorgio Moroder is a chapter in himself; one of my favourite composers. Same for Morricone. Never been a big fan of Nino Rota, but I like a few of his things. Goblin, I primarily like SUSPIRIA and the odd theme here and there. I have a soft spot for the scores of Italian neo-realism, plus Michelangelo Antonioni, who is one of my favourite directors (Gaslini, Fusco etc.).
Sorry, that was a longer post than I had anticipated.
I wouldn’t say it’s all ‘easy listening’. Some of the most harrowing, dissonant works are in the ‘giallo’ genre, for example. When I picked out my favourites from (some of) these composers it’s true that they were either lyrical/wistful orchestral music, or loungey/funky stuff, because that’s my taste, but along the way I encountered a bunch of different things, from big orchestral affairs (peplum movies!) to dark, dissonant experimentalism.
I think it’s just the “colourful genre”/niche-within-niche thing that attracts so many fans, with that kind of deep, super-detailed knowledge you see on FSM.
I can’t keep up with the deep knowledge of Italo buffs at FSM, for example, but I’ve started to explore some of it in recent years. Piccioni, Ortolani, Cipriani, Trovajoli, de Masi etc. etc. A lot of good stuff, but also a rabbit hole to get lost in once you start. I think I just have to accept that I will never be an expert, and just be content with having skimmed the surface and selected some favourites from these.
I do like the Beatles, Alan Parsons Project and lots of 70s things. Electronic music like Jarre, Tangerine Dreams non score things or occasionally Vangelis, too.
But I really can name much pop artists I am a clear fan of otherwise currently. It’s really bits and pieces and the odd Of course I know all you all named by at least a few songs but I rarely listened to a full album or explored their work. Not doing them justice at all but always scores get in the way 😉
With the possible expection of The Beatles (which I like, but just okay), that sounds a lot like my own preference. Cool!
I don’t like that they’re basically all the same programs, but suppose I have to own them for completist purposes (especially the Berlin one, since I was actually there — although I’ve come to understand there isn’t a lot from the Thursday premiere performance, it’s most from Saturday’s).
