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Ennio Morricone and Italian Cinema
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It is sometimes said that good film music should not draw attention to itself. The composers featured in the concerts of the Greatest Film Scores did not follow this advice, and that is for the best! The program includes a series of concerts dedicated to the cult music of masterpieces of the 7th art at the Auditorium of La Seine Musicale. Although composed for the screen, the original soundtracks are complete scores that can stand on their own, providing us with the pleasure of remembering the images they accompanied, and even guessing them.
Ennio Morricone, or the art of composing film music as if from the unconscious, giving it a prophetic aura. The Italian composer, inseparable from the most memorable successes of cinema, brings to the films, through his original scores, a deeper dramatic and psychological dimension. His most famous themes for the screen are gathered here in a concert that reflects the dramatic palette he infused into his orchestral works: violence, lyricism, and a deeply human romanticism intertwined. The compositions of Nino Rota enhance this concert dedicated to the greatest music of Italian cinema and the "spaghetti western."
A journey to the heart of America, the imagined Wild West, filmed by Sergio Leone (Once Upon a Time in the West, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, A Fistful of Dollars...), to the sacred south of Roland Joffé (The Mission), from the family tragedy version of the new world by Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather), to the Italy of the greatest masters it birthed with Fellini (8½), to the most Italian of French thrillers signed by Henri Verneuil (The Sicilian Clan). These mythical scores are so inseparable from the images they dress that they can be enjoyed "naked," just for the pleasure of the music.
Co-production STS Evènements – La Seine Musicale / SBO PRODUCTIONS
Program and cast
Cast
The Band Original Orchestra, the original orchestra of the original soundtracks
Romain Theret, arrangements
Program
Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather
Sergio Leone, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Henri Verneuil, The Sicilian Clan
Roland Joffé, The Mission
Federico Fellini, 8½
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La Seine Musicale
La Seine Musicale is a music and performing arts center located on Île Seguin an island on the Seine river between Boulogne-Billancourt and Sèvres, in the western suburbs of Paris, France.
Adress: La Seine Musicale, Île Seguin, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Auditorium Patrick Devedjian
Nestled like a gem in a case of glass and wood, the Auditorium Patrick Devedjian is the centerpiece of our building. It can accommodate up to 1,150 spectators and is dedicated to acoustic music, featuring the greatest classical ensembles and musicians, foremost among them the resident orchestra: Insula orchestra.
Its appearance is open to interpretation: a bird's nest, a giant liner, "the ball"...
From the outside, its glass facade is protected and powered by a gigantic array of solar panels that moves in synchronization with the sun, overlooking the concrete liner.
From the inside, the 1,150-seat hall awakens our senses. Dedicated to classical music, jazz, and world music concerts, its light blonde wooden ceiling, cardboard tubes, and paper reveal all the secrets of the excellent acoustics of this stage.
Its Acoustics
Studied by the Nagata and Jean-Paul Lamoureux firm to ensure the best possible sound reproduction for the audience. All precautions have been taken to guarantee exceptional acoustics with the precision of a musical instrument.
Its Design
Modular, its vineyard-style arrangement creates a genuine proximity with the audience surrounding the artists. The interplay of lights, the beauty of materials (wood, mosaics, glass), and the 360° panorama are all designed to match the pleasure of the eyes with that of the ears.
Its design aims to create a sense of visual and acoustic intimacy shared between the audience and the musicians. The atmosphere of the hall is warm, with curved wooden walls and ceiling contributing to the hall’s unique sound identity. Access to the hall is provided on three levels by large suspended walkways offering panoramic views of the surrounding landscape. These are connected by large staircases forming a continuous promenade around the hall.
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