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Music Showcase contribution - Ugress
(Norway) - music from "la
passion de jeanne d'arc"
Tracks played:-
Judas Theme 05
Torture 02
A False Friend 02
Jeanne Theme 06
Ugress explains - "La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc is a silent
movie from 1928. I wrote music and soundscape to the movie, and
performed it live at two screenings with the local film club.
The movie is about the last days of Jeanne during her trial and
her execution, and it depicts her suffering and doubts during
these days. Read more of the movie at IMDB"
"I was at first a bit sceptical to write music for a silent
movie of 1928, but upon watching it I really found the movie intriguing
and very visual. The director uses very modern camera angles,
camera movement and frequent cutting - there is just as many cuts
as any modern action movie. Also, despite being within very spartan
courtrooms most of the time, it is a very visual movie, with great
acting."
"The last year i've been writing more dark and cinematic
music, and putting that behind Jeanne's suffering really worked
out well. I sampled alot of classical music, and used it both
as and together with electronic sounds. I wrote a couple of themes
that are repeated and varied thruout the movie, and using a couple
of laptops I performed the themes and a soundscape live to the
movie. I am very interested in movie soundtracks and I think I
would like to score movies - starting out with Jeanne where I
could do exactly what I wanted was a great beginning. The next
project is a french documentary on extreme sports - kinda the
extreme opposite..."
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