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This short film directed by Luca Guadagnino (Oscar-nominated in 2018 for Call Me By Your Name) tells the story of a disagreement between Francesca (Julianne Moore) and her mother, renowned painter Sophia Moretti (Marthe Keller). In the Italian house where the latter lives a reclusive existence, ghosts from Francesca’s youth come back in an ultimate assault of pain, memory and blossoming. Ghosts go hand in hand with intangibility: with ethereal timbres (on strings and piano) and descending harmonies, the half-scary-half-melancholic music of Ryuichi Sakamoto (Furyo) effectively translates the supernatural aspect of the film while still managing to pay tribute to Psycho and Vertigo’s Bernard Herrmann.
But this brilliant score by the Japanese composer doesn’t stop at confronting ghosts of the past. This is a very material work of music, literally: he plays with and uses different fabrics. Produced with Valentino artistic director Pierpaolo Piccioli, The Staggering Girl gave Sakamoto the opportunity to use clothes samples from the fashion house in order to brush them together in different ways in front of highly sensitive microphones. Tracks like The Staggering Girl and Woman in Yellow show this technique in different ways, making Ryuichi Sakamoto one of the most inventive composers of his generation. Quite the opposite of these sensual and supernatural notions, the soundtrack closes with the shining Dance, which features glamourous strings and a minimalist piano. A conclusion to bring you back to present day life. © Nicolas Magenham/Qobuz
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Ryuichi Sakamoto, Composer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heba Kadry, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2020 KAB America Inc. / IBLA Film, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Ryuichi Sakamoto, Composer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heba Kadry, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2020 KAB America Inc. / IBLA Film, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Ryuichi Sakamoto, Composer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heba Kadry, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2020 KAB America Inc. / IBLA Film, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Ryuichi Sakamoto, Composer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heba Kadry, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2020 KAB America Inc. / IBLA Film, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Ryuichi Sakamoto, Composer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heba Kadry, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2020 KAB America Inc. / IBLA Film, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Ryuichi Sakamoto, Composer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heba Kadry, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2020 KAB America Inc. / IBLA Film, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Ryuichi Sakamoto, Composer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heba Kadry, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2020 KAB America Inc. / IBLA Film, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Ryuichi Sakamoto, Composer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heba Kadry, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2020 KAB America Inc. / IBLA Film, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Ryuichi Sakamoto, Composer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heba Kadry, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2020 KAB America Inc. / IBLA Film, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Ryuichi Sakamoto, Composer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heba Kadry, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2020 KAB America Inc. / IBLA Film, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Ryuichi Sakamoto, Composer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heba Kadry, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2020 KAB America Inc. / IBLA Film, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
This short film directed by Luca Guadagnino (Oscar-nominated in 2018 for Call Me By Your Name) tells the story of a disagreement between Francesca (Julianne Moore) and her mother, renowned painter Sophia Moretti (Marthe Keller). In the Italian house where the latter lives a reclusive existence, ghosts from Francesca’s youth come back in an ultimate assault of pain, memory and blossoming. Ghosts go hand in hand with intangibility: with ethereal timbres (on strings and piano) and descending harmonies, the half-scary-half-melancholic music of Ryuichi Sakamoto (Furyo) effectively translates the supernatural aspect of the film while still managing to pay tribute to Psycho and Vertigo’s Bernard Herrmann.
But this brilliant score by the Japanese composer doesn’t stop at confronting ghosts of the past. This is a very material work of music, literally: he plays with and uses different fabrics. Produced with Valentino artistic director Pierpaolo Piccioli, The Staggering Girl gave Sakamoto the opportunity to use clothes samples from the fashion house in order to brush them together in different ways in front of highly sensitive microphones. Tracks like The Staggering Girl and Woman in Yellow show this technique in different ways, making Ryuichi Sakamoto one of the most inventive composers of his generation. Quite the opposite of these sensual and supernatural notions, the soundtrack closes with the shining Dance, which features glamourous strings and a minimalist piano. A conclusion to bring you back to present day life. © Nicolas Magenham/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:21:19
- Main artists: Ryuichi Sakamoto
- Composer: Ryuichi Sakamoto
- Label: Sony Classical
- Genre: Soundtracks Film Soundtracks
(P) 2020 KAB America Inc. / IBLA Film, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
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