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Sunday, 28 April 2019

My own experience with silent cinema

A few years ago I was interviewed in RTVE in regard of my show 'Música en blanco y negro', where I performed live the music from silent films by Buster Keaton and Charles Chaplin:


Ladies and Gentlemen: let's speak about film music

… and let's start with one of my favourites: main theme from 'Gladiator', by Hans Zimmer. The film was released in 2000 and won 5 Oscars out of 12 nominations, including Best Film, Best Actor (Russell Crowe) and Best Sound.

   Hans Zimmer is a German composer specialised in mixing classical orchestral arrangements with electronic and synthetic sounds. He is one of the most important Hollywood composers, responsible for soundtracks as award-winning 'The Lion King', 'Gladiator', 'The thin red line', '12 years a slave' and 'Pirates of the Caribbean'.



And don't miss this really interesting interview with the composer broadcasted on BBC:

Introducing Paul Schwartz

Paul Schwartz is an American composer and music producer born in 1956. He has developed a personal style by creating modern arrangements with synthesizers and other contemporary instruments from classical works.
   The one you are about to listen to was released in 2003 and is inspired by the famous 'Sarabande' by baroque composer Haendel.