After cherry picking David Lang's "I Lie" and "Maya Beiser" for the soundtrack to his Oscar-winning "The Great Beauty," director Paolo Sorrentino approached the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer ("the little match girl passion") to conjure a song for "Youth." A tall order considering that the song summarizes the life of a retired conductor (Michael Caine at his most sensitive) forced to confront his mortality at a Fellini-esque Swiss spa. "Paolo said there would be this film about a composer and the entire emotional life had to be told through this song," Lang recalled. "And it would be present throughout the entire movie. So it was really was a beautiful problem, and, as a conceit, it's a powerful way to tell a story. "It took a very long time. The process was complicated by the fact that the song had to be composed before the script could be finished. This was...
- 11/18/2015
- by Bill Desowitz
- Thompson on Hollywood
Bang on a Can All-Stars: Music for Airports (Live) (Cantaloupe)
In the Spring of 1998, when this was recorded in concert, the Bang on a Can All-Stars consisted of cellist Maya Beiser, clarinetist Evan Ziporyn (who doubles on keyboard and samplers on "1/1"), guitarist Mark Stewart, percussionist Steven Schick, pianist/keyboardist Lisa Moore, and bassist Robert Black. The previous year, the same group -- plus guests -- had made a studio recording of this music for Point, a Philip Glass label distributed by PolyGram. That album is still in print, so the question is whether this new release is different enough to justify its existence.
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In the Spring of 1998, when this was recorded in concert, the Bang on a Can All-Stars consisted of cellist Maya Beiser, clarinetist Evan Ziporyn (who doubles on keyboard and samplers on "1/1"), guitarist Mark Stewart, percussionist Steven Schick, pianist/keyboardist Lisa Moore, and bassist Robert Black. The previous year, the same group -- plus guests -- had made a studio recording of this music for Point, a Philip Glass label distributed by PolyGram. That album is still in print, so the question is whether this new release is different enough to justify its existence.
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- 6/13/2011
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
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