Manafonistas

on life, music etc beyond mainstream

2014 13 Jan

Music For Films

von: Manafonistas Filed under: Blog | TB | Tags:  Comments off

The Icelandic composer Johan Johannsson ist part of my early morning show „Klanghorizonte“ next Saturday – with his soundtrack for the excellent thriller PRISONERS. In an interview, he was asked about his favourite films and soundtracks. 

– What made you “notice” music in films?

– I remember seeing 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968) in the cinema when I was quite young and I remember the music affecting me strongly.

– On that note—what are some of your favorite movies, ever?

– Most of them tend to have strong scores. I love VERTIGO. It’s the pinnacle of the Hitchchock/Herrmann collaboration. I love some of David Lynch’s and Badalamenti’s collaborations, BLUE VELVET, MULHOLLAND DRIVE and TWIN PEAKS, especially. I like David Cronenberg’s films. I’m a big fan of East European cinema, Bela Tarr, for example. Tarkovsky is great, of course. Since I live in Denmark, I can’t leave out Lars Von Trier, who’s done some amazing work.

– If you could re-score any existing movie, which one(s) would you choose, and what do you think you would bring to them? (Especially older films?)

– I think great films are great partly because the have great scores, so I’m not sure I would like to re-score any of my favorite films – it would feel wrong somehow. I have written new music for silent films, including Pudovkin’s THE END OF ST. PETERSBURG (1927) and Pabst’s PANDORA’S BOX (1929). I really enjoyed doing that – it’s a way of re-interpreting these films for a new audience. Also, silent films were meant to be screened with live music, so it feels like a very natural way of presenting this work.

This entry was posted on Montag, 13. Januar 2014 and is filed under "Blog". You can follow any responses to this entry with RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time.


Manafonistas | Impressum | Kontakt | Datenschutz