"Secondo loro la mia musica è solo un po' di nostalgia unita a tanto buon umore e ottimismo? Ebbene, vorrei essere ricordato proprio così: con un po' di nostalgia e tanto ottimismo e buon umore".
"From its opening trumpet phrase, Rota’s score takes such a position on The Corleone’s, crooning with an oppressive weight of tradition and power, even on the day of his daughter’s wedding. You are practically forced to take these people seriously. Even when the score’s mood turns lighter as in its romantic moments, there’s always a lingering sense of gravity because that’s what this score is above all else: grave power but almost as a curse, a weight that hangs over the family business and Rota infused the sound of this weight in every note."
Alex North is one of the preeminent Hollywood soundtrack composers. On this mp3 cd I have The Sound & The Fury (1959) OST, Street Car Named Desire (1951), Passover Plot (1976) OST, and Penitent (1988). He brought a jazzy sensibility to his work that was a departure for the usual overly-elegant string orchestra music that dominated the movies. Modern music that doesn’t need the movie to be…