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Andrea Moriccone: “When Making Music for Movies, The Quality of the Story and Harmonizing with the Director Decide Things for Me”

On Film Festival presented the musical composition to the film 72 Hours in Bangkok. How did the collaboration on this film come about?

Certainly the components that lead me to accept the composition of a soundtrack are various; first of all the quality of the story and the human and cultural approach I can have with the director. Se have to consider that the 2-years old child is not talking yet so the music expresses his feelings, emotions and situations of child lost in Bangkok. This was for me the main basis of the composition of the soundtrack: being able to express the emotions of these children through my music. The composing took almost half year with cooperation with Lubomir Haltmar, director and producer, who was fascinated by the result. Collaborating with Lubomir was a wonderful experience for both of us, a team effort that involved us emotionally as well as professionally.

From the Congress Centre, from the main square, from the streets, and the parks. From here and from every quarter, film melodies will be part of the film festival. And film music itself is one of the main themes of this year’s festival. For this occasion, Italian music composer Maestro Andrea Morricone arrived yesterday in Zlín; he’s made a name for himself because of his film music, among other things. Andrea Morricone, son of the phenomenal composer Ennio Morricone, is one of the greatest contemporary Italian composers and conductors today. In Zlín last night he introduced himself with a concert to present the Czech film 72 Hours in Bangkok, which was directed and produced by Lubomír Haltmar. This screening was the film’s world premiere and Morricone is the composer of the film’s music. The film deals with a lost two-year-old boy in Bangkok and points to the theme of lost children. The screening was preceded by Andrea Morricone’s concert performance, and aside from the score of the film, there were also film melodies from his father and the joint composition they made together for the film Cinema Paradiso.  On the occasion of his visit to Zlín, we asked Andrea Morricone for a brief interview in which he told us, among other things, why he decided to collaborate with director Haltmar and what music he likes to listen to in his spare time.