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Category Archives: Music
KFMF18: Elliot Goldenthal on the ability to inspire
By Ray Bennett KRAKÓW – American composer Elliot Goldenthal paid tribute to two Polish heroes at a media conference to open the 11th annual Krakow Film Music Festival today. Oscar-winner for “Frida” and recipient of the festival’s first Wojciech Kilar … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Krakow Film Music Festival, Music, News
Tagged Agnieszka Holland, Eímear Noone, Elliot Goldenthal, ICE Krakow Congress Centre, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, KFMF18, Krakow Film Music Festival, Krzysztof Penderecki, Magda Miska-Jackowska, NOSPR Concert Hall, Pawel Pawlik, RMF Classic, Robert Piaskowski, Tadeusz Kościuszko, Wojciech Kilar Award
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KFMF18: Michael Nyman: Music that defines a world
By Ray Bennett KRAKOW – When Michael Nyman asked director Jane Campion why she chose him to write the music for her 1996 film “The Piano”, she said something that pleased the iconic British composer very much. “You’re the only … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Krakow Film Music Festival, Music, News
Tagged 'Concerto for Trumpet and Strings', Dirk Brosse, Elliot Goldenthal, Holly Hunter, Jane Campion, Krakow Film Music Festival, Krzysztof Penderecki, Michael Nyman; KFMF18, Nikiforos Chrysoloras, Peter Greenaway, Polish National Radio Orchestra, Tadeusz Kościuszko, Wojciech Kilar Award
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FIMUCITÉ concert: ‘Stephen King’s Night Gallery’
By Ray Bennett TENERIFE – A celebration of music from screen versions of stories by the world’s most popular horror writer, which closed Fimucitê on Saturday night, featured world premieres of cues from the much-loved 1990 TV adaptation of “It” … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Music
Tagged Ana Molowny, Children's Choir of the Professional Conservatory of Music of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Cristina Ramos, Daniel Licht, Diego Navarro, Fimucité, Juan Ramón Vinagre, Magdalena Miska-Jackowska, Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife, Richard Bellis, Stephen King, Tenerife
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FIMUCITÉ concert: ‘Sword & Sorcery’
By Ray Bennett TENERIFE – Movie composer Trevor Jones (below left), whose credits over an almost 40-year career include “Labyrinth”, “Angel Heart”, “Mississippi Burning”, “The Last of the Mohicans”, “Brassed Off!” and “Notting Hill”, was celebrated for his scores for … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Music
Tagged Eímear Noone, Fimucité, Javier Jonás Díaz., Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife, Tenerife, Tenerife Film Choir, Trevor Jones
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FIMUCITÉ Concert: Warriors From the Silver Screen
By Ray Bennett TENERIFE – “Exceptional!” That’s the word used by maestro Diego Navarro – the superstar of the Fimucité Film Music Festival, who knows a thing or two about great orchestras – to describe the performance of the festival’s … Continue reading
Posted in Music, News
Tagged Agata Grabowiecka, Diego Navarro, Fimucité, Fimucité XI, Fimucité Youth Symphony Orchestra, James Fitzpatrick, José A. Cubas, Krakow FMF, Marcin Przybylowicz, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, Vanesa Bocanegra
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Drinking wine in the sunshine with Patrick Swayze
By Ray Bennett LONDON – Patrick Swayze jumped menacingly from the corral fence to the dusty ground of his ranch in the flats next to the Angeles Forest in La Canada. “Steve McQueen said what?” he said. “There’s nothing tough … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Interviews, Memory Lane, Music
Tagged 'Dirty Dancing', 'North and South', Jennifer Grey, Lesley Anne Down, Lisa Niemi, Patrick Swayze, Patsy Swayze, Steve McQueen
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FILM REVIEW: Vincent Perez’s ‘Alone in Berlin’
By Ray Bennett LONDON – For those who have not read Hans Fallada’s terrifying novel “Alone in Berlin”, Vincent Perez’s film version is probably a mildly absorbing drama about two people bucking the odds. For those who have read it, … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Music, Reviews
Tagged Alexandre Desplat, Alone in Berlin, Brendan Gleeson, Daniel Bruhl, Emma Thompson, Hans Fallada, Vincent Perez
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Lalo Schifrin on his love of the music for ‘Tango’
By Ray Bennett Argentinian composer Lalo Schifrin, who turns 85 today, is known for his concerts, recordings, film scores such as “Bullitt”, “Cool Hand Luke” and “Dirty Harry” and TV shows such as “Mission: Impossible” and “Mannix” but one of … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Memory Lane, Music
Tagged 'Bullitt', 'Cool Hand Luke', 'Dirty Harry', 'Mannix', 'Mission: Impossible', 'Tango', Aleph Records, Ástor Piazzolla, Carlos Saura, Dizzy Gillespie, Lao Schifrin, Three Tenors, Vittorio Storer
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Memories of KFMF’s brilliant 2017 birthday party
By Ray Bennett LONDON – Most big film shindigs including Festival de Cannes and events from Berlin to Venice are like being in a bubble. When you’re there, nothing else matters. As soon as it’s over, you forget about it. The … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Krakow Film Music Festival, Music
Tagged Agata Grabowiecka, Andrea Marlowe, Christine Russell, Doreen Ringer-Ross, Eleni Mitsiaki, Gary Marlowe, Gorka Oteisa, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, Jean-Michel Bernard, Joanna Broniec, Jon Broxton, KFMF, Krakow Film Music Festival, Martin Tillman, Michael Todd, Peter Ebbinghaus, Ray Costa, Restauracja Destino, Richard Bellis, Robert Piaskowski, Robert Townson, Sara Andon, Shaun LeMone, Trevor Morris, Valerie Dobbelaere, Zoe Morris
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A subjective list of movie scores that I like very much
By Ray Bennett LONDON – “A good music score,” two-time Academy Award winner Randy Newman told me, “cannot turn a bad movie into a good movie but it can raise its IQ by a couple of notches.” My friends at … Continue reading →