“Ascoltare il cinema” for RSI Cult+

“Ascoltare il cinema” (“Listening to the cinema”) is a new show about music and sounds of cinema, written and hosted by Alessandro De Rosa for Radiotelevisione Svizzera (RSI) – Cult+

In this new episode Alessandro De Rosa talks about Ludwig Göransson, Swedish composer and multi-instrumentalist, author of, among others, the music for ‘The Mandalorian’, ‘Creed’, ‘Tenet’ and ‘Black Panther’..

In this episode of “Ascoltare il cinema”, Alessandro De Rosa discusses Billie Eilish’s participation in 007 – No Time To Die.

In this episode Alessandro De Rosa discusses the composer Jonny Greenwood, best known for being the historic Radiohead guitarist. His music for “The Power of the Dog” is nominated at the Academy Award for Best Original Score 2022.

In this episode of “Ascoltare il cinema” the focus is on the documentary “Ennio” by Giuseppe Tornatore and the its amazing sound and music.

In this episode of “Ascoltare il cinema“, Alessandro De Rosa analyzes some aspects of a beautiful documentary, film and ante litteram reality, directed by Peter Jackson: “The Beatles: Get Back“.

While we are still waiting for the prequel “House of the Dragon” to be released this year, Alessandro De Rosa retraces the main characteristics of the music composed by Ramin Djawadi for “Game of Thrones“. In particular, he analyzes the iconic theme song, built to the rhythm of dance: a dance with the power, the leitmotiv around which the whole series is based.

How to win an Oscar and build an extraordinary artistic relationship? In this video Alessandro talks about the music that marked the extraordinary collaboration between Alexandre Desplat and Wes Anderson.

The most important film ever? In this video De Rosa talks about the music composed by the young Bernard Herrmann, chosen by Orson Welles to score “Citizen Kane“. This marked the history of cinema and launched Herrmann’s extraordinary career.

Music or sound design? In this video Alessandro talks about the music composed by Hildur Guðnadóttir for Todd Phillips’ “Joker“.

How to become a film composer? In this video De Rosa talks about the meeting and the artistic relationship between Brian De Palma and Pino Donaggio.

How does an epic theme come to the mind of a film composer? In this video De Rosa describes John Williams’s music written for “Raiders of the Lost Ark“, the first chapter of the beautiful saga “Indiana Jones”.

How a story set in the ancient times can be put into music? In this episode Alessandro talks about Hans Zimmer’s soundtrack for “The Gladiator” by Ridley Scott.