NOTES ON THE SOUNDTRACK
Music for the soundtrack of the film IO STO CON LA SPOSA (On the bride’s side) was written
and played by the ensemble Dissòi Lògoi, an open formation project founded at the end of
the ‘80s by Franco Parravicini and Alberto Morelli and that, on this occasion, avails itself
of the cooperation of Federico Sanesi, Tommaso Leddi and Matteo Maltauro.
The name Dissòi Lògoi, that in Greek means “contrasting arguments”, explains the
multiple stylistic influences shaping the music of this project. Some critics have ranked
Dissòi Lògoi among frontier music, others among new Mediterranean music, some again
within ethno jazz ... but framing Dissòi Lògoi inside a music genre would be restrictive,
because of the many voices making up their conversation. Certainly it’s a project making of
cross-cultural and multicultural experiences its flag.
The sound track of IO STO CON LA SPOSA is made up of 10 original tracks, each of which was
conceived and recorded starting from film script and editing. In some cases the composition
follows very precisely the scene action and in other cases the film editing adapted itself to
the composition, adjusting the rhythm of video editing to the sound flow of the sound
track.
We made recourse to instruments, scales, rhythmic and technical-executive structures
linked to music traditions of the Mediterranean sea and Middle East, sometimes pushing on
as far as India and sub-saharian Africa, interacting with instruments and composition modes
closer to the contemporary and western culture.
We also used primitive instruments such as shells that, because of their archetypal features,
refer to the common root of all cultures. Besides, the sound of conchs evokes the dimension
of see and journey pervading the life of the memory-bearers that tell about themselves in
the film IO STO CON LA SPOSA.
The song of Tasnim is an elaboration of a traditional middle Eastern tune that the
bride/Tasnim sings before crossing the last eagerly desired Swedish frontier. In this track,
the diegetic dimension of the live song interlaces with the extragetic dimension of the
composition.
Tariq Manar, literally the journey of Manar, was composed in tandem with Mosè dei
C.O.V. and Mc Manar.
Below is the list of the tracks in the listening order, the respective authors and the
instruments used.
IO STO CON LA SPOSA (On the bride’s side)
(Leddi, Maltauro, Morelli, Parravicini, Sanesi)
TAMIMA (Leddi, Morelli, Parravicini, Sanesi)
LE ONDE DI ABDALLAH (Abdallah’s waves)
(Leddi, Morelli, Parravicini, Sanesi)
LASCIANDO MARSIGLIA (Leaving Marseille)
(Leddi, Morelli, Parravicini, Sanesi)
LASCIANDO BOCHUM (Leaving Bochum)
(Leddi, Morelli, Parravicini, Sanesi)
STRANI CONTRABBANDIERI (Strange smugglers)
(Leddi, Morelli, Parravicini, Sanesi)
OLTRE IL CONFINE (Beyond the border)
(Leddi, Morelli, Parravicini, Sanesi)
IL CANTO DI TASNIM (Tasnim’s song)
(Leddi, Maltauro, Morelli, Parravicini, Sanesi)
UN NUOVO INIZIO (A new beginning)
(Leddi, Maltauro, Morelli, Parravicini, Sanesi)
TARIQ MANAR (Leddi, Maltauro, Mc Manar, Morelli, Mosè dei C.O.V., Parravicini, Sanesi)
DISSÒI LÒGOI
Franco Parravicini
electric bass guitar, electric guitar, mandolin,
saz (mandola from Turkey), adungo (sub-saharian harp)
Alberto Morelli
zurna (Balkan folk oboe), piffero (Northern Italy folk oboe),
sipsi (simple oboe from Turkey) sanza (sub-saharian idiophon), psaltery bow,
conch, voice-conch, kanjra (Indian frame drum), electronics
Federico Sanesi
drums, tabla (Indian percussion), zarb (Persian cup drum),
bendir (Norh African frame drum), gongs and bells, tampura (Indian chordophone)
Tommaso Leddi
electric guitar, mandolin, erhu (Chinese violin), viola, sipsi, sanza
Matteo Maltauro
sarangi (Indian violin with sympathetic strings)
featuring
Mosè dei C.O.V.
electronics and loop
Mc Manar
vocals
DISSÒI LÒGOI
Discography (abstract)
Da Occidente a Oriente; ed. il Ponte Sonoro; 1993
I Disertori; ed. Sony Music; 1994 (compilaton)
An Xplosion of World Music; ed. il Ponte Sonoro; 1995 (compilation)
Canti SUDati; ed. il Manifesto; 1995 (compilation)
Notturno Etrusco; ed. Avvenimenti; 1997 (compilation)
Anime Mediterranee; ed. il Ponte Sonoro; 1998 (compilation)
The Different You, Robert Wyatt e noi; ed. C.P.I.; 1998 (compilation)
NoTVooDoo; ed. Ludos-C.N.I.; 1999
III; ed. il Manifesto-Altrisuoni; 2001
Tribù Italiche-Lombardia; WorldMusicMagazine-EDT; 2007 (compilation)
NYX; Amirani-Auditorium, 2012
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