Soundtracks

La U di Svanire

La U di Svanire

by Augusto Contento

Third part of the trilogy, after Viaggio nel crepuscolo and Strtade nella Malerba. Original soundtrack composed and played by Paolo Cantù, featuring 

Iva Bittovà on vocals and violin

COMING SOON

Trackslist:
1La U di svanire
Paolo Cantù: Drums, Bass, Guitars, Piano, Synth, Tapes and Electronics
Iva Bittovà: Vocals, Violin
Music: Paolo Cantù
2La O di impossibile
Paolo Cantù: Drums, Bass, Guitars, Clarinet, Trumpet, Synth, Tapes and Electronics
Iva Bittovà: Vocals, Violin
Music: Paolo Cantù, Iva Bittovà
Lyrics: Augusto Contento
3Invisible Rooms
Paolo Cantù: Piano, Synth, Tapes and Electronics
Music: Paolo Cantù
4Jazz
Paolo Cantù: Drums, Bass, Guitars, Clarinet, Piano, Synth, Tapes and Electronics
Iva Bittovà: Vocals, Violin
Music: Paolo Cantù, Iva Bittovà
Lyrics: Augusto Contento
5Minorland
Paolo Cantù: Synth, Tapes and Electronics
Music: Paolo Cantù
6Minorland Cliff
Paolo Cantù: Reso-phonic Guitar
Music: Paolo Cantù
7Spectral Beauty
Paolo Cantù: Drums, Bass, Guitars, Synth, Tapes and Electronics
Music: Paolo Cantù
8Krushev Kills Stalin
Paolo Cantù: Bass, Guitars, Clarinet, Piano, Synth, Tapes and Electronics
Music: Paolo Cantù
9Darkness Prelude
Paolo Cantù: Bass, Guitars, Piano, Synth, Tapes and Electronics
Music: Paolo Cantù
10SpiderKiev
Paolo Cantù: Bass, Guitars, Piano, Synth, Tapes and Electronics
Music: Paolo Cantù
11Mr. Bogdan Madness
Paolo Cantù: Piano, Synth, Tapes and Electronics
Music: Paolo Cantù
12Oblograd
Paolo Cantù: Guitars, Synth, Tapes and Electronics
Music: Paolo Cantù
13Spaccare Ghiaccio
Paolo Cantù: Drums, Bass, Guitars, Clarinet, Piano, Synth, Tapes and Electronics
Iva Bittovà: Vocals, Violin
Music: Paolo Cantù, Iva Bittovà
Lyrics: Augusto Contento
14SchizoKrusheva
Paolo Cantù: Balalaika, Synth, Tapes and Electronics
Music: Paolo Cantù
15Oregon Planet
Paolo Cantù: Guitars, Synth, Tapes and Electronics
Music: Paolo Cantù
16Svanivamo
Paolo Cantù: Drums, Bass, Guitars, Clarinet, Piano, Synth, Tapes and Electronics
Iva Bittovà: Vocals, Violin
Music: Paolo Cantù, Iva Bittovà
Lyrics: Augusto Contento
Strade nella Malerba

Strade nella Malerba

by Augusto Contento

Second part of the trilogy, after Viaggio nel crepuscolo. Original soundtrack composed and played by Paolo Cantù, featuring Thymme Jones on drums and trumpet, Catherine Graindorge on violin and viola, Matt Elliott and Arrington de Dyoniso on vocals. 

Coming soon

Trackslist:
1STRADE NELLA MALERBA
Paolo Cantù: Guitar, Bass, Table Guitar, Clarinet, Sanza
Catherine Graindorge: Violin
Thymme Jones: Trumpet, Drums
Music: Paolo Cantù, Thymme Jones, Catherine Graindorge
2DUSTMEN
Paolo Cantù: Guitar, Table Guitar, Bass, Drums
Music: Paolo Cantù
3 I CREATED ME
Paolo Cantù: Guitar, Table Guitar, Zither, Drums
Matt Elliott: Vocals
Catherine Graindorge: Viola
Thymme Jones: Trumpet
Music: Paolo Cantù
Lyrics: Augusto Contento
4THE BLUE STAR
Paolo Cantù: Guitar, Bass, Zither, Drums
Matt Elliott: Vocals
Music: Paolo Cantù
Lyrics: Augusto Contento
5LE IMPRONTE SONO OMBRE IN FRANTUMI
Paolo Cantù: Guitar, Bass, Drums
Catherine Graindorge: Violin
Thymme Jones: Drums
Music: Paolo Cantù
6THE FREEDOM IS A NIGTHMARE
Paolo Cantù: Guitar, Table Guitar, Clarinet, Synth
Music: Paolo Cantù
7SPIDER STORY
Paolo Cantù: Guitar, Synth, Keyboards Clarinet
Music: Paolo Cantù
8DELL'ESTINZIONE
Paolo Cantù: Guitar, Table Guitar, Bass, Drums, Synth
Arrington De Dionyso: Vocals, Bass Clarinet
Music: Paolo Cantù
Lyrics: Augusto Contento
Viaggio nel crepuscolo
09 / 2021

Viaggio nel crepuscolo

by Augusto Contento

Film directed by Augusto Contento, co-produced by Cineparallax and Articolture, selected out of competition at the 78th Venice Film Festival, 2021. An exploration of the roads that lead into the cold darkness of Italian decline: decline of the family, of patriarchal society, of educational institutions, of religion. In a land where common, public, shared space is molded by a drab, amorphous egotism, even its revolutionary, socialist, communist ideals, mixed with a Manichaean Catholicism, have been transformed into fideistic and totalitarian dogmas.

Production: Giancarlo Grande, Ivan Olgiati, Chiara Galloni

Director: Augusto Contento

Fotography: Augusto Contento

Editing: Augusto Contento

Animazione: Marco Belli

Music: Paolo Cantù

Costumes: Frank Andò

Sound: Stefano Agnini – presa diretta, Daniele Cevasco – presa diretta, Giovanni Frezza – montaggio e mix

Original soundtrack composed and played by Paolo Cantù, featuring Thiago França on sax and flute and vocal contributions by Federico Ciappini, Laetitia Sadier, Mark Stewart, Juçara Marçal, Margareth Kammerer and Audrey Chen.

Festival:

Romania BUZZ IFF 2022 (Documentary section) Best Documentary

Russia Pacific Meridian FF 2022 (Documentary section)

Italy - Sudestival, Monopoli (Documentary section) Best Documentary

The Netherlands Rotterdam Film Festival 2022 (Cinema Regained)

Italy Trieste Film Festival 2022 (The Corso Salani Competition) Special Mention of the Jury

Italy Venice Film Festival 2021 (Out of competition) World Premiere


VIAGGIO NEL CREPUSCOLO

Film directed by Augusto Contento, co-produced by Cineparallax and Articolture, selected out of competition at the 78th Venice Film Festival, 2021. An exploration of the roads that lead into the cold darkness of Italian decline: decline of the family, of patriarchal society, of educational institutions, of religion. In a land where common, public, shared space is molded by a drab, amorphous egotism, even its revolutionary, socialist, communist ideals, mixed with a Manichaean Catholicism, have been transformed into fideistic and totalitarian dogmas.

Original soundtrack composed and played by Paolo Cantù.

Featuring Thiago França on sax and flute and vocal contributions by Federico Ciappini, Laetitia Sadier, Mark Stewart, Juçara Marçal, Margareth Kammerer and Audrey Chen.

Festivals:

Romania BUZZ IFF 2022 (Documentary section) Best Documentary

Russia Pacific Meridian FF 2022 (Documentary section)

Italy - Sudestival, Monopoli (Documentary section) Best Documentary

The Netherlands Rotterdam Film Festival 2022 (Cinema Regained)

Italy Trieste Film Festival 2022 (The Corso Salani Competition) Special Mention of the Jury

Italy Venice Film Festival 2021 (Out of competition) World Premiere

 

... Through multiple languages, Paolo Cantù's music shapes the narrative sequences. The images are used like words in poetry and the sound defines the psychology of the characters, the dramaturgical quality of an action and the metaphysical side of a space .. .

(Valeria Di Brisco - Gagarin)

 

... The flow of animated images accompanies these important revelations and is underlined by Paolo Cantù's psychedelic rock that transforms the documentary into a hallucinated journey through the dark areas of a country without any identity ...

(Simone Emiliani – Sentieri Selvaggi)

Trackslist:
1BALLO
Paolo Cantù: Drums, Drum machine, Bass, Guitar, Clarinet, Electronic treatments
Thiago França: Saxophone
Federico Ciappini: Vocals
Music: Paolo Cantù
Lyrics: Augusto Contento
2WE WERE FIREFLIGHTS
Paolo Cantù: Drums, Drum machine, Bass, Guitar, Clarinet, Electronic treatments
Thiago França: Saxophone
Lyrics and vocals: Mark Stewart
Music: Paolo Cantù
3LOVE IN THE ASYLUM
Paolo Cantù: Drums, Drum machine, Bass, Guitar, Clarinet, Zither, Electronic treatments, Vocals
Thiago França: Saxophone, Flute
Music: Paolo Cantù
4CORRO DENTRO AI GLICINI
Paolo Cantù: Drums, Drum machine, Bass, Guitar, Clarinet, Trumpet, Synth, Electronic treatments
Laetitia Sadier: Vocals
Mark Stewart: Vocals
Music: Paolo Cantù
Lyrics: Augusto Contento
5SCACCO MATTO ALLA REGINA
Paolo Cantù: Drums, Drum machine, Bass, Guitar, Clarinet, Electronic treatments, Synth
Music: Paolo Cantù
6DARKSON
Paolo Cantù: Drums, Drum Machine, Bass, Guitar, Clarinet, Zither, Electronic treatments
Thiago França: Saxophone, Flute
Marck Stewart: Vocals
Audrey Chen: Cello, Backing vocals
Music: Paolo Cantù
Lyrics: Augusto Contento
7TOMORROW IS THE PAST
Paolo Cantù: Bass, Guitars, Clarinet, Trumpet, Synth, Keyboards
Music: Paolo Cantù
8KARPOV IL MATTO
Paolo Cantù: Drums, Drum machine, Bass, Guitar, Clarinet, Zither, Electronic treatments
Music: Paolo Cantù
9FACELESS
Paolo Cantù: Drums, Drum machine, Bass, Guitar, Clarinet, Zither, Electronic treatments
Thiago França: Saxophone
Margareth Kammerer: Vocals
Juçara Marçal Nunes: Vocals
Audrey Chen: Backing vocals
Music: Paolo Cantù
Lyrics: Augusto Contento