The Father & Son Team Behind the Music of Cinema Paradiso
In 1988, Italian composer and conductor Ennio Morricone collaborated with his son Andrea Morricone in composing the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for Nuovo Cinema Paradiso. This movie is one of the most critically acclaimed films that won the top prizes in the Cannes and in the Golden Globe Awards.
Cinema Paradiso is probably the most renowned of Morricone's works. Josh Groban performed this in his debut concert with Italian lyrics added by Allesio De Sensi.
(SE) CINEMA PARADISO
Se tu fossi nei miei occhi per un giorno
Vedresti la bellezza che
piena d'allegria
Io trovo dentro gli occhi tuoi
E nearo se magia o lealta
Se tu fossi nel mio cuore per un giorno
Potreste avere un'idea
Di cio che sento io
Quando m'abbracci forte a te
E petto a petto, noi
Respiriamo insieme
Protagonista del tuo amor
Non so se sia magia O lealta
Se tu fossi nella mia anima un giorno
Sapresti cosa sono in me
Che m'innamorai
Da quell'istante insieme a te
E cio che provo e
Solamente amore
Copied from MetroLyrics.com
Ennio Morricone's music for Cinema Paradiso is simply wonderful. Whether you've seen the film or not, it's hard not to love the melodies in this score. The main theme is really catchy and you'll be humming it everywhere you go.
- Craig Armstrong
Acapella Arrangement of the Love Theme
During the last quarter of 2011, I made an acapella arrangement of this song for male voices.
Set in TTBB parts with a Soloist, I tried to recreate in the different voice sections the lucid passages that an orchestral instrument plays to intensify a particular mood.
In fact, it will be easy for a Choir Director to interpret the arrangement and achieve proper voice texture if he is also knowledgeable or at least familiar with the sounds of the instruments used in the recording or performance of this love song. The choir director may also refer to videos of live concerts available in YouTube. This will give him the visual knowledge to use vocal improvisation of several orchestral sounds needed to bring-about an assortment of emotions.
Screenshot of (Se) Cinema Paradiso - Arranged for Male Voices with Solo
You may post your request or send me a message if you're interested to have a copy of this arrangement.
