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Topic: Russian movie composers
Kimiakane
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Does anyone else collect Russian movie scores? There aren't a whole lot out there as the majority of Russian and Soviet films use songs and not scores, but what score there is presents compositions that rival the works of the Russian classical masters IMHO. If you do decide to collect some of this wonderful music, these are some of my favorite composers, so you may try them.
Isaac Schwartz
Edward Artemyev
Andrei Petrov
Anton Batagov
Alexei Rybnikov
Yevgeniy Fedorov
Dimitri Atovmyan
Sergei Kuryokhin
Victor Lebedev
Vladimir Dashkevich
Misha Tarevierdiev
Some of the best, so happy collecting all!!!the filmscore gal,
Galina
posted 01-16-2002 07:55 PM PT (US) cine-sin
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Hi Gal,Soviet cinema is one of fave national cinemas especially pre-revolutionary Russia.
Its really disappointing that the discussion of this early period of Russian cinema by critics is so scarce and minimal - instead preferring to focus on the Soviet period with is political and theoretical inclinations.Some goodies:
Aelita
Cigarette-Girl from Mosselprom
Strike
Chess Fever
By the Law*****
Bed and Sofa
Girl With the Hatbox
Earth
Alexander Nevsky
The Keys to Happiness***** (inter alia style of acting)
ZvenigoraSorry, my post isn't about composers but thought I'd chime in my two cents anyway.
Do you have scores from a cross-section of early films?
Rochelle
posted 01-16-2002 09:45 PM PT (US) Lou Goldberg
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I'd collect more Russians if I could get my hands on them, but besides Prokofiev, Shostakovich, and Artemyev, I've never even heard of some of these guys and have never seen the CDs.I saw a series of pre-Soviet Russian films, some of which were very good. I don't mind some of the Soviet-era stuff (Cine-sin mentions Chess Fever and Girl With A Hatbox which are both a lot of fun). I have a friend who studies Russian film and he assures me there are a lot of untapped treasures out there--many of them comedies surprisingly.
[Message edited by Lou Goldberg on 01-17-2002]
posted 01-17-2002 03:21 AM PT (US) Kimiakane
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Hi, Rochelle! I recognize some of the films you've mentioned and they are excellent films. Several of them are unfamiliar but that is to be expected. For some reason, when the movies get translated to english (even if it's only subtitled), the marketing companies that do this change the movie titles to what they think is best instead of an accurate translation of the title. I have also noticed that when English language movies are released into Russian releases that the same thing happens...Sacrilege, I agree.
posted 01-18-2002 07:25 AM PT (US) cine-sin
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quote:
Originally posted by Kimiakane:
Several of them are unfamiliar but that is to be expected. For some reason, when the movies get translated to english (even if it's only subtitled), the marketing companies that do this change the movie titles to what they think is best instead of an accurate translation of the title.Hi Gal,
I will relist these titles in the coming weekend with their Russian names.
You still haven't answered my question - if you have scores from earlier Russian/Soviet cinema.
Take care,
Rochelle posted 01-18-2002 07:36 AM PT (US) Kimiakane
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Hi Lou!!! Yes, it is true that many pre-Soviet movies as well as post-era are indeed comedies. It is perceived that the Russian people always need comedies to help tolerate the hardships we have gone through as a people. There have been as many dramas, but they are probably too depressing for international distribution so many of these will probably never been seen outside of eastern Europe. The fact that so many of our movies are either comedies or tragedies is the very reason why so many movies have little to no score. Many of our films just use songs for background music, I'm sad to say.
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