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Official trailer: https://youtu.be/Wn-nPby2pUo?si=NFXoDrD9VTom2HJV
This track is taken from the original motion picture “VAKHIM” by Francesca Pirani, screened on September 6, 2024, at the 81st Venice International Film Festival – Giornate degli Autori (Notti Veneziane). I composed and produced the original soundtrack, basing all the work on the search for sounds capable of representing and evoking the deep memories of the protagonist’s early years in Cambodia, and connecting that world with the Western one into which he was projected after being adopted by the same director at the age of four. The soundtrack moves between thematic lines linked to the emotional realities of the characters and indeterminate sounds, with detailed spatial design created through the Dolby Surround 5.1 system. This piece, combining symphonic orchestra and Cambodian ethnic instruments, represents a sonic synthesis of the entire soundtrack. It was conceived and mixed in Dolby Surround 5.1, where the Western orchestral sounds are positioned in the front and the Southeast Asian instruments behind, creating an immersive spatial dialogue between the two musical worlds. My compositional poetics clearly emerge in the relationship between music and image, where sounds become part of the visual movement itself, treated as “images within the scene.” The most intense moments are interpreted by the beautiful voice of Lavinia Mancusi. The film received numerous awards, including the Special Mention at the 34th African, Asian and Latin American Film Festival, the Signum Audience Award at the 18th Salina DocFest, three recognitions at the Cambodia Town Film Festival (USA), the official selection by the University of Auckland (CINEDANTE), and the Audience Award at the Rome International Documentary Festival – RIDF. It also achieved great public success (sold out at Cinema Farnese, Rome), attended by the director and several renowned figures, including Maestro Marco Bellocchio.

Questo brano è tratto dalla colonna sonora del film “VAKHIM” di Francesca Pirani, proiettato il 6 settembre 2024 alle Notti Veneziane – Giornate degli Autori (81ª Mostra del Cinema di Venezia). Ho composto e prodotto la colonna sonora originale basandomi sulla ricerca di sonorità che potessero rappresentare ed evocare le memorie profonde dei primi anni di vita del protagonista, vissuti in Cambogia, mettendo in relazione quel mondo con quello occidentale nel quale è stato proiettato dopo l’adozione, avvenuta a quattro anni da parte della stessa regista. La scrittura musicale si muove tra linee tematiche legate alle realtà emotive dei personaggi e suoni indeterminati, con un accurato lavoro spaziale realizzato in Dolby Surround 5.1. Questo brano, con orchestra sinfonica e strumenti etnici cambogiani, rappresenta una sintesi sonora dell’intera colonna sonora: gli strumenti occidentali sono disposti in primo piano e quelli del Sud-Est Asiatico sullo sfondo, creando un dialogo immersivo tra i due mondi musicali. Nel rapporto musica-immagine emerge la mia poetica compositiva, dove i suoni diventano parte integrante del movimento scenico, trattati anch’essi come immagini nella scena. I momenti più intensi sono interpretati dalla splendida voce di Lavinia Mancusi. Il film ha ricevuto la Menzione Speciale al 34° Festival Cinema Africano, d’Asia e America Latina, il Premio Signum del Pubblico al Salina DocFest, tre riconoscimenti al Cambodia Town Film Festival (USA), la selezione ufficiale alla University of Auckland (CINEDANTE) e il Premio del Pubblico al Rome International Documentary Festival – RIDF. Grande successo di pubblico (sold out al Cinema Farnese di Roma), alla presenza della regista e di importanti esponenti del cinema, tra cui il Maestro Marco Bellocchio.

LA SPERANZA NEL FUTURO  - from the original motion picture VAKHIM (feat. Lavinia Mancusi)

Nadzieja Artymovič – poetry,
Viktar Siamaška – declamation, piano, choral tunes,
Kanstancin Jaśkoŭ – choral arrangement,
Chor volnych biełarusaŭ "Huk Cišy" conducted by Pavał Sopat.

Recorded 24-10-2025 during the "Bardaŭskaja vosień" festival, Bielsk Podlaski,
Poland. 

Photo by Pavał Hreś. Cover design by Plajster (Sieńka).

Video version – https://youtu.be/22mARa8qPPw
Studio album – https://viktar-siamashka-and-company.bandcamp.com/album/--2

Thanks to the "Tutaka" Foundation!

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this is a set i created for c- tv first episode that aired on march 28. everything here is original material: a couple tracks are forthcoming or unreleased, while other parts are more like live sketches. since most of this won't be re-created or released i figured i'd i would share and archive here.

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‘This mix is a small collection of label favorites and miscellaneous beautiful tracks I've encountered during the past year, as well as some forthcoming tunes on Lillerne. I've been putting out music on the label for 13 years, and I still get excited daily over the new sounds and materials I stumble upon. These are just a handful of personal discoveries via Lillerne and beyond. While enjoying the mix, please consider donating to Brave Space Alliance (https://www.bravespacealliance.org/) and Urban Growers Collective (https://urbangrowerscollective.org/), two important organizations doing impactful work in Chicago.’

Recorded on Chicago in January of 2020.

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Merlin Nova - You're On Your Own
GRRL - Isolation / The Depths (Intro)
JG Biberkopf - Black Soil
Laurel Halo - Hot Style
Robin Stewart - Penny
Tenebral Cortex - Flagellate
The Golden Palominos - You Are Never Ready
Sully - Assembly 1
TYGAPAW - Get Free Intro
Glass - Appointment Scheduling System
Thrax - NOT
Ivy - wet-or-just-rly-cold
Deli Girls - Here We Go Again
Make 'Em - Se Liga ne Pista Riddim
Roy Batty Jr. - Elastic Scream
Max Winter - Aporia
Simo Cell & Abdullah Miniawy - Weed In The Freezer
Amor Satyr & Siu Mata - Nah
Hyph11E - Get Out From Under
Brain Rays & Quiet - Ataru Flip
The Bug - Around Me (feat.Dis Fig)
Rojin Sharafi - Spray and Pray
estoc - YOU DON'T MEAN NOTHIN AT ALL (NELLY FURTADO X THE BODY)
Seeded Vision - The Passage
Jessica Boston & Desert - To The Magic Garden

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