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Gymnopédies No.2

In the fall of last year, I was asked to participate in Bigo & Twigetti's fifth volume of the Perceptions compilation series, which explores various approaches to piano music. Complimenting the sound of the solo piano, these compositions also utilise nominal processing, sound effects, synthesis, and binaural recording techniques, all aiming to create an immersive listening experience while still showcasing my beloved instrument. As the clock ticked away and the deadline approached, I realised I hadn't found time to compose my contribution. For a few weeks, I've experienced a gnawing feeling of self-imposed pressure, mixed with anxiety and procrastination, that looped on itself and left me fatigued. I'm sure plenty of composers who are reading these words, especially those working on a deadline (like film soundtracks), know what I'm talking about. This, in itself, gave me a taste of this process at work. I learned that I simply cannot try and force things or make them appear. For me, music, as Victor Hugo once said, "expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent…" I needed to have something special to say...

As the end of the year approached, I found myself in that "usual space" of December, where the dark and the cold seemed to mix with my mood, and I recount the days and the moments of passing. There's always reflection on what I've achieved, and of course, I look back at my favourite albums of the year. Somewhere around this time, I arrive at the acceptance of failure, preparing to message the label and withdraw from the project. I think I'm too busy with "all other stuff". Perhaps I'll start over as the new year turns. Perhaps I'll become a bit more organised or not commit myself to the deadlines. In the very last days of the year, I find myself investing time in consoling my friend whose mother has passed away. As always, besides the grief for another, we find ourselves reflecting on our own mortality... and the meaning of it all... As the clock strikes midnight, I am deep asleep. But the morning comes, as it does every morning. And we're at it again, starting fresh and anew. The windows open, and we breathe in and out. Maybe this time, it will be slightly different. Maybe this time we have learned... On the morning of January 1st, I find myself sitting at the piano and playing this simple melody. I hope that you'll hear what I'm saying in music...

Perceptions Vol​​​.​​​5

Morning, January 1st

Mike Lazarev - Morning, January 1st

Solo Piano - Chris Bright

step up - 4:25:24, 5.24 PM

~320kbps

~Gustave Courbet - "L'Origine du monde" (1866)

György Ligeti - Lux Aeterna (1966)

divertissement excerpt

quiet now, oh listen now
i hear its thrill in every bone
ghostly face
painted lips
divine kiss

life was never crazier
and i was never lovelier 
and highwaymen in midnight masks
would whisk me away

sweep
sweep me off my feet
carefree in that dress
waiting in the silence
i would be your moonlight Bess

quiet, love, oh listen, love
i feel its thrill in every bone
wait between the shadows for
a pair of pretty eyes

life was so much crazier
and i was so much lovelier
and highwaymen in midnight masks
whisked me away

sweep 
sweep me off my feet
take me to your hidden
hollow on the hill
make me your highway girl

highwayman, i'm riding nigh
midst midnight's trees and devil's sky
watch between the shadows for
a pair desperate eyes

sweep
sweep me off my feet
take me to your hidden
hollow on the hill
capture me your highway girl


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Highwaymen in Midnight Masks

Víg Mihály - Filmzenek (Music From The Films Of Bela Tarr)

Lengyelorszag (Oszi Almanach)

Music from the experimental short movie "This Emotion" by Viktoria Marinov, based on a poem of Zoe Barandun

Available for audiovisual projects on: http://www.musicforprod.com/cd.php?id=1003587

This Emotion

Mute are delighted to announce the signing of Yann Tiersen and the release of his brand new, long awaited album, Dust Lane, out on 4 October 2010. 

Hailing from Brittany, Yann Tiersen is one of the most revered artists of his generation with a reputation first established by his studio albums (which include 1998's Le Phare and 2005's Les Retrouvailles) and cemented by his work on the original film score of Amelie (2001) which earned him widespread recognition. 

Produced by Yann Tiersen and mixed by Ken Thomas (Sigur Rós, M83, Moby), Dust Lane sees Tiersen incorporate vintage electronic sounds and textures into his music for an album he describes as "a journey on the dusty lane that leads us to death. Not a sad thing, but like a colourful, sometimes painful, but mostly joyful experience: life!"

Yann Tiersen - Ashes (edit)

Film score, concert music, jazz, songs…
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Website : www.sylviafilus.com
Composer, born in Poland and established in Paris (France), Sylvia Filus is graduated in Film Music Composition and in Orchestration (First Prize). 

She has composed music for several movies, chamber music ensembles, symphonic orchestra and big band. In 2008, at the request of the Pomeranian Society Musica Sacra and the Chamber Orchestra of Gdynia, Sinfonietta Nordica, she wrote the Cycle of 3 melodies for mezzo-soprano, barytone, and orchestra, which was performed during the festival The Music of Words in Gdynia (Poland). 

In 2010 she was commissioned by the Polish Strauss Society to commemorate Chopin’s 200 Anniversary and wrote Fantasia in "Salt" Minor performed by the orchestra Obligato at the Symphonic Chopin concert in the Salt Mine of Wieliczka (near Cracow). During the same year, Sylvia Filus was honored with the Trophy of Women‘s Success by the Association France-Euro-Méditerranée and became finaliste of the competition International Music Prize for Excellence in Composition awarded by the National Academy of Music.

In 2011 Sylvia Filus composed for her first feature film Le Bout du monde (The End of the World) by the marocan filmmaker Hakim Noury and for the documentary « Avec toi sans toi » by Francesca Ragusa. Commissioned by Lobster Films and SACEM for the european film collection on line Europa Film Treasures she wrote music for two silent movies: “Danseur de jazz” (feature) and “Troppo Bello!” (short). 

In 2012 Sylvia composed for the full length documentary « Fishermen » by Viktoria Marinov and in 2013 she has been awarded in the International Composition Competition "Artistes en herbe" in Luxembourg. 

In 2014 she took part of the B.O. Concert, 25 french composers film music concert in Paris and in the Spring Concert in Padua (Italy), where her piece "The Cobweb" was premiered by the orchestra I Solisti Veneti conducted by Claudio Scimone. 

In 2020, Sylvia Filus composed music for the movie « Quand je serai grande » (When I grow up) by Yves Levy, which received the Sacem grant for original music and in 2021, to the the poetry « Les plaisir de la porte » (The pleasures of the door) by Francis Ponge as well as the poetry by Jolanda Podejma-Eloyanne. 

On 2023 she writes music for the short movie « À Fleur de peau » by Kathie Kriegel and takes part of the program Crescendo and the residency TRIO from Maison du Film and Sacem.

FEATURES:

« Le Bout du monde » (The End of the World) by Hakim Noury - 2011
« Le Danseur de jazz » by Benito Perojo (1927) - 2011

DOCUMENTARIES: 

« Avec toi sans toi » by Francesca Ragusa - 2011
« Fishermen » by Viktoria Marinov - 2012
« Floris » by Jacqueline Kalimunda - 2014

SHORT MOVIES:

« Personal Best » - fiction by Viktoria Marinov - 2004
« Undo » – experimental documentary by Jean-Gabriel Périot - 2005
« Onchocercose » – animation by Christophe Gautry - 2005
« Réconciliation » – fiction by Alain Gilot (France) - Émergences 2006
« Accord parfait » (The Perfect Tune) – animation by Izabela Bartosik - 2006
« Les Saisons du souvenir » (Seasons of Souvenir) – fiction by Nicolas Rogez - 2007
« This Emotion » – experimental by Viktoria Marinov - 2008
« Samare » – animation by Nicolai Troshinsky - 2008
« La Main » (The Hand) – fiction by Rémy Ginestet - 2009
« Troppo bello! » - silent by André Deed (1909) - 2011
« La Cravate Bleue » - fiction by Niels Michon Fisher - 2012
« Confession » - experimental fiction-documentary by Kamil Krolak - 2013
« Quand je serai grande » - 45’ fiction by Yves Levy - 2020
« À Fleur de peau » short fiction by Kathie Kriegel - 2023

PARTICIPATION AS ARRANGER AND/OR MUSIC SUPERVISOR:

« Bis repetita » - feature by Emilie Noblet - 2024
« Sukrit’s Sundays » – short fiction by Vasant Nath - 2009
« Réveries d’antant » – short fiction by Christopher Poulain - 2009

This Emotion

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