SHIGERU UMEBAYASHI: TWO FILMS BY ROBERTA TORRE (MI FANNO MALE I CAPELLI / MARE NERO)

Shigeru Umebayashi started composing film music in 1984 and his talent was immediately recognized in 1985, when the music he composed for the Japanese film production Sorekara (And Then) won several film music awards. He has since scored more than 30 Japanese Films, including Onmyoji and Onmyoji II.

He is an internationally renowned film composer, best known for creating ‘Yumeji's Theme’ in Wong Kar-Wai's film In The Mood for Love as well as collaborating with Wong Kar-Wai on 2046. He was the music producer and composer for Zhang Yimou's films House of Flying Daggers and Curse of The Golden Flower and composed the end-title song ‘Lovers’ for the soprano Kathleen Battle.

This release highlights Umebayashi’s soundtrack collaborations with award winning Italian film director Roberta Torre, from 2006 Dark Sea (Mare Nero) and 2023 In The Mirror (Mi Fanno Male i Capelli)

DISC 1: Dark Sea (Mare Nero)

1 Mare Nero theme

2 Carillon

3 Lounge About the Streets

4 Luca & Ivano

5 Morgue

6 Veronica's Piano 3

7 Main theme solo sax

8 Selling Drugs

9 Torture

10 The Blond Girl 1

11 Bar

12 Luca's Dream

13 Veronica's Piano

14 The Blond Girl 2

15 Luca & Veronica

16 Vila Fiano 2

17 Mare Nero rumba

DISC2: In The Mirror (Mi Fanno Male i Capelli)

1 Memories

2 A piedi nudi

3 Homeward

4 Sometimes Somewhere

5 Dolcevita

6 Lonelyheart

7 March Rain

8 Returns

9 Mi fanno male I capelli

10 Suddenly without me knowing

11 Ghost

12 Pieces of life

13 La spaggia sperlonga

14 Appearance

15 No man’s land

16 Monica

17 Siamo cosi simili noi due