The movie "SARDINIA", made in 1972, is part of the 14 documentaries funded and sponsored by ESSO ITALIANA, who aimed to bring to the attention of the large international audience the beautiful landscapes, the architecture and art of our wonderful and unique country: ITALY. In 1978, RAI broadcast the full series. The same thing happened in the U.S., Germany, Australia, China and other networks of national importance. The series was distributed in schools, in 35mm and 16mm. In 1983 the publication of 16 volumes re-proposed the series of films. The footage of the series "ITALY VIEW FROM THE SKY" obtained many awards and was bestowed with considerable success by the great public interest. To make the soundtrack of the movie SARDINIA, made in 1972, the great Maestro Ennio Morricone was chosen. Through his innate and unique artistic sensibility, he composed songs that reflect fully the mysterious and fascinating island. AN ORGAN IN THE WIND. Very often, to realize a musical idea, the composers' sensitive attention is drawn to certain details that escape most people, perhaps because of distraction or carelessness. In the title of this song we can find something that is a common denominator on the island of Sardinia: the wind. Those who know Sardinia also know that this is a constant element, indispensable and integral in all its territory. Making this composition, Ennio Morricone has emphasized this feature of the island without the assistance of pre-recorded sound effects, replacing the musical wind with a chorus of male and female. The song begins with an organ, it imitates a Bach touch type, but at the same time, with the deep notes of the chorus, the main feature of the entire composition makes its way: the wind ensemble. The two elements: the wind and the organ, seem to dance independently of each other, but this is only an impression as they are strongly interdependent. The result? A deep and powerful portrait of the rough landscape of Sardinia. Another feature of this wonderful and natural island are its cork forests near the sea. These forests stretch as far as the eye and it is strange to note that if we carefully examine the surroundings there is no sign of human life. These fascinating and disturbing places bring us back to the beginnings, to a wonderful old age, to the very birth of the world. The song titled "Between the forest and the sea" describes in a masterly way that state of mind. The desolation we feel at the beginning becomes a dance of birds and immediately after a solo harp accompanies a female voice that is heard in the distance. And all this happens in a surreal dream. The song called "Sardinia" is very simple and linear, but its clarity, serenity and dignity reflects the strong character, frank and confidential, that characterizes the Sardinian people. In " Mysterious Signs " the composer pointed out the history, traditions and the mysterious Nuraghe of Sardinia. In this patient, painstaking work of musical construction, the extreme sensitivity of Maestro Morricone dealt with a much deeper musical speech than a simple description of a folk environment, he has built a musical discourse that goes beyond the simple soundtrack: he dived in the reality of the feelings of an entire people that dream, live and work in a major Italian region. |
