Take a break from streaming films with some “cinema for your ears” as Goethe-Institut Toronto Program Curator Jutta Brendemühl introduces you to the best & brightest film composers in an ongoing video series called "The Sound Of Filmmusik" (takes 1-3 here), from Hollywood super star Hans Zimmer to 2020 Oscar winner Hildur Guðnadóttir.
The name you will hear most in this series: Brecht collaborator Hanns Eisler, as the famous (East) Berlin music academy that many of the artists on this list attended is named after:
Another exciting discovery I took home from the Berlinale 2020, after first being stunned by his music at TIFF19: Berlin composer Benedikt Schiefer is on my to watch & to listen to list since Cannes winner “The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão” & Visar Morina's “Exile” (coming to GOETHE FILMS @ TIFF Lightbox in October 2020!)
I say “Run Lola Run”, you say director Tom Tykwer. Let me talk about TT the film composer & how he is currently taking the plot of his TV show “Babylon Berlin” from the silent era to the talkies:
Stay tuned for more weekly episodes!
videos & image by @JuttaBrendemuhl (#stayathome #selfproduced #cultureathome)
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Take a break from streaming films with some “cinema for your ears” as Goethe-Institut Toronto Program Curator Jutta Brendemühl introduces you to the best & brightest film composers in an ongoing video series called "The Sound Of Filmmusik" (takes 1-3 here), from Hollywood super star Hans Zimmer to 2020 Oscar winner Hildur Guðnadóttir.
