Film score for small orchestra.
Duration: 2' — 2021
Writing for the Savannah
The Nature of Music is a score for a two-minute documentary on the African savannah, composed during a week-long masterclass in film music led by Carlo Crivelli, organised by MusicaRivaFestival in collaboration with Trentino Religion Today Festival.
The starting point was research into African musical traditions — rhythmic structures, timbres, formal patterns — which informed both the harmonic and orchestrational choices. The score was first written out in full notation in Finale, then realised and mixed in Pro Tools using orchestral libraries. The ensemble combines woodwinds, brass, marimba, djembe, harp, and strings — a palette designed to carry the weight of the landscape without resorting to ethnographic illustration.
Technical details
Duration - 2'
Type - Film score
Year - 2021
Ensemble - Flute, B♭ clarinet, 2 horns, marimba, djembe, harp, violins I & II, violas, cellos, double basses
Notation - Finale 25
Realisation - Pro Tools
Context - MusicaRivaFestival / Trentino Religion Today Festival, masterclass with Carlo Crivelli