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ORWELLIAN
DARK ELECTRO & ITALIAN MUSICALITY
2023 / 2024
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MUSIC : Renzo Djordan - Orwellian Era
VIDEO EDITING : Renzo Djordan
2023 electronic music composition, inspired by Italian creators, has been selected in Playlist Cannes Soundtrack and in Long List with american jury from music advertisment industry + former jury President of Cannes Lions Music.
Electronic music style 80s composition is inspired from italian film music composer and producer GIOVANNI GIORGIO MORODER. He had prestigious collaborations with international artists such as Donna Summer, David Bowie and also with some members of French Kraftwerk and Daftpunk. Composer used Moog Modular, ARP odyssey and Roland Jupiter-4 synthetisers :
Giorgio Moroder had a major influence on a whole generation of music video composers and producers using synthesizers in the 1970s and 1980s, including americans STU PHILIPS (Knight rider) and JAN HAMMER (Miami vice) : repetitive bass lines and analog pads. The 1988 electronic theme in HANS ZIMMER’s Rain Man also shows an atmospheric stylistic similarity, commonly named today as Synthwave or Retrowave.
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Melodic style of Female vocalist Athina D. in the track is inspired by female italian soprano opera singer SUSANNA RIGACCI. She has achieved an international career and collaborations with famous italian film music composer, arranger and conductor Ennio Morricone. He also specifies in an interview that film music composition is a multidisciplinary and atypical art. With Sergio Leone filmmaker, this Italian trio has marked history of cinematography internationally :
The theme of female voices is also found in the compositions of FRANCO MICALIZZI, an Italian composer known for his film scores of the 1970s, particularly in the poliziottesco, spaghetti western, and action film genres. Typical of the 70s, this music genre named WORDLESS VOCAL had also an influence on jazz all the way to Japan with HIROSHI SUZUKI :
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2025 Non commercial music video, tribute to Stanley Kubrick filmography and 1984 computer brand advertising, inspired by speech of Italo-american filmmaker Martin scorcese about Video editing. Cinematographic Orwellian thematics that have been all produced by famous american compagny production. Music Video rewarded by european biggest music video festival, 2025 Berlin Music Video Awards + invitation to 3 days of festival ceremony :
It will not forget to mention WARRIORS OF THE YEAR 2072, 1982 italian film shoted in Rome by Lucio Fulci italian filmmaker, accompanied by italian music composer Riz Ortolani. This B-movie takes place in a dystopian future : Junior, a supercomputer, supervises, manipulates, and manages TV channels. A society where power doesn't come from visible people but from technological control infrastructures.
Moreover, remind us 1979 classic french film I LIKE ICARUS with italian actor Ivo Livi and italian music composer Ennio Morricone, score blending tension and suspense. The film deals with one of Orwell's themes: submission to authority, through a scene of the 1960s Stanley Milgram's experiment directed by armenian filmmaker Achod Malakian :
Let's conclude review with The italians TAVIANI brothers directors, with their vision of cinematography and the importance of music in cinematic creative process. Released in 1977, FATHER & BOSS film propose manifesto in favor of knowledge and culture, Golden Palm awarded in Cannes film festival and Berlinale Golden bear :
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MUSIC : Renzo Djordan ( REMIX Magnetic tailors )
VIDEO : Magnetic Tailors
Remix composed from a song which belongs to a french musicians band album, managed by international press officer Ness Errahmani. Music inspired by Californian musical genre of Zapp & Roger band, led by Roger Troutman, who collaborated with George Clinton (Parliament/Funkadelic ) : an american song with electric guitare, groovy fat bass and talkbox which has been already used in a famous 1994 french film, THE HATE, for a dance scene. An international recognition for this B&W film awarded in 1994 :
This musical style, of which P-Funk is one of main sources of inspiration, emerged from the streets of Los Angeles in the early 1990s : laidback funk rhythms, associated with LOW RIDING, a culture and an automotive art born in Los Angeles during the 1940s and 1950s. Here you'll find art of car hand-painting, CUSTOM PAINT, inluding Candy colors, Metallic flakes, complex gradients and Cultural/Spiritual motifs. Boulevard Nights film (1979) stands as one of the major tributes to lowrider culture, set in East Los Angeles, featuring a soundtrack by LALO SCHIFRIN and vocals by GEORGE BENSON :
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Regarding the music video, the Californian inspiration of the creative direction was oriented towards retro codes with green 1968 Ford Mustang GT 390 Fastback from BULLITT film. This car has become legendary thanks to the famous chase through the streets of San Francisco, one of the most iconic in history of cinema ( Batfa & Oscar winner ), accompanied by argentine-born american Lalo Schifrin film music composer :
Similar car model used in the 1966 French film A Man and a Woman : the meeting of a racing driver and a grieving woman. The film, famous for its 1965 Ford Mustang Coupe Hardtop (often called the Mustang Mk1), and for music soundtrack composed by Francis Lai, won the Golden palm at Cannes and two Oscars (Best Foreign Language Film and Best Original Screenplay) :
Californian atmosphere and thematic of car chase in streets of San Francisco that we find once again in 1982 with Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy aboard a 1964 Cadillac DeVille Convertible in 48 HRS film. Music composed by famous James Horner, with touches of jazz, funk, and electronic. He received 10 Oscar nominations, including 2 wins for Titanic film music :
Similar film genre : 1974 Three Tough Guys by Italian film maker Duccio Tessari for italo-american co-production. A " poliziottesco" film with omnipresent car scenes : italian actor ANGELINO VENTURA and american actor ISAAC HAYES, who also composed soundtrack, and more famous for SHAFT music film, Oscar awarded for Best Song in 1972 :
After " shot in LA " films from 70s Blaxploitation era of wich Melvin Van Peebles remains precursor - Foxy brown, soundtrack by Willie Hutch - Coffy, soundtrack by Roy Ayers - Trouble Man, soundtrack by Marvin Gaye - Quentin Tarantino drew inspiration from these cinematic and musical codes when he paid homage to actress Pam Grier in 1997 film " Jackie Brown " :
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James Dean remains an iconic figure in Los Angeles cinema and in car culture. In Rebel Without a Cause (1955), he drove a 1949 Mercury Coupe, a typical young californian rebel car. This cult film, shot at the Griffith Observatory, anchors Dean in the L.A. urban landscape. He cultivated his passion for speed, notably driving the famous Porsche 550 Spyder. James Dean embodies the rebellious, free, and Californian spirit of 1950s cinema :
To conclude this review with an Italo touch, it should not forget to mention " IL SORPASSO " 1962 film by Dino Risi italian filmmaker, accompanied by jazz man Riz Ortolani and actor Vittorio Gassman, 2012 Cannes classic selection . Road trip that takes place in central Italy and which pays tribute to the italian legendary car 1955 Lancia Aurelia B24 S Convertible : a classic of Italian "commedia all'italiana" cinema which reflects italian society at this time :
ELECTRO FAVELA
BRAZILIAN & ITALIAN " CITY OF GOD "
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MUSIC : Renzo Djordan - Favela Chic Remix
VIDEO EDITING : Renzo Djordan
Music created as part of the 8th electronic album named " ODYSSEY pt II " with ethno and worldmusic influences, as musical travel diary from the 4 corners of the globe with a cultural approach. Non commercial music video made from different favela documentaries, rewarded by european biggest music video festival 2025 Berlin Music Video Awards + invitation to 3 days of festival ceremonies and personal invitation to 2025 NETFLIX MUSIC FYSEE LOS ANGELES.
Inspired by 2002 film CITY OF GOD, where photography is originally in the film the means of escape, here reimagined in music video around dance as a way out of the favelas. Film adapted from Paulo Lins's novel, directed by brazilian filmmakers Fernando Meirelles and Katia Lund. An own financing Brazilian co-production with France and Germany selected in 2002 Cannes Film Festival and Oscar nominations :
In a cultural and musical point of view, we find in this music video :
PASSINHO, typical favela dance recently declared " intangible cultural heritage" by Rio City Hall. CAPOEIRA, Afro-Brazilian cultural practice that involves both martial art and dance. BATERIA, musical genre characterized by traditional Brazilian percussion, rhythmic which composed SAMBA. Main music is BAILE FUNK, a favela musical genre with Renzo Djordan's touch : electro storm style.
Brazilian popular music from Rio has undergone a musical evolution since forró - traditional folklore - and samba. Gonzaguinha, son of musician Luiz Gonzaga, nicknamed "the king of baião," is one of its key figures, as female Sandra De Sa and Tim Maia with soul and funk influences :
About Music Film & Favela, it will not forget to mention the film " BLACK ORPHEUS " by French filmmaker Marcel Camus. Golden Palm winner during 1959 Cannes film festival and 1959 Oscar winner for best foreign film : A working class story in Rio favela whose screenplay is written by Vinicius de Morales. A film accompanied by bossa nova composed by brazilians Luiz Bonfa + Antonio Carlos Jobim and samba recorded during Rio Carnaval :
As french filmmaker explains in audio player, Samba popular schools that parade during the carnival have their own singers, bateria and musical composers, to obtain a "musical fireworks display" : PORTELA is a 1923 samba school founded, symbolized by a white condor, located in the northern part of Rio. It is one of the oldest and most respected samba schools, and a true institution of Brazilian popular culture :
Another reference about film music and favela is MAN FROM RIO (1964 french film), a frenetic adventure with the legendary Jean-Paul Belmondo. A memorable scene takes place in a Rio favela, where actress Françoise Dorléac dances a lively samba : music for this samba scene is directed by renowned french composer Georges Delerue. He departed from his usual orchestral style to incorporate typical samba rhythms. A Film selected by Cannes Classic :
OLODUM, an iconic Afro-Brazilian drums group based in Salvador de Bahia Brazil, founded in 1979, is world-renowned for parades during the Salvador Carnival, which bring thousands of percussionists into the streets. Olodum has worked with international artists such as Paul Simon, as well as Michael Jackson in music video "They Don't Care About Us", filmed in the streets of favela Santa Marta - Rio, directed by Spike Lee :
Environment and some thematics of Favela Music Video similar in an Italian film by ETTORE SCOLA filmmaker, who is also a Directing inspiration. Filmmaker known for many collaborations with Marcello Mastroianni. Film awarded at Cannes Film Festival, prized for directing in 1976. A story that took place in the slums of " Italian City of God ", Rome, accompanied by Armando Trovajoli's music film and Nino Manfredi :
To Conclude about brazilian favela thematics without taking about soccer is not possible : Socrates played primarily for brazilian club Corinthians but also for Fiorentina in Italy. He held a medical degree which earned him the famous nickname DOCTOR SOCRATES. In 2008, the Cannes Film Festival payed tribute to South American soccer with the film MARADONA by Emir Kusturica, a legendary Argentinian player with his trick " hand of god " who evolved in Italy, becoming an icon of Neapolitan soccer and Naples city, with many murals painted in his likeness :
GOLDEN LADY
MEXICAN SPIRITUAL GROOVE
2014
MUSIC : Renzo Djordan - Golden Lady
Music selected in 2014 by mexican female filmmaker MELISSA RAMIREZ ORTEGA for music video CAAV, an AudioVisual Art center in Mexico - An urban instrumental music for a spiritual music video. Music created in 2013 and inspired by Most famous Urban Groove producers of 90s, from JIMMY JAY to DJ PREMIER. Music usually composed of samples from Soul/Jazz vinyl records and rhythmed by AKAI S1000 / MPC or EMU SP1200 sequencers. Let's listen to original sample of Golden Lady music video, soul music track by Gwen Mc Rae, 70s singer from Florida USA :
A Musical revolution at the time which brought producers to expand their musical culture with a constant search for new vinyl records ( crate digging ) for sampling, especially in the search for soul/jazz and rare traditional Mexican Banda & Mariachi music which mainly use trumpets and other brass instruments : emblematic popular musical expressions of Mexico :
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When Mexican music inluenced italian cinema : The music of A Fistful of Dollars, composed by Ennio Morricone, draws heavily on Mexican tradition with mariachi overtones by Italian trumpeter Michele Lacerenza. The main theme blends whistles, guitar, and trumpet in a stripped-down style, reminiscent of the popular ballads of northern Mexico. " the first action movie cuts to foreground music " as Quentin Tarantino said :
Italian cinema notably paid historical tribute to Mexico in 1971 DUCK YOU SUCKER film: an allegory centered on Mexican dry landscape, shot in Spain. Unlike traditional Westerns that celebrate action, Ennio Morricone composed introspective score with understated trumpets, evoking nostalgia and disillusionment. A cult status among critics and film buffs for its artistic, critical and 1910/20s mexican historical value :
One of the most significant and classic works of Mexican cinema remains LOS OLVIDADOS - The Young and the Damned : a world masterpiece inscribed on Unesco's cultural heritage list, directed by Luis Buñuel. A 1950 film shot in the slums of Mexico City, Best Director Awarded at the 1951 Cannes Film Festival. Music does not hold a central place : critics have often compared this Mexican classic to Italian Neorealism, soundtrack built around silence and sounds of reality.
It will not forget to mention Mexican musician and singer TOMAS MENDEZ : his song " Cucurrucucú paloma" is a famous song of traditional Mexican music, written in 1954. It is one of the most famous songs of the ranchera repertoire, a musical genre born in the Mexican countryside and has been covered by artists around the world as brazilian Caetano Veloso. This cover of Caetano Veloso has been used in many movies from spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar to american Barry Jenkins :
Mexican female singer LILA DOWNS appears in the 2002 film FRIDA, also accompanied by brazilian Caetano Veloso in the soundtrack of this biopic film : 2 Oscars winner. She also performs alone the song " La Llorona ", a very notable performance. Lila Downs is known for fusion of genres ; Mexican ranchera music mixed with jazz / blues / folk, 3 Grammy awards winner :
To thank Melissa Ortega Ramirez filmmaker for choosing my music, let's shed light on the subject of mexican women representation in activities of cinematographic directing : Tatiana Huezo Sanchez's Film selected in 2022 Cannes film festival, especially in the " un certain regard " category. A work deeply marked by contemporary Mexican culture, that of rural areas :
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