From left to right: Gabriel Yared, Maurice Jarre and Alberto Iglesias (Ghent film festival 2007)

Music is a universal language…

Just listening to the first notes of some film scores like Once Upon a Time in the West, Betty Blue or E.T. and the
emotions of these movies come back to us, as if in the blink of an eye, the music could bring together all the images…

Out of Africa, Dances with Wolves, The Persuaders !... JOHN BARRY
Hiroshima mon Amour, Jules and Jim, Platoon... GEORGES DELERUE
Lost Highway, The City of Lost Children, Mulholland Drive... ANGELO BADALAMENTI
The Chorus, Microcosmos, Himalaya... BRUNO COULAIS
Lawrence of Arabia, Dead Poet Society, Mad Max III... MAURICE JARRE
Planet of the Apes, Rambo, Basic Instinct... JERRY GOLDSMITH
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Professional, The Untouchables... ENNIO MORRICONE
Star Wars, Harry Potter, Hook, Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park… JOHN WILLIAMS
The English Patient, Betty Blue, Cold Mountain... GABRIEL YARED
Braveheart, Apollo 13, Avatar... JAMES HORNER
Collateral, The Village, The Dark Knight... JAMES NEWTON HOWARD
Romeo + Juliet , Love Actually, World Trade Center... CRAIG ARMSTRONG

…and much more are the best examples of the importance of the music for a movie nowadays.

In the Tracks of is a documentary series about the greatest of film score.
How a film score is created? How is it “made”?

The series aims to explore the relations between music and cinema and to propose a deeper reflection
upon the creative process.

Famous songwriters are privileged witnesses. Thanks to their great experience, they are able to share
their passion with us while analyzing the field and scope of their work.

Far from the idea that creation is a magical happening, subjectivity, life experience, memories, transformation
of a fact are the inspiration influences for creation. The series reveals the different elements which constitute
the creative process: relation with the director of the film, composition searching, inspiration…