THE ACADEMY OF ITALIAN CINEMA AND SKY TV PAID HOMAGE MASCAGNI for the anniversary of the 100th anniversary of the first soundtrack of Italian Cinema for the silent film "Rapsodia Satanica".

 DURING DAVID OF DONATELLO AWARD 2017
THE ACADEMY OF ITALIAN CINEMA AND SKY TV PAID HOMAGE MASCAGNI for the 100th anniversary of the first soundtrack of Italian Cinema for the silent "Rapsodia Satanica" movie of 1917

Pietro Mascagni's artistic contribution is not limited to the Opera and the great academic work: Mascagni was called by the CINES production house in 1915 to compose and direct the music of the film "Rapsodia Satanica" and his creativity was not Avoided the opportunity to come into contact with the seventh art, recognizing with great instinct and intelligence the great potential of the cinematic medium. Thimothy Brock, American Orchestra Director specializing in silent soundtracks, said: "Mascagni developed a method that most film-music composers would adopt only a decade later. He composed one of the most sophisticated and complex accompaniments in the history of mute and sound cinema, pushing far beyond visual perception to delineate the most subtle features of the characters. His score is the greatest gift a composer has made to world cinema; There is no expression, gesture or flutter of veils that can not be found in the score ... just look for it. "