Soviet film music

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Genre

Soviet film music · In the Soviet Union, leading concert composers wrote for film, which the state regarded as the most important art form. Dmitri Shostakovich began in 1929 with music for the silent film Novyi Vavilon and went on writing film scores all his life. Sergei Prokofiev composed Luitenant Kizje (1934) and worked closely with the director Sergei Eisenstein on Aleksandr Nevski (1938) and Ivan the Terrible. In Nevski, director and composer matched image and music precisely to one another. The sound is large and direct: choirs, massive brass and simple, strong melodies. A late high point was Shostakovich's music for Grigori Kozintsev's Hamlet (1964).

Listening

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  Lieutenant Kijé, Op. 60: IV. Troika · Sergei Prokofiev, 1934
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  New Babylon, Op. 18: Act 1 · SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern & Frank Strobel (Dmitri Shostakovich), 1929
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  Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78: The Battle on Ice · London Symphony Orchestra & Claudio Abbado (Sergei Prokofiev), 1938

In School of Rock

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See also

• Sergej Prokofjev
• Dmitri Sjostakovitsj
• SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern & Frank Strobel (Dmitri Shostakovich)
• London Symphony Orchestra & Claudio Abbado (Sergei Prokofiev)
• Rhythm as engine: Stravinsky and Bartók