BARBIERI GATO/LAST TANGO IN PARIS

Descripción

LAST TANGO IN PARIS IS A 1972 FILM DIRECTED BY BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI THAT TELLS THE ENCOUNTER AND THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN TWO PERFECT STRANGERS WHO MEET BY CHANCE IN THE FRENCH CAPITAL: A VERY YOUNG MARIA SCHNEIDER IN A ROLE THAT MADE HER VERY FAMOUS AND THAT LEFT AN INDELIBLE MARK UPON THE REST OF HER CAREER AND THE MUCH MORE MATURE MARLON BRANDO ALREADY A WORLD-FAMOUS ACTOR AT THE TIME. THE RESULT WAS ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS EROTIC AND DRAMATIC FILMS EVER SUBJECT OF ENDLESS CENSORSHIP AND CONTROVERSY GREAT WORKS OF ART ARE USED TO THAT ONE MIGHT SAY AND MAYBE ITS NOT A COINCIDENCE THAT LAST TANGO IS STILL DISCUSSED A LOT TODAY.THE REALIZATION OF THE FILMS SOUNDTRACK WAS ASSIGNED TO GATO BARBIERI A SAXOPHONIST BORN IN ARGENTINE WHO USED TO FREQUENT THE ROMAN JAZZ SCENE ALREADY IN THE 60S. WHEN IT CAME TO COMPOSING THE MUSIC OF LAST TANGO BARBIERI WAS ALREADY AN ESTABLISHED MUSICIAN BUT HE CALLED BACK SOME OF THE MUSICIANS WITH WHOM HE HAD PREVIOUSLY PLAYED IN ROME CREATING A 9-ELEMENT ENLARGED ENSEMBLE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE ACCOMPANYING SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA HAD BEEN MADE BY ANOTHER JAZZ GIANT OLIVER NELSON. THE UNION BETWEEN BARBIERIS MUSIC AND BERTOLUCCIS VISIONS WAS ONE OF THE MANY PERFECT MARRIAGES THAT MADE HISTORY IN THE CINEMA AND SOUNDTRACK FIELDS. THREE MAIN INGREDIENTS ARE BLENDED AMONG THE GROOVES OF THIS MEMORABLE SCORE: THE TANGO MELODIES - OF COURSE THE MELANCHOLY OF THE ORCHESTRA STRING INSTRUMENTS AND THE EROTIC TENSION GENERATED BY GATO BARBIERIS SAXOPHONE THANKS TO HIS UNIQUE STYLE THAT COULD COMBINE ENERGY AND FEELING LIKE FEW OTHERS IN THE WORLD.