The Italian Key
Tuomas Kantelinen
Caldera Records is proud to present the original score for the motion picture “The Italian Key” from 2011, directed by Rosa Karo. The film tells the story of 19-year old Cabella who receives a mysterious key as her only inheritance from her recently deceased uncle. The girl decides to literally unlock the secrets of her past by moving to a run-down villa in Italy. She slowly makes friends with three sisters and also befriends the ghost of a nine-year-old chimney sweeper named Angelo who died in the house long ago. Together with her new friends, Cabella starts to learn more about her mysterious past as she also rediscovers her “joie de vivre”…
The music for “The Italian Key“ was written by Tuomas Kantelinen who is also the producer of the film and the husband of its director. Since the film has a vintage look about it is meant to be an old-finished film in many respects, Kantelinen decided to pay tribute to that musically by delivering a romantic score for orchestra, filled with several themes and motifs that describe the characters and their surroundings. Like the film, the music is charming, sunny and optimistic without lacking the depth the subject matter requires. After six years, the music for “The Italian Key” finally receives its well-deserved release as one of the best works of Tuomas Kantelinen.
The 21st CD-release of Caldera Records features a detailed booklet-text by Gergely Hubai and an elegant artwork by Luis Miguel Rojas. The CD was produced by Stephan Eicke and John Elborg.
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Music Composed and Conducted by Tuomas Kantelinen
Album Produced by Stephan Eicke
Executive Producers for Caldera Records: John Elborg, Stephan Eicke
Album Art Direction and Design: Luis Miguel Rojas
1. Prologue (4:16)
2. Alexander’s Piano (1:45)
3. Chiara’s Theme (2:26)
4. Max’s Theme (1:49)
5. Beginning (1:35)
6. Everyone’s Lost Someone (5:55)
7. Beautiful Gestures (1:28)
8. Sister’s Pizzicato (2:30)
9. Angelo’s Goodbye (3:31)
10. Mother’s Tears (3:05)
11. Twins (4:00)
12. Cabella (1:34)
13. Alexander’s Piano Variation (1:45)
14. Daydream Swimming (4:30)
15. Ghost Boy (1:05)
16. How Do You Mend a Broken Heart (1:36)
17. In This Life (1:45)
18. Sunflower Field (3:25)
19. Epilogue (4:17)
Reviews
“Overall it’s a wonderfully enchanting and thematically beautiful score that’s well worth adding to your collection.”
ReviewGraveyard.com
“This music, which is especially beautiful, avoids the melodramatic and sweetened approach in favor of an emotional but austere tone. It is an elaborate and classy work.”
MundoBSO.com
“The score can be sweepy and romantic while never overdoing it. It has the right amount of finesse and elegance to make the listening enjoyable and enriching. The Italian Key is a score worth checking out.”
FilmMusicMedia
“Most of the music tends to vacillate between affettuoso (with emotion) and lacrimoso (with tears). But it is a feel good movie after all, so the score thankfully also carries an infusion of hope and yearning, repeated just often enough to make it interesting. The quality was pleasurably consistent throughout the entire album. As heard on screen, the score was absolutely stellar.”
Tracksounds.com
“A very beautiful score for piano and orchestra whose romantic melodies breathe life when Tuomas Kantelinen shows his emotions in a beautiful way. An excellent surprise!”
Underscores.fr