It fits perfectly with the dystopian mood of our time: a collection of tracks composed for war films and TV documentaries. Alessandro Alessandroni wrote and recorded them between 1969 and 1978, now appearing for the first time on Paesaggio Bellico. Alessandroni was not only a composer of film and library music and a multi-instrumentalist, but also a master whistler, contributing iconic melodies to several Italian Westerns – such as Sergio Leone’s »A Fistful of Dollars«, scored by his friend Ennio Morricone. This signature whistling can also be heard on Paesaggio Bellico, alongside twangy guitars and the wordless vocals of Cantori Moderni, the choir founded by Alessandroni.
The intention behind the music is to make the horror of war audible, while also capturing the human emotions it evokes. Alessandroni builds tension primarily through atonal sequences, while his playful, lighter compositions symbolise glimpses of the good life within the bad. He employs ensembles of various sizes, from small bands to larger orchestras. Paesaggio Bellico sounds like a coherent album rather than a random compilation of tracks spanning different years.
