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The film is directed by Adilkhan Yerzhanov, and the soundtrack is by Sandro Di Stefano, an Italian composer and orchestra conductor. "For years I've been chasing the Berlinale, because this is where the avant-garde is celebrated, where the trend is set," says Di Stefano. "It's rare today for cinema to meet musical experimentation, and Cadet is exactly that (...) I'm certain that all of this will emerge from watching the film." Among the most distinctive tracks is "Ultrem," a composition for seven voices: the contemporary writing of the track uses the overlapping of seven vocal lines of the same "infant" voice, creating a spatial movement during listening that destabilizes the viewer's emotional orientation. "This symbolic element represents the souls of the cadets in the institute."
Sandro Di Stefano's Soundtracks
Sandro Di Stefano
has worked on more than ninety soundtracks. Among his works are Seconda
primavera, the documentaries Padre Amorth l'esorcista and Divina bellezza with
Alberto Angela, Shadow of the Wolf with Christopher Lambert, Fino ad essere
felici, Azzurrina - about the girl who mysteriously disappeared in 1375 in
Montebello Castle - and It's not over. He has received numerous awards,
including the Chioma di Berenice Award (2016) and the Polish Film Festival
Award (2017), the Kazakh Academy Critics' Award (2021), and is an official
member of the European Film Academy and the Polish Academy "Orly". He
teaches composition for music applied to images at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory
in Rome.
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