Score to Screen with Lele Marchitelli (The New Pope)

Composer Lele Marchitelli is the featured guest on this Score to Screen podcast. Marchitelli recalls scoring certain scenes from The New Pope while working alongside series creator and director Paolo Sorrentino. Marchitelli delves into specific moments from the series and goes into detail about the track creation process. Academy Award-winning director Paolo Sorrentino returns with The New Pope, his second original series set in the world of the modern papacy. Written by Sorrentino with Umberto Contarello and Stefano Bises, the nine-episode original series features Jude Law, John Malkovich, Silvio Orlando, Cécile de France, Javier Cámara, Ludivine Sagnier. Sharon Stone and Marilyn Manson guest star. Of the soundtrack, Marchitelli says, “In soundtracks for cinema and TV, I think it’s not so much the music you use but how you use it. We could use the term ‘counterintuitive’ to describe certain musical choices that take an unexpected direction compared to what the audience expects. Paolo Sorrentino belongs to a set of directors who share this approach; his musical choices, regarding both pre-existing music and original scores, are extremely well thought out and incongruous with respect to the editing of the scenes. If the music says one thing and the dialogues, the acting or the scene in general don’t, it means it has achieved its goal: completing the director’s thinking.” The Score to Screen podcast series is produced and hosted by Crossover Media's Max Horowitz. Listen to The New Pope Soundtrack here. Listen to the official Lele Marchitelli Spotify playlist here. To learn more about Sony Soundtracks visit: https://lnk.to/sonysoundtracksPD Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices