Carlo Ambrosio

Soundtrack

In the days I was asked for the first time to write the theme for a film, I was innocent and unaware… The 5 grands I had as an anticipation for the royalties seemed to me a relevant amount of money for a couple of hours of sitting at the piano, and in that very moment I quit being unaware, realizing that music wasn’t ruled by "artistry" but by vile money, the value of anyone’s music being determined by how much his agent, editor or simply his representative are going to earn over it.

So I thought that an even quicker way to earn after my ability to write decent themes, was to work for major advertising agencies, such as McCann Erickson or Saatchi & Saatchi. And gee… it worked well. Writing a jingle between tours (sometimes during tours…) gave me more money than the tours themselves, which made me stop being innocent, either. But Alas, I was too in love with classical music to permanently swap to commercials, so I quit writing jingles and devoted myself just to my guitar and my lute, and doing so I stopped being a clever guy…

Now, this publication is about three themes I wrote some time ago, which have been replaced by the directors with cheaper ones (sic!), and three soundtracks written four-hands with my friend and colleague Domenico Iantosca, to whom I leave the entire fathership of these three pieces, with pleasure.

I hope you enjoy playing these compositions, On my side I like them all, although I am sure that, unlike in my past, I will barely earn 10 quids from them.

Carlo Ambrosio (diabolically inspired by O. Wilde