Год/Year: 1996
Стиль/Style: soundtrack
Страна/Country: Slovenia
Формат/Format: MP3
Качество/Quality: CBR 256 kbps
Размер/Size: 74 MB (5% recovery information + artwork included)
Soundtrack by a composer from Ljubljana for the best Slovenian film of the last three decades.
Tracklist
01. Prihod
02. Potniki
03. Ekspres vals I
04. Tih deževen dan
05. Dež
06. Ona II
07. Ptič(k)i
08. Ekspres vals II
09. Lutke
10. Fontana di treni
11. Predal?
12. Vožnja
13. Doma
14. Ekspres vals III
15. Poljub
16. Poročna
17. Odhob
36:35 min
Mitja Vrhovnik-Smrekar, slovenski skladatelj, *5. oktober 1966, Ljubljana.
-Smrekar nima formalne glasbene izobrazbe, izobraževal se je v Ljubljani (Srednja šola za računalništvo, Fakulteta za elektrotehniko in računalništvo). Med leti 1986 in 1990 je deloval kot D.J. v ljubljanskih diskotekah, od leta 1994 pa je samostojni kulturni delavec, skladatelj filmske in gledališke glasbe. Je tudi avtor resne glasbe (2 godalna kvarteta, dvojni violinski koncert "Volver"). Smrekar je za svoje kompozicije prejel nagradi "Metod Badjura" in "Zlata ptica".
Glasba za filme:
— Uglasevanje (2005)
— Pesnikov portret z dvojnikom (2002)
— Vladimir (2002) (TV)
— Sladke sanje (2001)
— Jebiga (2000)
— Ekspres, Ekspres (1996)
— Ko zaprem oči (1993)
Mitja Vrhovnik-Smrekar
"Ekspres, ekspres" (1996)
Sazas, CD 018
Glasbeniki
Jože Kotar — klarinet, žvižganje
Tibor Kerekes — trobenta
Domen Jeraša — pozavna
Mirsad Šabič — tolkala
Brigita Pavlinc — klavir
Mitja Vrhovnik-Smrekar — harmonij
Aleš Dvorak — kitara
Ziga Golob — bas
Enzo Fabiani Kvartet
Lidija Grkman — violina
Marko Kodelja — violina
Sonja Vukovič — viola
Pavle Rakar — čelo
Komomi orkester Radia Slovenija
Franc Avsenek — solo viola
Marko Munih — dirigent
Cole Moretti & 1xBand (4)
Recorded at Studio Kif-Kif and Radio Slovenija's Studio 26
Produced by Mitja Vrhovnik-Smrekar, except track 4
The best Slovenian film of the last three decades
Go, Igor, go, you are the proof that Slovenian films may, should and must be different. There's soul in it, and this is rare. Don't let anybody put you down!
— mexi, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Words, what can they say...
... when this movie proves so well that they indeed are unnecessary.
Although few lines, it was kind of weird to see this movie, no subs, in a language unknown. A friend of mine sent a VHS, included a few pieces of papers with all lines translated to English. With her translation next to me, I began watching this tale (it is indeed a tale), and from the very first tunes of the whistling melody during opening credits I was stuck. The colours, that minimal acting (well, in most cases), absurd comedy, slapstick, thoughtful, beautiful... along with a few other movies (Paris, Texas and Nenette et Boni), this one is able to speak to anyone's heart — without words. Whenever you get the chance, see it. Whatever you do — don't miss it. It's a once in a lifetime experience. Oh, acting is great, the soundtrack is brilliant, the story is simple and told a thousand times before — but rarely (never?) like this.
— bentham, Sweden
So simple, it's plain beautiful
I always wondered what happened with that magic kind of feeling the old Slovenian movies seemed to have in them... Well, in time I wondered if that feeling was just the nostalgia. Or did that "feeling" decide to pack its bags and say "goodbye" somewhere in the middle of our cinematic history, and then never came back? Or did it? Because for me, it came back the first time I saw "Ekspres, Ekspres". And it was it's old self again.
There are three qualities of this movie that makes it somewhat unique and as enjoying as it is to watch — the smooth flow of the story, the warmth of the colors and, what I appreciated the most — the lack of excessive use of verbal communication (something many of other (not just) Slovenian screenwriters should at least consider). There is no use for words, when you can understand each other just as well (yeah, or better) by other means in use. Just watch Bakovic and Cerar. Uh.
So this, in only so many words, is why I would recommend "Ekspres, Ekspres" to all of you, as a must-see Slovenian movie, regardless of what you may heard of Slovenian films (if you ever even heard anything, that is...).
Oh, and that scene, where Bakovic is dancing to Vivaldi's music... A treat.
Treat yourself. Watch it.
— malcontent-bojana, Slovenia
(Taken from imdb.com)
Three enthusiastic reviewers can't be wrong. And here is even a fourth admirer... errr, actually it's only me:
"Express, Express" is the soundtrack to one of the most interesting and heart-warming films I've seen in the past decade — actually some kind of almost wordless, and also slightly surreal railroad movie. Sadly, Igor Šterk's debut (who by now is a leading member of the Slovenian filmboard) didn't get much promotion and remained rather unknown.
It was equally frustrating and amusing at the same time to return with English search results next to zero — moreover on a subject that — regarding to the Slovenian Ministry for Culture — describes the composer of that soundtrack as equally important for Slovenian culture as the internationally known band/art-project Laibach.
Anyway: Mitja Vrhovnik-Smrekar — who once started as a DJ in Ljubljana — did a couple of scores for films and also composes (dance) theatre music. Despite the occasional use of an orchestra here, his score stays true to the poetic character of that film and remains a rather intimate affair. Nevertheless, in detail he proves (similiar to the director Igor Šterk) to be also slightly eccentric by making use of chamber ensembles, contemporary new music, jazz and dixie, a brass band, along with a brief Morricone quotation. And yes, track 4 is mainstream Yugo pop.
Whoever — hopefully — might be intrigued to watch that film: Berlin's independent distributor Neue Visionen offers a VHS videotape (PAL) — Slovenian with German subtitles (though there isn't much dialogue). A DVD without subtitles is available in Slovenia.
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