Rome Film Music Festival

Saint Louis has partnered with the Rome Film Music Festival (April 6-12, 2025).

Saint Louis students will be able to participate in scheduled events at the Roma Film Music Festival, an international event dedicated to soundtracks and music for film, under the Artistic Direction of Marco Patrignani, with important concessions: free access to master classes and talks with composers and industry professionals, and 50 percent reduced admission to attend concerts.

Each year, the Roma Film Music Festival welcomes internationally renowned composers, musicians, students and enthusiasts, offering a rich program of cine-concerts, master classes and talks.

Among the events in this fourth edition:

• “Avatar Live in Concert” in European premiere with more than 120 musicians on stage;
• “Profondo Rosso in Concert” with Claudio Simonetti‘s Goblin to celebrate 50 years of the film;
• Masterclass and Film Music Talk with guests such as Paolo Buonvino, Stefano Mainetti and the Mokadelic.

Benefits reserved for Saint Louis students

1. Free access to masterclasses and Film Music Talks at Forum Studios (Piazza Euclide, 34), a historic site of music for film in Italy, with mandatory registration, by April 3, by clicking here
   NB. Participation in masterclasses and talks, properly documented, contributes to the acquisition of academic credits.
2. Dedicated discount to attend all festival concerts, including Avatar Live in Concert. The link to purchase the reduced presale ticket is for students only and will be sent via Saint Louis newsletter.

The festival

“Once again we tell the story of cinema through one of its undisputed protagonists, music,” commented Marco Patrignani, creator and artistic director of the Festival, president of the Italian Cinema Orchestra and patron of Forum Studios.

“We do this through the voices of the composers and with two sound recordings of which we are very proud: Avatar in its European premiere and Profondo Rosso with Claudio Simonetti. Bringing the world of Pandora here was a titanic production effort, to stay with Cameron’s theme, but it was worth it“.

Festival venues

In the famous Forum Studios founded by Ennio Morricone, Piero Piccioni, Armando Trovajoli and Luis Bacalov, debates and talks with the composers who helped make the most beloved films famous come to life; while at theAuditorium Conciliazione comes an eagerly awaited international premiere after the first three editions that involved more than 20,000 spectators, industry insiders and fans.

“Avatar Live In Concert”

For the first time in continental Europe, following its world premiere at London’s Royal Albert Hall, comes “Avatar Live In Concert,” the cine-concert version of the all-time box-office record-breaking film.

On the big screen the entire James Cameron film in high-definition, while on the stage theItalian Cinema Orchestra, in its larger 120-piece lineup of orchestra, choir (Vocal Labyrinth and Golden Sections) and soloist Eleanor Grant, conducted by Ludwig Wiki (former conductor of the world premiere), performs James Horner’s score live in sync.

The great composer who died prematurely has already been by Cameron’s side in “Titanic” and “Alien – Final Clash.” Four performances and two cities to attend the event: at the Auditorium Conciliazione in Rome on Friday, April 11 (at 8:30 p.m.) and Saturday, April 12 (at 8:30 p.m.); at the Arcimboldi Theater in Milan on Saturday, May 24 (at 8:30 p.m.) and Sunday, May 25 (at 3 p.m.).

Deep red

“Profondo Rosso In Concert” is instead the festival’s opening event at the Forum Theatre on Sunday, April 6 and Monday, April 7 at 9 p.m. Two dates already sold out to be joined by a third live show on Tuesday, April 8, also at 9 p.m. Dario Argento ‘s masterpiece, which turns 50 this year, returns to the new immersive theater at the historic Forum Studios (where the soundtrack was recorded) with a remastered full-length screening of the film and music performed live by Claudio Simonetti himself, creator and performer of the original edition, with Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin.

“It seems like yesterday and yet it’s been 50 years since with Goblin we composed and recorded the soundtrack to Profondo Rosso here at Forum Studios, which was then called Ortophonic,” Claudio Simonetti recounted.

“Never would I have thought then that after 50 years I would be here, not only to talk again about the soundtrack but even to resonate it live in the Forum Theatre, right next to the original studios. We will use the same sounds, the same style, nothing will be different, but the experience will be unique: reviewing the restored film with music played entirely live“.

Other appointments

On Wednesday, April 9 (at 9 p.m.) at the Forum Theatre comes “Cinema Chorale – immersive concert”: an immersive journey through the most iconic soundtracks of great cinema, reinterpreted by the choir (“Vocal Labyrinth” and “Golden Sections”) directed by Ludwig Wiki with the participation of Riccardo Biseo (piano) and Riccardo Marini (Sax). An event that combines music and immersive projections for an experience that includes masterpieces by Ennio Morricone, John Williams, and Hans Zimmer, among others.

Film Music Talks are held at Forum Studios. Among this year`s meetings Claudio Simonetti, musician, composer, conductor and author (“Profondo Rosso,” “Suspiria,” “Opera”), Maestro Paolo Buonvino winner of the David di Donatello and Silver Ribbon with “Caos Calmo” and composer of numerous films such as “L`ultimo bacio,” “Manuale d` amore” and TV series such as “A casa tutti bene” and the very recent “Il Gattopardo.” the musical group Mokadelic, composers of the music for “Gomorrah-the series” and “Akab” (film and TV series), “Romulus” (TV series). “On My Skin”; award-winning music supervisor Andy Hill, American music producer and university lecturer (supervisor for “The Lion King,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “Sister Act”).

On the final day of the festival, Saturday, April 12 in Studio A at Forum Studios, the Italian premiere comes the screening of the documentary “Il était une fois Michel Legrand” by David Hertzog Dessites (Festival de Cannes 2024 – Sélection officielle).

The film chronicles the figure of French composer Michel Legrand, winner of three Oscars and author of the score for the musical “Yentl” starring Barbra Streisand. Ahead of the film is exclusive content: the full backstage soundtrack of “En Mai Fais Ce Qu’il Te Plaît,” one of Maestro Ennio Morricone’s last works at Forum Studios, shot in 2015 by Dessites himself.

Read more at: www.romafmf.com