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DO ELEPHANTS PRAY?

Directed by Paul Hills
Motion Picture, UK 2011

Movie Music International
Review 2024 MMI John Mansell

“The most memorable thing about the film is the score, which is the work of composer Marcel Barsotti, it’s a fairly low-key work, which does at times perk up and become upbeat and rhythmic, the composer employing sporadically ethnic sounding instrumentation from Africa, for the most part it is an emotive and beautifully written soundtrack, with soft nuances and gracious interludes that contain haunting and melancholy material that is a rewarding listen. At times I was reminded of the style that Thomas Newman creates, subtle but at the same time highly attractive and mesmerizing. The composer utilises strings, solo violin, woodwind, guitar, percussive elements, some brass and piano to purvey an air of carefree and romantically laced tone poems that are effective as well as being entertaining as just music. I recommend that you check this out on all digital platforms now.”

 

LA LÍNEA IMAGINARIA

Directed by Philip Escobar Jung
Motion Picture, Puerto Rico 2023

 

 

Movie Music International
The wonderfully affecting musical score is by Marcel Barsotti, who has fashioned a delicate sounding score that Is filled with fragility and has to it a lilting and subdued atmosphere “.
Cinema Musica
A really very interesting score, which, with the focus on the vocals, brings the music to a successful emotional level without overdoing it
Film Scoring Network For Composers & Filmmakers
Amazing music, we are blessed to know such talent”
Radio Zoom
“Please more of this kind of film music“
Anke Sevenich (Director)
Marcel simply makes great film music”
Radio Zusa
“Amazing score”
Soundtrack Adventures
That’s a really wonderful soundtrack
Biba Robertson (Music Press)
A hauntingly evocative soundscape with echoes of the spirits of the rainforest sensitively alluding to an emotional escape into the never-forgotten freedoms of childhood, Will the young boy fulfill the last wishes of his beloved father or keep his only memento
Night Films Pictures
A great soundtrack
LinkedIn
„Barsotti created an interesting variety of sounds and emotions here. Love the organ in the intro and the voices later. Looks like a great flick, fantastic work!“

 

FORGIVENESS, TEN YEARS WITHOUT SPRING
(VERGEBEUNG, ZEHN JAHRE OHNE FRÜHLING)
Directed by Philip Brenke
Motion Picture, Germany 2022Jonas Schürch (Director)
Wonderful, a very deeply & crazy score
Intrada Soundtrack
„Amazing new score, extremly dark”
Radio Zousa
“I love this new style“
Soundtrack Adventures
Wow, a new powerful dark electronic score by Marcel Barsotti
Cinema Musica
„Wonderful new electronic score from Marcel Barsotti

 

AMERICANA

GARY HARLOW Director
Amazing work & score album
FILM SCORING NETWORK FOR COMPOSERS & FILMMAKERS
Amazing Work
AMERICANA – RADIO ZUSA
With Marcel Barsotti’s new album, Americana offers hauntingly melodic soundtrack symphonies that would fit perfectly into a Steven Spielberg production.
KLASSIK RADIO
Bemerkenswertes Werk, große Filmmusik erklingt hier.
DEUTSCHLAND FUNK KULTUR
Mit seinem symphonischen Zyklus Americana feiert Marcel Barsotti er die die faszinierenden Natureindrücke und die wechselhafte Geschichte dieses Landes, von den ersten Siedlern bis zur Traumfabrik in Hollywood, deren Sound er im heimischen Studio zum Leben erweckt
BAYERN3 KLASSIK
Deep Wild West aus dem Album Americana ist ein großer Wurf amerikanisch, klingender Filmmusik
TRACK SWAP
Americana ist ein wundervolles Projekt, welches uns mit vielen abwechslungsreichen Melodien in vergangene Zeiten eintauchen lässt
FANS ABOUT FILMS
Ein schönes, kreatives und herzliches Album, das eine große Konzert-Aufführung verdient hätte
CINEMA WORLD
Hollywood Symphony und das Album ist ein sehr kraftvolles Werk. Ein gelungenes Stück Musik von Marcel Barsotti
INTRADA SOUNDTRACK CLUB
Marcel Barsotti, one of the top German Composers, composed with Americana an awesome Soundtrack, Congratulations.
RADIO ZUSA
Als ersten Vorgeschmack auf Marcel Barsotti‘s Americana Album bietet Deep Wild West eindringlich melodiöse Soundtrack-Sinfonik, die wunderbar in eine Steven-Spielberg-Produktion passen würde
NIGHT FILMS
Großartige Musik, Americana ist ein Meisterwerk
FILMPHILHARMONIE
Marcel Barsotti hat mit Americana den Nerv und den Zeitgeist getroffen
RADIO ZOOM
Schon im ersten Track Deep Wild West lässt Marcel Barsotti den Americana-Sound sehr gekonnt wieder auferstehen
RADIO OKERWELLE
Mit Deep Wild West zeigt Marcel Barsotti wieder einmal, welche Kraft seine Musik entfaltet. Barsotti‘s Album Americana verspricht großes Kopfkino
IAN THOMAS (Ex Redakteur Film Score Monthly, U.S.A.)
With AMERICANA, composer Marcel Barsotti sets out on a journey to discover the New World. Once again, Barsotti proves the depth of his musical knowledge, as well as his vast talent
FILMMUSIKTAGE SACHSEN-ANHALT
Der Americana Zyklus gefällt sehr gut, ausgezeichnet gearbeitet und viele Menschen werden sich von dieser Musik begeistern lassen
Die-Paepstin-OST POPE JOAN – MOVIE MUSIC UK, Rating 4 1/2 stars (England)
“The directness of the writing, the unambiguous emotions, and the clarity and attractiveness of the music in general makes it an approachable scorethat’s easy to appreciate and never outstays its welcome. It certainly appeals to me greatly, and is easily one of the most impressive dramatic scores of 2009.”
pdf – Movie Music UKpdf – Süddeutsche Zeitung
WundervonBern THE BERN MIRACLE – FILM SCORE MONTHLY (USA)
“I was really pleased to hear such a well written score. It’s very unusual these days to hear composers who can embrace the past and still impart their ownsignature to the music. Congratulations on a very fine score.”
pdf – Film Music Critics
Kinoplakat - Der Schatz der weißen Falken THE TREASURE OF THE WHITE FALCONS (CINEMA MUSICA)
“Catchy, very catchy is this music. Marcel Barsotti has transformed his compositional freedom into a memorable and beautiful music. Let’s hope that this is the departure for a big career.”
pdf – Cinema Musica
GrueneWueste-OST GREEN DESERT – FILMDIENST
“The melancholic string sequenze from “Green Desert” with the simple piano phrases is one of the most enduring german film compositions of the year 2002.”
Rennschwein Rudi Ruessel 2 (OST) RUNNING PIG RUDI RUSSEL 2 – RAY FILMMAGAZIN
„Marcel Barsotti has composed one of the most professional scores of recent times for a german film production.”
pdf – Film Score Monthly
SZ Süddeutsche Zeitung – Review 2009
pdf – Süddeutsche Zeitung 2009
S&R Sound & Recording – Review 2010
pdf – Sound&Recording 2010
CM Cinema Musica – Review 2005
pdf – Cinema Musica 2005