Weekly Recommendations – w/e 23rd February 2024: Dieci Minuti, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Harbor, & Pentagram Girl

Continuing with our catch-up of weekly recommended scores, here’s a round-up of scores that caught my attention over the week ending, 23rd February 2024.

Dieci Minuti (2024) – Andrea Farri (Creazioni Artistiche Musicali C.A.M.)

The Italian drama Dieci Minuti (dir. Maria Sole Tognazzi) follows a woman who is going through a difficult period in her life. In an effort to help her, her psychotherapist gives her an exercise to try: for just ten minutes every day do something she has never done before. Andrea Farri’s music gets to the heart of the protagonist’s psychological state with a predominantly slow-tempo score grounded in a low register string ensemble. This forms a backdrop for strong and evocative string solos. There’s the promise of light at the end of the (psychological) tunnel as the closing track quickens the tempo and the outlook of the strings is altogether more brighter.