MIRKO KRSTICEVIC - ALL AND NOTHING AT ALL (FILM AND THEATRE MUSIC 1977 - 1988) LP

This is a collection of music for the various films and theatre plays by Mirko Krsticevic, Croatian and Yugoslavian composer and musician active since 1970s. “All and Nothing at All (Film and Theatre Music 1978 - 1988)” [“Sve i nista (Filmska i scenska glazba 1978. - 1988.” in Croatian] focuses on his work for the underground and avant-garde cinema from the era: directors Ivan Martinac, Svemir Pavic, Lordan Zafranovic, Aleksandar F. Stasenko and Vanca Kljakovic are all part of the Split Cinema Club association; their work explores art, death, sexuality and eroticism. Krstičevic compositions for various theatre plays are also included.

★ From the Original Master Tapes
★ LP Vinyl Gatefold LP
★ Extensive Liner Notes
★ Photographs from the Films
★ Direct Metal Mastering (DMM) by Record Industry NL

Svemir Pavic’s portrait of surrealist painter Ljuba Popovic, made in the same year as its counterpart by Walerian Borowczyk, features scenes form Beaubourg Gallery in Paris and Udo Kier as a guest. Side B of the record is all about theatre: plays by Sam Shepard, Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Jean Giraudoux were all produced in Sarajevo and Split in the 1980s, with the rare electronic takes by Mirko Krsticevic and his subtle minimalist soundings of the themes from the Cold War era. This unique and diverse compositions by founder of the rock band Metak and sound studio Tetrapak from Split, are document of the time that is, especially in the closing Chernobyl theme, relevant again.

Composer, musician and musical arranger Mirko Krsticevic was born in 1948 in Sibenik. He graduated in music theory at the Pedagogical Academy in Split and then at the Music Academy in Sarajevo. He studied composition with Josip Magdic, Mladen Pozajic and Miroslav Spiler. He is the co-founder of the Tetrapak music studio in Split, where numerous performers and musicians have recorded (Animatori, D'Boys, Haustor, Oliver Mandic, Gibonni, Srdjan Marjanovic, Stil, Trotakt Projekt and others).

Together with Ranko Boban and Momcilo Popadic, he founded the Metak group in the spring of 1978 in Prigradica on Korcula. In the group, he is the author of songs and lyrics, and he also plays the bass guitar. “Da mi je biti morski pas” is the group’s most successful single, which in 1980 became one of the most played songs on radio and television. Metak performed in Belgrade in front of 70,000 people, and the media declared them the best group along with Macedonian Leb i sol. In compositional work and arrangements for other pop and rock artists, Krsticevic had high commercial success with Tutti Frutti Balkan Band, Biljana Petrovic, Seid Memic Vajta, Pepel in kri, Osmi putnik, Oliver Dragojevic , Djordji Peruzovic, Henda and others.

Parallel to his pop and rock career, Krsticevic composed stage and film music for 45 films, mostly collaborating with the circle of experimental and amateur directors of the Split Cinema Club (Kino klub Split) as well as the rest of the local underground scene. He is the author of stage music for 130 theatre plays (mainly for HNK Split and Narodno pozoriste Sarajevo), and also records his own compositions in the field of contemporary music. He wrote over 30 works for solo instruments, chamber and symphonic music.

At the end of 2007, he founded the Split society for contemporary music and the contemporary music ensemble Splithesis. In 2015, he founded his own orchestra The Highway to Well Family, composed of fourteen musicians and three singers. In 2021, he founded Arthesis, an artistic organization for contemporary music and visual arts. He is the author of four operas: "Krvava svadba" (1997), "Halugica" (1999), "Atlantida - Legenda o Dan'zoru" (2018) i "Atlantida II - Lu'blis Kaoamos" (2020). He is the winner of numerous awards, lives and works in Split.

File under: Soundtrack, Stage, Electronica

TRACKS FILM SIDE:

The Second Dreams (Theme from House on the Sand)
The Torture (Theme from Time of Heroes)
Motorcycle (Theme from The Exile)
The Opening Night (Theme from Ljuba par lui même)
In the Beaubourg Gallery (Theme from Ljuba par lui même)
All and Nothing at All (Main Theme from All and Nothing at All)
All and Nothing at All (Unused Theme from All and Nothing at All)
Jere and Marija in the Room (Theme from Marjuča or Death)

TRACKS THEATRE SIDE:

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant I (Theme from The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant)
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant II (Theme from The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant)
Cassandra (Theme from The Trojan War Will Not Take Place)
Peace (Theme from The Trojan War Will Not Take Place)
Fourth Choir: Sun Ray (Theme from Biedermann und die Brandstifter)
Second Choir: Marching Step (Theme from Biedermann und die Brandstifter)
The Beginning before the Beginning (Theme from Fool for Love / Savage Love)
She Runs Away (Theme from Fool for Love / Savage Love)
Eddie Enters (Theme from Fool for Love / Savage Love)
A Jerk (Theme from Fear and Hope of the German Federal Republic)
Song 3 (Theme from Fear and Hope of the German Federal Republic)
Chernobyl (Theme from Fear and Hope of the German Federal Republic)

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