Il Gatto e la Luna
The Cat and the Moon

Plaza Mayor Company Ltd presents the soundtrack for “Il Gatto & La Luna” (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), music composed by Marco Werba and Maco Santini, “Orchestra di Roma” conducted by Marco Werba.

Plaza Mayor Company Ltd presents the soundtrack for “Il Gatto & La Luna” (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), music composed by Marco Werba and Maco Santini, “Orchestra di Roma” conducted by Marco Werba.

The soundtrack is available digitaly & Cd Physical Limited Edition on august 26, 2021.

Sonia, a fifty-year-old woman, looks as she is living a love story with a much younger man than her. The story is ending because she intends to go back at home with her husband and two sons.
At the same time … a crime! A trader is killed in his office and his secretary is in an irreversible coma.
Two stories go side by side, apparently without ever meeting: police investigations on the mysterious murder and Sonia who finds she can no longer go back from her family.
In addition to the young man, a friend and the old professor of philosophy try to make her understand that at certain times of life we can’t decide to go back.
As soon as the trader’s case is resolved, the two stories join: discovered the killer we also find out
the incredible Sonia’s story…

I have known Roberto Lippolis for several years and we wanted to work together. The opportunity came with the film 'The Cat and the Moon', a drama and a thriller at the same time. Since I am specialized in the thriller genre, Roberto thought of me for the original music and Marco Santini (violinist and composer) for the local music (the film was shot in the Marche region and he wanted to have that particular flavor).
I therefore worked on two nostalgic/dramatic music themes for sax and strings and suspense music for the mysterious scenes that are a “prelude” to a crime.
I had the opportunity to work with high-level saxophonist, Simone Salza, who added a Jazz flavor to my music, and with a strings section of the 'Orchestra di Roma', created and managed by violinist Antonio Pellegrino. The music was recorded and mixed by Gabriele Conti at the 'Stone Recording Studio' in Rome (Italy).
Marco Werba

I met Marco Werba several years ago and we wanted to work together. The opportunity came with the film
'The cat & the moon'. Marco is a composer extremely versatile, who in recent years has specialized in writing music for thrillers. He managed to grasp the nuances of my movie, both for the dramatic and thriller parts. Simone Salza's saxophone added to Marco Werba's
score a nostalgic Jazz flavor. The film is set in the Marche region and composer Marco Santini has lent us some of his compositions that enriched the film score, giving a genuine and 'folkloric' flavor.
An excellent, varied and refined work.
Roberto Lippolis

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About Marco Werba
Born in Madrid (Spain) in 1963, Marco Werba has lived in Rome, Italy since 1966. He is a versatile composer and has an extensive background in the music field, earning a Degree in Composition and Choral Conducting. He also studied at the Mannes College of Music in New York attending workshops in composition, orchestration and Film music. In addition, he studied conducting at the Academie de Guerande in France.

For the film music magazines Soundtrack and Cinemascore he interviewed a range of notables in the field including Jerry Goldsmith, Stanley Meyers, John Scott, Gabriel Yared and Philippe Sarde. He has served on the jury of the International Film Festival of Messina, and he created the film music workshop 'Music for Images' and the international film music competition, the “Mario Nascimbene Award.”

His first musical score, in 1989, for director Cristina Comencini’s film Zoo won the prestigious Italian “Colonna Sonora” Award, when Ennio Morricone and Francis Lai, received “Colonna Sonora – Lifetime Achievement Awards”. Marco Werba has gone on to score a range of historical dramas including Anita–Una Vita per Garibaldi (Anita, a life for Garibaldi), and, in collaboration with Academy-Award winning composer Francis Lai, Amore e Libertà, Masaniello (Love of Freedom). He often works in the Horror and Thriller genres, most recently composing the soundtrack of Giallo, the pulp thriller by cult horror director Dario Argento, starring Adrien Brody. This score won the “Fantasy & Horror Award”, the “Fantafestival Award 2010 ” and the “Fantasy Horror Cine Festival Award 2011 ”.

He is noted for his work as a film score composer but has also written a number of classical concert pieces including Adagio for the victims of Auschwitz, Dark Symphony and Symphonic Tango.
In 2011 Marco Werba received the “Globo d'Oro” Award (“Golden Globes” of the Foreign Press Association in Italy) for the music of the thriller Native, directed by John Real.

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