Shortly before the 86th Oscar Awards Ceremony let's remember six songs that
characterized the Greek presence in the great celebration of international
cinema, either directly or indirectly.
1. Ta pedia tou Pirea / The
boys of Piraeus - Melina Mercouri
(Music – lyrics: Manos Hadjidakis)
(From the Film “Never on Sunday”)
Film : Never on Sunday (Pote tin Kyriaki)
Director: Jules Dassin
Cast: Melina Mercouri, Jules Dassin, Giorgos Fountas
Year: 1960
Awards :
The Film won Oscar for Best Music – Original Song and
it was nominated for 4 more categories.
Tips: Manos Hadjidakis through away the golden statue and
it was found incidentally.
2. Chariots of Fire
(Music:
Vaggelis Papathanasiou)
(From the Film “Chariots of Fire”)
(From the Film “Chariots of Fire”)
Film: Chariots of Fire
Director: Hugh Hudson
Cast: Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Nicholas Farrell
Year: 1981
Awards: The Film won Oscar for best film, best screenplay, best music and best costumes
Director: Hugh Hudson
Cast: Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Nicholas Farrell
Year: 1981
Awards: The Film won Oscar for best film, best screenplay, best music and best costumes
3. Aponi zoi (Cruel life) -
Grigoris Bithikotsis
(Music: Stavros Xarhakos, lyrics: Lefteris
Papadopoulos)
(From the Film “The red lanterns / Ta kokkina fanaria”)
Information
Film: The red lanterns / Ta kokkina fanaria
Director:
Vassilis Georgiadis
Cast: Jenny Karezi, Giorgos Fountas, Dimitris Papamihail
Year: 1964
Awards: The Film was nominated for best foreign language
film but also for Gold Palme at the Festival of Cannes in 1964.
Tips: The Film comes from theater act. Grigoris Bithikotsis
& Giorgos Zabetas sing at the Film.
4. S’ aparnithika tris / I
renounced in you three times – Marinella
(Music: Kostas Hatzis - lyrics: Sotia
Tsotou)
(From the Film “Dogtooth”)
Information
Film: Dogtooth
Director: Giorgos Lanthimos
Cast: Christos Stergioglou,
Michele Valley, Aggeliki Papoulia
Year: 2009
Awards: “Dogtouth” was nominated
for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year at 2011.
Tips: The song was first
published at 1976 in “Recital” album. The film is characterized by the lack of
musical elements.
5. Missirlou
(Traditional Rebetiko - Smirneiko song covered
by Dick Dale)
(From the film “Pulp Fiction”)
Information
Film: Pulp Fiction
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Cast: John Travolta, Samuel
Jackson, Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis
Year: 1994
Awards: The film was nominated in
7 categories for Oscar and won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. The song
"Missirlou" was first performed in 1927 in Greece.
6. Mediterraneo
(Music: Giancarlo Bigazzi / Marco Falagiani)
(From the film “ Mediterraneo”)
Film: Mediterraneo
Director: Gabriele Salvatores
Cast: Diego Abatantuono, Βάνα Μπάρμπα, Claudio Bigagli, Giuseppe
Cederna
Year: 1991
Awards: The film won the Oscar
for Best Foreign Language film in 1991. The movie was filmed in Kastelorizo.
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