User:Bulakhs/Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (soundtrack)

This is the main soundtrack to Sergei Parajanov's famous film «Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors», which was created in 1965. It appears from the first minutes of the film.

The composer is a student of Solomiya Krushelnytska, exiled by the Soviet authorities to Siberia, a Hero of Ukraine and the director of the Kyiv Opera - Myroslav Skoryk.

== History of creation == Director Serhiy Paradzhanov went to Lviv to find a composer who would undertake to make authentic music for the film «Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors». There were many candidates, but on the advice of friends, Paradzhanov chose Myroslav Skoryk, even though it was difficult for them to find a common language at first. Parajanov discoursed unceremoniously, as it seemed to Myroslav, and besides, the composer did not like the director's latest film, «Ukrainian Rhapsody». After long persuasions, Parajanov convinced the composer, turning him from an entertainer to a film composer."«… I refused. But Parajanov is that kind of a person: if he decides, he will not give up. He came again, we talked more seriously, and since then, we have had excellent work, absolutely wonderful relationships - friendly, polite. »"

Significance
To write music, Myroslav went to the Carpathians, to the village of Brustory, Kosiv district, an actual centre of the folk spirit, where Hutsuls helped him."«I went to Kosiv, - said the composer. - Further to the hinterland, to the village of Brustory. I went outside and did not know where to go. There were two people, I asked them, said I needed this and that. Hutsuls are very clever, they organized everything at once. They wrote down everything needed trembitas, other instruments, gave me the address.»"This soundtrack brings together the whole world of the Carpathians. The voices in the music belong to the Hutsuls from the villages of Zhabie (Verkhovyna) and Kryvorivnia. They also performed all music on folk instruments (trembitas, jaw harps, floyaras, dentsivkas, bagpipes). To all of this, folk groups were added, and mostly older people participated, and old instruments were used that conveyed the complete story in sounds.

== Authenticity == Skoryk's music accompanies all the main events in the film, conveys all the feelings and signals the characters' emotions, and gives a unique atmosphere and rhythm.

The soundtrack is not something separate; it is closely intertwined with the plot and feelings, with everyday sounds, and simultaneously creates a single holistic picture that can not be divided into separate pieces.