To capture the essence of Guillermo del Toro’s “Pinocchio,” composer Alexandre Desplat came up with an ingenious idea: a score performed only with wood instruments.
“I always like to find an ensemble of instruments that reflect the film or soul of the film,” the composer tellsas he shares two exclusive cues from the movie. “Geppetto’s a woodworker, and Pinocchio is made of wood.”
“I’m sure nobody notices, which is fine. We don’t want anyone to say, ‘Oh, it’s in wood!’ when they’re listening to the music,” he says with a laugh. Desplat last worked with del Toro on 2017’s “The Shape of Water,” which earned him his second Academy Award for best original score. For “Pinocchio,” the composer collaborated with del Toro for the first time on a collection of original songs.
“It’s the farewell to childhood, the farewell to his new home that he just discovered, the farewell to his father — who still doesn’t know how to love him,” Desplat says. “So in the first draft, we had all the elements that are in the song — and then with Katz, we added a bit more innocence and poetry.”
Although Geppetto’s son, Carlo, appeared for a limited time on screen, Desplat says that “emotionally, he’s the center of the whole story.”
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