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Los Borgia (Antonio Hernández, 2006) is set in Renaissance Rome, when Rodrigo Borgia assumes the power with the name of Alexander VI. From then on, his sons and relatives consolidate their power by intrigues and murder.
Ángel Illarramendi was the author of an elegant score in which he does not attribute himself the role of judge of the acts and intentions of the characters. On the contrary, he stoods at the dramatic level of the protagonists themselves, avoiding to exposure them to public trial and maintaining, on the contrary, the purpose of making understandable their motives and feelings. Therefore, his music is not written for the characters, but arises from them, portraying them as they are. His creation exudes a feeling of moderately bitterness, sad and decadent, even romantic, what helps to highlight the fate to which the family is bound, to expose the fragility of their power, the grim fate that lies ahead. His melodies of great poise and elegance give the whole film dignity and hold it with class. The romantic themes, with that sad and decadent tone, humanize the unscrupulous and the use of choirs and mezzo-soprano voice give the religious and the adecquate ceremonial aspect. Enjoy it!
