The Cold War and the Iron Curtain kept American and Russian cultures away from each other for decades. Arts, literature, music, film, and so on planted firmly on the other side of the wall. And so, the west missed out on the prolific film score work of Mikael Tariverdiev, work that involved a lot of slinky, piano-driven jazz performed under a cloud of melancholia. It's beautiful stuff.
Earth Recordings just issued a 3-disc set of the man's music, appropriately called "Film Music," comprised from 3 different Russian films, though he scored over 100. Listen to the smoky and somber "The Last Romantic" below and get the album
here.
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