Today we are mixing:
- The Painting: “Young Girl Carrying a Pumpkin” (1889) by Fausto Zonaro
- The Soundtrack: “Finally Got It Right” by Alan Silvestri (“Welcome to Marwen” Soundtrack)
About the Painting
Painted in 1889. Sakıp Sabancı Museum.
Fausto Zonaro (18 September 1854 – 19 July 1929) was an Italian painter, best known for his Realist style paintings of life and history of the Ottoman Empire.
About the Soundtrack
Welcome to Marwen is a 2018 American drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis, who co-wrote the script with Caroline Thompson. It is inspired by Jeff Malmberg’s 2010 documentary Marwencol. The film stars Steve Carell, Leslie Mann, Diane Kruger, Merritt Wever, Janelle Monáe, Eiza González, Gwendoline Christie, Leslie Zemeckis, Siobhan Williams and Neil Jackson, and follows the true story of Mark Hogancamp, a man struggling with PTSD who, after being physically assaulted, creates a fictional village to ease his trauma.
Alan Anthony Silvestri (born March 26, 1950) is an American composer and conductor known for his film and television scores. He has frequently collaborated with director Robert Zemeckis, scoring such films as the Back to the Future trilogy, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Cast Away, and Forrest Gump. He is a two-time Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominee, and a three-time Saturn Award and Primetime Emmy Award recipient.