A short work (1:30min) depicting the ambiance of a dystopian world, created with a mixture of synths and original instruments and textures (cymbalum, piano snares, waterphone, ...) available in the Spitfire Symphonic Extras library. 

At the end of July 1941, a prisoner escaped from the camp of Auschwitz, prompting the deputy camp commander, SS-Hauptsturmführer Karl Fritzsch, to pick ten men to be starved to death in an underground bunker to deter further escape attempts. When one of the selected men, Franciszek Gajowniczek, cried out, "My wife! My children!" Kolbe volunteered to take his place.

According to an eyewitness, who was an assistant janitor at that time, in his prison cell Kolbe led the prisoners in prayer. Each time the guards checked on him, he was standing or kneeling in the middle of the cell and looking calmly at those who entered. After they had been starved and deprived of water for two weeks, only Kolbe and three others remained alive.

The guards wanted the bunker emptied, so they gave the four remaining prisoners lethal injections of carbolic acid. Kolbe is said to have raised his left arm and calmly waited for the deadly injection. He died on 14 August 1941.

A haunting piece set on the background of an urban landscape, a light rain coming down from the skies and, as one walks in the streets, the lights all around oneself - coming forth from the buildings and the lamps - seem to pull one back into a melancholic introspection. 

Sátántango is build around a sequence of about 40 minutes in which a little girl is set out to commit suicide with her cat through poisining.
When the girl kills herself she dreams of an angel guiding her cat to heaven. Later, a man chastises the villagers, blaming them for her death. The whole scene can be seen as a kind of pagan ritual with a cathartic aim. The cat is perceived both as the self-destruction, and as the cure of a corrupted microcosm.

On a farm at the edge of Siberia, Father Boris takes in boys considered troubled, entrusted to him for "re-education." It is here that the paths of Nikita, 13, recently sent to the center by his mother after minor misdeeds, and Zakhar, a 15-year-old Roma from Crimea, already familiar with the place, intersect. The film, shot between 2018 and 2022, follows these adolescents on their journey to adulthood, while the history of contemporary Russia unfolds in the background, marked by heightened patriotism and the invasion of Ukraine. This coming-of-age story, closely following teenagers from a often-forgotten Russia, casts an unflinching eye on the excesses running through current Russian society, symbolized by an aggressive, virile nationalism, unreservedly supported by the Orthodox Church.

"From the depths" - for piano, 2025

"From the depths" is a single made for the exclusive intent for it to be integrated into a cinematic project. 

Another scene from the beautiful documentary "Younost" by Salomé Hévin, this time with the children taking care of the horses inside the stable and preparing to ride them. As they are trotting off towards the lake, a strong wind rises with dark clouds gathering in the sky. Nevertheless, the joy of the children is not disturbed.

In the trenches with the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Emilien Urbano follows the difficult reality of soldiers having to face war and the psychological impact of it on them. The documentary portrays the patriotic fight for the survival of Ukraine against the russian invasion that started in february 2022, and how its ukranian youth managed to stand up to the task in defending their right to liberty.

"Behind the veil" - symphonic orchestra, 2025

Behind the veil was made over a two day period of experimenting with the Spitfire Uist library, getting into a dark and suspensive athmosphere that would be perfect for thrillers. 

Directed by Danish filmmaker Benjamin Christensen, the film takes inspiration from medieval texts and historical records to depict the fears, myths, and brutal persecutions surrounding witchcraft from the Middle Ages to the modern era.