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Composer Alexandre Desplat Breaks Down The Score Of ‘Pinocchio’ & Finding “Moments Of Joy And Happiness” Amidst Grief

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It’s impossible to talk about Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio without considering the music. Del Toro’s Netflix adaptation of the Carlo Collodi story takes place in 1930s Italy, during the Fascist reign of Benito Mussolini.

In this story, woodcarver Geppetto (David Bradley) loses his son Carlo in an aerial bombing and carves Pinocchio (Gregory Mann) from the tree at his son’s grave.

Composer Alexandre Desplat, who worked with del Toro on The Shape of Water, was tasked with capturing the “joyous melancholy” of the wooden boy in music.

To enhance the connection between the character of Pinocchio and the music, Desplat made the choice to only use wooden instruments in the score.

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