F.D.I. Music In Film...
TWO FISTS ONE HEART, a film by Palm Beach Pictures released in March 2009, is the latest offering from renowned Australian producer David Elfick, whose credits include ‘Newsfront’, ‘Blackrock’ and ‘Rabbit Proof Fence’. The film is a contemporary drama set in Perth, Western Australia and is a hard-hitting movie about the fight for the love of a critical father and winning the heart of a girl from the right side of the track. In brief, Anthony Argo is a champion boxer and nightclub doorman. He is trained by his father Joe who has brought his Sicilian values with him to Australia. Joe’s proud traditional view of the world increasingly comes into conflict with his son’s pursuit of “la dolce vita”. All of the movie was filmed in Perth and features plenty of recognizable locations and famous faces. Three particular places in the story are quintessentially Italian and in these scenes the producers needed music that reinforced the strong Italian texture of the film. Apart from Marina Rei’s ‘Primavera’ as the dance track for a birthday party scene also providing popular music for the same party and other scenes are three tracks by Sydney group F.D.I. (Fratelli D’Italia) ‘E Cosi’, ‘La Mia Citta’ and ‘Anche Per Me’, all composed by the F.D.I. team led by talented duo Peter Paul Buhne (pictured) and Tony Buono. The F.D.I. outfit has previously contributed seven works performed by various artists on the compilation audio CD ‘Italian Love Mix Vol.1’ published by Groovy Music.


Meanwhile in Italy...
Sydney composers F.D.I. (Fratelli D'Italia), headed by Peter Paul Buhne and Tony Buono, have embarked on their most ambitious project to date involving creating original music set to poems by prominent Italian writer and poet Cristiana Maria Sebastiani. The group have been hard at work arranging and recording and the result is a ten track CD titled "Bosco Dell'Anima" with the underlying theme of the poems being the writer's home region of Umbria and in particular the city of Perugia in central Italy. A number of notable musicians performed in the production including pianist Tatyana Dunlop, saxophonist Lee Hutchings and long time F.D.I. collaborator guitarist Shane O'Farrell. As from May 2009 Peter Paul has been based in Italy with the intent of promoting the project which has resulted in interest from various cultural associations as well as the media with an article appearing in one of the region's most prominent dailies "Il Giornale Dell'Umbria" and also in Australia in an article published in Sydney's "La Fiamma". To read these articles and obtain more information on F.D.I. visit their web site by clicking here.