Music for movies
Jacopo Baboni Schilingi has written several film scores in collaboration with directors such as Henry Colomer, Olivier Mille and Alain Fleischer.
He worked for producers such as Archipel33, Amip, Mezzo, Arte, la5 and Atopic.
Arnold Böcklin, un peintre aux portes de l’inconscient - 2001
Original music by Jacopo Baboni Schilingi
Starting from The Isle of the Dead, Olivier Mille and Robert Kopp explore Böcklin’s dreamlike landscapes, mythology and lasting influence on modern art.
Director: Olivier Mille; written with Robert Kopp
Production: Artline Films, Musée d’Orsay, C-Films and Réunion des musées nationaux
Year: 2001
Duration: 30 minutes
Film images: Artline Films.
La frontière et la guerre - 2003
Original music by Jacopo Baboni Schilingi
A 52-minute documentary by Pierre-Olivier François (2003), exploring Korea’s division, its unresolved war and North Korea’s geopolitical and nuclear stakes.
Director: Pierre-Olivier François
Production: Artline Films and ARTE France
Year: 2003
Duration: 52 minutes
Film stills: Artline Films.
Un voyage des Bourgeois de Calais - 2003
Original music by Jacopo Baboni Schilingi
Alain Fleischer follows Rodin’s Burghers of Calais to Rome, where their restoration at the Villa Medici reveals the sculpture’s history, construction and dramatic power.
Director: Alain Fleischer
Production: Artline Films, Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains, France 3 Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie and CRRAV
Year: 2003
Duration: 46 minutes
Film stills published by CNC — Images de la culture.
Odilon Redon, peintre des rêves - 2011
Original music by Jacopo Baboni Schilingi
Michaël Gaumnitz explores Odilon Redon’s imaginative world, from the shadows of his early drawings to the radiant colours of his later paintings.
Director: Michaël Gaumnitz
Production: AMIP, RMN-Grand Palais and Bibliothèque nationale de France, in partnership with the Musée d’Orsay, with the participation of France 5
Year: 2011
Duration: 52 minutes
Television broadcast: April 7, 2011 - France 5.
Les hommes du fer - 2011
Original music by Jacopo Baboni Schilingi
Anaïs and Olivier Spiro trace 150 years of the French and German steel industry through workers, industrial dynasties and the upheavals that shaped Europe.
Director: Anaïs Spiro and Olivier Spiro
Production: Point du Jour for ARTE France
Year: 2011
Duration: 2 × 52 minutes
Television broadcast: May 22, 2012 - ARTE.
Mission France, la croisade de l’abondance - 2018
Original music by Jacopo Baboni Schilingi
Through archival footage, Henry Colomer examines how the Marshall Plan promoted productivity and mass consumption in post-war France.
Director: Henry Colomer
Production: INA - Institut national de l’audiovisuel; broadcaster: Histoire TV
Year: 2018
Duration: 93 minutes
Television broadcast: July 1, 2019 - Histoire TV.
Talismans - 2022
Original music by Jacopo Baboni Schilingi
Through memories and stories spanning generations, Henry Colomer explores how poems, books and shared words help people endure difficult times.
Director: Henry Colomer
Production: Saraband Films, Studio Lemon; co-produced with Vosges TV
Year: 2022
Duration: 83 minutes
The film received the Georges Duby Historical Documentary Award in 2022 at Les Rendez-vous de l’histoire in Blois [France].
Nocturnes 2006
Director – Henry Colomer
Music by Jacopo Baboni Schilingi
Fiction movie
2006 – 75 minutes
Production – Denis Freyd – Archipel 35
Distribution – Memento Films
In late-1950s France, a child’s memories and imagination unfold in nine episodes as the Algerian War disrupts his family life.
Poster published by SOONER.
Le Roi Rodin 2002
Director – Alain Fleischer
Music by Jacopo Baboni Schilingi
2002 – 1h20 minutes
Production – Artline Films
Distribution – Artline Films
Following The Burghers of Calais to the Villa Medici, Alain Fleischer explores Rodin’s sculpture through the expressive power of the human body, movement and language.
Film images: Artline Films.
Sous les drapeaux 2008
Sous les drapeaux
Documentary film directed by Henry Colomer produced for Arte with original movie soundtrack by Jacopo Baboni Schilingi
Producer – Amip
Coproducers – Arte and Orchestre d’Île de France
Length – approximately 52 minutes
Television broadcast on November 11, 2008
Musical premiere in Paris on November 11, 2008
Archival images of flags, uniforms and everyday fabrics trace Europe’s passage towards war, in a dialogue between history and music without spoken commentary.
Jacopo Baboni Schilingi composed the score for orchestra, string quartet and live electronics for the 90th anniversary of the First World War armistice.
IDDU - Jean-Michel Fauquet’s workshop 2008
Director – Henry Colomer
Music by Jacopo Baboni Schilingi
Documentary film
2008- 52 minutes
Production – Tarmak
Distribution – Tarmak
Henry Colomer follows photographer Jean-Michel Fauquet in his studio, observing the gestures, experiments and patient transformations through which his images take shape.
Film still published by the Maison Européenne de la Photographie.
Play the movieL'Exilé (Victor Hugo) 2002
Director – Henry Colomer
Music by Jacopo Baboni Schilingi
2002 – 52 minutes
Production – Artline Films, Arte France, BNF, Musée d’Orsay
Distribution – Artline Films
Through Victor Hugo’s writings and drawings, Henry Colomer evokes the poet’s inner life, political resistance and extraordinary creativity during his years of exile.
Film images: Artline Films.