CREATIVE CREDITS
SOUNDTRACK
Voice-Over Dialogue Written by Linda Griffiths
Known primarily as a playwright and actress, Linda Griffiths is the winner of five Dora Mavor Moore Awards, a Gemini Award, two Chalmers’ Awards and has twice been nominated for the Governor General’s Award. Linda’s voice-over script for PIO AND THE CRACKS takes the form of an investigation into Pio’s disappearance. Replying to an interrogator’s questions, Grace, Pio’s lover, describes how she met Pio, tried to save him, and ultimately failed. Performed by Linda Griffiths as the interrogator and Natacha LaFerrière as Grace.
With echoes from Dante’s Inferno
The soundtrack contains another voice-over element from a CBC radio special dating back to the 1990’s called, “Dante Revisited.” Three short dramatic readings describing Dante’s journey through the “Inferno” are used in PIO AND THE CRACKS as a parallel scenario to Pio’s journey to the abyss.
And with the Voices of Humanity
Buried in the soundtrack are samples of ethnic voices from radio and archival recordings. Sped up, overlaid and jumbled together in a wall of multi-lingual chatter, sounding like the refuse of all the world’s media, they define Pio’s chaotic aural space and are a constant reminder that Pio’s story is global as well as local.
Original Music Score by Svetlan Milosevic
With origins in the European classical tradition, Svetlan composed several feature film scores in his native Yugoslavia before moving to Toronto in the early 90’s. Since then, he has composed music for theatre, film and television including documentary series and drama specials. Svetlan brings to PIO AND THE CRACKS an evocative, haunting score; in effect, telling Pio’s story in music.
Featuring Songs by Einstürzende Neubauten
From the Berlin underground, Einstürzende Neubauten has gained a world-wide cult following for their special brand of “poetic” industrial music. They have toured the world, have numerous albums to their credit and their music has been used for radio, theatre and film. The dark lyrics of their music conveys the apocalyptic message of PIO AND THE CRACKS.
And with Pygmy Music
From a 1985 WDR-5 radio programme featuring a live recording of “Kulukulu music” by a Pygmy tribe in their jungle habitat, these playful and eerie chants evoke the primitive in all its mystery and beauty. They accompany the love scenes in PIO AND THE CRACKS, a reminder of the primal element in Pio’s fragmented world.
ELI NECAKOV, Producer. Besides directing two features of his own, filmmaker Eli Necakov has over twenty productions to his credit as a 1st AD or Line Producer. He has worked on feature films, TV series and commercials for Norstar, Film One and Partners among many others.
SOPHIE ARTHAUD, Associate Producer. In her capacity as Creative Producer, Sophie Arthaud completed two seasons on the forensic series, “Exhibit A” and the premiere season of the popular crime series, "72 Hours - True Crime”. She has written and produced numerous documentaries and series for both English and French television and has been nominated twice for a Gemini award.
LJUBOMIR SASIC, Director of Photography. Academy trained, Ljubomir Sasic was an award winning cameraman during his fifteen years at TV-Belgrade where he shot everything from drama series to live sports events. Since moving to Canada, he has worked freelance for the CBC and TVO, as well as, on independently produced dramas, performing arts specials, documentaries and series. Known for his spontaneity and his uncanny ability to make hand-held look like steadycam, Ljubo provides the fluid visual style for PIO AND THE CRACKS.
DENNIS PIKE, Special Effects. Dennis Pike brings a wealth of experience to the production. He has been a designer, cinematographer and animator on feature films and commercials. He has won awards for special effects camera, matte and process shooting. Dennis also has the ability to make special effects out of the simplest visual elements, a skill which proves invaluable when he creates the "crack effects" for PIO AND THE CRACKS.
DAVID OWEN, Art Director. David Owen has a background in theatre and television. During his distinguished career at the CBC he received two Gemini nominations and numerous citations for his work on period drama, comedy series and music specials. Knowledgeable in all facets of the art department, David has the ability to transform the look of a room in a matter of minutes, a quality ideally suited to the on-the-move location shooting of PIO AND THE CRACKS.