Circus Scott

A story that embraces decades of performances by the famous Swedish Circus Scott. Boris Fogelman was asked to compose the music for this unique short film by a BBC film maker. His compositions illustrate the performance of the artists in a very delicate and sensitive way. Of all compositions in this film, four of them belong to Waltzes & Leitmotifs: Sometimes, The Clowns, Associations and Contratango.

The compositions were recorded and played by musicians of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra.

Ralph

Boris Fogelman was asked by director Niklas Holmgren to compose the music for his upcoming short film Ralph. This Cinéma Vérité is subtile and fragile. So is the acting and Boris Fogelman’s music. The film portrays a woman that lost her child, coming back home to her insecure husband and her over caring sister. The main character of the story is the six year old boy Morgan who has been “promised” that his mother will come back with a newborn sibling, Ralph. He cannot accept that his mother has broken their vow. The two compositions that have been used in this short film have been Lonely Note (Shadows of the Past) and A Tribute to Nino Rota (Waltzes & Leitmotifs).

The film was shown at Sky TV and BBC in Great Britain (UK) 2008, at The International Short Film Festival ROOFTOP in New York 2008. The film was also nominated as The Short Film of the Year at Uppsala Short Film Festival 2008.

The film producer is Mats Karsvall.

Jättekul att se dig (So nice to see you)

The short film "So nice to see you" is a minimalistic Swedish Rashomon story told with great precision and sensitivity by director Niklas Holmgren. Two young women meet by chance in a store. A completely mundane and stress-free meeting. Later in the movie they tell in different monologues about how they experienced what happened. Their thinking and conclusions about the almost insignificant meeting differ in an astonishing way. Rashomon, with its characteristic ambiguity and essentially different perceptions of what has actually happened is evident in this film.

Boris Fogelman's music ("In Commemoration Of A Fallen Lover" from the album Waltzes & Leitmotifs) sets the tone from the first scenes. The orchestral and the a capella version are added to each other with a certain internal time delay. This seemingly asymmetrical opening gives the story a dynamic push. It causes tension in contrast to the low-pitched and thoughtful acting.

This short film was shown on Swedish National TV and was chosen to be a part of Uppsala Short Film Festival 2009.