Review by Dubravko Jagatic ***** Date: 02.04.2019. Nacional (Croatian Weekly)
ANITA ANDREIS ‘BOBO’ SOUNDTRACK’: A Film Score Masterpiece</p>
<p>It is not very often that soundtrack for a Croatian film merits being<br />
given proper attention. The soundtrack to the short animated film “Bobo”<br />
by Andrej Rehak composed by Anita Andreis truly deserves to be praised.<br />
Anita Andreis is a composer with years of experience and is far from being<br />
a newcomer to the trade. She has composed music for feature films, short<br />
and animated films as well as for theatre and ballet productions, among<br />
other things. She is a composer, music producer, singer, and a musician<br />
who holds a degree “Orchestration and Production of Music for Film and<br />
Games” from the prestigious Berklee College of Music. So why is her<br />
music for this utterly delightful film so good? Because she managed to<br />
express a whole range of emotions through her music, which facilitates a better understanding of the story and gives the film yet another<br />
dimension. Her effort was acknowledged at the 27th Days of Croatian Film<br />
whose jury awarded her with the Best Music Award, explaining their<br />
choice in the following way: “at the time when electronic music prevails, it<br />
is really refreshing to hear a classical piece of music, especially when it<br />
resonates with the nostalgic, supernatural film narrative. In the manner of<br />
Erik Satie, there are passages that take us back to childhood, creating a<br />
feeling of great comfort.” Had this been the case of music composed for a<br />
Hollywood movie, backed by a powerful film studio, Anita Andreis might<br />
have even won the Oscar together with the compliments, thereby joining<br />
the film score greats the like of John Williams, Hans Zimmer and others.</p>
<p>The fact that it is the score for a short animated film makes no difference<br />
when we are talking about magnificent music that should be praised and<br />
pointed out because it deserves all the compliments. Furthermore,<br />
perhaps these nine beautiful, albeit short, musical moments could serve<br />
as a starting point for a more comprehensive piece of music. To conclude,<br />
such beautiful and sincere emotions conveyed by wonderful music can<br />
rarely be heard in Croatia.