Composer Shushan Sargsyan to write score for movie possibly starring Scarlett Johansson, Catherine Deneuve

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 6, ARMENPRESS. Composing and selecting the right music for a film is crucial as it can change the entire tone and feel of a movie.

Armenian composer Shushan Sargsyan has just concluded her trip to the Venice Film Festival. Before that, she attended the Cannes Film Festival’s Film Market to meet filmmakers and studios and present her work.

“Music’s role in film is highly important. One can say that the composer is the second man in the film. If you were to watch the same movie with and without the score you’d feel a huge difference,” songwriter and composer Shushan Sargsyan told ARMENPRESS. “A wonderful scene could die if you select the wrong piece of music. My goal and desire is to do my job so well that the music will stand out from the film and have its own life.”

“I have various offers. I have an agreement with one of the film studios in Dubai. The project is interesting for me. The combination of the East and West is very interesting for me,” Sargsyan said, without revealing further details for now. “I also have agreements with film studios from Taiwan, Mongolia and Ukraine. There’ll be both feature films and documentaries.”

Perhaps one of the top offers at this moment is a joint European-American production film which could feature French actress Catherine Deneuve. Negotiations are underway also with American actress Scarlett Johansson. Shushan Sargsyan’s participation in the film is confirmed, but timeframes aren’t yet available.

Sargsyan has worked with many Armenian singers back home, such as Anna Khachatryan, Masha Mnjoyan, Ani Christie, Sona Shahgeldyan, Syuzanna Melkonyan, Tigran Petrosyan and others.

The composer also collaborated with many Ukrainian stars. In Ukraine she is perhaps best known for being the author of the music for Золоті Ворота (Golden Gates), a song dubbed the “second anthem” of Ukraine. She is also working with Italian operatic tenor Alessandro Safina.

Angela Hambardzumyan