RAPE OF EUROPA, The

A film score in the style of mid 20th century European chamber music; haunting, pensive, romantic, spiritual. From the Indies label. Performed by the City of Prague Philharmonic, conducted by Richard Hein. Digipack.

Based on an award winning book, The Rape of Europa is a documentary that tells the epic story of the theft, destruction and miraculous survival of Europe's art treasures during WW2. The story spans decades from Hitler’s rejection by Vienna’s Academy of Fine Arts to his planned seizure of art pieces from conquered nations to the on-going recovery of the masterworks.

Italian born Marco d’Ambrosio is a composer, music producer, trumpet player and all-around noise wrangler. He has scored numerous award winning films, documentaries and live theatre projects including the anime hit Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust, Haiku Tunnel (Sundance 2001), the Emmy winning documentary Blink, and recently Emmy nominated Self-Made Man for PBS and Red Diaper Baby for the Sundance Channel. In 2005, Marco was awarded a film scoring fellowship from Robert Redford's Sundance Institute.

The Rape of Europa is the fifth project Marco has scored for Actual Films.

1 Title Prelude
2 Bloch-Bauer
3 Hitler Art School
4 Mythic Hitler - Goering
5 Lament
6 Fuhrer Museum - Hitler's Hit List
7 Nazis Invade Poland - German Destruction
8 Rembrandt Returned Pland's Stolen Art
9 Louvre Evacuation
10 Mona Lisa - Hitler's Dream
11 Stealing From Paris Jews - Rose Valland
12 Goering To Jeu De Paume
13 Neuschwantstein Into Russia
14 Packing The Hermitage
15 Under The Hermitage
16 Monte Cassion - Monte Cassino 2
17 Monte Cassino Destroyed
18 Florence Hides Art
19 Monuments Men - Dean Keller
20 Camposanto
21 Camposanto - Deane Keller
22 Florence In Ruins
23 Tchaikovsky's Piano (1812 Overture Arr)
24 Trophy Brigades - Divastation In Germany
25 Loot Discovered In Germany - Goering's Loot
26 Goering's Conclusion - Hitler's Model
27 Hitler's Hoard
28 Florentine Trumpets
29 Monuments Men In Munich - Art Interlude
30 Torahs
31 Russia's Healing Pains
32 End Credits