“… Al gran Ribelle incontro mosse la bella Maddalena. Il colmo petto le ondeggia sovra il cor, sicuro della vittoria.”

Gino De' Bini (1856–1918), Lucifero, 1887

illustration to poem by Mario Rapisardi

In which Sparafucile and Maddalena house a jester gone mad.

Composers have a huge responsibility when they're hired to write music for movies. They need to set the right tone for not only the scene itself, but for the whole arc of the movie's storyline. Submitters sent in their favorite choices for movie music that set the tone in this way, and now you get to vote for the best one!

Maddalena, also known as The Devil in Maddalena, is a 1971 drama film about a young free-spirited woman who attends erotic parties while separated from her husband who won’t grant her a divorce, after an apparent car accident. She is prone to strange and erotic themed flashbacks, some with biblical significance, which blur the line between reality and her own fantasies. At a party a blindfolded priest is led before her, and she decides to try to seduce him, seeing him as perhaps her salvation.

The score is by Ennio Morricone. This track was also used in the 1981 film Le Professionnel.

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End is the third film in Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean movie series, which was originally based simply on the existence of a children's ride at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. Since then it has grown to be a massive hit, spawning five films, various video games, and other contributions to the franchise. The genesis of the story was to tell the tale of Captain Jack Sparrow, who had been spared an existence in Davy Jones's Locker under mysterious circumstances.

The music for this film was written by Hans Zimmer.

Because you can't have one thing or the other at once. I can't choose anymore, it's too late. Besides, I never wanted to choose. I'm a whore, you know. There's no remedy, I'll always be a whore. And I don't want to be anything else!