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Songs of War: Music as a Weapon (2010)
Music elates, touches the soul and bypasses reason. Music is magic. But precisely this magic can turn it into an insidious weapon for music and violence belong together. The brutal power of African war dances, the ferocity of Maori Hakas, the earth-shattering roar of US sound guns blasting Metallica at Taliban hideouts the principle is always the same: Aggressive sounds demoralise the enemy and whip the allies into a frenzy. In Songs of War, director Tristan Chytroschek explores the extraordinary harmony between music and violence. Sesame Street composer, Christopher Cerf, always wanted his music to be fun and entertaining. But then he learned that his songs had been used to torture prisoners in Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib. He is stunned by this abuse of his work and wants to find out how this could happen.
Updated Apr 12 2016
Cast
Crew
Igor Martinovic
Camera Operator
Bernhard Wagner
Camera Operator
Tristan Chytroschek
Director
Karl-Heinz Satzger
Editor
Norik Stepanjan
Editor
Michael Bamber
Art Direction
Susanne Mertens
Commissioning Editor
Ole Förster
Sound Engineer
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