While Roberto, restless, aggressive and strong-willed, becomes a young man full of charm, Renzo, more quiet and submissive, cultivates a humble and accommodating nature.
Maestro Sallustio, specialist in piano accompaniment for silent action films, becomes Renzo's first music teacher.
The teaching of some composer friends of his father, such as Ottorino Respighi and Pietro Mascagni, also influence his musical style.
After the death of their father, Renzo dedicates himself to the composition of chamber music and symphonies and begins to teach in various conservatories.
[3] He falls in love, in fact, with a well-known young actress and decides to marry her at any cost.
In the early 1940s, the Rossellinis work on a trilogy of documentaries for the film department of the Italian Navy.
Both, in America as in Europe, Film Music still reflects the passionate romanticism of the 19th century, awakening tearful feelings in the audience and leaving room for illusions.
Renzo continues to compose music for other films but, since he refuses compromise, a fracture is soon created between him and the world of cinema.
If he got back behind the camera, it wouldn't be to produce commercial films but to learn something new and to free men from their ignorance.
[2][4][5][6] The Soundtrack is composed by Renzo Rossellini's music from the following films: In addition, the film's soundtrack includes musical excerpts, in part recorded ex novo, from the following works by Renzo Rossellini: The piece La fontana ammalata is interpreted by the Giovani Musicisti Italiani under the direction of Federico Romano Capalbi.
Renzo is far less known by the general public although he composed music for the cinema before his brother even began shooting his first films.
His career as a composer for the cinema began in 1937 with "ll Signor Max" by Mario Camerini.
"La Nave Bianca" in 1941 marked the beginning of his collaboration with Roberto, followed by those legendary films – "Roma Città Aperta" (Rome, Open City) above all – that lifted the ltalian cinema miraculously out of the post-war ruins.