‘The Leopard’ Composer Paolo Buonvino on Infusing the Netflix Show’s Score With Sicily: ‘As if You Can Smell It Through the Music’
This premium period drama represents the most significant foray into Italy by the streaming platform to date, being a contemporary reinterpretation of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s renowned Sicily-based novel. The narrative unfolds amidst the tumultuous era of social upheaval in 1860s Sicily, an epoch that was previously brought to life on screen by Luchino Visconti in his critically acclaimed film. This movie, now a treasured piece of Italian cinema history, received the prestigious Palme d’Or at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival, with stars like Claudia Cardinale, Alain Delon, and Burt Lancaster gracing its screen.