SAMPLED: Christina Aguilera – "Make The World Move"
by Aaron Zorgel
November 15, 2012
SAMPLED examines the skeletal production of a contemporary rap, R&B, hip-hop or pop song — Where did the loop, sample, or chopped up vocal providing the backbone originate? SAMPLED gives you the history, the context, and the insight.
This week, the sample is taken from Italian film composer Armando Trovaioli’s composition “Let’s Find Out,” written for the motion picture soundtrack of the 1969 film Vedu Nudo:
Armando Trovaioli was born in Rome in 1917, to a father who was an accomplished violinist. At the age of four, he began learning how to play the violin, and by the time he was six, Armando was studying classical theory and learning the piano, which would become his main instrument. Trovaioli would go on to earn his piano degree from the S. Cecilia Conservatory of Music in Rome, and later begin studying composition at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena with M° Angelo Francesco Lavagnino, who would be a lifelong friend and mentor to the composer.
Armando earned a reputation as one of the most important Italian-born jazz musicians of his time, representing his country at the International Jazz Festival held in Paris, performing alongside musical greats such as Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, and more. Though he is a passionate lover of jazz, Travaioli’s compositional career was not limited to one genre. He has also composed many classical suites, soundtracks for hundreds of films, many for low-budget films of the Commedia all’italiana genre, and several musicals, one of which had a run on Broadway.
Armando Trovaioli wrote the playful jazz/rock hybrid “Let’s Find Out” for Dino Risi’s episodic comedy film Vedo Nudo. It was sung by Glasgow-born vocalist Isabele Bond.
“Let’s Find Out” was recently sampled by producer Alex da Kid on Christina Aguilera’s “Make The World Move,” which appears on her new album Lotus:
What do you expect to get when listening to a brand new Christina Aguilera album? If you’re anything like me, you probably accidentally mimic X-tina’s pose on the cover of said album:
Christina shrugs on the cover of Lotus: “Ummm, I dunno…”
