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"Ancora qui"
Single by Elisa
from the album Django Unchained and L'anima vola
LanguageItalian
Released4 January 2013 (2013-01-04)
Recorded2012
GenrePop
Length5:08
LabelSugar
Composer(s)Ennio Morricone
Lyricist(s)Elisa Toffoli
Producer(s)
  • Toffoli
  • Morricone
Elisa singles chronology
"Love Is Requited"
(2012) 		"Ancora qui"
(2013) 		"L'anima vola"
(2013)

"Ancora qui" (lit. 'Still here') is a song recorded by Italian singer Elisa. The song was released on 4 January 2013 as the second single form the soundtrack album of the Quentin Tarantino's 2012 film Django Unchained.[1][2] The song was written by Elisa herself and composed by Ennio Morricone.[3] It was shortlisted at the 85th Academy Awards for Best Original Song.[4] Another version of the song was later included in Elisa's studio album L'anima vola.

Background and composition

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Elisa reported that she was contacted by Morricone through her label, Sugar Music. They met at Morricone house where the conductor played her some melodies written for her.[5] For the writing process, Morricone suggested Elisa to be inspired by her memories and so she wrote the lyrics thinking about one of her childhood friends that died of leukemia.[6] The song also sempled the piano composition "Für Elise" by Ludwig van Beethoven.[7]

The first demo of the song was sent by Morricone to Tarantino, who decided to include that version in the film's soundtrack, but without telling the artists in which scene it would be included.[8][9] Morricone and Elisa worked on a new version of "Ancora qui" with more elaborated arrangements and orchestration,which was not considered for the soundtrack.[8][10] The second version was included as a track on the singer's studio album L'anima vola.[11]

During a guest lecture at the LUISS University of Rome, Morricone described the work on the song composition, and his criticism on Tarantino decision to use the demo and not the final version of the song:[12][13][14]

"I simply composed a song for Elisa, especially for her. And it came to me thinking of Beethoven's "Für Elise", of which there is a reference at the beginning and the end, then I wrote it freely. [...] [Tarantino] used a bad arrangement for the film. He chose the Sugar demo with only piano, without sensitivity and respect. I have often said that I would never want to work with him, he chooses the music without consistency, and I can't do anything with someone like that."

Critics reception

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Reviewing the soundtrack album, Lindsay Zoladz of Pitchfork described the song as a " forlorn classical guitar ballad" praising the "muted melodrama" voice of Elisa.[15] James Lachno of The Daily Telegraph stated that the song is one of the "album’s highlight" with "Freedom" by Elayna Boynton, appreciating the "loping, sombre" atmsphere "delivered in elegant Italian" by the singer.[16]

Charts

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Chart performance for "Ancora qui"
Chart (2013) Peak
position
Italy (FIMI)[17] 41
Italy (EarOne Airplay)[18] 111

Release history

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"Ancora qui" release history
Region Date Format Label Ref.
Italy January 4, 2013 Radio airplay Sugar [1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Forastiero, Eleonora (2 January 2013). "Elisa - ANCORA QUI (Radio Date: 04-01-2013)" (Press release) (in Italian). EarOne. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
  2. ^ Sherlock, Ben (15 February 2013). "Every Song In Django Unchained". Screen Rant. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Ancora qui: un brano di Elisa e Morricone per Tarantino". Radio Italia (in Italian). 29 December 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  4. ^ "Morricone & Elisa no, Adele sì: ecco le cinque canzoni candidate agli Oscar". La Stampa. 10 January 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  5. ^ Laffranchi, Andrea (14 November 2013). "Elisa: la mia sfida all'italiano e il sangue di Tarantino". Il Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  6. ^ Duello, Gennaro Marco (18 December 2012). "Elisa: "Vi racconto il west di Quentin Tarantino"". Fanpage.it (in Italian). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  7. ^ Ermisino, Maurizio (19 February 2022). "Il senso di Ennio Morricone per la musica pop (e rock, e hip-hop…)". Wired Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  8. ^ a b "Elisa: ' 'Ancora qui', la mia visione dello spaghetti western'". Rockol (in Italian). 17 December 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  9. ^ Mirenzi, Nicola (20 February 2013). "Il cuore tenero di Quentin. Elisa all'Oscar con la canzone per Tarantino". HuffPost Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  10. ^ Giordano, Paolo (18 December 2018). "Il brano di Elisa per Tarantino si gioca l'Oscar". Il Giornale (in Italian). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  11. ^ Viola, Clara (2 August 2013). "Elisa, L'anima vola a ottobre. Nel nuovo album, interamente in italiano per la prima volta, collaborazioni con Ligabue, Tiziano Ferro e Giuliano Sangiorgi". Vanity Fair Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  12. ^ "Morricone boccia Tarantino". La Stampa (in Italian). 15 March 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  13. ^ Lyman, Eric J. (15 March 2013). "Italian Composer Ennio Morricone: I'll Never Work With Tarantino Again". Billboard. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  14. ^ Bahr, Lindsey (18 March 2013). "Ennio Morricone is not feuding with Quentin Tarantino over 'Django' song -- EXCLUSIVE". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  15. ^ Zoladz, Lindsay (7 January 2013). "Various Artists: Django Unchained OST". Pitchfork. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  16. ^ Lachno, James (17 January 2013). "Django Unchained – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  17. ^ "Classifica settimanale WK 4 (dal 21.01.2013 al 27.01.2013)". FIMI (in Italian). Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  18. ^ "Classifica Airplay Radio - Ancora qui - Elisa". EarOne. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
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