Babel (soundtrack)

Infobox Album
Name = Babel
Type = Album
Artist = Gustavo Santaolalla


Released = November 21, 2006
Recorded = 2006
Genre = Soundtrack
Length =
Label = Concord
Producer = Gustavo Santaolalla
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:60djvwr4a9xk link]
*SoundtrackNet Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.soundtrack.net/soundtracks/database/?id=4524 link]
Last album = North Country
(2005)
This album = Babel
(2006)
Next album = On the Road (2009)

Babel is the original soundtrack album, on the Concord label, of the 2006 Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning film "Babel" starring Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Adriana Barraza, Gael García Bernal, Rinko Kikuchi and Kôji Yakusho. The original score and songs were composed and produced by Gustavo Santaolalla.

The album won the Academy Award for Best Original Score and the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music. It was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score (lost to the score of "The Painted Veil").

The closing scene of the film features Ryuichi Sakamoto's "Bibo no Aozora." Sakamoto has previously won the BAFTA, Golden Globe, Grammy, and Academy Award for his scores for "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence", "The Sheltering Sky", and "The Last Emperor".

Track listing

Disc one

# "Tazarine" - Gustavo Santaolalla
# "Tu Me Acostumbraste" - Chavela Vargas
# "September/The Joker" (ATFC"s Aces High/Shinichi Osawa remix) - Earth, Wind and Fire
# "Deportation/Iguazu" - Gustavo Santaolalla
# "World Citizen-I Won't Be Disappointed" - David Sylvian/Ryuichi Sakamoto
# "Cumbia Sobre El Rio" - Blanquito Man/Control Machete
# "Hiding It" - Gustavo Santaolalla
# "Masterpiece" - Rip Slyme
# "Desert Bus Ride" - Gustavo Santaolalla
# "Bibo No Aozora/Endless Flight/Babel" - Ryuichi Sakamoto/Jaques Morelenbaum/Everton Nelson/Gust
# "Tribal" - Gustavo Santaolalla
# "Para Que Regreses" - El Chapo
# "Babel" - Nortec Collective
# "Amelia Desert Morning" - Gustavo Santaolalla
# "Jugo A La Vida" - Las Tucanes De Tijuana
# "Breathing Soul" - Gustavo Santaolalla
# "The Blinding Sun" - Gustavo Santaolalla

Disc two

# "Only Love Can Conquer Hate" - Ryuichi Sakamoto
# "El Panchangon" - Los Incomparables
# "Two Worlds, One Heart" - Gustavo Santaolalla
# "The Phone Call" - Gustavo Santaolalla
# "Gekkoh" - Susumu Yokota
# "The Catch" - Gustavo Santaolalla
# "Mujer Hermosa" - Los Incomparables
# "Into the Wild" - Gustavo Santaolalla
# "Look Inside" - Gustavo Santaolalla
# "The Master" - Gustavo Santaolalla
# "Oh My Juliet!" - Takashi Fujii
# "Prayer" - Gustavo Santaolalla
# "El Besito Cachichurris" - Daniel Luna
# "Walking in Tokyo" - Gustavo Santaolalla
# "The Visitors" - Hamza El Din
# "Morning Pray" - Gustavo Santaolalla
# "Mi Adoracion" - Agua Caliente
# "The Skin of the Earth" - Gustavo Santaolalla
# "Bibo No Aozora/04" - Ryuichi Sakamoto/Jaques Morelenbaum

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