- Frida (soundtrack)
Infobox Album
Name = Frida
Type =Soundtrack
Artist =Elliot Goldenthal
Released =October 22 ,2002
Recorded = 2002
Genre = LatinAvante garde Modernist
Progressive
Length = 50:26
Label = Universal
"289 474 150-2"
Producer =Matthias Gohl
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:6jd4vwbqa9ek link]
*Filmtracks.com Rating|5|5 [http://www.filmtracks.com/titles/frida.html link]
*Musicfromthemovies Rating|4|5 [http://www.musicfromthemovies.com/review.asp?ID=277 link]
*Soundtrack-express Rating|3|5 [http://www.soundtrack-express.com/osts/frida.htm link]
Last album = ""
(2001)
This album = Frida
(2002)
Next album = "The Good Thief" (2002)Frida is the original
soundtrack album , on the Universal label, of the 2002Academy Award - andGolden Globe Award -winningfilm "Frida " starringSalma Hayek ,Alfred Molina ,Mía Maestro andAshley Judd . The original score andsong s were composed byElliot Goldenthal .The Score
The album won both the Academy Award and the
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score . At the World Soundtrack Awards it won two awards: "Best Original Soundtrack of the Year" and "Soundtrack Composer of the Year".cquote|"In Frida, the approach I took scoring the music is that of melodic intimacy (scoring with melodies or tunes as opposed to motific fragments). To achieve additional intimacy I choose a small ensemble of acoustic instruments: the small Mexican guitar (Vihuela), standard classical guitar, Mexican bass guitar (guitarron), accordion, Mexican harp, marimba, and glass armonica (a Benjamin Franklin invention). I found that the guitars provided the full range of lyricism and percussion I needed.
Mexican music cannot be generalize, it varies greatly from one region to the next, but in its folkloric music there is a certain harmonic fingerprint, the use of consecutive thirds and a proud avoidance of over-complex harmonies. I found that if I adhered to this essential harmonic signature, and stayed very honest with my melodies, the movie invited me in. The few times I tried to reach for more complex harmony and structure, the movie kicked me out with pointy Mexican boots. These ideas remain on my studio floor under a pile of empty Corona bottles... - Elliot Goldenthal"| [ [http://goldenthal.filmmusic.com/film/frida/index.html Elliot Goldenthal Discography: Frida (2002) ] ]Track listing
# Benediction and Dream - "Performed by
Lila Downs " (2:31)
# The Floating Bed (1:29)
# El Conejo - "Performed by Cojolites" (2:29)
# Paloma Negra - "Performed byChavela Vargas " (3:17)
# Self-Portrait With Hair Down (1:09)
# Alcoba Azul - "Performed by Lila Downs" (1:36)
# Carabina 30/30 - "Performed by El Poder Del Norte" (2:43)
# Solo Tu (1:22)
# El Gusto (2:18)
# The Journey (2:56)
# El Antifaz - "Performed by Liberacion" (2:28)
# The Suicide of Dorothy Hale (0:48)
# La Cavalera (1:40)
# La Bruja - "Performed bySalma Hayek and Los Vega" (1:57)
# Portrait of Lupe (2:13)
# La Llorona - "Performed by Chavela Vargas" (2:22)
# Estrella Oscura - "Performed by Lila Downs" (1:48)
# Still Life (1:31)
# Viva la Vida - "Performed by Trio / Marimberos" (2:16)
# The Departure (2:13)
# Coyoacán and Variations (2:34)
# La Llorona - "Lila Downs & Mariachi Juvenil de Tecalitian" (2:20)
# Burning Bed (1:08)
# Burn It Blue - "Performed byCaetano Veloso and Lila Downs" (7:58)Crew/Credit
*Music Composed by Elliot Goldenthal
*Music Produced by Teese Gohl and Elliot Goldenthal
*Orchestrated by Elliot Goldenthal and Robert Elhai
*Orchestra Conducted by Stephen Mercurio
*Recorded and Mixed by Joel Iwataki
*Electronic Music Produced by Richard Martinez
*Music Editor: Curtis RoushReferences
External links
* [http://goldenthal.filmmusic.com/film/frida/index.html Page for the album at Goldenthal's website]
* [http://www.filmtracks.com/titles/frida.html Review of the album at 'filmtracks.com']###@@@KEY@@@###succession box
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