Life Is Beautiful (soundtrack)

Infobox Album
Name = Life Is Beautiful
Type = soundtrack
Artist = Nicola Piovani


Released = 1997
Recorded =
Genre = Soundtrack
Length =
Label = Virgin Records America
Producer =
Reviews =
*SoundtrackNet Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.soundtrack.net/soundtracks/database/?id=1659 link]
Last album = The Impostor
(1997)
This album = Life Is Beautiful
(1997)
Next album = Acts of Justice
(1998)

" Life Is Beautiful " is the original soundtrack album, on the Virgin Records America label, of the 1997 Academy Award-winning film "Life Is Beautiful" (original title: "La vita è bella"), starring Roberto Benigni (who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as "Guido Orefice" in this film), Nicoletta Braschi and Giustino Durano. The original score was composed by Nicola Piovani.

The album won the Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score and was nominated for a Grammy Award: "Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media", but lost to the score of "A Bug's Life".

Track listing

*1. Buon Giorno Principessa 3:29
*2. La Vita E Bella 2:46
*3. Viva Giosue 1:19
*4. Grand Hotel Valse 1:57
*5. La Notte Di Favola 2:32
*6. La Notte Di Fuga 3:49
*7. Le Uova Nel Capello 1:07
*8. Grand Hotel Fox 1:55
*9. Il Treno Nel Buio 2:19
*10. Arriva Il Carro Armato 1:04
*11. Valse Larmoyante 2:03
*12. L'Uovo Di Struzzo-Danza Etiope 1:53
*13. Krautentang 2:46
*14. Il Gioco Di Giosue 1:45
*15. Barcarolle 3:54
*16. Guido E Ferruccio 2:26
*17. Abbiamo Vinto 3:03
*"'Total Time: 40:07

###@@@KEY@@@###succession box
title=Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score
years=1998
before="Titanic
after=Best Original Score:
"Le violon rouge
(The Red Violin)