1 |
Tazarine
- Gustavo
Santaolalla |
2 |
Tu
Me Acostumbraste - Chavela
Vargas |
3 |
September
- Earth
Wind & Fire /
The Joker - (ATFC's Aces Hih Remix)
Fatboy Slim - Shinichi Osawa Remix |
4 |
Deportation/Iguaza
- Gustavo
Santaolalla |
5 |
World
Citizen - i won't be disappointed/looped piano
David
Sylvian, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Amadeo Pace, Keigo Oyamada
& Sketch Show |
6 |
Cumbia
Sobre El Rio -
Blanquito Man, Control Machete & Celso Pena Y Su
Ronda Bogota |
| 7 |
Hiding
It - Gustavo
Santaolalla |
8 |
Masterpiece
- Rip
Slyne |
9 |
Desert
Bus Ride - Gustavo
Santaolalla |
10 |
Bibo
no Aozora - Ryuichi
Sakamoto, Jacques Morelenbaum & Everton Nelson /
Endless Fight Gustavo Santaolalla / Babel
Gustavo Santaolalla |
11 |
Tribal
- Gustavo
Santaolalla |
12 |
Para
Que Regreses - El
Chapo de Sinaloa |
13 |
Babel
- Nortec
Collective |
14 |
Amelia
Desert Morning - Gustavo
Santaolalla |
15 |
Jugo
A La Vida - Los
Tucanes de Tijuana |
16 |
Breathing
Soul - Gustavo
Santaolalla |
17 |
The
Blinding Sun - Gustavo
Santaolalla |
CD
2 |
1 |
only
love can conquer hate - Ryuichi
Sakamoto |
2 |
El
Panchangon - Los
Incomparables |
3 |
Two
Worlds, One Heart - Gustavo
Santaolalla |
4 |
The
Phone Call - Gustavo
Santaolalla |
5 |
Gekkoh
- Susumu
Yokota |
6 |
The
Catch - Gustavo
Santaolalla |
7 |
Mujer
Hermosa - Los
Incomparables |
8 |
Into
The Wild - Gustavo
Santaolalla |
9 |
Look
Inside - Gustavo
Santaolalla |
10 |
The
Master - Gustavo
Santaolalla |
11 |
Oh
My Juliet! - Takashi
Fujii |
12 |
Prayer
- Gustavo
Santaolalla |
13 |
El
Besito Cachicurris - Daniel
Luna |
14 |
Walking
In Tokyo - Gustavo
Santaolalla |
15 |
The
Visitors - Hamza
El Din |
16 |
Morning
Pray - Gustavo
Santaolalla |
17 |
Mi
Adoracion - Agua
Caliente |
18 |
The
Skin Of The Earth - Gustavo
Santaolalla |
19 |
Bibo
no Aozora / 04 - Ryuichi
Sakamoto, Jacques Morelenbaum & Yuichiro
Gotoh |
REVIEW
In
the Genesis about the Tower of Babel, the Lord said: Come,
let us go down and confuse their language so they will not
understand each other. In this review about the soundtrack
album for the award-winning film, we say: We are quite confused
about the eclectic choice of music on this two-disc album. Featuring
over two hours of music spread over 36 tracks, this soundtrack
is probably value for your money. However, not every element
for his assortment of music may be your cup of tea.
Providing
the underscore is Argentinean composer Gustavo Santaolalla.
After striking gold with his Oscar-winning score for 2005’s
Brokeback Mountain, the 55-year-old is up for another Academy
Award nomination at this year’s awards with this minimalist
score.
Unlike
his overplayed main theme for Brokeback Mountain, there is
nothing much you can identify with here. There is still his
signature plucky melody, but nothing that will leave much
of an impression. At its best, tracks like “Tazarine”
and “Deportation/Iguazu” provide the sorrowful
mood felt in the film.
The diverse
mix of tunes from and inspired by the motion picture include
Mexican, Middle Eastern, Western and Oriental sounds. While
songs from the West like “September-The Joker”
may remind you of the good old times which was the 1970s,
Mexican songs like “Mujer Hermosa” may not ring
a bell. However, they do make for exotic listening.
The ultra
J-pop “Oh Juliet!” is a dance-floor favourite
while the Middle Eastern prayer-like tune “The Visitors”
may not appeal to the younger crowd. There are also very uncomfortable
tracks like Japanese composer Ryuchi Sakamoto’s “Only
Love Can Conquer Hate” which only proves to be a disturbingly
weary listen.
But one
track to bring together this package has to be Sakamoto’s
2000 composition “Bibo no Aozora/04”. Like the
film’s final poignant scene, this hypnotic and emotional
piano and strings-layered track concludes the album with apt
melancholy - music can serve as a unifying communication tool
for man.
SOUNDTRACK
RATING:
Review
by John Li
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