Frida (soundtrack)

Infobox Album
Name = Frida
Type = Soundtrack
Artist = Elliot Goldenthal


Released = October 22, 2002
Recorded = 2002
Genre = Latin
Avante 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 2002 Academy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning film "Frida" starring Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Mía Maestro and Ashley Judd. The original score and songs were composed by Elliot 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 by Chavela 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 by Salma 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 by Caetano 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 Roush

References

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']

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