Gustavo Santaolalla - The Motorcycle Diaries: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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Artist: Gustavo SantaolallaEdition: Music CD
Audio: Quechua (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language)
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 2004-09-14
Music Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Soundtracks:
- Apertura
- Lago Frias
- Chichina
- Chipi Chipi - Performed by Maria Esther Zamora, "Polito" Gonzalez, Jorge Lobos, Cuti Aste, Roberto Lindl
- Montana
- Sendero
- Procesion
- Jardin
- La Partida
- La Muerte De La Poderosa
- Lima
- La Salida De Lima
- Zambita
- Que Rico El Mambo - Performed by Damasco Perez Prado
- Circulo En El Rio
- Amazonas
- Cabalgando
- Leyendo En El Hospital
- El Cruce
- Partida Del Leprosario
- De Usuahia A La Quiaca
- Revolucion Caliente
- Al Otro Lado Del Rio - Performed by Jorge Drexler
Free Music Notes for The Motorcycle Diaries: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Free Music Review: Evocative Soundtrack Brings You Back to an Amazing Movie
Hit: 5 Stars
I've read the book. I've seen the movie. Now I've heard the soundtrack. "The Motorcycle Diaries" could very well become a cottage industry. Luckily, this disc turns out to be a lovely evocation of the roundabout trek that Ernesto (Che) Guevara took with his best buddy Alberto Granado from their native Buenos Aires to Caracas in 1952, well before he became an icon for Communist revolutionaries in underdeveloped countries.
Argentinean composer Gustavo Santaolalla (who also scored "Amores Perros") has perfectly captured their impassioned spirits on the open road as they experience the elements and meet the people that change their lives. Santaolalla's beautiful score is seamlessly dream-like and rugged, the perfect background travel music as it draws on a variety of flavors in Latin music. Though mainly guitar-led instrumentals, the recording also has jazz and rock elements driven by African drums and Latin rhythms. I agree with the consensus that says his music sounds a bit like Ry Cooder, and I'd also add Earl Klugh and the Buena Vista Social Club for good measure. There are a couple of memorable vocal numbers such as the charming "Chipi Chipi" (where Guevara and Granado dance with the Chilean locals who think they are celebrity doctors) and the melancholy last track, "Al Otro Lado del Río", sung by Jorge Drexler. This fusion of traditional and contemporary sounds is flawlessly mastered by the composer and works for the listener whether you have seen the film or not. But of course if you have seen the film by Walter Salles, you will certainly have the benefit of being taken back to the images of that mesmerizing cinematic work. Speaking of which, there is a nice booklet of diary quotes and photos from the film included with the CD. It would have been nice to have a little more variety among the tracks and also been helpful to tell us where each track plays specifically in the film, but these are minor quibbles. This is quite a poetic soundtrack.
The Motorcycle Diaries: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Poster
Soundtrack to 2003 film adaptation of Che Guevara's 'Motorcycle Diaries'. Details TBA. Universal. 2004.Brazilian filmmaker Walter Salles (Central Station, Behind the Sun chronicles the epic, 8000 mile motorcycle journey of two friends---one of whom is Ernesto "Che" Guevara---in his compelling story of personal, geographic, and political discovery. Composer Gustavo Santaollala, one of the leading figures in Argentine rock and pop (and the producer behind 2003 Latin Grammy Record and Album of the Year winner Juanes) infuses Salles' unusual road movie with a multi-faceted score that draws not only on his country's rich national musical heritage, but on the same restless musical instincts Santaollala brought to his equally haunting music for 21 Grams. As on that score, his primary instrument is again the guitar, though the seductive electric fretwork of the previous film takes a backseat to acoustic stylings that range from indigenous folk-rooted charm to nervous, electronic-backed soundscapes. Further underscoring the score's expansive, post-modern sensibilities are Maria Esther Zapata's saucy take on the tango-novelty "Chipi Chipi," the composer's own retro-energetic "Que Rico El Mambo" and the evocative contemporary ballad, "Al Otro Lado Del Rio," by Jorge Drexler. --Jerry McCulley
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