Frida (soundtrack)
Frida | ||||
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Released | October 22, 2002 | |||
Recorded | 2002 | |||
Genre | Latin Avant-garde Modernist Progressive | |||
Length | 50:26 | |||
Label | Universal 289 474 150-2 | |||
Producer | Matthias Gohl | |||
Elliot Goldenthal chronology | ||||
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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 was composed by Elliot Goldenthal. The soundtrack features songs by various artists.
The score
[edit]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".
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 generalized, 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. - Elliot Goldenthal
Track listing
[edit]- 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 Tú (1:22)
- El Gusto - Performed by Trio Huasteco Caimanes de Tamuin (2:18)
- The Journey (2:56)
- El Antifaz - Performed by Liberacion, Miguel Galindo, Alejandro Matehuala, Gerardo Garcia (2:28)
- The Suicide of Dorothy Hale (0:48)
- La Calavera (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 - Performed by Lila Downs & Mariachi Juvenil de Tecalitián (2:20)
- Burning Bed (1:08)
- Burn It Blue - Performed by Caetano Veloso and Lila Downs (7:58)
Crew/Credit
[edit]- 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
Certifications and sales
[edit]Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Greece (IFPI Greece)[2] | Gold | 15,000^ |
United States | — | 223,000[3] |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
References
[edit]- ^ "Elliot Goldenthal Discography: Frida (2002)". Archived from the original on 2007-08-16. Retrieved 2007-08-26.
- ^ "Ελληνικό Chart – Top 50 Ξένων Aλμπουμ" (in Greek). IFPI Greece. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ^ "World's greatest". Billboard. 16 June 2007. Retrieved 3 May 2019.