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Does Piazolla count for 12 MONKEYS?
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Not the first time that someone has written a reply without carefully reading the first post...
Until I hear something that can top it (and I'm well aware there is a ton in this area I haven't heard), Noche de los Mayas by Revueltas wins for me. There's an awesome recording with Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting the LA Phil....
Yavar
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Mar 6, 2018 - 3:46 PM
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Also in Argentina you can find good composers. Like Federico Jusid, who scored (along Emilio Kauderer) the film The Secret in Their Eyes (not the US remake).
For some reason, I always thought Jusid was Spanish. He's also a favourite of mine.
By the way, I'm a big fan of director Pablo Larraín (esp. TONY MANERO and NERUDA), but he doesn't use a lot of original music in his films.
Larraín is great! As you say, he doesn't use a lot of original music, but actually in Neruda he worked with Federico Jusid (who's argentinian and works mostly in Spain). Then he worked with Mica Levi on Jackie. So maybe he's changing his approach.
Someone mentioned Gustavo Santaolalla and he has done some fine scores for latin american films, like Relatos salvajes (Wild Tales) and Diarios de motocicleta (Motorcycle Diaries). He also did Amores Perros, but I don't remember the score at all.
Another good one is El abrazo de la serpiente (Embrance of the Serpent), scored by venezuelan Nascuy Linares.
I'm sure in Brazil there are fine composers. I know that one very famous is Marcus Viana, who scores a lot of television productions.
All these names are easy to find on Spotify or YouTube if someone wants to check them out ;-)
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The thread is out of control! Now people are listing South American-style scores by non-South American people!
HAVANA
Dave Grusin
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I love this type of music, and I'm thrilled that so many of you have scores to suggest. Keep them coming. . . .
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Mar 7, 2018 - 3:01 AM
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Thor
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Larraín is great! As you say, he doesn't use a lot of original music, but actually in Neruda he worked with Federico Jusid (who's argentinian and works mostly in Spain). Then he worked with Mica Levi on Jackie. So maybe he's changing his approach.
Yes, I own and really like the NERUDA score. Was not too keen on Levi's JACKIE (nor the film), but at least it was radical in approach.
Someone mentioned Gustavo Santaolalla and he has done some fine scores for latin american films, like Relatos salvajes (Wild Tales) and Diarios de motocicleta (Motorcycle Diaries). He also did Amores Perros, but I don't remember the score at all.
Gustavo is great, and arguably the most famous South American film composer right now.
Another good one is El abrazo de la serpiente (Embrance of the Serpent), scored by venezuelan Nascuy Linares.
Yeah, I've been wanting to see that film for a while, after my colleagues raved about it. Hopefully soon.
Speaking of Chilean directors, how's the music situation in the films of Alejandro Jodorowsky or Patricio Guzmán? I've always liked their movies, but can't remember much of the music. THE PEARL BUTTON a couple of years ago was excellent.
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I know Heitor Villa-Lobos composed some film scores; if his film music is as good as his concert music, he should be among the contenders. :-)
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Mar 8, 2018 - 3:44 PM
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fvasquez
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Speaking of Chilean directors, how's the music situation in the films of Alejandro Jodorowsky or Patricio Guzmán? I've always liked their movies, but can't remember much of the music. THE PEARL BUTTON a couple of years ago was excellent.
Guzmán didn't use original score in some of his early works (the three volumes of The Battle of Chile), but more recently he worked with Jorge Arriagada (chilean composer, based in Paris) in Salvador Allende and the composer duet Miranda & Tobar in Nostalgia of the Light and The Pearl Button. Honestly I don't remember much about those scores, but Miranda & Tobar are prolific local composers, they do a lot of local productions. I think one of their best works is Machuca (the film had some showings around the world when it was released in 2004).
The case of Jodorowsky is more complex. He scored himself some of his earlier films (El Topo, Holy Mountain), maybe with some help. Then he used Simon Boswell in Santa Sangre. In his most recent films, he worked with his son Adan Jorodowsky (aka Adanowsky), who has a solid career as a musician (mostly alternative rock), but not really scoring films. I haven't heard those, so I don't know how it sounds.
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