Wally wrote: >there's a lot of borrowing from barber's adagio for strings, but YES the >soundtrack is amazing, especially caetano's version of the andalusian song.
Dear Wally: "Cucurrucucu paloma" is not an andalusian song! It's from Mejico, as you should know it by the Joan Baez version on her "Gracias a la vida" album (where it apppears in an arrangement very traditional, similar at other mexican versions I've heard of it). By the way: almost entirely of JB's album are songs from SouthAmerica (except Paso Rio & Rossinyol) someone, i think fred, wrote: >By the way, regarding Talk To Her and the Oscars, the real crime to me is >that Alberto Iglesias' wonderful soundtrack was overlooked. Well, I agree with you: In fact, the *only* award that "Hable con ella/Talk to her" got at the Goya's (Spanish academy of films' awards) went to wonderful Alberto Iglesias soundtrack. Here in my country critics seemed very cool at that movie when it released, and appreciated much better "Los lunes al sol/Mondays at the sun", a drama about unemployement (in fact it was awarded with several Goyas): that's the reason that, when the spanish academy proposed its film for the Oscar Best foreign film (not in english language), the proposed one was "Los lunes al sol": disregarding the big appeal and popular acclaim of Almodovar's work, they (me too) thought that wonder-boy Fernando Leon de Aranoa's film was better, more interesting and representative of spanish mind (although this last is no way an artistic reason, I know) Have a wonderful time! All We Are Saying Is Give PEACE A Chance! NP: Caetano Veloso's "Dama das Camelias" from "Omaggio a Federico (Fellini) e Giulietta (Massina) Emiliano
