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Babel - Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture

Babel - Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture
Various Artists

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Track Listing

Disc 1:

  1. Tazarine
  2. Tu Me Acostumbraste
  3. September/The Joker
  4. Deportation/Iguazu
  5. World Citizen - i won't be disappointed/looped piano
  6. Cumbia Sobre El Rio
  7. Hiding It
  8. Masterpiece
  9. Desert Bus Ride
  10. Bibo no Aozora/Endless Flight and Babel
  11. Tribal
  12. Para Que Regreses
  13. Babel
  14. Amelia Desert Morning
  15. Jugo A La Vida
  16. Breathing Soul
  17. The Blinding Sun

Disc 2:

  1. only love can conquer hate
  2. El Pachangon
  3. Two Worlds, One Heart
  4. The Phone Call
  5. Gekkoh
  6. The Catch
  7. Mujer Hermosa
  8. Into The Wild
  9. Look Inside
  10. The Master
  11. Oh My Juliet!
  12. Prayer
  13. El Besito Cachicurris
  14. Walking In Tokyo
  15. The Visitors
  16. Morning Pray
  17. Mi Adoración
  18. The Skin Of The Earth
  19. Bibo no Aozora/04

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #13220 in Music
  • Released on: 2006-12-11
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Formats: Box set, Soundtrack, Import
  • Running time: 131 minutes

Customer Reviews

A mixed bag, but plenty of goodies4
Upon seeing the film, two pieces of music on the soundtrack caught my attention - "Deportation" by score composer Gustavo Santaolalla, and the memorably melancholic "Bibo no Aozora" by Ryuichi Sakamoto, and these two haunting tracks were enough to convince me to buy the cd.
The two disc compilation, like the film, is a mixed bag, switching back and forth between Santaolalla's oud tracks for the Moroccan section, raucous Mexican party music for the wedding scenes, and Japanese pop and hip-hop for the Tokyo section. Personally I'd have been happy with just the Santaolalla and Sakamoto - the Mexican stuff is mostly simplistic and uninspired, with only "El Besito Cachicurris" displaying any complexity of melody or arrangement; and the dance music from the Japanese scenes feels out of place here, with Earth Wind and Fire's "September" in particular sticking out like a sore thumb (a great song, just not in this context).
But Santaolalla's original score is hypnotic and atmospheric, and justifies the purchase.
By the way, don't be put off by the "music from and inspired by" label - this is no cynical cash-in: the extra tracks mesh well with the ones featured in the film, and as the director explains in the liner notes, often inspired scenes in the film, rather than being inspired by them.