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Central Station: Music From The Motion Picture

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The music to Central Station has echoed in my mind since I saw the film four months ago. It stands alone as art in itself.

...and if you've seen the movie, you instantly recognize this beautiful piano number. The CD has variations of it, too. Mostly instrumental, all beautiful. A few songs have dialogue, and the last one has actual singing, and it's worth it to listen from beginning to end.

Brazilian film scores are not so often produced. So, it was with great pleasure that the release of the soundtrack from Walter Salles'suberb film came to us. From the right beginning of the disc, you can notice that carefulness and talent were envolved to create a truly wonderful score. Wide opened to emotions and heartbreakingness, the soundtrack features instruments both from central and northeast Brazil, especially the ones used during the trip of Dora and Josué into the country's state, Bahia. I hope the success of the score of "Central Station" leads Brazilian film composers to produce more and more soundtracks, and to explore the possibilities of our own talents.

There is a lot of beautiful music being written for films, but this score manages to stand out among them. Recorded with a small chamber orchestra, the bold arrangements echo the romantic emotion of the film. In many ways it's a throw-back to the way films used to be scored.

This is a must-get CD... The sound track is as beautiful and touching as the film ... Don't miss it!!!

Central Station soundtrack is as wonderful as the movie.It's a fundamental part of it. It's dramatic, touching and romantic. The movie wouldn't be so extraordinary without this beautiful soundtrack.

Probablemente muchos habrán comprado este disco después de haber visto la película, pero es necesario señalar que en este caso la música se sostiene por sí sola, algo que no siempre ocurre en estos casos. Mediante la repetición y variación de los temas principales, en vez de aburrirse, el oyente comienza a ser envuelto por una atmósfera de tristeza y vértigo a la vez, que va avanzando gradualmente hacia el final. Si hay algo que está muy bien trabajado aquí es justamente las dinámicas, que consiguen atraer la atención y no soltarse de las melodías. Los temas están interpretados básicamente en piano y cello, pero hay algunos momentos con orquesta o con instrumentos no clásicos, como la mandolina o el rebec, que abren un poco el espectro de sonidos. Además hay pasajes con voceso sonidos superpuestos, que no molestan; es más, la lectura de la carta de Dora, al final, es más expresiva que si fuera cantada. En definitiva, la emotividad de este disco es completamente convincente, y a mi juicio esto se debe a una gran calidad en los arreglos y la dirección, que deben haber sido trabajados con mucha dedicación y sensibilidad.

P.D.: recomiendo escuchar algunas de las participaciones de Jacques Morelenbaum en discos de Arto Lindsay, Cesaria Evora, Ryiuchi Sakamoto (1996, en particular) y como director musical de Caetano Veloso (Livro).

I would enjoy this CD even if I had never seen the film.Really beautiful,the music evokes the journey that Dora & Josue take.The opening theme tune is the stand-out track. It is a pity (and surprising to me) that I had to search for a used copy, as this soundtrack is no longer easily available. If Milan were to re-release it I am sure it would do well.