Havana: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Soundtrack]

Dave Grusin | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 27, 1990)
• Original Release Date: December 12, 1990
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Grp Records
• ASIN: B0000001O9
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #92,964 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Main Title - Arturo Sandoval/Dave Valentin

2. Night-Walk - Sal Marquez

3. Cuba Libre ('Se Fue') - Dave Grusin/Lee Ritenour/Dave Valentin/Arturo Sandoval/Alex Acuna/Ave Laboriel/Brian Bromberg...

4. Santa Clara Suite: I. Vayase/II. Milicia Y Refugos/III. Fuego Peligroso/IV. Epilogue - Lee Ritenour/Dave Valentin/Arturo Sandoval

5. A Los Rumberos De Belen - Grupo Sierra Maestra

6. Love Theme - Dave Grusin

7. Hurricane Country - Dori Caymmi/Sal Marquez

8. Lost In A Sweet Place - Lee Ritenour

9. Mambo Lido - Dave Valentin/Arturo Sandoval

10. El Conuco - Don Menza/Arturo Sandoval

11. Adios Habana - Sal Marquez

12. La Academia - Dave Valentin

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful score from a real pro..., December 16, 2004

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Barnaby Finch (Idyllwild, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Havana: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

Havana may have been a mediocre movie, but the score by Dave Grusin is lovely and under-appreciated. Dave is one of the finest film music composers, having contributed to, among others, "Three Days Of The Condor", "Tootsie", "The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter", "The Graduate", "The Firm", "The Cure", and "Random Hearts", all scores worth listening to. He won a Grammy for "The Fabulous Baker Boys", and an Oscar for "The Milagro Beanfield War".

Dave is at his lyrical best here, with a gorgeous main theme that has amazing motivic development. Film composers are notoriously rushed into completing their music - it's at the end of production and everyone wants the film out. The word on this score is that Sydney Pollack, out of respect for Dave, gave him a more reasonable amount of time to complete this beautiful work. Another reviewer in these pages has noted some similarities in thematic material from cue to cue, but this is not a flaw in Grusin's composing, but is the nature of film music. One introduces a theme and then varies and re-uses it throughout the film - it helps to conjure up feelings of nostalgia and provides effective emotional subtext. It's best to listen to film music compilations like a musician would - with close attention to the subtle variations on a few themes. I notice a little Michel Legrand influence here and there.

An absolutely magnificent piece of scoring from one of the industry's best...

Barnaby Finch

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Top-notch soundtrack!, June 16, 2005

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Hiram Gomez Pardo (Valencia, Venezuela) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Havana: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

Dave Grusin confirms once more the arsenal of his creative powers when composed this unusual soundtrack with a little help from his friends: Ritenour, Valentin Sandoval, Acuña and a lot of talented musicians who were extremely inspired.

Fabulous Latin mood.

Above the average all the way: You won't believe it.

5.0 out of 5 stars GOOD LISTENING, August 24, 2011

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This review is from: Havana: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

The Havana soundtrack is good relaxing music to which to listen after a hard day's work. One can just sit back and read quietly while listening to these songs.