Like Water for Chocolate

Leo Brower (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 7, 1997)
• Original Release Date: 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Milan Records
• ASIN: B000008HQQ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #864,719 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Tita's theme (Orchestra version)

2. Ranch theme

3. Dr. Brown's Theme

4. As used in film Like Water for Chocolate

5. Tita's theme (Insane Variation)

6. Tita and Pedro's love theme

7. Chencha and Sgt. Trevion's Potpourri

8. As used in the film Like Water for Chocolate [My Dear Captain]

9. Theme of Tita Knitting

10. The kidnapping of Gertrudis

11. Quail in Rose Petal Sauce, for piano

12. Tita's Theme, for piano

13. Nacha's Theme

14. Tita and Pedro's Love Theme (Part II)

15. Dr. Brown's Theme (Part II)

16. Jesusita en Chihuahua (Cactus Polka)

17. Tita's theme, for violin

18. Quail in Rose Petal Sauce, for orchestra

19. As used in the film Like Water for Chocolate, for orchestra

20. As used in the film Like Water for Chocolate

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Savory Soundtrack, November 6, 2007

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Amaranth "music fan" (Northern California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Like Water for Chocolate (Audio CD)

Laura Esquivel's "Like Water for Chocolate" was a bestseller of the '90s,with its spicy blend of authentic Mexican recipes,romance,and magical realism. She combined the mystique of "The Joy of Cooking" with a Harlequin. When the movie version was released,Cuban guitarist Leo Brower gave it a soundtrack as delicious as the novel.

Leo Brower is more well-known for his guitar etudes than this single soundtrack of his;it stands the test of time,and outshines Celine Dion's "Titanic" love song. His "Tita's Theme" is languid and melancholy,like the heroine. The "Tita and Pedro's Love Theme" grows with the story itself,beginning with their fateful love at first sight and ending with their passionate reunion in death. The delicious aphrodisiac Quail in Rose Petal Sauce gets its own theme (unfortunately,the chiles in walnut sauce,the Chabela wedding cake&the champandongo don't) Brower intergrates period music with the soundtrack,such as "Jesusita in Chihuahua" and "Ojos de Juventud",songs also mentioned in the novel. The music complements the novel,like a chilled margarita with a spicy mole.

"Like Water for Chocolate" is delicious music worth savoring!