Talk to Her (Score) [Soundtrack]

Alberto Iglesias | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 5, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Milan Records
• ASIN: B00006YXEA
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,246 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #41 in Music > Miscellaneous > Comedy > General AAS
  • #45 in Music > Miscellaneous > Comedy > General

Track Listings

1. Sabana Santa

2. Hable Con Ella

3. Cucurrucucz Paloma

4. El Grito

5. Por Toda a Minha Vida

6. La Mesita de Noche

7. Jordania

8. El Amante Menguante

9. Maria Santmsima de Araceli

10. La Noche y el Viento

11. Trincheras/Decadance

12. Habitacion de Alicia

13. A Portagayola

14. La Discusisn Viaja en Coche

15. Alicia Vive

16. Los Olivos

17. Amancecer Agitato

18. Soy Marco

19. Raquel by Bau

20. The Plaint: O Let Me Weep, For Ever Weep

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Continuing the rewarding collaboration begun on 1995's The Flower of My Secret, composer Alberto Iglesias infuses director Pedro Almodóvar's 2002 meditation on love, obsession, and loss with a score of quiet, sophisticated grace. It ranges from the evocative Spanish guitar, violin, and vocal flourishes of "Hable con Ella" (showcasing contemporary flamenco stars Vincente Amigo and El Pele) and Brazilian vocalist Caetano Veloso's gorgeously spare rendition of the international hit "Cucurrucucu Paloma" to the Latin classicism of Ellis Regina and Tom Jobim's "Por Toda a Minha Vida" and a slate of moody string-driven, autumnal orchestral cues. The eight-minute "El Amante Menguante" for string quartet features compelling, almost playful modern flourishes while tracks like "Trincheras/Decadence" and the tense "A Portagayola" suggest a rewarding Spanish take on Hitchcockian romance and suspense. That it all meshes almost seamlessly with Purcell's closing "The Plaint: O Let Me Weep" is ample testimony to the transnational flavor and ever-subtle mastery Iglesias brings to bear here. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews

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99 of 102 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow... where can I find more Caetano Veloso??, February 27, 2003

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DJ Joe Sixpack (...in Middle America) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Talk to Her (Score) (Audio CD)

Hey, I was as surprised as anyone else to see Caetano pop out of nowhere in this creepy-but-classy Pedro Almodovar film... and his version of "Cucurrucucu Paloma" is as charming and transcendent a performance as you could ever ask for. Okay, so now a bunch of people are wondering which Caetano albums to buy that sound similar in tone to that song. Of the top of my head, I'd recommend acoustically-oriented records such as 1975's "Coisa" and "Joia," and particularly the more recent European concert album, "Omaggio A Federico E Guilietta," which features Caetano playing with pretty much the same ensemble as seen in the film, and has the same subtle cultural spendor. It also features avant-pop cellist Jacques Morelenbaum, who has been Caetano's bandleader for the last decade or so. They're certainly all favorites of mine.

39 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Haunting and Beautiful, November 6, 2002

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M. Dufarge (Nashville, TN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Talk to Her (Score) (Audio CD)

This is the best original score I have heard in a while for one of the best movies I have seen recently. The music is haunting, pensive, beautiful, and more, and sets the tone perfectly for the themes and issues in the movie. Caetano Veloso's performance is stunning in the movie, and the song sounds not quite, but almost, as beautiful here without the accompanying visual. Talk To Her evokes a singular tone and feeling for its audience, and now that I have heard the soundtrack on its own, I realize that Almodovar owes much to his composer, Iglesias, in this regard.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Oh Let Me Weep, July 18, 2003

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MICHAEL ACUNA (Southern California United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Talk to Her (Score) (Audio CD)

Most film music is only written to underscore a scene, set the mood or raise tensions. It is the poor stepchild of films. Yet some film directors realize that music can make or break their film. Pedro Almodovar is one of these. He is a traditionalist, a formalist director whose ideas about the importance of Music in Film he shares with the directors of the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Alberto Iglesias has composed the lions share of the music for "Talk to Her" that not only plays an integral part of the film in which it is featured but can stand alone on it's own merits as emotional and beautiful and of course evocative of the filmed images of Almodovar's breathtaking film.
One of the most awe-inspiring Musical interludes in any film in recent memory is included here: Gaetano Veloso's studio recording of "Cucurrucucu Paloma." It is excellent of course but the live version from the film would have been preferable.
Put this CD on, open a bottle of Allende Rioja Reserva, slice some Chorizo and Manchego and immerse yourself in the glories of Iglesias's music.