Todo Sobre Mi Madre [SOUNDTRACK]

Alberto Iglesias

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 16, 1999)
• Original Release Date: January 25, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Universal Import
• ASIN: B0000457G8
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #150,485 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The secrets in a mother's heart, June 26, 2000

By	Ignacio Rodriguez (Caracas., D.F. Venezuela) - See all my reviews

All about my mother is one of the best 1999 films. And so it's this soundtrack. Alberto Iglesias did a marvellous job turning into music the emotions of the film. The dramatic songs in this album certainly evoke a sense of longing present in the movie. Every one who loved this movie - the deepest, honest and maturest in Almodovar's career - must buy this CD.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Prismatic, haunting, wholly unified listening experience., February 15, 2000

By	L. S. Slaughter "silvanus" (Chapel Hill, NC) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Queston 1: Why doesn't AMAZON have this cross-referenced as ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER for American consumers? Anyway, not familiar with Iglesias until I saw the stirring ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER by Maestro Almodovar, so I ran out and hunted this down the day after. Next to "Talented Mr. .Ripley" (also an incredible score by Gabriel Yared), this stands as one of the best produced original scores of the year. Moreover, Iglesias' shimmering original cues are seamlessly integrated with two cuts by Argentinian Dino Saluzzi's avant-jazz bandeon, and Ismael Lo's sweet, brief vocal. This CD is perfect for reflective listening, driving through night streets, and, yes, timorous, melancholy lovemaking on a rainy afternoon, and it will weather any criticism from soundtrack purists. At once pretty and intelligent, and never saccharine. While the film represents an apex for Almodovar's maturing talent, this CD rates as his most unified soundtrack, aside from, maybe, the much more raucous KIKA. It's definitely worlds away from the arch-emotion and schizophrenia of TOCANES LOJANES (High Heels) which had R. Sakamoto repeating some very sad themes over and over with little or no development or variation. In any event, one could almost describe this CD as Ambient. It sort of floats in space and rejects being pinned down into cues or songs, and has been carefully sequenced to create a total listening experience. Pedro's fine hand is all over this, but Iglesias is a talent to watch out for.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply Wonderful MUSIC, March 24, 2004

By	ALEX "MELOMANO" (WEST NEW YORK) - See all my reviews

"Todo sobre mi madre", is the perfect complement for the movie with the same name. Alberto Iglesias (Spain 1955) manages him self to create a superb Soundtrack that made us - all the ones that enjoyed the movie first than the audio CD - love and treasure this MUSIC. The perfect mix between the music and the movie is proven all over the film, since the beginning. The scene when the main character is going back to Barcelona, when the wise chosen "Ismael Lo" (Africa 1960) performs his Tajabone, was a breath taking moment for everyone at the movie theatre... we could hear the wows! coming out everyone's mouth, after the camera (and the music) flies over Barcelona and later on the typical architecture of the city. The rest of the music is just a very nice complement to the drama in the movie, but acts like another character too. Without this wonderful music we will have an empty movie. I strongly suggest this CD to any "Todo sobre mi madre" lover and/or an Iglesias (Talk to her, The red squirrel, Lovers of the artic circle, ...) followers...