Before Night Falls - Want It All

Before Night Falls

Julian Schnabel's film biography of Cuban poet-novelist Reinaldo Arenas yields a most evocative, joyful soundtrack album. Rather than stick to one style--mambo, say, or Buena Vista-style folk--Before Night Falls samples a number of island genres, focusing on the driving dance music of bandleader Beny More and the lyrical acoustic gems of Trio Matamoros. In addition to those tracks, the album also offers a buoyant, cool jazz-inflected cut by Bebo Valdes, a florid Ernesto Lecuona piano solo, and a hushed ballad by Bola de Nieve. The CD's winding tour of moods and sounds goes off track only near the end, when score composer Carter Burwell takes over the proceedings. Still and all, this is one of those movie-related discs that stands as an excellent long-player on its own. --Rickey Wright
Country USA
Brand BLUE THUMB.
Manufacturer Blue Thumb
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber 3145496722
ReleaseDate 2001-02-27
UnitCount 1
Format Soundtrack
UPCs 731454967228
EANs 0731454967228