Audio CD review:
Gustavo Santaolalla - Babel

Gustavo Santaolalla - Babel

Band: Gustavo Santaolalla Title: Babel Rating: Release Date: 2006-11-21 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Tazarine - Gustavo Santaolalla, Santaolalla, Gustav 2: Tu Me Acostumbraste - Gustavo Santaolalla, Dominguez, Frank 3: September/The Joker - Gustavo Santaolalla, McKay, Al 4: Deportation/Iguazu - Gustavo Santaolalla, Santaolalla, Gustav 5: World Citizen: I Won't Be Disappointed/Looped Piano - Gustavo Santaolalla, Sylvian, David 6: Cumbia Sobre el Rio - Gustavo Santaolalla, Ortiz, Gildaro Mont 7: Hiding It - Gustavo Santaolalla, Santaolalla, Gustav 8: Masterpiece - Gustavo Santaolalla, Ryo-Z 9: Desert Bus Ride - Gustavo Santaolalla, Santaolalla, Gustav 10: Bibo No Aozora/Endless Flight/Babel - Gustavo Santaolalla, Sakamoto, Ryuichi 11: Tribal - Gustavo Santaolalla, Santaolalla, Gustav 12: Para Que Regreses - Gustavo Santaolalla, Ramirez, Gabriel 13: Babel - Gustavo Santaolalla, Beas, Pedro Gabriel 14: Amelia Desert Morning - Gustavo Santaolalla, Santaolalla, Gustav 15: Jugo a la Vida - Gustavo Santaolalla, Lara, Mario Quinter 16: Breathing Soul - Gustavo Santaolalla, Santaolalla, Gustav 17: The Blinding Sun - Gustavo Santaolalla, Santaolalla, Gustav 18: Only Love Can Conquer Hate - Gustavo Santaolalla, Sakamoto, Ryuichi 19: El Panchangon - Gustavo Santaolalla, Gonzalez, Efrain Go 20: Two Worlds, One Heart - Gustavo Santaolalla, Santaolalla, Gustav 21: Gekkoh - Gustavo Santaolalla, Yokota, Susumu 22: The Catch - Gustavo Santaolalla, Santaolalla, Gustav 23: Mujer Hermosa - Gustavo Santaolalla, Ramos, Ventura 24: Into the Wild - Gustavo Santaolalla, Santaolalla, Gustav 25: Look Inside - Gustavo Santaolalla, Santaolalla, Gustav 26: The Master - Gustavo Santaolalla, Santaolalla, Gustav 27: Oh My Juliet! - Gustavo Santaolalla, Tommy February 6 28: Prayer - Gustavo Santaolalla, Santaolalla, Gustav 29: El Besito Cachicurris - Gustavo Santaolalla, Gallardo, Roberto 30: Walking in Tokyo - Gustavo Santaolalla, Santaolalla, Gustav 31: The Visitors - Gustavo Santaolalla, ElDin, Hamza 32: Morning Pray - Gustavo Santaolalla, Santaolalla, Gustav 33: Mi Adoracion - Gustavo Santaolalla, DAR [Composer] 34: The Skin of the Earth - Gustavo Santaolalla, Santaolalla, Gustav 35: Bibo No Aozora/04 - Gustavo Santaolalla, Sakamoto, Ryuichi

When music makes the story Others are choosen to follow the story in its different ambientations. Some wonderful, special songs, that give the movie an awfully magic athmosphere. Santaolalla and Sakamoto worth alone the soundtrack. "Bibo no Aozora" by Ryuichi Sakamoto is worth the price of the CD I loved this exceptional, humane film after seeing so much H-wood junk and clutter for a decade. I don't think I've ever seen a film in my 40 odd years wherein a final piece of music helped the entire long, arduous, wonderful work gel and come together on so many gorgeous, tender levels as I did in "Babel", thanks to the hypnotic, simple music, "Bibo no Aozora" by Ryuichi Sakamoto. And this piece of music will pierce your heart. One soul, one spirit Whether we realize it or not, our behavior at one place ripples all over reaching everywhere there is life. Babel is just one of those movies that exemplify the fact that we are all one sharing the consequences of each one's actions. It will make you think and reflect. 5 stars, for all the stars in the sky... Wonderful . . So much music to transport us to "another world," from so many fine artists I had never heard of before. Arab, Argentina, Latino, Indian, Indonesian, Moroccan, North African, Nordic, Japanese, American. . . so many styles I do not really know the names of, but the overall sound is a trip to the far east and around the world, as if I too have flown. I have imported both CD's TWICE into iTunes in order to enjoy them over and over again, and a number of songs 4 or more times. Example: "The Phone Call," "World Citizen - i won't be disappointed/looped piano," "Bibo no Aozora/Endless Flight/Babel," "Bibo No Aozoro / 04 - Ryuichi Sakamoto, Jaques Morelenbaum & Yuichiro Gotoh" and more. New artists (new to me, anyway): David Sylvian/Ryuichi Sakaomoto/Amadeo Pace/Keigo Oyamata/Sketch Show, susumu yokota, Takashi Fuji, Hamza El Din, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Jaques Morelenbaum & Everton Nelson / , Nortec Collective, and of course one of my favorites of all time, Senor Gustavo Santaolalla. I leave it to the listener to match the song titles to the artist names; it's a journey well worth taking. Wonderful CD, highly recommended. Leaves me as breathless as the film, with the wind blowing through my shirtsleeves raising me up into the dream of flying high into the air. Rising above the turmoil and strife of daily life surrounded by Life and "humans" everywhere. This is one dream most of us share. The CD cover photos of the boys arms raised into the wind feeling as though they could fly "says it all. " Then comes the dark turn and turmoil of "when things go wrong. " No matter who is to blame, when things go wrong everyone suffers in the end. How can we begin to hear? How do we find a cure? What language can speak from the heart and cure our ills? Speaking can so often fail. What will bring people together, parents and children, men and women, adult to adult? Will people ever learn to "hear" and to "heal?" No one listens, as can be seen even here in the comment and reviews. One reviewer called this CD "excessively heterogeneous. " What the heck does this mean? (Ah, just looked it up: "definitions for heterogeneous consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature; "the population of the United States is vast and heterogeneous" Does this person never "dream to soar?" Indeed! The great mix of music and of sound reflects the great mix and chaos and mud slipping and sliding as we Babel our way through life. . . even though the songs are quite different in many areas, one can delete those songs from their play list and duplicate others to make for a longer meditative song as I have learned to do. The entire premise of "Babel" the film is well-represented in the mix of musical styles that bring us together and keep us apart. I applaud the musicians and the director of this fine and moving film to continue leading the way on this journey we call "life. " I have been shot in the heart and this "symphony of sounds" has become my own Red Cross. Today, listening to this sweet "cacophony of sounds" has kept me alive. We are all "Citizens of the World. " Like it or not. Cacophony or Symphony? It's all in how we play. Excessively heterogeneous . Some pieces are outstanding (in particular those by Santaolalla, Sakamoto and Sylvian) but, at the end, the double LP is too much heterogeneous. You can see a complete list of all Gustavo Santaolalla discography, or go back to the Gustavo Santaolalla tabs