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Caetano Veloso

Orfeu (1999 Film)

Orfeu (1999 Film) Tracks
1. O Enredo de Orfeu (Historia Do Carnaval Carioca)
2. Sou Voce
3. Valso de Euridice
4. Cantico À Natureza (Primavera)
5. Manha de Carnaval
6. Os Cinco Bailes da Historia Do Rio
7. Felicidade
8. Se Todos Fossem Iguais a Você
9. Sou Voce (Asa Delta)
10. Policia Sobe O Morro
11. Valsa de Euridice/Lua, Lua, Lua (Santa Lua)
12. Alucinacao
13. Eu E O Meu Amor (Carmem No Desfile)
14. Orfeu Leva Euridice
15. Batuque Final
16. Mira Mata Orfeu
17. Orfeu Dorme
Caetano Veloso - Orfeu (1999 Film)
Orfeu (1999 Film) Review
Credited to Veloso and issued in the U.S. on the heels of his excellent Livro, Orfeu is actually the Veloso-supervised soundtrack of Brazilian director Carlos Diegues's version of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth. The music includes remakes of songs from the 1959 Black Orpheus and new tunes by Veloso and rapper Gabriel O Pensador, along with lovely score excerpts that fill about half the CD's playing time. Focusing heavily on life in the country's slums, the film's concept is a perfect vehicle for Veloso's passionate, hyper-intelligent mind; Orfeu the album is certain to whet listeners' appetites for the picture itself, due for American release later in 2000. Until then, stateside fans of Brazilian pop have another beautiful, challenging record to add to their collections. --Rickey Wright


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History re-written
5
Who else but Caetano Veloso--the national treasure of Brazil--to record the soundtrack to the re-make of the film that introduced bossa nova to the world in 1959? Caetano's sense of phrasing, arrangement and placement is, as always, genius. Buy the new movie if you can, buy the original, buy this soundtrack, and buy the original soundtrack and own pieces of musical--and cinematic--history.
Posted by Anonymous, on 2000-06-14
Unnecessary Re-Making of an Old Classic
3
Just for fans of Caetano Veloso though he does not sing or play on all tracks. Good work, just that. But not the same impact as the original. There is better and more honest Brazilian material to offer from the Amazon wide catalog.
Posted by Anonymous, on 2000-06-30
Caetano shines again, uma estrela brilhante!
5
This is an absolutely fantastic soundtrack, the perfect mixture of classics from Vinicius de Moraes' original play and the 1950's film, accompanied by great new material that captures the Brazil of today. In particular, Orfeu's "samba enredo"--the type of "story samba" that the carnival groups present each year in their parade--is a true work of genius. Shifting smoothly from the traditional rhythms of samba to rap and back again, Caetano and Gabriel O Pensador achieve a thoroughly modern, engaging, and DANCEABLE masterpiece. To me, this is no unnecessary remake. In general, Brazilians, though in love with the music from the first screen version, have never thought highly of the film itself, because of its fairy-tale misrepresentation of their reality. And for those who think that the rap is something "imported" just for the sake of appealing to an international audience, it's not so. That is the music listened to by many Brazilian youths, especially those in the favelas or shantytowns where Orfeu takes place. Just as in Carlos Diegues' TIETA, for which Veloso also composed the soundtrack, the music is an integral and deeply appealing part of the film...and enchanting on its own.
Posted by Anonymous, on 2000-08-28