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VOLVER, Embraces (2009) and The Skin I

BY PEDRO ALMODÓVAR Live In (2009)


THE MUSIC

In Volver soundtrack we also find


the song Las espigadoras, which is
an extract from the zarzuela La rosa
del azafrán, by J. Guerrero, which
was composed en 1930.

The original soundtrack of Pedro


Almodovar’s film is composed by 20
songs which include the main theme
Volver, a classic by Carlos Gardel
sung by Estrella Morente, with the Jacinto Guerrero

rest of the themes composed by


Alberto Iglesias, one of our country’s
leading composers. A zarzuela is a Spanish musical
genre similar to opera, with spoken
dialogues. It is named after La
Zarzuela, a palace in Madrid where
this genre was first performed.
This appears in the first scene of the
movie, which takes place in the
cemetery, trying to make clear the
geographic setting of the movie.
Zarzuela is a very traditional
Spanish musical genre, and
traditions are very important in small
villages too.
Alberto Iglesias

Alberto Iglesias is a Spanish


composer. He wrote the music for
several Spanish films, mostly from
Pedro Almodóvar. He has been
nominated for an Academy Award
for his work in the films The
Constant Gardener (2005), The Kite
Runner (2007) and again for Tinker,
Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011). He has
won nine Goya awards: some of
them are Volver (2006), Broken
Carlos Gardel Estrella Morente

The most popular song in the film is


Volver, a tango by Carlos Gardel. Estrella Morente is a
Spanish flamenco singer. She was
Carlos Gardel (1890 –1935) was a born in1980. She is the daughter of
singer, songwriter, composer and the flamenco singer Enrique
actor, and perhaps the most Morente and the dancer Aurora
important figure in the history of Carbonell.
tango.
She has performed with her father
Some of his great hits are: El día since age seven and recorded her
que me quieras, Por una cabeza or first album in 2001, Mi Cante Y Un
Volver. Poema . In 2001 she married the
bullfighter Javier Conde.
Gardel died in an airplane crash at
the height of his career, becoming a Discography
tragic hero in Latin America. For
many people, Gardel represents the Mi cante y un poema (2001)
soul of the tango style. He is Calle del Aire (2001)
commonly called The King of Mujeres (2006)
Tango. Casacueva y escenario (2007)
Autorretrato (2012)
In the movie the tango Volver by
Carlos Gardel is converted to
flamenco and sung by the the voice
of Estrella Morente.

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