Released August 22, 2000 The Green Bird
(1999) Grendel
(2006) Release date 22 August 2000 Label DRG Records | Length 35'51 Artist Elliot Goldenthal Producer Elliot Goldenthal | |
Genres Classical music, Avant-garde Similar Elliot Goldenthal albums, Classical music albums | ||
Elliot goldenthal the green bird the original broadway cast recording
The Green Bird score is composed and orchestrated by Elliot Goldenthal for the 1999 musical of the same name, directed by long-time Goldenthal collaborator Julie Taymor; it is an allegorical fairy tale of a royal family's rite of passage after being separated by a wicked grandmother.
Contents
- Elliot goldenthal the green bird the original broadway cast recording
- Track listing
- Crewperformers
- Songs
- References
The score itself is typical of Goldenthal's style; atonal, sometimes disonant and a balance between theatre, drama and invention. It was, along with the musical itself, well received by critics.
Track listing
- Truffaldino's Sausage Shop (1:15)
- O Greedy People (2:56)
- Tartaglia's Lament (1:52)
- The Bickering (1:02)
- Calmon, King of Statues (2:28)
- Joy to the King (2:14)
- Ninetta's Hope (2:33)
- Renzo and Pompea Duet (2:11)
- Barbarina's Lament (1:48)
- The Waters That Dance (1:26)
- Serpentina's Garden (1:33)
- Under Bustle Funk (1:13)
- Green Bird Descent (2:12)
- The Magic Feather (1:06)
- The King's Lament (solo violin) (0:40)
- Accordions and Palace Rhumba (1:28)
- Prologue (Radio Waves) (2:00)
- Acids and Alkalis (2:28)
- Apple Aria Instrumental (1:35)
- O Foolish Heart (2:19)
Crew/performers
Songs
1Truffaldino's Sausage Shop1:15
2O Greedy People2:56
3Tartaglia's Lament1:50
References
The Green Bird (soundtrack) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA