Description
Quartet Records and El Deseo present the soundtrack album for the eagerly anticipated new collaboration between acclaimed director Pedro Almodovar and renowned four-time Academy Award-nominated composer Alberto Iglesias (THE CONSTANT GARDENER, THE KITE RUNNER, TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY, PARALLEL MOTHERS).AMARGA NAVIDAD marks their fifteenthfilmtogether, following more than thirty years of intense collaboration andworldwide success with such filmsas ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER, TALK TO HER, VOLVER and PAIN AND GLORY.The filmexplores cinema within cinema and the limits of creativity, as a successful director writes a screenplay basedon the personal experiences of those around him--without considering the emotional consequences of his actions.Alberto Iglesias has composed one of his most intense, emotional, dynamic, and vibrant large-scale orchestralscores--perhaps his finestto date--with echoes of Stravinsky, Ravel, and Debussy.The album also includes a version of the classic song "Las pequenas cosas" by Chavela Vargas, performed by Amaia.
