Caetano Veloso's
long and successful career composing for the cinema started in
the 1960's and has brought him a number of hit records. In this
his first collaboration with Diegues, Caetano Veloso
achieves his broadest and most complete soundtrack, creating some
two hours of music, including the songs, which combine perfectly
with the spirit of the images and the characters.
Even while writing the screenplay for Tieta
do Agreste, Carlos Diegues was preparing the musical
concept for the film. Veloso's soundtrack, largely inspired
by the music of the region, met all his expectations. The main
part of the score brings together Dida - the female part
of the group Olodum - and Jacques Morelenbaum's
chord arrangements. Diegues had also pinpointed certain
scenes for which Veloso produced seven wonderful songs,
one of which is sung by Diegues's own 8-year old daughter,
Flora.
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