Cinema
Studio album by
Andrea Bocelli
Released23 October 2015 (2015-10-23)
Genre
Language
  • English
  • French
  • Italian
  • Spanish
LabelSugar, Universal, Decca (UK), Verve (US)
ProducerDavid Foster, Humberto Gatica, Tony Renis
Andrea Bocelli chronology
Passione
(2013) 		Cinema
(2015) 		Romanza (20th Anniversary Edition)
(2016)
Singles from Cinema
  1. "E Più Ti Penso"
    Released: 1 October 2015[1][2]

Cinema is the fifteenth studio album by Italian classical tenor recording artist Andrea Bocelli. The album, featuring renditions of classic film soundtracks and scores,[3] was released on 23 October 2015 through Sugar Music and Universal Music Group.[4] A Spanish-language version of the album was also released and has been nominated Album of the Year at the 17th Annual Latin Grammy Awards.[5] Cinema received a nomination for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards held in February 2017.[6]

Background

The album was produced by David Foster, Humberto Gatica, and Tony Renis who also worked together on Bocelli's Amore in 2006.[7]

Bocelli said of Cinema: "With the album Cinema, I'm fulfilling a wish that I've harboured for decades. I've never made a secret of my dream of bringing to life a recording project associated with soundtracks, as I truly believe that it's an exceptional artistic treasure trove."[8]

Commercial performance

Cinema entered the Official UK Albums Chart at No. 3, behind 5 Seconds of Summer's Sounds Good Feels Good and Bryan Adams's Get Up!.[9] The tally was Bocelli's highest UK chart position in over a decade, since 2001's Cieli di Toscana, and his tenth Top 10 album on the UK album chart, a record for a classical music artist.[9][10]

The album also debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200, with 30,000 units sold, marking his eighth Top 10 effort.[11] In addition, the album topped the Classical Crossover Albums chart, making Cinema Bocelli's 11th No. 1, and extending his record for the most chart-topping albums among all artists on that chart.[11]

PBS special

Cinema was also made into a PBS special, filmed on 18 September 2015 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.[12]

The program began airing on THIRTEEN's Great Performances series on 27 November 2015 on PBS stations nationwide, featuring Bocelli and Foster with additional guests including Nicole Scherzinger, as well as film stars John Travolta, Ali MacGraw, Ryan O'Neal and Andy García.[12][13] The Blu-ray was released on 29 April 2016.[14]

Singles

"E Più Ti Penso", a song written by Italian composer Ennio Morricone from the film Once Upon a Time in America, was re-recorded as a duet between Bocelli and American singer Ariana Grande.[15] The song debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Classical Digital Songs chart.[16] A music video for the song was released on 13 October 2015.[17]

Track listing

Standard version[18]
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Maria" (from West Side Story)Leonard Bernstein, Stephen SondheimBernstein3:13
2."La chanson de Lara" (from Doctor Zhivago)Paul Francis Webster, Ithier HubertMaurice Jarre3:15
3."Moon River" (from Breakfast at Tiffany's)Johnny MercerHenry Mancini3:49
4."E più ti penso" (duet with Ariana Grande) (from Once Upon a Time in America and Malèna)Mogol, Tony RenisEnnio Morricone4:28
5."Be My Love" (from The Toast of New Orleans)Sammy CahnNicholas Brodszky2:54
6."The Music of the Night" (from The Phantom of the Opera)Charles Hart, Richard StilgoeAndrew Lloyd Webber3:57
7."Por una cabeza" (from Scent of a Woman)Alfredo Le PeraCarlos Gardel3:22
8."Sorridi amore vai" (from Life Is Beautiful)Noa, Gil Dor, Roberto BenigniNicola Piovani3:22
9."Mi mancherai" (from Il Postino)Marco MarinangeliLuis Bacalov, Riccardo del Turco, Paolo Margheri5:06
10."Cheek to Cheek" (duet with Veronica Berti) (from Top Hat)Irving BerlinBerlin2:56
11."Brucia la Terra" (from The Godfather)Giuseppe RinaldiGiovanni Rota4:16
12."No Llores Por Mi Argentina" (duet with Nicole Scherzinger) (from Evita)Webber, Tim Rice, J. Carreras, I. Artime Granda, J. Azpilicuieta PerezWebber, Tim Rice4:24
13."Nelle tue mani (Now We Are Free)" (from Gladiator)Matteo CuralloLisa Gerrard, Klaus Badelt, Hans Zimmer4:21
Deluxe version[19]
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Maria" (from West Side Story)Leonard Bernstein, Stephen SondheimBernstein3:13
2."La chanson de Lara" (from Doctor Zhivago)Paul Francis Webster, Ithier HubertMaurice Jarre3:15
3."Moon River" (from Breakfast at Tiffany's)Johnny MercerHenry Mancini3:49
4."E più ti penso" (duet with Ariana Grande) (from Once Upon a Time in America)Mogol, Tony RenisEnnio Morricone4:28
5."Be My Love" (from The Toast of New Orleans)Sammy CahnNicholas Brodszky2:54
6."The Music of the Night" (from The Phantom of the Opera)Charles Hart, Richard StilgoeAndrew Lloyd Webber3:57
7."Brucia la Terra" (from The Godfather)Giuseppe RinaldiGiovanni Rota4:16
8."Por una cabeza" (from Scent of a Woman)Alfredo Le PeraCarlos Gardel3:22
9."No Llores Por Mi Argentina" (duet with Nicole Scherzinger) (from Evita)Webber, Tim Rice, J. Carreras, I. Artime Granda, J. Azpilicuieta PerezWebber, Tim Rice4:24
10."L'amore è una cosa meravigliosa" (from Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing)Paul Francis Webster, Alberto CurciSammy Fain3:24
11."Mi mancherai" (from Il Postino)Marco MarinangeliLuis Bacalov, Riccardo del Turco, Paolo Margheri5:06
12."Cheek to Cheek" (duet with Veronica Berti) (from Top Hat)Irving BerlinBerlin2:56
13."Sorridi amore vai" (from La vita è bella)Noa, Gil Dor, Roberto BenigniNicola Piovani3:22
14."Historia de Amor" (from Love Story)Francis Lai, Andy WilliamsLai4:29
15."Ol' Man River" (from Show Boat)Oscar Hammerstein IIJerome Kern4:07
16."Nelle tue mani (Now We Are Free)" (from Gladiator)Matteo CuralloLisa Gerrard, Klaus Badelt, Hans Zimmer4:21
Cinema (Edición en Español)[20]
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Maravilloso Amor" (from Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing)Paul Francis Webster, Alberto CurciSammy Fain3:24
2."Lara" (from Doctor Zhivago)Paul Francis Webster, Ithier HubertMaurice Jarre3:15
3."Brucia la Terra" (from The Godfather)Giuseppe RinaldiGiovanni Rota4:16
4."E più ti penso" (duet with Ariana Grande) (from Once Upon a Time in America)Mogol, Tony RenisEnnio Morricone4:28
5."Historia de Amor" (from Love Story)Francis Lai, Andy WilliamsLai4:29
6."Me Faltarás" (from Il Postino)Marco MarinangeliLuis Bacalov, Riccardo del Turco, Paolo Margheri5:06
7."La Vida es Bella" (from La vita è bella)Noa, Gil Dor, Roberto BenigniNicola Piovani3:22
8."No Llores Por Mi Argentina" (duet with Nicole Scherzinger) (from Evita)Webber, Tim Rice, J. Carreras, I. Artime Granda, J. Azpilicuieta PerezWebber, Tim Rice4:24
9."Maria" (from West Side Story)Leonard Bernstein, Stephen SondheimBernstein3:13
10."Por una cabeza" (from Scent of a Woman)Alfredo Le PeraCarlos Gardel3:22
11."Moon River" (from Breakfast at Tiffany's)Johnny MercerHenry Mancini3:49
12."Nelle tue mani (Now We Are Free)" (from Gladiator)Matteo CuralloLisa Gerrard, Klaus Badelt, Hans Zimmer4:21
Cinema (Versión Deluxe en Español)[21]
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Maravilloso Amor" (from Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing)Paul Francis Webster, Alberto CurciSammy Fain3:24
2."Lara" (from Doctor Zhivago)Paul Francis Webster, Ithier HubertMaurice Jarre3:15
3."Brucia la Terra" (from The Godfather)Giuseppe RinaldiGiovanni Rota4:16
4."E più ti penso" (duet with Ariana Grande) (from Once Upon a Time in America)Mogol, Tony RenisEnnio Morricone4:28
5."Historia de Amor" (from Love Story)Francis Lai, Andy WilliamsLai4:29
6."Me Faltarás" (from Il Postino)Marco MarinangeliLuis Bacalov, Riccardo del Turco, Paolo Margheri5:06
7."La Vida es Bella" (from La vita è bella)Noa, Gil Dor, Roberto BenigniNicola Piovani3:22
8."No Llores Por Mi Argentina" (duet with Paty Cantú) (from Evita)Webber, Tim Rice, J. Carreras, I. Artime Granda, J. Azpilicuieta PerezWebber, Tim Rice4:24
9."Maria" (from West Side Story)Leonard Bernstein, Stephen SondheimBernstein3:13
10."Por una cabeza" (from Scent of a Woman)Alfredo Le PeraCarlos Gardel3:22
11."The Music of the Night" (from The Phantom of the Opera)Charles Hart, Richard StilgoeAndrew Lloyd Webber3:57
12."Moon River" (from Breakfast at Tiffany's)Johnny MercerHenry Mancini3:49
13."Be My Love" (from The Toast of New Orleans)Sammy CahnNicholas Brodszky2:54
14."Nelle tue mani (Now We Are Free)" (from Gladiator)Matteo CuralloLisa Gerrard, Klaus Badelt, Hans Zimmer4:21
15."No Llores Por Mi Argentina" (duet with Nicole Scherzinger) (from Evita)Webber, Tim Rice, J. Carreras, I. Artime Granda, J. Azpilicuieta PerezWebber, Tim Rice4:24
Cinema (Versión Japanese Bonus)[22]
No.TitleLength
14."Don't Cry for Me, Argentina" (duet with Sarah Àlainn) (from Evita)4:24
Cinema (Versión Taiwanese Bonus)[23]
No.TitleLength
14."Cheek to Cheek" (duet with Karen Mok) (from Top Hat)2:55

Charts

Certifications and sales

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[59] Gold 40,000^
Hungary (MAHASZ)[60] Platinum 2,000^
Italy (FIMI)[61] Platinum 50,000*
Poland (ZPAV)[62] 3× Platinum 60,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[64] Gold 177,609[63]
Summaries
Worldwide — 700,000[65]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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