The Green Bird
Soundtrack album by
Elliot Goldenthal
ReleasedAugust 22, 2000
GenreClassical, Avant-garde
Length35'51
LabelDRG
ProducerElliot Goldenthal.
Elliot Goldenthal chronology
Othello
(1998) 		The Green Bird
(1999) 		Grendel
(2006)
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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.

The score itself is typical of Goldenthal's style; atonal, sometimes dissonant and a balance between theatre, drama and invention. It was, along with the musical itself, well-received by critics.[1][2]

Track listing

  1. Truffaldino's Sausage Shop (1:15)
  2. O Greedy People (2:56)
  3. Tartaglia's Lament (1:52)
  4. The Bickering (1:02)
  5. Calmon, King of Statues (2:28)
  6. Joy to the King (2:14)
  7. Ninetta's Hope (2:33)
  8. Renzo and Pompea Duet (2:11)
  9. Barbarina's Lament (1:48)
  10. The Waters That Dance (1:26)
  11. Serpentina's Garden (1:33)
  12. Under Bustle Funk (1:13)
  13. Green Bird Descent (2:12)
  14. The Magic Feather (1:06)
  15. The King's Lament (solo violin) (0:40)
  16. Accordions and Palace Rhumba (1:28)
  17. Prologue (Radio Waves) (2:00)
  18. Acids and Alkalis (2:28)
  19. Apple Aria Instrumental (1:35)
  20. O Foolish Heart (2:19)

Cast and crew

References

  1. ^ Brantley, Ben (2000-04-19). "THEATER REVIEW; The Taymor Wizardry Takes on Ribald Fantasy". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
  2. ^ Klein, Alvin (1993-12-12). "THEATER; At Yale, Carlo Gozzi's 'Green Bird'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-08-25.

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