Songbook (Goran Bregovic album)
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Songbook is a 2000 compilation by Goran Bregovic
. It summs the results of Goran Bregović's 1990s creative work. Besides including his music for films La Reine Margot
, Underground, Arizona Dream
, Time of the Gypsies
, and Toxic Affair, it also features such world-famous singers as Iggy Pop
, Ofra Haza
, Sezen Aksu
, Cesária Évora
and George Dalaras
.
Goran Bregovic
Goran Bregović is one of the most internationally known modern musicians and composers of the Balkans. He currently splits his time between Paris and Belgrade, where he settled down during the Yugoslav Wars.Bregović has composed for such varied artists as Iggy Pop and Cesária Évora...
. It summs the results of Goran Bregović's 1990s creative work. Besides including his music for films La Reine Margot
La Reine Margot (1994 film)
La Reine Margot is a 1994 French period film directed by Patrice Chéreau, based on the 1845 historical novel of the same name by Alexandre Dumas, père. It stars Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil, Virna Lisi and Vincent Pérez...
, Underground, Arizona Dream
Arizona Dream
Arizona Dream is a 1993 film directed by Emir Kusturica and starring Johnny Depp, Jerry Lewis and Faye Dunaway.-Plot:Axel has a dream about an Eskimo who catches a rare halibut and brings it back to his family in an igloo...
, Time of the Gypsies
Time of the Gypsies
Time of the Gypsies is a 1988 Yugoslav film by Serbian director Emir Kusturica. Filmed in Romani and Serbian, Time of the Gypsies tells the story of a young Romani man with magical powers who is tricked into engaging in petty crime...
, and Toxic Affair, it also features such world-famous singers as Iggy Pop
Iggy Pop
Iggy Pop is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Though considered an innovator of punk rock, Pop's music has encompassed a number of styles over the years, including pop, metal, jazz and blues...
, Ofra Haza
Ofra Haza
Ofra Haza was an Israeli singer of Yemeni origin, an actress and international recording artist....
, Sezen Aksu
Sezen Aksu
Sezen Aksu is a Turkish pop music singer, song-writer and producer who sold over 40 million albums worldwide. Her nicknames include the "Queen of Turkish Pop" and Minik Serçe ....
, Cesária Évora
Cesária Évora
Cesária Évora is a Cape Verdean popular singer. Nicknamed the "barefoot diva" for performing without shoes, Évora is perhaps the best internationally known practitioner of "morna."-Early life:...
and George Dalaras
George Dalaras
George Dalaras , also possibly spelled as Yorgos or Giorgos Dalaras, is a Greek singer. He is of international fame and has recently been selected as a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency. He was born in Nea Kokinia, Piraeus. His father was Loukas Daralas, a singer of rebetiko.-Early...
.
Track listing
- Song for Elena (Original title: Ena tragoudi ya tin Heleni) by George Dalaras 3:25 (Goran Bregović)
- Get the Money by Iggy Pop 4:50 (Iggy Pop / Goran Bregović)
- Le Matin 2:28 (Goran Bregović)
- Gul by Sezen Aksu 3:55 (Sezen Aksu - Meral Okay - Goran Bregović)
- Kalasnjikov by Goran Bregovic 4:35 (Goran Bregović)
- Elo Hi by Ofra Haza 4:09 (Bezaled Aloni - Ofra Haza / Goran Bregović)
- TV Screen by Iggy Pop 5:17 (Iggy Pop / Goran Bregović)
- Ederlezi by Vaska Jankovska 3:45 (Goran Bregović)
- American Dreamers (featuring Johnny DeppJohnny DeppJohn Christopher "Johnny" Depp II is an American actor, producer and musician. He has won the Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild award for Best Actor. Depp rose to prominence on the 1980s television series 21 Jump Street, becoming a teen idol...
) 5:03 (Emir KusturicaEmir KusturicaEmir Nemanja Kusturica , is a Serbian filmmaker, actor and musician, recognized for several internationally acclaimed feature films...
/ Goran Bregović) - Venzinadiko - Gas Station (Original title: Kustino Oro) by Alkistis ProtopsaltiAlkistis ProtopsaltiAlkistis Protopsalti , born as Alkistis Sevasti Attikuzel ) is a Greek singer.- Early life :Alkistis Protopsalti was born in 18 October 1954 in Alexandria, Egypt by Egyptiot parents....
3:13 (Lina Nocolakopoulou / Traditionnel) - Mesecina - Moonlight by Slobodan Salijevic 3:58 (Emir Kusturica - Kovačević / Goran Bregović - Bajramović), arrgts: Goran Bregović
- 100 Lat Młodej Parze by KayahKayahKayah may refer to:* Kayah State, a state of Myanmar.* Kayah people, a Sino-Tibetan people.* Kayah language* Kayah , Polish singer....
3:11 (Kayah - Goran Bregović / Goran Bregović) - Ausencia by Cesária Évora 3:46 (Teofilo ChantreTeófilo ChantreTeófilo Chantre is a Cape Verdean musician.He was born on the island of São Nicolau. At the age of thirteen, Chantre's family left Cape Verde and migrated to Paris, France...
/ Goran Bregović) - Man from Reno by Scott WalkerScott Walker (singer)Scott Walker, born Noel Scott Engel on January 9, 1943 is an American singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, and the former lead singer of The Walker Brothers. Despite being American born, Walker's chart success has largely come in the United Kingdom, where his first four solo albums...
4:16 (Scott Engel / Goran Bregović)