Evita (soundtrack)

Evita - The Motion Picture Music Soundtrack
Soundtrack by Various Artists
Released November 12, 1996
Recorded 1995
Genre Musical/Orchestral
Pop
Latin
Length 107:30 (2-disc)
77:17 (1-disc)
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Nigel Wright, Alan Parker, Andrew Lloyd Webber, David Caddick
Professional reviews
  • Allmusic 3/5 stars link (Original 1996 album)
  • Allmusic 3/5 stars link (1997 Selections)
Madonna chronology
Something to Remember
(1995)		 Evita
(1996)		 Ray of Light
(1998)

Evita is the third soundtrack album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, released on November 12, 1996 by Warner Bros. Records. It also includes performances by Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Pryce and Jimmy Nail. It was released to promote and accompany the 1996 motion picture, Evita. The RIAA certified it Gold & Platinum on January 24, 1997 & 5x Multi Platinum on March 29, 1999 [1], recognizing 2.5 million shipments throughout the United States (as it is a double album and exceeds 100 minutes in length, the RIAA counts each unit sale twice).

Contents

Background

The soundtrack was released in two different versions: a two-disc edition entitled 'Evita: The Motion Picture Music Soundtrack' featured all the tracks from the film, and 'Evita: Music From The Motion Picture', a single-disc edition contained a selection of highlights from the soundtrack. The single-disc version uses the same artwork that was used to promote the film. The album was an international Top 10 success, reaching No. 2 in the US and No. 1 in the UK, and contains three hit singles; "You Must Love Me" (No. 18 in the US and No. 10 in the UK), sung by Madonna, "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" (No. 8 in the US, No. 3 in the UK, and No. 1 in France), also sung by Madonna, and "Another Suitcase in Another Hall" (No. 7 in the UK), in which Madonna sings lead vocals.

"You Must Love Me," specially composed for the film Evita, won both the Oscar and the Golden Globe for Best Original Song. Madonna, herself, took home the Golden Globe for Best Actress In A Comedy Or Musical, and the film won the award for Best Motion Picture – Comedy Or Musical. Madonna later performed an instrumental interlude of "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" on her 2001 Drowned World Tour, and in 2004, she performed "Lament" during her Re-Invention Tour on a controversial electrical chair. In 2008 and 2009, she performed "You Must Love Me" during Sticky & Sweet Tour, accompanied by the Kolpakov Trio, a Russian Roma ensemble. During her concerts at the River Plate Stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina, which were filmed for later broadcast and dvd/ blu ray release, Madonna also sang "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" after the performance of "You Must Love Me." Trivia Note: The Gary Brooker listed along with Antonio Banderas and Peter Polycarpou performing the song "Rainbow Tour" is none other than the co-writer and voice behind the song the United Kingdom performing rights group Phonographic Performance Limited in 2004 recognized as the most-played record by British broadcasting of the past 70 years - A Whiter Shade of Pale.

Track listing

The Motion Picture Music Soundtrack

The two-disc edition includes the entire soundtrack to the film.
CD 1

No. Title Performer(s) Length
1. "A Cinema in Buenos Aires, 26 July 1952"   John Mauceri 1:20
2. "Requiem for Evita"   John Mauceri 4:16
3. "Oh What a Circus"   Madonna, Antonio Banderas 5:44
4. "On This Night of a Thousand Stars"   Jimmy Nail 2:24
5. "Eva and Magaldi / Eva Beware of the City"   Madonna, Jimmy Nail, Antonio Banderas 5:20
6. "Buenos Aires"   Madonna 4:09
7. "Another Suitcase in Another Hall"   Madonna 3:33
8. "Goodnight and Thank You"   Madonna, Antonio Banderas 4:18
9. "The Lady's Got Potential"   Antonio Banderas 4:24
10. "Charity Concert / The Art of the Possible"   Jimmy Nail, Jonathan Pryce, Antonio Banderas 2:33
11. "I'd Be Surprisingly Good for You"   Madonna, Jonathan Pryce 4:18
12. "Hello and Goodbye"   Madonna, Andrea Corr, Jonathan Pryce 1:46
13. "Peron's Latest Flame"   Madonna, Antonio Banderas 5:17
14. "Dice Are Rolling / A New Argentina"   Madonna, Jonathan Pryce 5:17

CD 2

No. Title Performer(s) Length
1. "On the Balcony of the Casa Rosada (Part 1)"   Jonathan Pryce 1:28
2. "Don't Cry for Me Argentina"   Madonna 5:31
3. "On the Balcony of the Casa Rosada (Part 2)"   Madonna 2:00
4. "High Flying, Adored"   Madonna, Antonio Banderas 3:32
5. "Rainbow High"   Madonna 2:26
6. "Rainbow Tour"   Antonio Banderas, Gary Brooker, Peter Polycarpou 4:50
7. "The Actress Hasn't Learned the Lines (You'd Like to Hear)"   Madonna, Antonio Banderas 2:31
8. "And the Money Kept Rolling In (and Out)"   Antonio Banderas 3:53
9. "Partido Feminista"   Madonna 1:40
10. "She Is a Diamond"   Jonathan Pryce 1:39
11. "Santa Evita"   John Mauceri 2:30
12. "Waltz for Eva and Che"   Madonna, Antonio Banderas 4:31
13. "Your Little Body's Slowly Breaking Down"   Madonna, Jonathan Pryce 1:24
14. "You Must Love Me"   Madonna 2:50
15. "Eva's Final Broadcast"   Madonna 3:05
16. "Latin Chant"   John Mauceri 2:11
17. "Lament"   Madonna, Antonio Banderas 5:17

Additional note:

Music from the Motion Picture

The single-disc edition includes the highlights from the film soundtrack.

No. Title Performer(s) Length
1. "Requiem for Evita"   John Mauceri 4:16
2. "Oh What a Circus"   Madonna, Antonio Banderas 5:44
3. "On This Night of a Thousand Stars"   Jimmy Nail 2:24
4. "Eva and Magaldi / Eva Beware of the City"   Madonna, Jimmy Nail, Antonio Banderas 5:20
5. "Buenos Aires"   Madonna 4:09
6. "Another Suitcase in Another Hall"   Madonna 3:33
7. "Goodnight and Thank You"   Madonna, Antonio Banderas 4:18
8. "I'd Be Surprisingly Good for You"   Madonna, Jonathan Pryce 4:18
9. "Peron's Latest Flame"   Madonna, Antonio Banderas 5:17
10. "A New Argentina"   Madonna 4:15
11. "Don't Cry for Me Argentina"   Madonna 5:31
12. "High Flying, Adored"   Madonna, Antonio Banderas 3:32
13. "Rainbow High"   Madonna 2:26
14. "And the Money Kept Rolling In (and Out)"   Antonio Banderas 3:53
15. "She Is a Diamond"   Jonathan Pryce 1:39
16. "Waltz for Eva and Che"   Madonna, Antonio Banderas 4:31
17. "You Must Love Me"   Madonna 2:50
18. "Eva's Final Broadcast / Latin Chant"   Madonna, John Mauceri 5:15
19. "Lament"   Madonna, Antonio Banderas 5:17

Additional notes:

Album credits

Singles

From this album, Madonna released four singles:

# Title Date
1. "You Must Love Me" October 21, 1996
2. "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" December 1996 (Europe) & February 11, 1997 (US)
3. "Another Suitcase in Another Hall" (UK) March 18, 1997
4. "Buenos Aires" (Promo only) August 19, 1997

Charts, Sales and Certification

Charts

Chart Peak
position
Australia Albums Chart[2] 5
Austrian Albums Chart[2] 1
Dutch Albums Chart[2] 6
Finnish Albums Chart[2] 17
French Albums Chart[2] 2
Italian Albums Chart[3] 2
Japanese Albums Chart[4] 21
New Zealand Albums Chart[2] 6
Norwegian Albums Chart[2] 3
Swedish Albums Chart[2] 5
Swiss Albums Chart[2] 1
UK Albums Chart[5] 1
US Billboard 200[6] 2

Sales and certifications

Country Certification
(sales thresholds)
Argentina Platinum[7]
Australia Platinum[8]
Austria 2x Platinum[9]
Brazil Gold[10]
Germany Gold[11]
Netherlands Gold[12]
Norway Gold[13]
Poland Gold[14]
Spain Gold[15]
Switzerland Platinum[16]
United States 5x Platinum 1[17][18]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Hung Medien summary
  3. ↑ "Madonna: Discografia Italiana". Federation of the Italian Music Industry. HitParadeItalia. http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/mono/madonna_disco.htm. Retrieved 2010-05-31. 
  4. ↑ "エビータ　オリジナル・サウンドトラック" (in Japanese). Oricon. 1996-11-10. http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/162927/products/music/308491/1/. Retrieved 2010-07-10. 
  5. ↑ MADONNA - The Official Charts Company
  6. ↑ Eviat Original Soundtrack on Billboard.com
  7. ↑ "Discos de Oro y Platino" (in Spanish). Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?PerDesde_MM=0&PerDesde_AA=0&PerHasta_MM=0&PerHasta_AA=0&interprete=madonna&album=&LanDesde_MM=0&LanDesde_AA=0&LanHasta_MM=0&LanHasta_AA=0&Galardon=O&Tipo=1&ACCION2=+Buscar+&ACCION=Buscar&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP. Retrieved April 23, 2010. 
  8. ↑ [1]
  9. ↑ IFPI Austria
  10. ↑ ABPD
  11. ↑ http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/
  12. ↑ NVPI
  13. ↑ IFPI Norway
  14. ↑ [2]
  15. ↑ [3]
  16. ↑ IFPI Switzerland
  17. ↑ Billboard – Ask Billboard
  18. ↑ Trust, Gary (2009-08-14). "Ask Billboard: Madonna vs. Whitney: Who's Sold More?". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. http://www.billboard.com/column/chartbeat/ask-billboard-madonna-vs-whitney-who-s-sold-1004003516.story#/column/chartbeat/ask-billboard-madonna-vs-whitney-who-s-sold-1004003516.story. Retrieved 2009-10-09. 
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