Burn It Blue
| Burn It Blue | |
|---|---|
| Caetano Veloso and Lila Downs | |
| publication | October 22, 2002 |
| length | 5:28 |
| Genre (s) | pop music |
| text | Julie Taymor |
| music | Elliot Goldenthal |
| Label | Deutsche Grammophon |
| Award (s) | Oscar (nomination) |
| album | Frida (soundtrack) |
Burn It Blue is a song from 2002 written for the film Frida by Elliot Goldenthal (music) and Julie Taymor (text). It is sung by Caetano Veloso and Lila Downs .
The song and the movie
The credits start with Burn It Blue . As Elliot Goldenthal explained in 2002, he tried to integrate motifs from the whole film, but especially the previous scene (with the song Burning Bed ) into this song. It reflects both the ceremonial cremation of Frida and the romance that always existed between Frida and Diego. This also makes Burn It Blue a mourning song for Frida. This is also shown by the lines Burn this house / burn it blue / heart running on empty / so lost without you (literally translated: burn this house / burn it blue / heart that is at the end / so lost without you ) Text both begins and ends.
Burn It Blue is a bilingual duet. Caetano Veloso sings the English-speaking part, Lila Downs mainly the Spanish-speaking part. Sometimes she accompanies Caetano Veloso in English. Goldenthal described the bilingualism as a thank you to the neighbors in the south of America. This was interpreted as a pure gesture that does not correspond to the life of Frida Kahlo . This can also be seen in the fact that the Spanish text does not bring anything new, since it is nothing but a translation of the English text.
Awards
Burn It Blue was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Movie Song category, but lost to Lose Yourself from the movie 8 Mile . The song was also nominated for the 2003 World Soundtrack Award in the category Best Song Written for a Film , but lost to The Hands That Built America from the film Gangs of New York .
Individual evidence
- ^ Soundtrack information Frida. In: Soundtrack.net. Retrieved February 4, 2016 .
- ↑ a b Frida Original Motion Picture Score. In: The Website for the Composer Elliot Goldenthal. Retrieved February 4, 2016 .
- ^ Deborah Shaw: Re-making Frida Kahlo through Music in Frida. In: Academia. P. 12 , accessed on February 4, 2016 (English).
- ↑ Awards Best Original Song Written directly for a film. In: Homepage World Soundtrack Awards. Retrieved on February 4, 2016 ( click on View for the year 2003).