The Green Bird (soundtrack)
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.
Track listing
- Truffaldino's Sausage Shop
- O Greedy People
- Tartaglia's Lament
- The Bickering
- Calmon, King of Statues
- Joy to the King
- Ninetta's Hope
- Renzo and Pompea Duet
- Barbarina's Lament
- The Waters That Dance
- Serpentina's Garden
- Under Bustle Funk
- Green Bird Descent
- The Magic Feather
- The King's Lament
- Accordions and Palace Rhumba
- Prologue
- Acids and Alkalis
- Apple Aria Instrumental
- O Foolish Heart
Cast and crew
- Voice cast: Sophia Salguero, Sarah Jane Nelson, Meredith Patterson, Sebastian Roché, Lee Lewis, Andrew Weems, Ken Barnett, Reg E. Cathey, Didi Conn, Ned Eisenberg, Edward Hibbert, Katie MacNicol, :Sarah Jane Nelson, Kristine Nielsen, Derek Smith, Ramon Flowers and Bruce Turk.
- Musical soloists: Barry Finclair, Teese Gohl, Bruce Williamson, Harvey Estrin, Steve Gorn, Gerard Reuter, Antoine Silverman, Bill Ruyle, Gil Goldstein, Virgil Blackwell, Elliot Goldenthal and Richard Martinez.