Julie and Elliot

I've been recently listening to the Frida soundtrack with music by Elliot Goldenthal and other Hispanic songs featured from the film. The songs are pretty good, but I usually focus on Goldenthal's score. Some of my favorite tracks are the lyrical "The Floating Bed" and the eerie "La Calavera." "Burn it Blue" also a pretty good song with Goldenthal's music and lyrics by director Julie Taymor.

I find that working with Taymor brings out Goldenthal's best, having worked together on many projects over the years. Her first film, an adaptation of Shakespeare's "Titus A.," resulted in a schizophrenic score that has cues from a traditional orchestra, swing bands, and industral sound. As you may guess, it's my favorite Goldenthal score.

What you may never guess from reading the linear notes that Julie and Elliot write about each other but they're actually a couple. I thought that they were married, but according to Internet Movie Database, they're not. In fact, the IMDB states that a "mutual friend" introduced them in 1980 because the friend thought that "they shared a similar sence of the grotesque."

Anyways, I look forward to their next collaboration, which should bring about the usual artistic excellence.



Still reading? Here's some interesting trivia:

Julie Taymor graduated from Oberlin College, Ohio. (Ohio's cool.)

Elliot Goldenthal was a student of Aaron Copland. Yeah, that Aaron Copland.