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Evita - The Motion Picture Music Soundtrack
Soundtrack by Madonna
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
Madonna chronology
Something to Remember
(1995)		 Evita
(1996)		 Ray of Light
(1998)
Alternate cover
Cover to the single disc edition Music from the Motion Picture

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

Album information

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, Madonna also sang excerpts from "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" during the performance of "You Must Love Me"

Track listing

The Motion Picture Music Soundtrack

The two-disc edition includes the entire soundtrack to the film.
CD1

# Title Performer(s) Length
1. "A Cinema in Buenos Aires, 26 July 1952"   Orchestra, John Mauceri 1:20
2. "Requiem for Evita"   Orchestra, 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

CD2

# Title Performer(s) Length
1. "On the Balcony of the Casa Rosada 1"   Jonathan Pryce 1:28
2. "Don't Cry for Me Argentina"   Madonna 5:31
3. "On the Balcony of the Casa Rosada 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"   Orchestra, 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. "Lament"   Madonna, Antonio Banderas 5:17

Additional note:

  • "Dice are Rolling" comes immediately before "A New Argentina" on the 2-CD edition, hence the longer running time. This is not mentioned in the liner notes.
"I'd Be Surprisingly Good For You"
Sung by Evita and Juan Perón when they first met.
"Don't Cry for Me Argentina"
The second single from the album reached #1 in France. In the movie it appears early as Evita addresses the crowd from the balcony of the Casa Rosada.
"You Must Love Me"
The song was specially written for the film version of Evita and won an Oscar for "Best Original Song in a Film" in 1997. In the movie, it represents Eva Perón's discovery that her husband Juan Perón has actually loved her all along and not merely seen her as a political prop
"Lament"
The song was performed in the Re-Invention Tour. In the movie, it's sung by Evita on her deathbed.
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Music from the Motion Picture

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

# Title Performer(s) Length
1. "Requiem for Evita"   Orchestra, Richard Windmann 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, Antonio Banderas 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, Orchestra, John Mauceri 5:15
19. "Lament"   Madonna, Antonio Banderas 5:17

Additional notes:

  • "Latin Chant" actually appears on the 1-CD edition, immediately after "Eva's Final Broadcast", hence the longer running time. This is not mentioned in the liner notes.

Album credits

  • Lyrics by Tim Rice, Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
  • Produced by Nigel Wright, Alan Parker, Andrew Lloyd Webber and David Caddick
  • Mixed by Madonna, David Reitzas and Nigel Wright
  • Engineered by Dick Lewzey, David Reitzas, Robin Sellars and Mark "Spike" Stent
  • Orchestrations by Andrew Lloyd Webber
  • Additional Orchestrations by David Cullen

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

Certifications, peaks and sales

Country Peak position Certification (if any) Sales/shipments
Australia 1 Platinum[2] 70,000+
Austria 1 2x Platinum[3] 40,000+
Brazil Gold[4] 100,000+
Finland 17
France 2 170,000
Germany 2 Platinum[5] 500,000+
Netherlands 6 Gold[6] 50,000+
New Zealand 6 Gold 7,500
Norway 3 Gold[7] 20,000+
Poland Gold[8] 35,000
Spain Gold[9] 40,000+
Sweden 5
Switzerland 1 Platinum[10] 50,000+
United Kingdom 1 2x Platinum 600,000
United States 2 5x Platinum[11] 2,000,000[12]

References

  1. ^ http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ IFPI Austria
  4. ^ ABPD
  5. ^ IFPI Germany
  6. ^ NVPI
  7. ^ IFPI Norway
  8. ^ [2]
  9. ^ [3]
  10. ^ IFPI Switzerland
  11. ^ Billboard – Ask Billboard
  12. ^ 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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