The score to a 1998 film from the always provocative Spanish director Pedro Almodovar, Live Flesh is a combination of vocal and instrumental pieces composed by Alberto Iglesias; as suggested by the movie's title, the soundtrack is sensual yet ominous, perfectly complementing the picture, an odd erotic thriller based on a novel by Ruth Rendell. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
Guillermo Jilguero Quero (Mixing Assistant), Antonio Olariaga (Engineer), Chavela Vargas (Performer), Luis Dulzaides (Percussion), Reynaldo Maceo (Violin), Alberto Iglesias (Keyboards), Antonio Garcia de Diego (Mandolin), Alberto Iglesias (Producer), José Luis Crespo (Mixing), Dario Eskenazi (Piano), Afro Celt Sound System (Performer), Miguel Iniesta (Mandolin), Albert Plá (Performer), Alberto Iglesias (Piano), Alfredo Anaya (Drums), Armenio de Melo (Guitar), Antonio Serrano (Harmonica)
The novel's protagonist is Victor Jenner, sent to prison for shooting and crippling a police officer after an attempted rape. At his trial and afterwards he claims that his actions were unintentional and somehow provoked by his victim. But were there other reasons for his attack of which even he was unaware? Ten years later, Jenner is released from prison and has to find himself a new life, with the reduced resources produced by ten years incarceration in prison and the handicap of a significant criminal record. He discovers that it is all too easy to slip back into the old one.
