Evita (soundtrack)

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Evita
File:Evita OST Madonna.png
Cover for the two-disc edition of the album, entitled The Complete Motion Picture Music Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by Madonna / various artists
Released November 12, 1996 (1996-11-12)
Recorded
  • October – November 1995
  • (London, United Kingdom)
Genre
Length 107:30 (2-disc)
77:17 (1-disc)
Label Warner Bros.
Producer
Madonna chronology
Something to Remember
(1995)Something to Remember1995		 Evita
(1996)		 Ray of Light
(1998)Ray of Light1998
Singles from Evita
  1. "You Must Love Me"
    Released: October 21, 1996
  2. "Don't Cry for Me Argentina"
    Released: February 4, 1997
  3. "Another Suitcase in Another Hall"
    Released: March 18, 1997

Evita is a soundtrack album by American singer and songwriter Madonna, released on November 12, 1996 by Warner Bros. Records. It was released to promote and accompany the 1996 motion picture, Evita. The soundtrack also includes performances by Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Pryce and Jimmy Nail, but is considered a Madonna album since the majority of the songs are sung by her.[1] The RIAA certified it Gold and Platinum on January 24, 1997 and 5× Multi Platinum on March 29, 1999, 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).

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 soundtrack includes three singles by Madonna; "You Must Love Me" (#18 in the US and #10 in the UK), "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" (#8 in the US, #3 in the UK, and #1 in France) and "Another Suitcase in Another Hall" (#7 in the UK).

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic[1] (Original version) 3/5 stars
Allmusic[2] (1997 Selections) 3/5 stars

Background

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 #2 in the US and #1 in the UK, and contains three hit singles; "You Must Love Me" (#18 in the US and #10 in the UK), sung by Madonna; "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" (#8 in the US, #3 in the UK, and #1 in France), also sung by Madonna; and "Another Suitcase in Another Hall" (#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. Later, an instrumental dance interlude of "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" was performed on her 2001 Drowned World Tour, and in 2004, Madonna performed "Lament" during her Re-Invention Tour on an 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 and DVD/Blu-ray release, Madonna also sang "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" after the performance of "You Must Love Me".[3] During The MDNA Tour concerts in Buenos Aires, Madonna sang an acoustic version of "Don't Cry for Me Argentina".[4]

Track listing

The Complete Motion Picture Music Soundtrack

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

CD 1

All lyrics written by Tim Rice, all music composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber.

No. Title Performer(s) Length
1. "A Cinema in Buenos Aires, 26 July 1952"   John Mauceri 1:20
2. "Requiem for Evita"   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. "A New Argentina"   Madonna, Jonathan Pryce 8:13
CD 2

All lyrics written by Tim Rice, all music composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber.

No. Title Performer(s) Length
1. "On the Balcony of the Casa Rosada (Part 1)"   Jonathan Pryce 1:28
2. "Don't Cry for Me Argentina"   Madonna 5:31
3. "On the Balcony of the Casa Rosada (Part 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"   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. "Latin Chant"   John Mauceri 2:11
17. "Lament"   Madonna, Antonio Banderas 5:17

Music from the Motion Picture

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

All lyrics written by Tim Rice, all music composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Additional notes:

  • "Latin Chant", which appears as a separate track on the 2-CD edition, is incorporated into "Eva's Final Broadcast", hence the longer running time.

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

Charts

Chart Peak
position
Australia Albums Chart[5] 5
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[6] 1
Dutch Albums Chart[5] 6
Finnish Albums Chart[5] 17
French Albums Chart[5] 2
Italian Albums Chart[7] 2
Japanese Albums Chart[8] 21
New Zealand Albums Chart[5] 6
Norwegian Albums Chart[5] 3
Spanish Albums Chart[9] 16
Swedish Albums Chart[5] 5
Swiss Albums Chart[5] 1
UK Albums Chart[10] 1
US Billboard 200[11] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (1997) Position
German Albums Chart[12] 13

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Argentina (CAPIF)[13] Platinum 60,000
Australia (ARIA)[14] Platinum 70,000
Australia (ARIA)[15]
Original complete recording		 Gold 35,000
Austria (IFPI Austria)[16] 2× Platinum 100,000
Brazil (ABPD)[17] Gold 100,000
Germany (BVMI)[18] Platinum 500,000
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong)[19] Platinum 20,000
Netherlands (NVPI)[20] Gold 50,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)[21] Platinum 15,000
Norway (IFPI Norway)[22] Gold 25,000
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[9] Gold 50,000
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[23] Platinum 50,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[24] 2× Platinum 600,000
United States (RIAA)[25] 5× Platinum 5,000,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Allmusic original 1996 album review
  2. ↑ Allmusic 1997 selections review
  3. ↑ http://mixonline.com/mag/audio_vocal_recording_own/
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  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 Hung Medien summary
  6. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Soundtrack / Madonna – Evita" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
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  10. ↑ MADONNA - The Official Charts Company
  11. ↑ Eviat Original Soundtrack on Billboard.com
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Preceded by UK Albums Chart number-one album
February 7, 1997		 Succeeded by
Glow by Reef
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