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 (1:15)
- O Greedy People (2:56)
- Tartaglia's Lament (1:52)
- The Bickering (1:02)
- Calmon, King of Statues (2:28)
- Joy to the King (2:14)
- Ninetta's Hope (2:33)
- Renzo and Pompea Duet (2:11)
- Barbarina's Lament (1:48)
- The Waters That Dance (1:26)
- Serpentina's Garden (1:33)
- Under Bustle Funk (1:13)
- Green Bird Descent (2:12)
- The Magic Feather (1:06)
- The King's Lament (solo violin) (0:40)
- Accordions and Palace Rhumba (1:28)
- Prologue (Radio Waves) (2:00)
- Acids and Alkalis (2:28)
- Apple Aria Instrumental (1:35)
- O Foolish Heart (2:19)
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, , 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.
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