Evita (soundtrack)
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Cover for the two-disc edition of the album
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| Soundtrack album by Madonna / various artists | ||||
| Released | November 12, 1996 | |||
| Recorded | October – November 1995 | |||
| Studio | CTS Studios (London, United Kingdom) |
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| Length | 107:30 (2-disc) 77:17 (1-disc) |
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| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
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| Singles from Evita | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| The Baltimore Sun | (negative) |
| Entertainment Weekly | (negative) |
| The Herald Journal | (positive) |
| Hartford Courant | (positive) |
| The New York Times | (positive) |
| San Francisco Chronicle | (mixed) |
| Spin | (positive) |
Evita is the third soundtrack album by American singer Madonna. It was released on November 12, 1996, by Warner Bros. Records to promote the 1996 American musical drama film, Evita. The film was based on Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1978 musical of the same name, about First Lady of Argentina, Eva Perón. Additional performers on Evita include Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Pryce and Jimmy Nail, but it is considered a Madonna album since she sang majority of the songs. After securing the title role in Evita, Madonna underwent vocal training in order to enhance her singing abilities. Director Alan Parker worked with Rice and Lloyd Webber to compose the soundtrack, reworking the original songs as well as write a new song, "You Must Love Me", for the film.
The actors were tense during the recording sessions for Evita, since they were from a non-musical background. The musical style for Evita differed from Madonna's previous works and she was not comfortable in recording her vocals inside the studio alongside the orchestra. After an emergency meeting with the principal personnel, it was decided she would record in a separate location. It took almost four months for the soundtrack to be finished. Rice and Lloyd Webber had employed the classical technique while creating the music, taking the central theme, "Don't Cry for Me Argentina", and tweaking it to cater to a variety of settings. Through the songs, the soundtrack tells the story of Eva Perón's beginnings, her rise to fame, political career and gradually her death.
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