The Green Bird | ||||
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Soundtrack album by Elliot Goldenthal | ||||
Released | August 22, 2000 | |||
Genre | Classical, Avante Garde | |||
Length | 35'51 | |||
Label | DRG | |||
Producer | Elliot Goldenthal. | |||
Elliot Goldenthal chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
MovieMusicUK | link |
Soundtrack-Express | link |
RationalMagic | (Favourable) |
CurtainUp.com | (Very favourable) |
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 disonant and a balance between theatre, drama and invention. It was, along with the musical itself, well received by critics.