Alcanzar una estrella II

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Alcanzar una estrella II
Genre Telenovela
Created byCarlos Enrique Aguilar
Carlos Diez
Directed byMarco Flavio Cruz
Manolo García
Starring Sasha Sokol
Ricky Martin
Angélica Rivera
Erik Rubin
Bibi Gaytán
Pedro Fernández
Óscar Vallejo
José Alonso
Opening themeEstrella de Ilusión by Zarabanda
Muñecos de Papel by Muñecos de papel
No Quiero Dejar De Brillar by Muñecos de papel
Country of originMexico
Original languageSpanish
No. of episodes100
Production
Executive producer Luis de Llano Macedo
Production locations Mexico City, Mexico
Running time41-44 minutes
Production company Televisa
Original release
Network Canal de las Estrellas
ReleaseJanuary 21 (1991-01-21) 
June 7, 1991 (1991-06-07)
Related
Alcanzar una estrella (1990)

Alcanzar una estrella II (English title: To reach a star II) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Luis de Llano Macedo for Televisa in 1991. [1] It is the sequel to Alcanzar una estrella .

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Sasha Sokol, Ricky Martin, Angélica Rivera, Erik Rubín, Bibi Gaytan and Pedro Fernández starred as protagonists, while José Alonso, Silvia Pasquel and Eduardo Palomo starred as antagonists. Eduardo Capetillo and Mariana Garza starred as special participation. [2]

Two soundtrack albums were released for the series in 1991: Muñecos de Papel with the start of the series and Alcanzar una estrella II as it ended.

Plot

Eduardo puts out a call to all of Mexico's youth to find members for his new musical group, Muñecos de papel ("Paper Dolls"), but at last minute he cancels everything to go on tour with his beloved Lorena. The group decides to forge ahead without Eduardo, and thus six young people get to live their dreams of achieving fame and fortune. The series addresses many problems facing today's youth in the anecdotes about the lives of the members of the band.

Cast

Soundtracks

Muñecos de Papel

Muñecos de Papel (Album)
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Soundtrack album by
Alcanzar una estrella
Released1991 (1991)
Recorded1991
Genre Pop
Label Sony Music
Alcanzar una estrella chronology
Alcanzar una estrella
(1990)
Muñecos de Papel (Album)
(1991)
Alcanzar una estrella II
(1991)

Muñecos de Papel is the first soundtrack album to Alcanzar una estrella II, released in 1991. It includes the first opening song for the telenovela, "Estrella de Ilusion", performed by Zarabanda, as well as the second opening song "Muñeco de Papel", performed by the fictional band Muñecos de Papel (Sasha, Ricky Martin, Bibi Gaytan, Marisa de Lille, Pedro Fernández, Angelica Rivera and Erick Rubin).

The album version of "Muñeco de Papel" is different from the one that served as the opening song for the telenovela; Bibi Gaytán and Erick Rubín were then signed to Melody and due to differences between the record companies, their voices - which can be heard in the TV version (Sasha at 0:01, Bibi 0:13, Erick 0:40, Ricky 0:47, Pedro 0:54, Angelica 1:53)- were replaced by Sasha and Alejandro Ibarra, respectively.

Despite the title, this record was not a full Muñecos de Papel album; instead, it served to promote songs from the band members' solo albums ("Siento", "Juego de Ajedrez", "Oro") as well as other Sony Music artists such as Garibaldi that were not even featured in the telenovela. Songs such as Chantal Andere's "Musculo", which was often used in the TV show, are not present in this album - Chantal was also under contract with Melody.

Track listing

  1. "Siento" - Sasha Sokol
  2. "Estrella de Ilusion" - Zarabanda
  3. "Fan-Piras" - Gerardo Garcia
  4. "Muñeco de Papel" - Artistas Varios
  5. "Deja" - Gibrann
  6. "Para Llegar" - Angélica Rivera
  7. "Oro" - Pedro Fernández
  8. "Juego de Ajedrez" - Ricky Martin
  9. "Enciendo Una Vela" - Marianne
  10. "Banana" - Garibaldi (group)
  11. "Harto de Extrañarte" - Alejandro Ibarra
  12. "Amiga" - Ulisses

Alcanzar una estrella II

Alcanzar una estrella II
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Studio album by
Alcanzar una estrella
Released1991 (1991)
Recorded1991
Genre Pop
Label Fonovisa
Alcanzar una estrella chronology
Muñecos de Papel
(1991)
Alcanzar una estrella II
(1991)
Mas que alcanzar una estrella
(1992)

Alcanzar una estrella II is the second soundtrack album from Alcanzar una estrella II. It was released by Discos Melody in June 1991 as the telenovela was coming to an end.

The telenovela's fictional pop band Muñecos de Papel was formed by Sasha, Ricky Martin, Bibi Gaytan, Pedro Fernandez, Erick Rubin and Angelica Rivera.

This album includes the voices of Bibi Gaytan and Erick Rubin - both Bibi and Erick had been omitted from the Muñecos de Papel album, released months earlier by Sony. It is, however, unclear whether Sasha, Pedro Fernandez and Angelica Rivera contributed backing vocals to the only group song in Alcanzar una estrella II, "No quiero dejar de brillar" - Bibi Gaytan, Erick Rubin and Ricky Martin all have solo verses but the other members do not, and the credits do not include this information. The third opening song for the series, "No quiero dejar de brillar", is included in this album.

"No quiero dejar de brillar" did not achieve the success of the group's previous single "Muñeco de Papel". The song is not attributed to the fictional band Muñecos de Papel, but instead it's credited to "Estrellas de Alcanzar una Estrella" (Stars from Alcanzar una Estrella) - which might indicate that it was not recorded by all six members of the group. Further evidence is the fact that there are no Muñecos de Papel photos in the artwork, and the back cover only features Gaytan and Rubin (then under contract with Melody), as well as other cast members who were not part of Muñecos de Papel but did contribute songs: Angelica Ruvalcaba, Marisa De Lille and Hector Suarez Gomis. There are no images of Sasha, Martin, Fernandez or Rivera.

The album was not as successful as Muñecos de Papel; still, Bibi Gaytan had her first solo hit with the single "Tan solo una mujer". No further singles were released.

Track listing

  1. "NO QUIERO DEJAR DE BRILLAR" Estrellas de Alcanzar una Estrella
  2. "TAN SOLO UNA MUJER" Bibi Gaytán
  3. "ASÍ QUIERO QUE SEA MI VIDA" Marisa De Lile
  4. "REBELDÍA" Marisa De Lille
  5. "HACIA EL VIENTO" Erick Rubin
  6. "EXTRAÑO SER NIÑA" Angélica Ruvalcaba
  7. "CONTAMINACIÓN" Erick Rubin
  8. "UN LUGAR DONDE VIVIR" Hector Suarez Gomis
  9. "SOLO QUIERO QUE ME VUELVAS A QUERER" Bibi Gaytán
  10. "ENERGÍA ES AMOR" Microchips
  11. "EN UN METRO" Erick Rubin
  12. "FÍJATE EN MI" Bibi Gaytán

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References

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