Havana (soundtrack)

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Havana (Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Soundtrack album by
ReleasedDecember 4, 1990 (1990-12-04)
Recorded1990
Genre Jazz
Length41:36
Label GRP
Producer Dave Grusin, Larry Rosen
Dave Grusin chronology
Migration
(1989)
Havana (Motion Picture Soundtrack)
(1990)
Bonfire of the Vanities
(1991)

Havana is an album by American pianist Dave Grusin released in 1990, recorded for the GRP label. This album is a soundtrack to the film Havana , directed by Sidney Pollack.

Contents

This soundtrack was a 1990 Academy Award nominee for Best Original Score, [1] a 1990 Golden Globe nominee for Best Original Score, [2] and a 1990 Grammy nominee for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media. [3]

Track listing

All tracks written by Dave Grusin except where noted

  1. "Main Title" – 3:05
  2. "Night Walk" – 3:26
  3. "Cuba Libre ('Se Fue')" – 3:32
  4. "Santa Clara Suite: Vayase" - 1:36
  5. "Santa Clara Suite: Miliocia y Refugios" – 1:45
  6. "Santa Clara Suite Fuego Peligroso" – 0:59
  7. "Santa Clara Suite: Epilogue" - 0:54
  8. "A Los Rumberos de Belén" (Roberto Nunez) – 3:56
  9. "Love Theme" – 3:09
  10. "Hurricane Country" – 5:01
  11. "Lost in a Sweet Place" – 2:39
  12. "Mambo Lido" – 3:34
  13. "El Conuco" – 3:14
  14. "Adios Habana" – 3:07
  15. "La Academia" – 2:48


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