Babel (soundtrack)
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| Babel | ||||
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| Released | November 21, 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 2006 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Label | Concord | |||
| Producer | Gustavo Santaolalla | |||
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| Allmusic |    [1] |
| SoundtrackNet | [2] |
| Filmtracks | [3] |
Babel is the original soundtrack album, on the Concord label, of the 2006 Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning film Babel directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and starring Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Adriana Barraza, Gael García Bernal, Rinko Kikuchi and Kōji Yakusho. The original score and songs were composed and produced by Gustavo Santaolalla.
The album won the Academy Award for Best Original Score and the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music.[4] It was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score (lost to the score of The Painted Veil).
The closing scene of the film features Ryuichi Sakamoto's "Bibo no Aozora." Sakamoto has previously won the BAFTA, Golden Globe, Grammy, and Academy Award for his score for The Last Emperor.
