ORIGINAL DRUM SCORE BY ANTONIO SANCHEZOR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE)

A FILM BY ALEJANDRO GONZLEZ IRRITU

OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE)ORIGINAL DRUM SCORE BY ANTONIO SANCHEZ

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I met Antonio Sanchez 10 years ago at a sublime Pat Metheney concert in Los Angeles. Like me, Antonio is a Chilango.Unlike me, Antonio is one of the best drummers in the world.I became a fan and luckily a friend. At that concert, Antonio, like a human octopus, played a solo that made me wonder how just four extensions of a human body could propel so many beats, emotions, sounds, ideas and extraordinary rhythms.

I attempted Birdman (Or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) to be experienced in one continuous and uninterrupted shot. I attempted Birdman (Or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) to be experienced in one continuous and uninterrupted shot. Very much as we live our lives. But not having the possibility to fragment time and space, it is almost a contradiction to the nature of cinema itself.

DRUUUMMMMMSSS! Eureka.

I thought the drums would help me to find the internal rhythm of the film and the audience will flow with it.

One week before I started the shoot in NOne week before I started the shoot in NY, Antonio Sanchez recorded, with majestic graciousness and imagination, dozens of eclectic beats based on my terrible attempts right there to explain to him with mouth rhythms (like "KA KA UG UG PA PASH'...he was generous enough to not laugh at me) the emotions of the characters and needs of each scene.Antonio provided and improvised an amazingamount of possible rhythms; each one was better than the other.It was areal joyThose beats became a kind of metronome inside Riggan's head.

The classical music? What else can be said of such composers and music maThe classical music? What else can be said of such composers and music marvels? They all belong to my personal favorite musicgeniusesbut most importantly, each of these pieces were selected by our character Riggan Thomson to be played not as a score, but right there, at the center of his Carver-adapted theater play.

We all are just playing a role in it.

ALEJANDRO GONZLEZ IRRITU

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SCORE COMPOSED AND PERFORMED BY ANTONIO SANCHEZ

SOUND DESIGNER MUSIC EDITOR: MARTIN HERNANDEZ

SOUNDTRACK ALBUM EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: ALEJANDRO GONZLEZ IRRITUMILAN RECORDS SOUNDTRACK EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: JC CHAMBOREDON & STEFAN KARRERGRAPHIC DESIGN AND LAYOUT: SHAWN LYONALBUM MASTERED BY NICK TAYLOR @ AIR EDEL STUDIOS (LONDON)

DOORS AND DISDOORS AND DISTANCE CONTAINS BB BEAT 2 BY BRIAN BLADEPUBLISHED BY FOX FILM MUSIC CORP. AND NEW ENTERPRISES MUSIC, INC. (BMI)

GET READY - FIRE TRAIL - THE ANXIOUS BATTLE FOR SANITYCONTAIN MUSIC FROM HARPADBYVCTOR HERNNDEZ STUMPFHAUSER AND MUSIC BY JOAN VALENT

SCORE PUBLISHED BY FOX FILM MUSIC CORP. , NEW ENTERPRISES MUSIC, INC. (BMI)

ANTONIO SANCHEZ WOULD LIKE TO THANK:JEAN CHRISTOPHE FOR MAKING THIS ALBUM POSSIBLE, ALEJANDRO GONZALES IARRITU FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH HIM ON THIS ADVENTURE, JEAN CHRISTOPHE FOR MAKING THIS ALBUM POSSIBLE, ALEJANDRO GONZALES IARRITU FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH HIM ON THIS ADVENTURE, SUSANA LOPEZ ARANDA, THANA ALEXA AND THE LOPEZ FAMILY FOR THEIR LOVE AND SUPPORT, GILLE AMARAL FOR HELPING WITH THE COORDINATION OF THIS PROJECT, MARTIN HERNANDEZ, GUSTAVO BORNER AND IGLOO MUSIC FOR THE GREAT SOUNDS, ELISSA LOPARCO, CHRISTINE BERGREN, MALORY MCDONALD, AVATAR STUDIOS, YAMAHA DRUMS, ZILDJIAN CYMBALS AND STICKS, REMO DRUMHEADS, LP PERCUSSION, FOX SEARCHLIGHT FILMS AND NEW REGENCY.

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SYMPHONY NO. 5 OP. 64 IN E MINOR: ANDANTE CANTABILEWRITTEN BY PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKYPERFORMED AND ARRANGED BY STEPERFORMED AND ARRANGED BY STEFANO SEGHEDONICOURTESY OF CHICAGO MUSIC LIBRARY

ICH BIN DER WELT ABHANDEN GEKOMMENWRITTEN BY GUSTAV MAHLERPERFORMED BY VIOLETA URMANA, WIENER PHILHARMONIKER,PIERRE BOULEZCOURTESY OF DEUTSCHE GRAMOPHON GMBH, HAMBURGUNDER LICENSE FROM UNIVERSAL MUSIC ENTERPRISESUNDER LICENSE FROM UNIVERSAL MUSIC ENTERPRISES 2004 DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON, GMBH, HAMBURG

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PROLOGUE: CHORUS OF EXILED PALESTINIANSCOMPOSED BY JOHN ADAMSLIBRETTO BY ALICE GOODMANPERFORMED BY THE ORCHESTRA OF THE OPERA DE LYONCONDUCTED BY KENT NAGANOTHE LONDON OPERA CHORUS - DIRECTED BY RICHARD COOKEPUBLISHED BY HENDONN MUSIC, INC. (BMI)PUBLISHED BY HENDONN MUSIC, INC. (BMI)COURTESY OF NONESUCH RECORDS INC. 1992 ELEKTRA ENTERTAINMENT, A DIVISION OF WARNER COMMUNICATIONS INC. FOR THE UNITED STATESAND WEA INTERNATIONAL INC. FOR THE WORLD OUTSIDETHE UNITED STATES

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