Before Night Falls (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - A Film By Julian Schnabel / Blue Thumb Records Audio CD 2001 / 549 672-2

At a time when Cuban music is more popular than ever, the soundtrack to the acclaimed film 'Before Night Falls' takes a journey through Cuba's rich musical heritage, featuring its most important and popular artists. Accompanying the remarkable life story of the brilliant Cuban author, poet and exile, Reinaldo Arenas, the music spans pre and post-revolutionary Cuba from conjunto and guajira music to mambo and Afro-Cuban jazz. Featured artists include - Beny More, the creator of the Cuban big band; Trio Matamoros, the legendary progenitors of modern Latin pop music from the '20s and '30s through 1969; La Sonora Mantancera, Cubas's most popular orchestra featuring the legendary, Celia Cruz; Faustina Oramas, the most renowned composer of Cuban 'provincial' or country music; and Bebo Valdez, one of the foremost innovators of Afro-Cuban jazz.