The Journey

The Journey (El Viaje) was originally written for Louis Vuitton’s Journey campaign in 2008. The video has some really class cinematography to go with Gustavo Santaolalla’s world music. This piece eventually found it’s way onto Santaolalla’s Camino album in 2014.

I think it’s one of Gustavo Santaolalla’s best. It’s up there with Iguazu, and De Ushuaia a La Quiaca. The verse has an ambiguity that allows for the listener’s imagination. It’s neither major or minor — and you to draw your own sense from it.

Gustavo Santaolalla (probably unknowingly)…