Gustavo Santaolalla: Iguazu (a variation)
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Iguazu

This is an arrangement of Gustavo Santaolalla’s famous composition, “Iguazu.” By the late 90s, Santaolalla was already an icon in Latin alternative music as both a musician and producer, but “Iguazu”—specifically its haunting use in the 1999 film *The Insider*—kicked off his prolific “third act” as a film composer.

From there, his trajectory was legendary. He went on to score:

Amores Perros (2000)
21 Grams (2003)
The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
Brokeback Mountain (2005) – Academy Award

In 2006, “Iguazu” returned to the screen in Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Babel, earning Santaolalla his second consecutive…

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