La Muerte De La Poderosa

I revisit The Motorcycle Diaries soundtrack often. The whole thing is a masterpiece. I love everything Gustavo Santaolalla does, but for me, the big two are: The Motorcycle Diaries and Brokeback Mountain.

Gustavo Santaolalla’s work on The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) embodies the word, “soundtrack”. I view a (score) as more delicate work (like Brokeback Mountain) coloring the film with music. A soundtrack is more forceful, running in tandem with the characters. The backdrop of a film. The Motorcycle Diaries is a soundtrack — in the truest sense of the word.

La Muerte De La Poderosa (The Death of the Mighty) is one of the lesser realized songs from this film. With this piece, I tried to weave the flute melody into Santaolalla’s guitar part to create a complete arrangement. In doing so, I used Gustavo Santaolalla’s own technique of quick trills and slides — so it sounds like something he might actually play.

I hope you enjoy this, it’s one of my favorite arrangements to play. How about Santaolalla’s use of those dissonant intervals at 0:35? So strange, yet so perfect.

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Gustavo Santaolalla: Lima | fingerstyle guitar + TAB

How to play La Muerte De La Poderosa | fingerstyle guitar

The guitar tab for this piece is beautifully written across 2 pages. I recommend it for intermediate guitar players and up. Enjoy! This one of my favorites. The guitar tab is available below:

**Gustavo Santaolalla: La Muerte de la Poderosa (The Motorcycle Diaries) | fingerstyle guitar

This piece is played in standard tuning.