Rodrigo Amarante - 7 Days in Entebbe (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2018)

After successfully collaborating on Narcos, for whom Rodrigo Amarante composed and sang the theme song “Tuyo” and for which José Padilha produced and directed, the two Brazilians have teamed up again for 7 Days In Entebbe. The film tells the real life story of the 1976 hijacking of an Air France flight en route from Tel Aviv to Paris, and the rescue mission that took place.

It marks Amarante’s first original film score and is a long way from his previous work with Los Hermanos and Little Joy. With subtle percussion and Eastern-inspired orchestration the composer has taken to soundtrack work admirably with an eerie, lurching score full of drama and nuance, perfectly pitched for this edgy thriller.

Here’s Amarante talking about the creation of the soundtrack: “For this film it was quite different not only because this isn’t songwriting but because I joined in as they were already editing so there were images and ideas for at least what kind of thing the music should be doing to particular scenes, some idea of function which I understood is normal to film composing but found to be quite limiting, a disadvantage to me. I’m more used to discovering a path rather than to follow a lead but I figured I’d learn new things by working this way so I got to work, thinking inside that box and it proved to be quite wide once I got in.”

We are very happy to bring to you today “Aftermath”, an exclusive track from the score. 7 Days In Entebbe sountrack will be released digitally on April 6th by Lakeshore Records.

Tracklist:
01. Rodrigo Amarante - Looking Back
02. Rodrigo Amarante - Boarding
03. Rodrigo Amarante - Strategy
04. Rodrigo Amarante - Ms. Martel Escapes
05. Rodrigo Amarante - A Purpose
06. Rodrigo Amarante - Innocence Lost
07. Rodrigo Amarante - Passports
08. Rodrigo Amarante - Arriving in Entebbe
09. Rodrigo Amarante - Reasons
10. Rodrigo Amarante - Cabinet
11. Rodrigo Amarante - A Light
12. Rodrigo Amarante - Prime Minister and the News
13. Rodrigo Amarante - Silence
14. Rodrigo Amarante - Close Enemies
15. Rodrigo Amarante - The Last Hour
16. Rodrigo Amarante - Operation Begins
17. Rodrigo Amarante - Low Altitude
18. Rodrigo Amarante - Aftermath
19. Grischa Lichtenberger - 0515 Beginning 2 SKL (Last Work)
20. The Tractor's Revenge & Ohad Naharin - Chair Dance (Echad mi Yodeah)