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“I did the movie because I wanted to write a love letter to my county,” he said. For him, the film had a strong personal resonance. Saldanha said his hope is that the music and film will complement each other, drawing in audiences on both fronts. The film is expected to gross $39 million in its opening weekend in North America, according to, which is in line with the first “Rio” movie, and it should earn the bulk of its ticket sales from abroad, much like the first. “Rio 2” has already grossed $55 million in Europe and elsewhere after it was released last week. “Even if you can’t understand the rhythm, you can’t help but shake your body. “Naturally, Brazilian rhythms are very strong,” Saldanha said. Mendes earned an Oscar nod along with Brown and lyricist Siedah Garrett for “Real in Rio,” their original song from the first film. Saldanha and Mendes worked again with film composer John Powell on the score. It’s still samba, but they have their own accent, which makes it very interesting.” “When you go to Bahia, they have a different kind of beat for samba as well, different instruments. “Samba came from Africa, so if you listen to a samba in Rio there’s a different kind of beat,” Mendes said. Mendes, 73, who broke out in 1966 with the international hit “Mas Que Nada,” a jazzy samba he performed with his group Brasil ‘66, said regional rhythms of musicians like Carlinhos Brown from the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia, reflected the cultural melange of European colonization and slaves from Africa. The movie’s journey into the depths of the Amazon lets Saldanha and the film’s executive music producer, bossa nova legend Sergio Mendes, tap into Brazil’s interior through artists like body percussion group Barbatuques and Uakti, a group that uses homemade instruments. We (Saldanha and I) said, ‘How can we make all these Brazilian colors come through in the music?’”Īlthough the soundtrack to “Rio 2” is not expected to duplicate the runaway success of Disney’s “Frozen,” which has sold nearly 2 million copies with the hit song “Let It Go,” the movie coincides with global attention being focused on Brazil, the host of this year’s World Cup soccer tournament and the 2016 Summer Olympics. “I gathered sounds from street performers I recorded the ocean,” the singer said. Monae said she wanted the song to serve as an overture to the film’s score. “What Is Love,” which was delivered to radio stations two weeks ago, features the drums of marching bands and whistles familiar to Carnival music. The film begins with the vibrantly blue family of macaws, headed by the father Blu, as voiced by Jesse Eisenberg, and mother Jewel (Anne Hathaway), who leave their bird refuge in Rio for a trip to the Amazon to find a possible colony of their critically endangered brothers and sisters.īut first, the movie aims to draw in audiences with its biggest hope for a radio hit: R&B singer Janelle Monae’s song “What Is Love,” a Brazilian-influenced dance track that is supposed to evoke Rio’s roaring New Year’s Eve parties. “It has to have a very integrated musical component to it because I wanted to be able to explore different rhythms, different styles and vibes.” “This was always the kind of stuff that came to my head when I was making this movie,” he added. and Canadian theaters on Friday, music works as a vehicle to help illustrate the melting pot of Brazilian culture, the 49-year-old director said. In the 3D animated film, which will be released by 20th Century Fox in U.S.
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