Title of piece: Overture to The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta)
Date of composition: 2004
Date of performance/recording: 2004
Composer: Gustavo Santaolalla
Performers: Gustavo Santaollala, Aníbal Kerpel, Braulio Barrera, Don Markese, and Javier Casalla
Form: binary form, A-A’, in which the A section is restated in a varied manner
Rhythm: slow triple meter with syncopated rhythms suggesting indigenous music

What to Listen for:

  • Use of plucked string instruments and percussion (charango and bombo) to suggest Andean folk music
  • Repeated syncopated rhythmic pattern in imitation of Andean folk music
  • Gradual layering of instruments and musical ideas to create escalation in intensity
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