Babel (soundtrack)


Babel is the original soundtrack album, on the Concord label, of the 2006 Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning film Babel starring Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Adriana Barraza, Gael García Bernal, Rinko Kikuchi and Kōji Yakusho. The original score and songs were composed and produced by Gustavo Santaolalla.
The album won the Academy Award for Best Original Score and the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music. It was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score.
The closing scene of the film features Ryuichi Sakamoto's "Bibo no Aozora." Sakamoto has previously won the BAFTA, Golden Globe, Grammy, and Academy Award for his score for The Last Emperor.

Track listing

Disc one

  1. "Tazarine" - Gustavo Santaolalla
  2. "Tu Me Acostumbraste" - Chavela Vargas
  3. "September/The Joker" - Earth, Wind and Fire / Fatboy Slim
  4. "Deportation/Iguazu" - Gustavo Santaolalla
  5. "World Citizen-I Won't Be Disappointed" - David Sylvian/Ryuichi Sakamoto
  6. "Cumbia Sobre El Rio" - Blanquito Man/Control Machete/Celso Piña
  7. "Hiding It" - Gustavo Santaolalla
  8. "Masterpiece" - Rip Slyme
  9. "Desert Bus Ride" - Gustavo Santaolalla
  10. "Bibo No Aozora/Endless Flight/Babel" - Ryuichi Sakamoto/Jaques Morelenbaum/Everton Nelson/Gustavo Santaolalla
  11. "Tribal" - Gustavo Santaolalla
  12. "Para Que Regreses" - El Chapo de Sinaloa
  13. "Babel" - Nortec Collective
  14. "Amelia Desert Morning" - Gustavo Santaolalla
  15. "Jugo A La Vida" - Las Tucanes De Tijuana
  16. "Breathing Soul" - Gustavo Santaolalla
  17. "The Blinding Sun" - Gustavo Santaolalla

    Disc two

  18. "Only Love Can Conquer Hate" - Ryuichi Sakamoto
  19. "El Panchangon" - Los Incomparables
  20. "Two Worlds, One Heart" - Gustavo Santaolalla
  21. "The Phone Call" - Gustavo Santaolalla
  22. "Gekkoh" - Susumu Yokota
  23. "The Catch" - Gustavo Santaolalla
  24. "Mujer Hermosa" - Los Incomparables
  25. "Into the Wild" - Gustavo Santaolalla
  26. "Look Inside" - Gustavo Santaolalla
  27. "The Master" - Gustavo Santaolalla
  28. "Oh My Juliet!" - Takashi Fujii
  29. "Prayer" - Gustavo Santaolalla
  30. "El Besito Cachichurris" - Daniel Luna
  31. "Walking in Tokyo" - Gustavo Santaolalla
  32. "The Visitors" - Hamza El Din
  33. "Morning Pray" - Gustavo Santaolalla
  34. "Mi Adoracion" - Agua Caliente
  35. "The Skin of the Earth" - Gustavo Santaolalla
  36. "Bibo No Aozora/04" - Ryuichi Sakamoto/Jaques Morelenbaum