Ah, as telenovelas! Where would we brazilians be without the daily fix of love, murder, intrigue and corruption? The first novelas were on the now defunct TV Tupi and the newly born TV Globo was quick to realise the pulling power of these soaps. Usually each one lasts a few months
only, but since the beginning the music in the telenovelas has been a key ingredient to their success. The first novelas on Globo has soundtracks produced in conjunction with Philips Brasil, but Globo soon realised the importance of the sell thru albums (each novela had a 'nacional' and 'internacional' soundtrack, the latter often composed of Brasilian session groups using pseudonyms as well as obscure dutch and belgian artists!)
There were some composers who were intrinsically linked to the novelas - Waltel Branco, Jose Briamonte, Nonato Buzar as well as mega stars like Marcos & Paulo Sergio Valle and Antonio Carlos & Jocafi. The role call of singers and musicians though, is immense - Osmar Milito, Carlos Lyra, Tim Maia, Joyce, Azymuth, Ivan Lins, Erasmo & Roberto Carlos, Rita Lee, Joao Donato, Luiz Melodia, are just a few, as well as foreign artists like Marvin Gaye whose Trouble Man soundtrack was used wholesale for the 1975 novela Cavalo de Aco.
1. Waltel Branco - Tema de Abertura ( Assim Na Terra Como No Ceu)
2. Djalma Dias - Quem Mandou (O Bofe)
3. Betinho - Lucia Esparadrapo (O Primeiro Amor)
4. Osmar Milito & Quarteto Forma - O Bofe
5. Jacks Wu - Instantes (O Bofe)
6. Jean Pierre Senastian - Last Tango In Paris (Cavalo de Aco)
7. El Chicles - The Snake (Cavalo de Aco)
8. Conjunto Excelsior (Azymuth) - Superman (Cavalo de Aco)
9. Nonato Buzar - Verao Vermelho
10. Os Devaneios - nao Existe Pecado sul do Ecuador/ Dancin' Days
11. Joao Luiz - Longo do Dior (Selva da Pedra)
12. Osmar Milito & Quarteto Forma -Corpo Sano Em Mente Sa (Selva da Pedra)
13. Nonato Buzar - 100 Milhas (O Donzelo)
14. Marcio Monterroyos - Makaha (Pecado Capital)
15. Osmar Milito - O Primeiro Amor
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