Gustavo Santaolalla – Ronroco (2024 Remaster) (1998/2024) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Gustavo Santaolalla – Ronroco (2024 Remaster) (1998/2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 41:13 minutes | 461 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Nonesuch

This is a remastered edition of Grammy and Academy Award winner Gustavo Santaolalla’s beloved and critically acclaimed 1998 album Ronroco. The singer, composer, and producer’s classic album comprises twelve original tunes inspired by traditional Argentinean music and influenced by music of Japan, Africa, and eastern Europe. The record takes its name from the ronroco, a South American stringed instrument. “I’ve been playing this instrument since I was a kid, collecting songs and thoughts about this record for a long time,” Santaolalla said. “The idea was to make a non-traditional album, a sonic landscape.”

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Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Gustavo Santaolalla, Mogwai – Before The Flood (2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Gustavo Santaolalla, Mogwai – Before The Flood (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:36:44 minutes | 875 MB | Genre: Score, Soundtrack
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Lakeshore Records

“Before the Flood” is a documentary from Fischer Stevens that follows actor Leonardo DiCaprio on a three-year journey as he surveys the impact of climate change. Its soundtrack is a superb collaboration between multi-instrumentalists and producers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, revered composer Gustavo Santaolalla, and Scottish post-rock outfit Mogwai. Opening things nicely is the title track. Comprised of minimal yet solid electronic beats and wavering Swarmatron sounds, the piece is littered with some melancholy piano and striding basslines. Santaolalla’s diverse use of strings and acoustics also functions perfectly upon Reznor and Ross’ canvas of intertwining electro-organic beauty.

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Gustavo Santaolalla, David Fleming – The Last of Us: Season 1 (Soundtrack from the HBO Original Series) (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Gustavo Santaolalla, David Fleming – The Last of Us: Season 1 (Soundtrack from the HBO Original Series) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:56:46 minutes | 1002 MB | Genre: Soundtrack
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Milan

The Last of Us is an American post-apocalyptic drama television series created by Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann for HBO. Based on the 2013 video game developed by Naughty Dog, the series is set in 2023, twenty years into a pandemic caused by a mass fungal infection, which forces its hosts to transform into zombie-like creatures and collapses society. The series follows Joel (Pedro Pascal), a smuggler tasked with escorting the teenage Ellie (Bella Ramsey) across a post-apocalyptic United States. Guest stars include Nico Parker as Joel’s daughter Sarah, Gabriel Luna as Joel’s younger brother Tommy, Merle Dandridge as resistance leader Marlene, and Anna Torv as Joel’s smuggler partner Tess.

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Gustavo Santaolalla – Life In 12 Bars (Original Score) (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Gustavo Santaolalla – Life In 12 Bars (Original Score) (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 44:06 minutes | 436 MB | Genre: Soundtrack
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sony Classical

Well-known Argentinean musician and producer who settled in the U.S. Santaolalla’s music career was consolidated while taking part in a 1970’s folk-rock act called Arco Iris. In 1982, Gustavo Santaolalla recorded his first solo album along with keyboardist Alejandro Lerner, bassist Alfredo Toth, and drummer Willy Iturri. After living in Los Angeles, Santaolalla went back to Argentina to produce Leon Gieco’s De Ushuaia a la Quiaca and also to work on the GIT second record. In 1995, Santaolalla released his second album, called Gas, getting the smash hit “Todo Vale” frequently rotated by MTV Latino.

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