Antonio Carlos Jobim & Luis Bonfa - Black Orpheus

Cat. no: 709126
Format: LP
Barcode: 8436563186172
Release Date: 18 Apr 2025
Genre: Soundtrack

The complete album + 3 bonus tracks - pressed on limited edition 180g vinyl

The flm soundtrack to Marcel Camus' infuential 1959 flm Black Orpheus, co-written by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Luiz Bonfa, with lyrics by Vinicius de Moraes & Antonio Maria.

Black Orpheus is based on the play Orfeu da Conceicao by Vinicius de Moraes, inspired and set to the classic Greek mythology of Orpheus and Eurydice, but set in a contemporary Brazilian favela (slum) during the Rio de Janeiro Carnaval. The flm and its soundtrack were the signposts by which the world frst learned of samba and bossa nova. 

This LP edition features unique sleeve artwork adapted from the original flm poster. 

Among the musicians heard here are Luiz Bonfa and Roberto Menescal on guitar, as well as the vocals of Elizeth Cardoso and Agostinho dos Santos. 

Includes the classic songs "Manha de Carnaval" and "Samba de Orpheus." 

Three songs from the flm recorded shortly after by the great Joao Gilberto and released as a 7" EP have been added as a bonus: 'Manha de Carnaval' / 'O Nosso Amor / A Felicidade'.

Tracks: Generique/A Felicidade/ Frevo/O Nosso Amor / O Nosso Amor / Manha De Carnaval/Scene Du Lever Du Soleil / Manha De Carnaval (Part 2) / Manha De Carnaval (Bonus Tracks) / Scenes De La Macumba / O Nosso Amor (Part 2) / Manha De Carnaval (Part 3) / Samba De Orfeu / Batterie De Cappela / O Nosso Amor (Bonus Tracks) / A Felicidade (Bonus Tracks)