Evan Handyside | Gustavo Santaolalla: Iguazu (a variation) + TAB @EvanHandyside | Uploaded January 2021 | Updated October 2024, 16 hours ago.
Guitar tab and blog: intellimusica.com/iguazu-guitar-tab
This is an arrangement of Gustavo Santaolalla's most famous composition, Iguazu. In the late 90's, as both a musician and producer, Santaolalla was already an icon in Latin alternative music. His instrumental piece, Iguazu, was used to great effect in the 1999 Russell Crowe film, The Insider. Years later (2006) it was used in Alejandro González Iñárritu's, Babel.
It was this song that kicked off Gustavo Santaolalla's 3rd act as a film composer:
2000 Amores Perros
2003 21 Grams
2004 The Motorcycle Diaries
2005 Brokeback Mountain (Academy Award)
2006 Babel (Academy Award)
The Babel variation of Iguazu has a pretty acoustic guitar intro. This version is known as Deportation/Iguazu.
I've been messing around with this piece for nearly 20 years. The original is played solely on a Ronroco - a small Andean guitar, similar to a ukulele. Usually, I can emulate Santaolalla's Ronroco sound exactly with an alternate guitar tuning or a capo. Not with Iguazu. Any attempt I made was a disservice to the original piece.
A month ago, I decided to follow the thread of the Deportation guitar melody used in the Babel variation of the song. I then imagined what Santaolalla might play if he created a version of Iguazu for The Last of Us Part II. What if I played the song as though it was written on a guitar in the first place?
Iguazu is so meaningful to me that this "variation" might be a sacrilege. At the very least, it's an answer to a question that no one asked. However, as a fan, I had to give it a shot.
#gustavosantaolalla #iguazu #fingerstyleguitar #fingerstyle
Guitar tab and blog: intellimusica.com/iguazu-guitar-tab
This is an arrangement of Gustavo Santaolalla's most famous composition, Iguazu. In the late 90's, as both a musician and producer, Santaolalla was already an icon in Latin alternative music. His instrumental piece, Iguazu, was used to great effect in the 1999 Russell Crowe film, The Insider. Years later (2006) it was used in Alejandro González Iñárritu's, Babel.
It was this song that kicked off Gustavo Santaolalla's 3rd act as a film composer:
2000 Amores Perros
2003 21 Grams
2004 The Motorcycle Diaries
2005 Brokeback Mountain (Academy Award)
2006 Babel (Academy Award)
The Babel variation of Iguazu has a pretty acoustic guitar intro. This version is known as Deportation/Iguazu.
I've been messing around with this piece for nearly 20 years. The original is played solely on a Ronroco - a small Andean guitar, similar to a ukulele. Usually, I can emulate Santaolalla's Ronroco sound exactly with an alternate guitar tuning or a capo. Not with Iguazu. Any attempt I made was a disservice to the original piece.
A month ago, I decided to follow the thread of the Deportation guitar melody used in the Babel variation of the song. I then imagined what Santaolalla might play if he created a version of Iguazu for The Last of Us Part II. What if I played the song as though it was written on a guitar in the first place?
Iguazu is so meaningful to me that this "variation" might be a sacrilege. At the very least, it's an answer to a question that no one asked. However, as a fan, I had to give it a shot.
#gustavosantaolalla #iguazu #fingerstyleguitar #fingerstyle
