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GORAN BREGOVIC and his Wedding and Funeral Orchestra

Coming from the same background, the same generation, survivors of the same experiences, Goran BREGOVIC and Emir KUSTURICA formed a tandem which didn’t need words to communicate. After "Times of the Gypsies" Goran had a free hand to compose the original soundtrack for "Arizona Dream". The music lives up to the film - poetical, original and incredibly enhancing. "One of the great things about Emir’s movies is that they show life exactly as it is - full of holes, hesitations and unexpected events. It’s this imperfect, unorganised side that I wanted to preserve above all. Even the songs recorded with Iggy are very under-produced. There’s just his voice and behind it a gypsy-orchestra blowing into old pre-war trumpets and cow’s horns. It’s really very simple."

Patrice Chereau entrusts him with the music for "La Reine Margot", Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1994. Goran delivers a majestic piece with rock accents.

The music for Emir Kusturica’s "Underground", Palme d’Or at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival, was also signed by Goran. But not the following film. A three year collaboration on "Underground" has worn everyone out and Emir has to find a whole new team for his next film.
Recently Goran composed spicy music with a "kletzmer" aroma for the "Train de Vie" of Radu MIHAELANU acclaimed by the critics in Venice, Sao Paulo, Berlin and by the public everywhere it was shown.

He has since devoted himself to the interpretation of his own music and lent himself to a second stage-career. Without completely abandoning the movies, however: Nana Djordjaze "1001 Recipes of a Cook in Love", "27 Missing Kisses" in 2001, Unni STRAUME Music for Weddings and Funerals" (original music and the main male role) in 2002, Venice Film Festival official selection. In 2004 Bregovic repeats the same adventure: he composes music and plays the main role in an Italian film entitled "Giorni dell’Abandono" ("The days of Abandon") premiered in Autumn 2005, Venice Film Festival official selection.

MUSICAL COLLABORATIONS

Like a happy grown up child, Goran is honoured by collaborations with tallented performers from diverse cultures - people he would have asked for an autograph not so long ago: Iggy Pop, whom he totally reinvents (Arizona Dream 1993), Ofra Haza (La Reine Margot,1994), Cesaria Evora (Underground 1995), Scot WALKER in UK, Setzen Aksu in Turkey, George Dalaras in Greece, Kayah in Poland.

SELECTED RECORDINGS

 "Le Temps de Gitans" (Polygram/Universal)
 "Arizona Dream" (Polygram/Universal)
 "Toxic Affair" (Polygram/Universal)
 "La Reine Margot" (Polygram/Universal)
 "Underground" (Polygram/Universal)
 "Ederlezi" compilation" (Polygram/Universal)
 "Bregovic and Kayah" (BMG Poland)
 "Songbook" (Polygram/Universal)
 "Music for Films" (Polygram/Universal)
 "Tales from Weddings and Funerals" (Polygram/Universal)
 "Goran Bregovic’s Karmen…" (Mercury/Universal)
 "Alkohol" (Mercury/Decca)