Jarocho keeps entering new dogs into the fights, only for Cofi to kill them. Made aware of this by his friend Jorge and needing money to start his new life with Susana, Octavio decides to become involved in the dogfighting scene. Eventually, Jarocho sics his dog on Octavio's rottweiler, Cofi, but his own dog is killed instead. Local thug Jarocho, happy after winning in a dog fight, lets his dog loose on some strays and is threatened by a vagrant wielding a machete.
Octavio tries to persuade her to run away with him. and represents an even wider variety of modern Latin musical styles.Octavio (Gael García Bernal) is in love with his brother’s wife Susana (Vanessa Bauche) and dislikes the way she is abused by his brother Ramiro (Marco Pérez). If the first is more successful, the second works better than the concept might indicate - most of the pieces specifically refer to dogs, include samples of barking, etc. Disc one features music from the film, whereas disc two features music inspired by it (and includes a few of the same artists). Highlights include Control Machete's funky "Si Señor" and Titán's catchy, Michael Franti-produced "Corazón," with the repeated ( Carole King-credited) lyrics "yo te quiero/mi corazón" set to a sample-heavy beat (like Iñárritu, both groups hail from Mexico). Most of the selections are performed in Spanish, with the exception of Santaolalla's gentle guitar-based instrumental interludes, British band Hollies' 1971 hit "Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress)," and Spanish rock group Dover's "Love Is a Bitch" (a loose translation of the film's title).
Just as Iñárritu, a former DJ, has smoothly woven together three seemingly disparate stories of passion, desperation, violence - and dogs - in contemporary Mexico City, Santaolalla has smoothly woven together pop, rap, techno, and other styles of music from an array of international talent (including legendary Cuban vocalist Celia Cruz) into a surprisingly cohesive whole, which, like the movie, is possibly longer than necessary - but never boring. The Oscar-nominated film has been compared to the work of Quentin Tarantino, Krzysztof Kieslowski, and Luis Buñuel. Argentine producer/musician Gustavo Santaolalla has compiled a soundtrack that's almost as groundbreaking as Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu's remarkable debut, Amores Perros.
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