Life Is Beautiful (soundtrack)

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Life Is Beautiful
Life Is Beautiful cover
Soundtrack by Nicola Piovani
Released 1997
Genre Soundtrack
Label Virgin Records America
Professional reviews
Nicola Piovani chronology
The Impostor
(1997)
Life Is Beautiful
(1997)
Acts of Justice
(1998)

Life Is Beautiful is the original soundtrack album, on the Virgin Records America label, of the 1997 Academy Award-winning film Life Is Beautiful (original title: La vita รจ bella), starring Roberto Benigni (who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as "Guido Orefice" in this film), Nicoletta Braschi and Giustino Durano. The original score was composed by Nicola Piovani.

The album won the Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score and was nominated for a Grammy Award: "Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media", but lost to the score of A Bug's Life.

[edit] Track listing

  • 1. Buon Giorno Principessa 3:29
  • 2. La Vita E Bella 2:46
  • 3. Viva Giosue 1:19
  • 4. Grand Hotel Valse 1:57
  • 5. La Notte Di Favola 2:32
  • 6. La Notte Di Fuga 3:49
  • 7. Le Uova Nel Capello 1:07
  • 8. Grand Hotel Fox 1:55
  • 9. Il Treno Nel Buio 2:19
  • 10. Arriva Il Carro Armato 1:04
  • 11. Valse Larmoyante 2:03
  • 12. L'Uovo Di Struzzo-Danza Etiope 1:53
  • 13. Krautentang 2:46
  • 14. Il Gioco Di Giosue 1:45
  • 15. Barcarolle 3:54
  • 16. Guido E Ferruccio 2:26
  • 17. Abbiamo Vinto 3:03
  • Total Time: 40:07
Awards
Preceded by
Titanic
Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score
1998
Succeeded by
Best Original Score:
Le violon rouge
(The Red Violin)