Suite Punta del Este is a tango nuevo work for orchestral strings and a bandoneón written by the Argentine composer Ástor Piazzolla in 1982. Punta del Este is an Uruguayan resort where the artist spent many summers and particularly enjoyed shark fishing.[1]
It is broken into 3 movements:
I. Introduccion: Allegro pesante
Suite Punta Del Este is a fantastic work for bandoneon (accordion), flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and strings.
It has been used as a signature theme for the 1995 science fiction film Twelve Monkeys as well as a model for music in a scene in The Simpsons episode Yokel Chords.