The "ABCs of BBM": Round 965! (Rules in first post)

[Fran]

If asked how he thought Brokeback Mountain would be received "out there in the sticks," James Schamus would say, "I honestly don't know. The film is a kind of trade-off, in some ways, because it pretty much refuses the mantle of the traditional Western, while at the same time, wholeheartedly embracing the American West. But while I don't want to undersell the film, or insist on its ridiculous frugality, we did make this epic by rubbing two nickels together. So if even a couple of ranchers in Butte, Montana, wander into the cinema by mistake, we'll be in profit."

[southendmd]

If James was interested in a strange film about Levittown, he would produce Wonderland with Good Machine.

[southendmd]

Round 807!

WWGSD?

What Would Gustavo Santaolalla Do?

[Ellemeno]

If Gustavo Santaolalla had been born, it would have been in Argentina.

[Fran]

If Gustavo Santaolalla were to score Brokeback Mountain, he would do it before the movie was shot, composing the score on the basis of the script and the story and his meeting with Ang Lee.

[memento]

If Gustav Santaolalla had collaborated with Argentine Composer Osvaldo Golijov, he would have worked with him on several projects commissioned by soprano Dawn Upshaw. These include the opera, Ainadamar, based on the murder of Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca, and Ayre, a collection of folk songs, in which Santaolalla plays with a group that calls itself The Andalucian Dogs.

[Ellemeno]

If Gustavo worked in films he would have his own page at the Internet Movie Database, with 23 photos of himself, and a URL of http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0763395/.

[southendmd]

If Gustavo were interested in scoring for television, he would do so for shows such as "24" and "Entourage".

[Fran]

If Gustavo Santaolalla appeared at the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo for an interview with Brazilian film critic Rubens Ewald Filho, he would treat the audience to some selections from the Brokeback Mountain score.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJvckputhig[/youtube]

[memento]

If Gustavo Santaolalla were to perform as a solo artist, he would record three albums. His first self-titled album broke new ground by incorporating the "eighties" sound into rock in Argentina for the first time. He was joined by Lerner and the Willy Iturry-Alfredo Toth rhythm section, who were two-thirds of the band GIT. His second album, titled Gas, was released in 1995. His most recent solo album, titled Ronroco (1998), contained several tracks with the characteristic sound of the charango, a folk string instrument, that poured into what constituted his next significant endeavor: music for movies.