Press Release from Quartet:
Quartet Records, in collaboration with El Deseo, celebrates the 40th anniversary of Pedro Almodóvar’s iconic classic film ¿QUÉ HE HECHO YO PARA MERECER ESTO! (aka WHAT I HAVE DONE TO DONE TO DESERVE THIS?), one of his most celebrated and beloved films, with the premiere edition of the original soundtrack composed by Bernardo Bonezzi for the film.
Bernardo Bonezzi was only 19 years old when he composed and orchestrated the music for this film, which was also his first film score and the beginning a solid career as a film composer, leaving behind a successful career as a pop musician. He collaborated with Almodóvar on two other films (MATADOR and WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN) and with many other directors, completing more than 60 films and TV series before his untimely passed at the age of 48, ending the career of one of the most respected composers of Spanish cinema and one of its most personal voices.
Bonezzi’s score for ¿QUÉ HE HECHO YO PARA MERECER ESTO! is surprisingly mature and sensitive, with a neorealist-inspired waltz as the main theme, dramatic music for string orchestra, echoes of jazz and blues, and the piece “La soledad de Gloria,” which has remained one of the most representative themes of all Almodóvar’s filmography.
The score was never released on album and the masters were considered lost for ages. Bonezzi re-recorded five cues in 1990 for the album “Three Films by Almodóvar,” specially re-orchestrated and arranged for that album (and also includes in this CD as bonus tracks) but still far from the freshness of the original recording. The recent discovery of the original 1984 recording sessions tapes, in stereo and mint condition, has resulted in the release of this highly requested score for all Almodóvar and Bonezzi fans.
