Saturday, April 18, 2009

"Fast & Furious" puts accent on Latin music

""Fast & Furious," set in the Dominican Republic, Mexico and East Los Angeles, is not the first mainstream movie to use Latin settings. But it is the first in recent memory to prominently feature Latin #music on its soundtrack. "It's not a Latin-themed movie," says Universal Pictures president of film music Kathy Nelson. "It's car racing and drugs. That could be anything. But we wanted the soundtrack album to be Latin." The soundtrack includes six Latin-tinged tracks, including reggaeton artist Don Omar's "Virtual Diva" and the theme "Blanco," performed in English and Spanish by Pitbull featuring Pharrell." - Reuters
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