Life Is Beautiful (soundtrack)

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 è 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, with the exception of a classical piece which figures prominently: the "Barcarolle" by Jacques Offenbach.

La vita è bella
Soundtrack album by
Nicola Piovani
Released1997
GenreClassical
LabelVirgin Records America
ProducerNicola Piovani
Nicola Piovani chronology
The Impostor
(1997)		 La vita è bella
(1997)		 Acts of Justice
(1998)
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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.

Track listing

All tracks written by Nicola Piovani, except where noted.

  1. Buon Giorno Principessa 3:29
  2. La vita è bella 2:46
  3. Viva Giosuè 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 Giosuè 1:45
  15. Barcarolle (Jacques Offenbach) 3:54
  16. Guido e Ferruccio 2:26
  17. Abbiamo vinto 3:03
  • Total Time: 40:07


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