Hasta La Vista, Brazil

Soundcheck | May 3, 2010
Vocalist Luciana Souza is a New Yorker from Brazil whose singing bridges Brazilian pop and American jazz. With a major new opera and a Grammy-nominated album behind her, Souza returns to the Soundcheck studio today to talk about her newest release "North and South." Also, with movie scores for Blade II and Scream under his belt, Marco Betrami join us in the Soundcheck studio. Beltrami has brought new dimensions to the scoring of suspense and horror in the cinema. He chats with John Schaefer about his latest feat as composer for the Terminator 3 soundtrack. David Hurwitz, an editor at ClassicsToday.com is here as well with a CD review.
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