Singers on beach in movie "Blame It On Rio"

[snatchitup]

Some of you may have seen this movie.

I'm trying to figure out the names of the two guitar players from the
beach scene. This was the scene when the main characters were on the
beach for the first time and many were going around topless, and it
was a big party scene.

At one point, two guitar players go strolling buy singing and playing
a fairly catchy tune.

I want to say that one of them may have been Caetano Veloso. He was
taller than the other.

Any help is appreciated.

I know this movie is fairly old, but it's been on cable recently. The
music is good.

[Daniella Thompson]

snatchitup wrote:

> I'm trying to figure out the names of the two guitar players from the

> beach [...] party scene.

> I want to say that one of them may have been Caetano Veloso.

The only singers in the film given credits in IMDB
<http://us.imdb.com/Credits?0086973> are Eduardo Conde (Singer in the
Dance Club) and Jane Duboc (Singer in the Cafe). It's unlikely that
Caetano will have appeared in the film without receiving credit.

You can see a recent photo of Eduardo Conde here:
<http://www.candango.com.br/festbrasilia/bastidores2.cfm>

He's best known as an actor, but the press says he has a velvety
baritone. I never heard him sing, but he must be good, judging by the
company he keeps. In 1998 he released a CD with songs by Sueli Costa &
partners and under the direction of the excellent singer Zé Luiz Mazziotti.

More info (in Portuguese) about this CD here:
<http://www2.estado.com.br/edicao/pano/98/09/10/ca2655.html>

If you want to search further, the movie's title in Brazil was "Feitiço
no Rio."

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[snatchitup]

Daniella Thompson <da...@jps.net> wrote in message news:<3DA85F25...@jps.net>...

> snatchitup wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to figure out the names of the two guitar players from the
> > beach [...] party scene.
> > I want to say that one of them may have been Caetano Veloso.
>
> The only singers in the film given credits in IMDB
> <http://us.imdb.com/Credits?0086973> are Eduardo Conde (Singer in the
> Dance Club) and Jane Duboc (Singer in the Cafe). It's unlikely that
> Caetano will have appeared in the film without receiving credit.

Hence, my post here to the newsgoups, hoping that somebody who had
actually seen the movie, and has good knowledge of Brazilian artists
would know. I spent about 30 minutes searching around the net before
I posted here. Also, suprisingly I didn't find a soundtrak for the
movie.

I don't want this to turn into some sort of obsession. I watched the
movie the other night, and thought as I often do when I watch a movie,
"I bet I could find out who that was on the screen even though the
credits weren't listed..."

>
> You can see a recent photo of Eduardo Conde here:
> <http://www.candango.com.br/festbrasilia/bastidores2.cfm>
>
> He's best known as an actor, but the press says he has a velvety
> baritone. I never heard him sing, but he must be good, judging by the
> company he keeps. In 1998 he released a CD with songs by Sueli Costa &
> partners and under the direction of the excellent singer Zé Luiz Mazziotti.
>
> More info (in Portuguese) about this CD here:
> <http://www2.estado.com.br/edicao/pano/98/09/10/ca2655.html>
>
> If you want to search further, the movie's title in Brazil was "Feitiço
> no Rio."

Thanks.

By the way, I've been listening to the Bossa Nova channel on Spinner
lately. It's a nice way to hear a decent variety of Bossa Nova and
Samba.

[Duane Shimizu]

ksam...@cox.net (snatchitup) wrote in message news:<db7facb1.02101...@posting.google.com>...

> Some of you may have seen this movie.
>
> I'm trying to figure out the names of the two guitar players from the
> beach scene. This was the scene when the main characters were on the
> beach for the first time and many were going around topless, and it
> was a big party scene.
>
> At one point, two guitar players go strolling buy singing and playing
> a fairly catchy tune.
>
> I want to say that one of them may have been Caetano Veloso. He was
> taller than the other.
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>

I just happened to catch this movie on TV, so I thought I'd throw in
my 2 cents' worth regarding the soundtrack. I didn't recognize either
of the guitar-playing actors in the scene, but it appeared to me that
they were probably photographed playing guitars, but over a pre-(or
post-)recorded instrumental soundtrack. It's my guess that the actual
guitar you hear in the scene was played by Oscar Castro-Neves- not
only does it sound like it could be him, but Oscar also happened to be
the Brazilian music supervisor of this film. It's even his
composition that was used in the scene. Oscar recorded it as an
instrumental called "Carioca Rap," and it appears on his 1987 CD
"Brazilian Scandals." As a matter of fact, I heard 3 other songs in
the film that were Oscar's compositions, and which also appeared on
"Brazilian Scandals":

In a scene following the one with the guitar players, (where Michelle
Johnson and Demi Moore are parading around topless) you can hear
Oscar's composition "Café Copacabana" playing in the background.

The beautiful bossa tune sung by Jane Duboc in the café scene was
written by Oscar, with lyrics by Aldir Blanc, and appears as an
instrumental called "Pensando" on the aforementioned CD.

The upbeat samba peformed by Eduardo Conde in the dance club scene
received the title "Sugarloaf Skyride" in the version that appears on
"Brazilian Scandals."

I'm pretty sure that a soundtrack album for this movie exists (I've
seen it listed before in a catalog), but even if it's no longer
available, listening to "Brazilian Scandals" is probably the closest
thing to it that you can get!

Duane

[jeffr...@hotmail.com]

This is a late, but related question. What is the song Jane Duboc (the café singer) is singing? It's an absolutely beautiful song and I've looked high and low for it. It's a smooth Brazilian piece.

[jeffr...@hotmail.com]

On Saturday, October 12, 2002 11:34:29 AM UTC-5, snatchitup wrote:

Ah! Just saw that someone already answered this. Fantastic!

[shygr...@gmail.com]

I actually had to buy the soundtrack album from the Netherlands and cost me almost $50 just for that particular song that you've asked about and it wasn't even on there. LOL Dwayne Griffin shygr...@gmail.com

[jumpe...@gmail.com]

I did the same thing. I got mine off Ebay from someone in England for a song that wasn't on there as well. It was an instrumental piece I think called, "Rio Dawning." It was a fast piece done with the plane coming in overlooking Rio. I think Oscar just took a slow song and sped it up but it's a fantastic piece of work that doesn't seem to have been recorded anywhere. Very frustrating.

[hove...@yahoo.com]

I am trying to find out the name of the song in the movie where it is played with a harmonica. It is in the scene where they all arrive to rio and are driving along Copacabana beach and are about to talk about the girls going out with boys. There is a piece in the background of a harmonica song. It is perhaps one by Toots but would like to know the name and who plays it. Thanks.

[Duane Shimizu]

It feels rather strange to be posting in a thread I last participated in 16 years ago, and I’m surprised that the thread continues to be resurrected after all this time! Anyway, the song with the harmonica was composed by the late guitarist Oscar Castro-Neves, who was the musical director of the film. The only recording I know of it appears on Oscar’s album “Brazilian Scandals,” with the title “Carioca Rap.” The arrangement of the song on the album however, is much more elaborate, with percussion, horns, strings, and voices singing the melody, and has very little in common with the arrangement of the piece in the film. You can refer to my previous post in this thread for more info on the music in this film.

[mrb...@gmail.com]

I too am seeking the song and two singer-guitarist from the beach scene in Blame it on Rio. It would be great to find this song and version.
Thanks

[alejandro iriarte]

you found the song what is it

[Brian Meggs]

On Saturday, 10 July 2021 at 03:23:21 UTC+1, alejandro iriarte wrote:
> you found the song what is it

Great music, now listen to Jane Duboc and Oscar Castro-Neves on spotify, pity they don't have the album on there