Gilberto Gil's Discography: 'All albums have a biography' - Part 6

Gil also has a productive track record in soundtracks. Since the beginning of his career, every now and then he has created works for the cinema or the ballet. The first was Brasil Ano 2000, for the film by Walter Lima Júnior, in 1969.

In 1970, he did the soundtrack for Copacabana Mon Amour, by Rogério Sganzerla, and in 1984, Quilombo, by Cacá Diegues, who also directed the film for the following soundtrack made by Gil, in 1987: Um Trem para as Estrelas.

The last two were released in albums included in the Palco box set, from 2002, as well as the soundtrack of the show Z: 300 Anos de Zumbi, composed by Gil in 1995 for the Ballet of the city of São Paulo.

In 2019, he was responsible for Trilha Sonora Grupo Corpo, that is, the music that permeated the show Gil, in honor of him. The soundtrack ranges from Afro-Bahian elements to a chamber music approach, with the intervention of excerpts from well-known songs, such as Tempo Rei.

There is also the aforementioned As Canções de Eu, Tu, Eles, which, in addition to the soundtrack of Andrucha Waddington's film, became a career album and evidenced his passion for forró, which is present in much of his work.

In 2022, Gilberto Gil signed the soundtrack for the documentary LILA, by Alfredo Sirkis and Sílvio Da-rin. The film tells the story of stylist Liliana Syrkis, a Polish Jew who, after surviving World War II, arrived in Brazil in 1947 and became a reference in Rio's haute couture.

Based on the work done by researcher Marcelo Fróes for the launch of the Ensaio Geral box set in 1999, several recordings that were lost, forgotten or not approved at the time, came to light and were released by the Discobertas label.

Classic career albums won tracks inserted as bonus tracks in the new editions of the labels where Gil passed throughout his career.

In it came the double CD Cidade do Salvador, with recordings made in the studio between 1973 and 1974, some released as singles and others, until the release of the CD, unpublished in his voice.

In this same box, the double album O Viramundo ao vivo – 1972 / 1976 brought together tracks recorded live and not included in any other album previously.

The CD Gilberto Gil Satisfação – Raras & Inéditas brought together recordings taken from singles from 1976 and 1977, including a partnership with Cat Stevens called Tiu, Ru, Ru.

In 2002, in a new box set – called Palco and released by Warner – came a collection of tracks from the times when Gil recorded in Bahia, under the name Salvador 1962 – 1963.

The Palco box also brought To Be Alive is Good.

And It's Good To Be Alive, too.

In 2010, the album Gilberto Gil—also known as Retirante (from the label Discobertas) — gathered rare songs from the artist’s repertoire from 1962 to 1966.

In 2014, a concert performed by Gil and Gal Costa during his exile was edited as the album Live in London '71.

In addition to these, in 2017, researcher Marcelo Fróes released the albums Back In Bahia, Umeboshi and Ao Vivo na USP in a box set called Anos 70 Ao Vivo.

The records shed light on three historic concerts – the first performed in 1972 and the other two in 1973 – with songs that were performed before they appeared on their official albums.

And so ends this discobiography, published in May 2022, and still open to the next releases by Gilberto Gil, a tireless artist with inexhaustible talent.