According to a book on the history of the Academy Awards, the theme song "Brazil" (composed by Ary Barroso for this film) won the Academy Award for best song in 1944. I cannot find a song called "Rio De Janeiro" in internet music sources; however, I would like to see the film and see if there also is a song called "Rio De Janeiro" in the movie. --- Sheila Beers, Indiana
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you can hear it at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT3W2LTZ9Ks
Rio de Janeiro (also known as Isto é o meu Brasil) - Ary Barroso
Ô nossas praias sao tao claras
Nossas flores sao tao raras
Iso é o meu Brasil
Ô nossos rios, nossas ilhas e matas
Nossos montes, nossas lindas cascatas
Deus foi quem criou, ô ô
Ô ô minha terra brasileira
Ouve esta cançao ligeira
Que eu fiz quase louco de saudade
Brasil
Tange as cordas dos teus violoes
E canta teu canto de amor
Que vai fundo nos coraçoes.
Para sentir a grandeza
A beleza do meu país
Basta ma só condiçao
É ser brasileiro e ter coraçao
Rio de Janeiro...
Ô nossas flores sao tao raras
Nossas noites sao tao claras
Isto é o meu Brasil.
Ô esses montes, essas ilhas e matas
Essas fontes, estas lindas cascatas
Isso é o meu Brasil, ô ô
Minha terra brasileira
Ouve esta cançao ligeira
Que fiz quase louco de saudade
Brasil
Tange as cordas dos teus violoes
E canta o teu canto de amor
Que vai fundo nos coraçoes.
Thank you. I will compare it with my sheet music of the song commonly called "Brazil." My college boy friend, who was from Brazil, played "Brazil" as the first number in his senior piano recital. He ended the performance with "Tico, Tico." Both pieces have been used in movies and are favorites among Latin music.
If you're still interested, NetFlix now has this film available for streaming. I thought I'd never see it as it was impossible to find a copy, and it pops up for immediate viewing on Netflix. Gotta love technology.
"if it was any good they'd have made an American version by now." Hank Hill
Both the well-known "Brazil" aka "Aquarela do Brasil (Watercolor of Brazil)" and the less-familiar "Rio de Janeiro" from the movie "Brazil" were composed by Brazilian Ary Barroso. Neither song was an Academy Award winner -- not in 1944 nor any other year. "Brazil" was composed in 1939 but failed to capture much attention prior to its appearance in the Walt Disney animated release "Saludos Amigos." As a pre-existing song, "Brazil" was not eligible for an Academy Award although the movie's title song was, losing the 1943 Oscar to "You'll Never Know." "Brazil" has been a standard ever since. As for "Rio de Janeiro," it lost the 1944 Oscar to "Swingin' On A Star."
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