{"id":5663,"date":"2014-03-06T13:36:07","date_gmt":"2014-03-06T17:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latinomusiccafe.com\/?p=5663"},"modified":"2022-07-04T11:49:08","modified_gmt":"2022-07-04T15:49:08","slug":"sergio-mendes-talks-new-music-rio-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinomusiccafe.com\/2014\/03\/06\/sergio-mendes-talks-new-music-rio-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sergio Mendes Talks New Music and Rio 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

I interrupted Brazilian music legend Sergio Mendes<\/a> while he was in the studio finishing his new album. We talked about his upcoming album, his theme song for the 2014 World Cup, the music score he just completed for the new “Rio 2<\/em>” movie, his visit to Seattle’s Jazz Alley, and a few other things.<\/p>\n

Music Producer for “Rio 2<\/em>” Movie<\/h3>\n

One of the projects just coming out of the Latin music star from Rio de Janeiro is the movie soundtrack for “Rio 2<\/em>“, in which he is the Executive Music Producer. As with his same role for the 1st “Rio<\/em>” animated movie, Sergio Mendes also included 4 new songs in addition to the “Real in Rio<\/em>” theme, which won him an Oscar nomination for this 1st “Rio<\/em>” movie. For “Rio 2<\/em>“, the song “Real in Rio” is sung by Brazilian music star Milton Nascimento.<\/p>\n

Milton Nascimento is an amazing singer who has collaborated on other music projects with Sergio Mendes. When I asked Sergio how it was to work with Milton, he simply said “he’s amazing; it’s like magic when he goes to the studio and sings with that unique, most beautiful voice. I call him the ‘mountain angel’, because he is from Minas Gerais, a city in the mountains of Brazil, and he has that beautiful sound; I had a wonderful time working with him.<\/em>”<\/p>\n

Here is a video of the Tom Jobim song “Agua de Beber<\/em>” but with Sergio Mendes and Will I Am in a different twist to the song.<\/p>\n