“Almost Brothers” has a soundtrack signed by Naná Vasconcelos. Son of a guitarist from Recife, Naná was influenced by the music of Villa-Lobos and Jimi Hendrix. His specialty is Brazilian percussion instruments particularly the berimbau. After playing for a while in the bars and bands of Recife, he moved in 1966 to Rio de Janeiro, where he met Luiz Eça, Wilson das Neves, Gilberto Gil, and played with Milton Nascimento and Som Imaginário. In 1970 he was invited to tour the US and Europe with the Argentinian saxophonist Gato Barbier. Nana stayed in Paris where he recorded his first album, “Africadeus”. In the 70s he played with many famous musicians including; Pat Metheny, B.B.King, and Paul Simon. He also worked on soundtracks for films, (“Down by Law”. By Jim Jarmush).

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According to Naná Vasconcellos, “Almost Brothers” is, basically, a film about friendship and love. “It is a delicate story that deals with love between two friends. I had to enter this universe to compose, scene by scene, a track that tells this story of this friendship and love and transmits musically the feeling of the film”, affirms the instrumentalist. “And in this sense, I think the film’s soundtrack music is marvelous”..

The production process was agile and it only took two days to record the music. “Lúcia and I conversed a lot, exchanged ideas, and put our heads together. When I entered the studio everything was pretty much thought out, I already felt the soul of the film. It was very clear the feeling I wanted to give to the story”. In principle, the theme song didn’t have lyrics, but Naná ended up writing some verses. “Even though I’m not a poet, I felt the need for that music to have words. The verses that I wrote, in some way, tell the story of the film”, says Naná.

According to him the association with Lúcia Murat was a real pleasure because the director was completely sure of what she wanted. “The job was easy because she always knew exactly what she wanted and managed to give the film a very organic quality”. Naná explains that “Almost Brothers” is a film of straight lines, of action, and that the music comes in to round out, to smoothen, the narrative..

He also points out the currency of the story.. “It’s a truthful work. The film talks about a realistic situation and relives one of the most politically difficult periods for Brazil-the dictatorship. But what most impresses me about “Almost Brothers” is that the film manages to speak about all this through a story of love. I think it’s important for all Brazilians to watch this film”, affirms Naná