The Music

We have been tasked with creating an animation based on a short music clip. I'm not sure if its possible to post the clip I will do later if I can find out how. 

The clip is a short exert from the soundtrack of the motion picture 'Babel' starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett and directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu. 

The musical piece was created by the 'Nortec Collective' an electronica/norteno group based in Tijuana, Mexico.

I am particularly interested in the beginning of the extract. It features the most diverse aspects of the piece comparative to the main body of music that follows which to be honest, whilst I enjoyed, did become mildly monotonous and boring. 

The beginning of the piece contains what I believe to be a flute and trombone track, coupled with some dialogue.

Several words and ideas came to mind upon first hearing the track.

Europe - The dialogue appears to be european perhaps French or Spanish or maybe more eastern. I quite like the idea of a squalid parisian backstreet as the setting for my animation.

Busking - The free melodies that the instruments dictate forced images of street musicians to the fore front of my mind, already I was playing with loose narratives as I listened.

Alt. Jazz - This was my initial response at trying to find a genre as the  beginning of the piece appears to have little musical structure and uses traditional jazz instruments. (After listening to the piece a few times I realised that this part of the music appears to be a tuning session of some sort however that's kinda boring)

Oppression and subsequent Freedom - This is perhaps a more lateral view of the piece that I am not entirely sure how I came to. I felt that the dialogue had a somewhat mocking tone as the music began its messy and out of tune intro then the voices become quieter and eventually trail off as the music finds its structure and strength. 

I have searched for a couple of images that best represent the things I visualised as I listened to the piece.

This is a fair representation of the european street view that came to mind.

Buskers.