Q: In a recent question of mine, you explained that the musical composition “Pandeiro & Flute” by Benedito Lacerda can be heard in the film The Three Caballeros at the end of the Baia train sequence and just before the “Os Quindins de Ya-Ya” sequence. No music is played in between these two segments, and it seems that a single piece is played during the entirety of the train ride to Baia, as opposed to exclusively at the end. Is this the piece that you were referring to? Also, was the piece written originally for the film, or did it previously exist in some form?
Jeremiah, Fairfax, Virginia
A: It is the flute piece played during the train sequence, according to the film’s music cue sheet, running for one minute, three-and-two-thirds seconds. It is followed by silence, then “Os Quindins de Ya-Ya.” I have assumed it was not written for the film, but was simply licensed, though I have not seen evidence to back up that assumption.
Dave Smith