because Chávez had expected to write the music). Revueltas visited Alvarado during the shooting, and composed quickly. The score is considered a classic of film music. As the music rarely overlaps with dialogue, it has been possible to show the film with live orchestral accompaniment. Redes is one of the few pieces of Mexican film music to have entered the concert repertory. Revueltas made an orchestral suite from the Redes score, which he premiered in 1936. However, in concert performance the music is usually heard in an arrangement by Erich Kleiber, made in the 1940s after the composer's death. Kleiber's version is in two parts and lasts about 16 minutes. Release Despite the problems making the film, it appears to have been more or less finished in 1935. More editing was done before its release in Mexico in 1936. The film was released in France and the US in 1937. It was restored in 2009 by the World Cinema Foundation. Critical reception The New York Times''' film reviewer was dismissive of the quality of the narrative, but acknowledged the merits of the photography and music. The New York Times also published an article by Aaron Copland praising Revueltas' music. Copland said that for the Mexican Government to choose Revueltas to supply the music for The Wave'' is very much like the U.S.S.R. asking Shostakovich to supply sound for its best pictures. References External links Redes, World Cinema Foundation Redes Film, The Ned Scott Archive Redes Film History, The Ned Scott Archive Redes Production Stills, The Ned Scott Archive Redes Letters, The Ned Scott Archive Redes Published Literature, The Ned Scott Archive Redes: El cine mexicano an essay by Charles Ramírez Berg at the Criterion Collection Mexican drama films Films directed by Emilio Gómez Muriel Films directed by Fred Zinnemann Mexican black-and-white films Social realism in film 1936 films 1930s Spanish-language films