The tango has been used in several films, most memorably in вЂњScent of a WomanвЂќ and вЂњTrue Lies.вЂќ Hong, a violinist, will perform one of the most famous of tango melodies: вЂњPor una CabezaвЂќ by Carlos Gardel. 'All grown up: Youth symphony to lose a quarter of players after concert'. The original version of the song, a hit from the 1930s by Carlos Gardel and Alfredo La Pera. ISBN 978-1594486456.an instrumental recording of Por una Cabeza used in the films Scent of a Woman and True Lies.

^ YouTube, В«В Por Una CabezaВ В» in True Lies (in G major).

^ YouTube, Carlos Gardel - В«В Por una cabezaВ В» with score (in G major).

^ YouTube, Miguel Gragera - В«В Por Una CabezaВ В» (in A major).

^ Wikisource, Scores of В«В Por una CabezaВ В» (in A major).

^ YouTube, Carlos Gardel and Alfredo Le Pera - В«В Por una CabezaВ В» (in A major).ДЄn arrangement, without vocals, is performed by Nicola Benedetti on her 2012 album The Silver Violin. 'Por Una Cabeza' is featured in a famous tango scene in Martin Brest's film Scent of a Woman (1992), in the opening scene of Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List (1993) and in James Cameron's True Lies (1994). It was thereafter adapted to the violin and the piano sometimes in A major, sometimes in G major. The song was originally composed in A major. Le Pera and Gardel died in an aeroplane crash in MedellГn, on Monday, June 24, 1935.

The lyrics speak of a compulsive horse-track gambler who compares his addiction for horses with his attraction to women.ДЄlfredo Le Pera was born in Brazil, son of Italian immigrants.

The name ( pronounced ) is a Spanish horse-racing phrase meaning ' by a head', which refers to a horse winning a race narrowly - by just the length of its head.

Por una cabeza tango instrumental