Essential Film Music Collection CD

Disc 1

Song Title

1. 13 Jours En France - (with Francis Lai) ~ Francis Lai

2. Bilitis - (with Francis Lai) ~ Francis Lai

3. Concerto Pour La Fin D'un Amour - (with Francis Lai) ~ Francis Lai

4. Emmanuelle II - (with Francis Lai) ~ Francis Lai

5. Ballet Apocalypse - (with Francis Lai) ~ Francis Lai

6. Folies Berg?res - (with Francis Lai) ~ Francis Lai

7. Itin?raire d'un Enfant G?t? - (with Francis Lai) ~ Francis Lai

8. Belle Histoire, La - (with Francis Lai) ~ Francis Lai

9. Course du Li?vre ? Travers les Champs, La - (with Francis Lai) ~ Francis Lai

10. Lecon Particuliere, La - (with Francis Lai) ~ Francis Lai

11. Genre Humain, La - (with Francis Lai) ~ Francis Lai

12. Passager de la Pluie, La - (with Francis Lai) ~ Francis Lai

13. Etoiles du Cin?ma, Les - (with Francis Lai) ~ Francis Lai

14. Mis?rables, Les - (with Francis Lai) ~ Francis Lai

15. Ripoux, Les - (with Francis Lai) ~ Francis Lai

16. Pour L'amour De Les Yeux - (with Francis Lai) ~ Francis Lai

17. Love Story - (with Francis Lai) ~ Francis Lai

18. Mayerling - (with Francis Lai) ~ Francis Lai

19. Homme et une Femme, Un - (with Francis Lai) ~ Francis Lai

20. Vivre Pour Vivre - (with Francis Lai) ~ Francis Lai

Notes & Personnel Info
	Liner Note Author: Michael Beek.
	Recording information: Les Studios De La Seine, Paris (11/2009).
	Arranger: Damien Roche.
	French film composer Francis Lai conducts an orchestra in recordings of themes from 20 of his 100-plus movie scores on this album recorded in November 2009. Best known for his themes for Un Homme et une Femme (A Man and a Woman) and Love Story, Lai has a distinctly Gallic style often brought out in the use of accordion, but also by the romantic lyricism of his highly melodic writing. Of course, much of the time he's composing for romantic films, especially those of director Claude Lelouch. He can come up with more conventional genre movie music, though, as he does for Lelouch's policier Les Ripoux, suggesting more of an adventure than a love story. In this collection, the similarities in Lai's music are emphasized in the arrangements and the playing, tending to present him as a writer of music that is often lighthearted (and, as annotator Michael Beek acknowledges, sometimes intended to accompany "soft porn" like the "erotic drama" Emmanuelle II), but always emotional. ~ William Ruhlmann
Producer: Susumu Morikawa; Yuki Miyazaki
Engineer: Fabrice Maria

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Essential Film Music Collection (2011)