Good Bye Lenin! CD

MUSIC

SOUNDTRACKS & SCORES

Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. Summer 78 - Claire Pichet ~ Original Soundtrack

2. Preparations For The Last TV Fake ~ Original Soundtrack

3. Mother's Journey, A ~ Original Soundtrack

4. Good Bye Lenin ~ Original Soundtrack

5. Father And Mother ~ Original Soundtrack

6. Lara's Castle ~ Original Soundtrack

7. Childhood (1) ~ Original Soundtrack

8. Deutsch Mark Is Coming, The' ~ Original Soundtrack

9. Childhood (2) ~ Original Soundtrack

10. Letters ~ Original Soundtrack

11. Mother Will Die ~ Original Soundtrack

12. Father Is Late ~ Original Soundtrack

13. First Rendez-Vous ~ Original Soundtrack

14. Dishes ~ Original Soundtrack

15. I Saw Daddy Today ~ Original Soundtrack

16. Decant Session, The ~ Original Soundtrack

17. Watching Laura ~ Original Soundtrack

18. Summer 78 - (TRUE instrumental) ~ Original Soundtrack

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Original score composed by Yann Tiersen.
	Personnel: Yann Tiersen (violin, melodica, piano, vibraphone); Pascale Verne, Anne Laure Verne, No?mie Airiau, Nadia Kuentz, Isabelle Reynaud, Lelia Stahl, Mo?ra Le Luron Kressmann, B?atrice Meunier, Sylvie Dalmais, Sophie Perrot, Muriel Charbonnier, Ir?ne Nazarian, Isabelle Salelles, Sylvie Pinsello, Emmanuel Villemaux, Sissie Lhoumeau (violin); C?line Traversaz, Uliyana Vaccani, Genevi?ve Rigot, Anne Sophie Sim?and, Marie Elsa Bretagne (viola); Sabine Dubosc, Annabelle Lui, Valerie Delhomme Lavigne (cello); Dominique Eudeline (flute); Didier Reymond (bass clarinet); Myriam Constans (oboe); Laurent Bernard (bassoon); Michel Herbaux (trumpet); Pascal Torgue (trombone); Daniel Chambard (tuba); Pierre Perosino Gravallon (vibraphone); Jean No?l B?riat, Jean Marie Verne (double bass).
	Recording information: Studio Davout, Paris, France.
	Photographers: Martin Kukula; Dirk Plamb?ck; Conny Klein; Emmanuel Bacquet.
	Arranger: Yann Tiersen.
	More somber and subdued than his usual work, Yann Tiersen's score for Good Bye Lenin! makes the perfect audio counterpart for the film's bittersweet but often funny story, which revolves around a family living in Communist Germany and is told from the viewpoint of the son, Alex. The family undergoes a number of hardships, including the father's escape to the West and the mother's subsequent breakdown. After she recovers, she becomes a fanatic for the Communist regime, until she sees the police beat up Alex at a pro-democracy rally. The shock gives her a heart attack, after which she lapses into a coma; when she revives, the Berlin Wall has fallen. A doctor warns Alex that any more stress could kill her, so he and the rest of the family pretend that they are still living under Communist rule. While no score could convey all of that, Tiersen's music does reflect the hesitancy and delicacy of the family's plight should their illusion be broken, as well as the comedy and the drama that ensue when it seems close to falling apart. Most of the score is dominated by thoughtful, rippling pianos that conjure up rainy days, as well as strings, woodwinds, and brass that add to the airs of urgency and madcap humor that dominate the film and its music. "Summer 78" introduces the score's main theme, a winding melody that is as lovely as it is sad. The version of "Summer 78" that is graced by Claire Pichet's ice water-pure vocals, "Watching Lara," "First Rendez-Vous," "Lara's Castle," and "Good Bye Lenin" itself all return to this theme in various ways, lending more warmth or more coolness as necessary. "Dishes," on the other hand, is the first of the sharply quirky, nearly chaotic pieces that inject some humor into the score. "The Decant Session," "The Deutsch Mark Is Coming," and "Preparations for the Last TV Fake" follow suit, with the emphasis on brass and woodwinds changing from track to track. Still other pieces, such as "Childhood 2," "Letters," and "Mother Will Die" -- which uses shimmering vibes and excerpts of hushed dialogue in a particularly striking way -- aim at a deeper level of memories and sorrow; Tiersen's subtly but significantly shifting compositions are almost always quite moving, and Good Bye Lenin! is no exception. Despite being a rather lengthy score, some of the cues are so short that it's a little difficult to enjoy them fully. This is a minor complaint, though; Good Bye Lenin! is one of those rare scores that is just as affecting and cohesive outside of the movie theater as it is inside of it. ~ Heather Phares

Compilation Appearances

Pure Moods Iv

Associated Artists and Works

	Am?lie ~ Original Soundtrack
	Good Bye Lenin! [Original Motion Picture Soundtrac ~ Original Soundtrack

Technical Info

	Release Date : 07/28/2003
	Original Release Date : 2003
	Catalog ID : 5916092
	Label : Virgin
	Number of Discs : 1
	Studio/Live : Studio
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00724359160924

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Good Bye Lenin! (2003)

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