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Alex North is one of the preeminent Hollywood soundtrack composers. On this mp3 cd I have The Sound & The Fury (1959) OST, Street Car Named Desire (1951), Passover Plot (1976) OST, and Penitent (1988). He brought a jazzy sensibility to his work that was a departure for the usual overly-elegant string orchestra music that dominated the movies. Modern music that doesn’t need the movie to be…
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Maurice Jarre with the London Philharmonic Orchestra - Original Soundtrack Recording: Lawrence of Arabia (Colpix, 1962) - Design partly by Saverio Pavone
One of the all-time classic epic films, and one of the most iconic musical scores.
This soundtrack was reprinted in its entirety on CD for the 50th anniversary Blu-ray box set of Lawrence of Arabia.
Image courtesy of Discogs.
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David Bennent in The Tin Drum (Volker Schlöndorff, 1979)
Cast: David Bennent, Mario Adorf, Angela Winkler, Daniel Olbrychski, Katharina Thalbach, Tina Engel, Berta Drews, Heinz Bennent, Ernst Jacobi. Screenplay: Jean-Claude Carrière, Volker Schlöndorff, Franz Seitz, based on a novel by Günter Grass. Cinematography: Igor Luther. Production design: Piotr Dudzinski, Zeljco Senecic. Film editing: Suzanne Baron. Music: Maurice Jarre, Friedrich Meyer.
I don't have much of a taste for satiric grotesquerie. (I'm one of the few people I know who disliked A Confederacy of Dunces.) But Volker Schlöndorff's The Tin Drum did, after all, win not only the Cannes Palme d'Or but also the foreign film Oscar. It's true that 11-year-old David Bennent gives an astonishing performance as Oskar, who has consciously chosen to remain a 3-year-old for the rest of his life. But some of the scenes in which Oskar makes love to Maria (Katharina Thalbach) are queasy-making, with Bennent and 24-year-old Thalbach going through the required, if discreetly filmed, motions. And I find the acting in the film overstated and the thematic coherence of the story wobbly. I have to admire some of the comic sequences, such as the one in which Oskar sabotages a Nazi rally by playing a waltz rhythm on his drum, confusing the brass band and making the participants dance with one another. But as a fable about German history, which the film's source, Günter Grass's novel, is said to be, the movie lacks a focus that's clearer on the page than on the screen.
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Making playlists for the drive to/from this year's TCM Classic Film Festival and for movies whose scores I don't have/aren't available I like to think I'm pretty good at finding music that fits. Representing Grand Hotel (1932) I have the march that accompanies King Kong's NY debut in the original 30s movie. It's got a touch of glamour and theatricality in a very 30s way and there's good re-recordings of it.
To stand in for the caper comedy Gambit (1966) [scored by Maurice Jarre] I've got some bossa nova source music from his score to Gran Prix (1966) and parts of John Williams' score to How To Steal A Million released that same year.
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8, 16, 21, 23 :D
8. three songs that remind you most of summer and vacation
Cheeseburger In Paradise - Jimmy Buffett
jimmy buffett is forever the king of beach bum music. every song of his a summer song
Brown Eyed Girl - Reel Big Fish
brown eyed girl is a summer vacation song to me and ska is a genre is associate with summer so uh. Yeah.
Skeet Surfing - Maurice Jarre/Nick Rivers
skeet surfing 👍
16. three favourite songs for sex
nice try idiot i dont know what sex is
White Noiz - Akira Yamaoka
the silent hill 2 soundtrack stays on during sex but unironically
CHEMICAL BREW - LudoWic
babe where are you going
Air - Daniel Deluxe
babe come back
21. three songs of your childhood
Be Careful, It's My Heart - Bing Crosby
my dad used to sing this to me before i went to sleep when i was little
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
i have a VERY vivid memory of my dad sitting me in front the computer and making me watch the music video when i was like 7
What Is a Shooting Star? - They Might Be Giants
the here comes science album was MY SHIT when i was like. 10.
23. three songs that never fail to get you pumped up
Devil Trigger - Casey Edwards
i would like to thank nero bc i mean. cmon. devil trigger is so good.
Zero - Keiki Kobayashi
the spanish guitar stirs something deep in my soul
Beast Of Gévaudan - Powerwolf
frankly we could put any powerwolf song here but something about beast of gevaudan's chorus really gets me going
thanks nox. i hope u enjoy my sex selections. love u <3
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Three Four
Here are some famous non-classical pieces in 3/4 time. You’ll probably recognise the music in all of them but you might not know the names of the tunes.
This is Sobre Las Olas (Over the Waves) by Juventino Rosas. It was later covered as The Loveliest Night of the Year by Mario Lanza.
This is Lara’s Theme by Maurice Jarre from the Doctor Zhivago soundtrack.
This is And The Band Played On by John Palmer and Charles Ward.
This is Moon River by Henri Mancini from the Breakfast at Tiffany’s soundtrack.
Related: Five Four
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Post-canon F/P for the playlist ask please (possibly around Philippa and Joleta’s girls night out?)
So! I already did a mini-playlist for the girls' night out fic(s) (link1, link2), and didn't want to let an F/P playlist get taken over by the kind of stuff Joleta might sing karaoke to (which is actually very valid and good music, just not very F/P! If anyone wants that playlist too, just drop me an ask...)
And then, that decided, the first draft of the playlist trashed, I just spent an age trying to work out what actual romantic music there was from the '80s/early '90s. Of course, one track remained through all my editing, and that was a Kate Bush one. Finally, I am pleased with what has come together though.
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a band AU playlist for Francis and Philippa facing the open sea 💙🌊
1) Bert Jansch - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
2) R.E.M. - Strange Currencies
3) Cyndi Lauper - I Drove All Night
4) Cock Robin - The Promise You Made
5) Richard Thompson - King of Bohemia
6) 10,000 Maniacs - Trouble Me
7) R.E.M. - Perfect Circle
8) Kate Bush - The Sensual World
9) Anne Briggs - Willie O'Winsbury
10) Peter et Sloane - C'est la vie d'château avec toi
11) Maurice Jarre - Lara's Theme
12) Björk - Venus As A Boy
13) Nick Drake - Northern Sky
14) Nic Jones - Master Kilby
15) The Cure - Close To Me
16) Black - Wonderful Life
17) ABBA - Waterloo
As before, fcs are Johnny Flynn and Lucy Farrell. Discussion under the cut.
*Deep breath*
No pressure, says Dorothy. It's just that Francis and Philippa are SO IN LOVE, so PERFECT for one another, so ON THE SAME WAVELENGTH that how could anyone else possibly understand (Jo this isn't about your Jerott issues shut up). She'd die for him. He'd die without her. They're going to be *SO HAPPY* when they're together but they did their best to make it deeply angsty beforehand. So what the hell do you put on their playist?! I had a few modern songs for them, but I'm enjoying keeping these a bit more period appropriate, so had to have a go. Some tracks are here for the lyrics, some are here for the vibes. I think it's mostly a fun playlist and not too angsty, but. I'm not sure what you need to ask for to unlock the Cheesiest Timeline of this AU yet, so just keep sending requests until we get there, I guess?
1) because the modern Offa Rex version is one of my ultimate Songs For Them. I couldn't find a period version with lyrics that I liked as much, but Bert Jansch is a Scottish folk guitar legend and this is a lovely instrumental version.
2) AU Francis/Philippa vibes are a bit...what if Michael Stipe's stage persona and Natalie Merchant were stayed together and wrote beautiful, impenetrable, complicated pop/rock/folk/grunge hits together?
3) I don't think I need to explain this one. It's a great big romantic I'd-do-anything song.
4) *smugly places a song about promises on an F/P fic* oh no wait now pain. Because you lot get to suffer too, here are ALL the lyrics to a song Spotify randomly recommended for this playlist that is more F/P than anything I could have come up with myself:
If I laid down my love
To come to your defense
Would you worry for me
With a pain in your chest?
Could I rely on your faith to be strong
To pick me back up and to push me along?
Tell me
You'll be there in my hour of need
You won't turn me away
Help me out of the life I lead
Remember the promise you made
Remember the promise you made
If I gave you my soul
For a piece of your mind
Would you carry me with you
To the far edge of time?
Could you understand if you found me untrue
Would we become one, or divided in two
Please tell me
You'll be there in my hour of need
You won't turn me away
Help me out of the life I lead
Remember the promise you made
Remember the promise you made
Could I rely on your faith to be strong
To pick me back up and to push me along?
Please tell me
You'll be there in my hour of need
You won't turn me away
Help me out of the life I lead
Remember the promise you made
Remember the promise you made
Remember the promise you made
Remember the promise you made
5) This has also been a longstanding F/P song of mine, and I figured 1994 was just about early enough for it to be period-appropriate in a post-canon playlist.
6) Again with the Natalie Merchant. She may be more of a Kate fc, but this song is pure F/P:
Have a look inside these eyes while I'm learning
Please don't hide them just because of tears
Let me
Send you off to sleep with a
"There, there, now stop your turning and tossing"
Let me
Know where the hurt is and how to heal
Spare me?
Don't spare me anything troubling
7) This one is for the Vibes. I just think it's *beautiful*.
8) This is the Kate Bush song that stayed on every version of this playlist. Based on the final chapter of Ulysses - literary and sexy, just like Francis and Philippa.
9) Again, broadly vibes rather than lyrics - the mysterious blond can be Francis, sure, but the main thing is it's a fairly consensual and lovely folk song, and I love this version by Anne Briggs so much.
10) Because I put their biggest hit on the angsty Francis pining playlist, I thought they'd like one where they just get to enjoy it.
11) The balalaika on Willie O'Winsbury reminded me of this, and again, it's a big iconic love song.
12) A bit on the literary and sexy side again.
13) I only encountered The Most Cheerful Nick Drake SongTM through a cover by my faves, Maximo Park, but I think Francis and Philippa deserve it in any iteration.
14) Another Romantic Folk Song for the vibes! Nic Jones was one of the most astonishingly brilliant folk guitarists.
15) Vibes. Robert Smith said it's meant to be unsettling, but I actually think it's just gorgeous? Also Francis 'I've waited hours for this / I've made myself so sick' Crawford finally realising Philippa wants him back.
16) Just vibes again. Even though the lyrics have him on his own, he still longs for another. Plus sea, plus blue eyes, etc. Too beautiful to leave off.
Sun in your eyes
The heat is in your hair
They seem to hate you
Because you're there
And I need a friend
Oh, I need a friend
To make me happy
Not stand here on my own
Look at me standing
Here on my own again
Up straight in the sunshine
No need to run and hide
It's a wonderful, wonderful life
No need to laugh and cry
It's a wonderful, wonderful life
17) Yes I meant to put this version on.
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LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
Lawrence of Arabia: A Desert Epic That'll Blow Your Sands-Off! (1962)
Genre: Epic, Biography, Drama
Year: 1962
Country: United Kingdom
Hold onto your turbans, cinephiles, because we're diving into the vast sands of David Lean's masterpiece, "Lawrence of Arabia." Forget CGI camels and green screens – this film is a testament to old-school filmmaking magic, transporting you to the heart of the Arab Revolt in World War I.
Plot Twist: No Spoilers, Just Intrigue!
T.E. Lawrence, played by the charismatic Peter O'Toole, is a British officer tasked with assessing the Arab forces. But soon, he finds himself drawn deeper into their fight, forging alliances and leading daring raids against the Ottoman Empire. This ain't your typical war movie; it's an intimate exploration of loyalty, identity, and the seductive lure of the desert.
Acting So Good, It's Oasis-worthy:
Peter O'Toole is a revelation as Lawrence, capturing the man's complexity and inner turmoil with electrifying intensity. Omar Sharif shines as Sherif Ali, his confidante and guide, and the supporting cast, including Alec Guinness and Anthony Quinn, is equally stellar. This is ensemble acting at its finest, making you believe every sweat-drenched bead and sand-gritted stare.
Cinematography that Makes You Squint (in Awe):
Forget green screens, this film used real deserts and real camels, resulting in visuals that are simply breathtaking. The vastness of the landscapes, the stark beauty of the sun-baked dunes – it's all captured with such scope and detail that you can practically feel the sand between your toes. This ain't just a movie, it's an immersive experience.
Sound and Music: A Symphony of Sand and Sweat:
The soundtrack perfectly complements the film's visual splendor, with Maurice Jarre's iconic score weaving tales of triumph and tragedy. The sound design is equally impressive, transporting you to the heart of the desert with the crunch of sand, the clatter of hooves, and the chilling wind whistling through canyons.
My Verdict: A 5-Star Oasis in the Cinematic Desert:
This film is more than just a movie; it's an experience. The acting, cinematography, sound, and music all come together to create a masterpiece that's both epic and intimate. It's a long film, clocking in at over 3 hours, but trust me, the journey is worth it. This is a must-watch for any film lover, and even if you're not usually into historical epics, give it a chance. You won't regret it.
Netizen Reception: A Sandstorm of Acclaim:
"Lawrence of Arabia" was a critical and commercial success, winning seven Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director. Even today, it holds a 98% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, proving that this classic still resonates with audiences.
Budget vs. Box Office: A Golden Caravan:
Made for a then-hefty $15 million, the film grossed over $70 million worldwide, solidifying its place as a financial success story.
Fun Facts for Film Buffs:
Peter O'Toole actually contracted pneumonia during filming, adding a touch of authenticity (and discomfort) to his performance.
The film's iconic "judgment" scene was shot in Spain, not Arabia, due to political concerns.
The score was nominated for an Oscar, but lost to… itself (Jarre also scored "Doctor Zhivago" that year).
So, there you have it! "Lawrence of Arabia" is a film that will stay with you long after the credits roll. It's a testament to the power of cinema to transport you to another world, and a reminder that sometimes, the greatest journeys are the ones that take you into the heart of yourself.
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The list of the top 100 film scores was compiled by popular U.K. radio station Classic FM, as part of their annual Movie Music Hall of Fame. More than 10,000 people voted for this year’s edition and the winner was revealed on Sunday by Jonathan Ross, the former presenter of the BBC’s Film program.
[...]The full list is dominated by men, with the highest placing film score by a woman reaching number six (Debbie Wiseman’s music for Wilde). The other women to make the list include Angela Morley for Watership Down (55); Germaine Franco for Encanto (59); Hildur Guðnadóttir for Joker (83); and Rachel Portman for Chocolat (92).
The top 20 from the Classic FM Movie Music Hall of Fame 2023:
The Lord of the Rings – Howard Shore
Schindler’s List – John Williams
Star Wars – John Williams
Out of Africa – John Barry
Gladiator – Hans Zimmer
Wilde – Debbie Wiseman
Dances with Wolves – John Barry
Jurassic Park – John Williams
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – Ennio Morricone
The Mission – Ennio Morricone
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone – John Williams
Chariots of Fire – Vangelis
Indiana Jones – John Williams
Ladies in Lavender – Nigel Hess
Doctor Zhivago – Maurice Jarre
The Magnificent Seven – Elmer Bernstein
Interstellar – Hans Zimmer
The Godfather – Nino Rota
Titanic – James Horner
Pirates of the Caribbean – Klaus Badelt
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Maurice Jarre in Film Music
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Embark on a voyage through the universe of Maurice Jarre, the esteemed maestro of film scores. His enthralling compositions have indelibly imprinted on the domains of cinema, documentaries, and television, kindling profound emotions and reverberating with the very core of the human soul.
Embark on a voyage through the universe of Maurice Jarre, the esteemed maestro of film scores. His enthralling compositions have indelibly imprinted on the domains of cinema, documentaries, and television, kindling profound emotions and reverberating with the very core of the human soul.https://youtu.be/-OACl1RuHNo
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34 years ago today Dead Poets Society was released. This piece of music (Mr Keating's Triumph by Maurice Jarre) always chokes me up when I listen to it - but hearing it in its proper place as it accompanies this scene absolutely floors me - proper sobbing gone.
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Paul Newman in The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (John Huston, 1972)
Cast: Paul Newman, Jacqueline Bisset, Tab Hunter, John Huston, Stacy Keach, Roddy McDowall, Anthony Perkins, Stacy Keach, Anthony Zerbe, Ava Gardner, Victoria Principal, Ned Beatty. Screenplay: John Milius. Cinematography: Richard Moore. Art direction: Tambi Larsen. Film editing: Hugh S. Fowler. Music: Maurice Jarre.
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean belongs to a sub-genre that prevailed in the early 1970s; I think of them as "stoner Westerns." The huge success of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969) spawned a lot of movies that took an irreverent look at the legend of the American Old West and were aimed at the younger countercultural audience. They include such diverse films as Little Big Man (Arthur Penn, 1970), McCabe & Mrs. Miller (Robert Altman, 1971), The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (Philip Kaufman, 1972), Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (Sam Peckinpah, 1973), and Blazing Saddles (Mel Brooks, 1974). Most of them were seen as commentaries on American violence and the quagmire of the Vietnam War. Paul Newman, who had played Billy the Kid earlier in his career in The Left Handed Gun (Arthur Penn, 1958) as well as Butch Cassidy, found himself the go-to actor to portray Western legends: In addition to Judge Roy Bean, he was also cast as Buffalo Bill Cody in Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (Robert Altman, 1976). The Life of Times of Judge Roy Bean began with an original screenplay by John Milius, who wanted to direct it and to star Warren Oates in the title role, but when Newman read the script, he arranged for the rights to be bought up and for John Huston to be brought on as director. There is a whiff of hommage to (or perhaps parody of) Butch Cassidy in the film: As in the earlier film, which has a musical interlude with Butch and Etta Place (Katherine Ross) larking around to the song "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head," Judge Roy Bean has a scene in which the Judge, Maria Elena (Victoria Principal), and a bear lark around to the song "Marmalade, Molasses & Honey," which was written for the film by Maurice Jarre, Marilyn Bergman, and Alan Bergman. The song earned an Oscar nomination, but Huston was unable to find a consistent tone for the movie, which lurches from broad comedy (much of it provided by antics with the bear) to satire (the triumph of an avaricious lawyer played by Roddy McDowall) to pathos (the death of Maria Elena). It is laced with cameos, some of which provide the film's highlights, particularly the over-the-top performances of Anthony Perkins as an itinerant preacher and Stacy Keach as an albino outlaw named Bad Bob. But Ava Gardner simply walks through her scene as Lillie Langtry -- a decided anticlimax, given that she's been the off-screen obsession of Bean through most of the film.
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Jean-Michel Jarre The Concert in China Arpegiator Arpegiateur (sheet music, partition)
Jean-Michel Jarre The Concert in China Arpegiator Arpegiateur (partition, Noten, sheet music)
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Jean-Michel Jarre The Concert in China Arpegiator Arpegiateur (partition, Noten, sheet music)
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Jean-Michel Jarre
French, born in Lyon on August 24, 1948. He is considered one of the ambassadors of electronic music in Europe, and one of the masters worldwide. He is the son of the prominent French soundtrack composer Maurice Jarre.
His popularity came in the 70s, with his electronic and experimental music. His macro-concerts went beyond music (special effects, light) and have gone down in history.
At the age of 5 he began in the world of music with piano lessons. He got into the world of jazz as a teenager and formed a rock group, called Mystere IV , in 1968. He began his first electro-acoustic experiments in 1971 with the release of the single La Cage .
His first great success was Oxygène (1977), which was placed at the top of the UK Equinoxe , published a year later and followed the same path as the previous one. The following year Jean Michel presents the first of a series of open-air macro-concerts at the Place de la Concorde in Paris, it was estimated that more than a million spectators could attend the event, thus entering the Guinness Book of Records.
In 1981 the album Les Chants Magnétiques (Magnetics Fields) took Jarre on a tour of China accompanied by his show. These live performances were reflected on the Concerts in China album was published in 1984 Zoolook , without reaching the success of its recent predecessors. Some time later he gives an extravagant live show in Houston to commemorate NASA's silver anniversary; the event was attended by more than a million people and was broadcast on television.
Rendez-Vous is published a few weeks later, with another live show in his hometown. With the material collected in this concert and with the one made for NASA, Cities in Concert--Houston/Lyon was released on the market in 1987
In Revolutions, he is accompanied by the legendary guitarist Hank B. Marvin, to which in 1988, a year after Revolutions , his third live Lp Jarre Live would accompany him, achieving great sales.
1990 is the year of En Attendant Cousteau (Waiting for Cousteau), with whose life he manages to gather the largest capacity in history, with two and a half million people live in Paris on the day of the Storming of the Bastille.
The rest of the decade would be marked by sporadic appearances until 1997. This year he returned to the market with the album Oxygène 7-13 , renewing his musical concepts and preparing his new era that would continue in 2000 with the publication of Metamorphoses where they are already established. the bases of his new music.
2004 is the year of Aero , an album with its great songs re-recorded with new technologies and containing four new songs.
'Oxymore' will be called the new album by Jean-Michel Jarre
It will be number 22 of his long and brilliant career and is a tribute to Pierre Henry.
'Oxymore' will be called the new album by Jean-Michel Jarre. It will be number 22 in his long and brilliant career and is a tribute to Pierre Henry. The album will be available, starting 21 October , in both stereo and binaural sound. It will also have a VR called 'Oxyville'.' Brutalism' will be his first single.
Pierre Henry, electronics pioneer and mentor to Jarre
's mentors Henry is an iconic figure in electronic and classical music, and one of Jarre at the Groupe de Recherche Musical (GRM) . Since her death in 2017, Henry 's widow has provided Jarre with some sketches of sound material that are intended to be used in this collaboration.
'Oxymore', a musical journey inspired by the “musique concrete”
In Jarre's own words: “ 'OXYMORE' is a musical journey in which the sounds of Pierre Henry interact with Jarre's new composition in a sonic game of mirrors, in which the creator of 'Oxygene' meets his inverted double in 'Oxymore'. Opening a vortex that sucks the listener into an anachronistic swing in which the analog and the digital find a common playing field”.
In addition, the project is inspired by the French movement " musique concrete" . Through this 'Oxymore', Jarre recovers this concept and reinvents it, with today's tools.
Vinyl, digital, Binaural and Dolby Atmos version
The album has been conceived as an immersive work in one of the homes of concrete music, the innovation studios of 's “ Maison de la Radio et de la Musique ” Radio France in a multichannel and 3D binaural version.
Discography
For a more comprehensive list, see Jean-Michel Jarre discography.
1973 – Deserted Palace
1973 – Les Granges Brûlées
1976 – Oxygène
1978 – Équinoxe
1981 – Les Chants Magnétiques
1982 – Les Concerts en Chine
1983 – Musique pour Supermarché
1984 – Zoolook
1986 – Rendez-Vous
1988 – Revolutions
1990 – En attendant Cousteau
1993 – Chronologie
1997 – Oxygène 7–13
2000 – Métamorphoses
2001 – Interior Music
2002 – Sessions 2000
2003 – Geometry of Love
2007 – Téo & Téa
2007 – Oxygène: New Master Recording
2015 – Electronica 1: The Time Machine
2016 – Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise
2016 – Oxygène 3
2017 – Radiophonie Vol. 9
2018 – Equinoxe Infinity
2019 – Snapshots from EōN
2020 – Radiophonie Vol. 10
2021 – Amazônia
2022 – Radiophonie Vol. 12
2022 – Oxymore
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True Best Movie: Georges Franju
After Chaplin's TBM, let's go for Georges Franju.
Usual Best Movie: Les Yeux sans visage
True Best Movie: Judex
I'm really fond of Les Yeux sans visage. It's always mentioned as a classic and it's a well deserved honour. It's a beautiful way to turn a scary movie into strange emotions with a quiet pace.
Besides that, the story around the movie making is great. No epic shooting. No earthquake, no tornado or actor going mental. Just the way Franju talks about the story itself. He's a great movie-making storyteller*.
Despite all that, Judex seems more important to me. First of all, the impulse to make a movie about a 1916 serial in the sixties and being serious about it is a really humble tribute. I love and respect that (if you've watched the somehow vintage funny sixties movies about Fantomas, you know what I mean).
And now, the uppercut. No matter how strong you disagree with me regarding the best Franju movie, this scene from Judex ends any discussion (by the way, this music from Maurice Jarre is absolutely the best original motion picture soundtrack I've ever heard).
* If you speak french and are curious: among other things, consider reading the Oral History of Les yeux sans visage by Delphine Simon-Marsaud and published on the website of the Cinémathèque Française.
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