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Music : Amelie: Original Soundtrack Recording
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Amelie: Original Soundtrack Recording by: Yann Tiersen List Price: $18.98 CD-Charts Price: $10.97 You Save: $8.01 (42%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0724381079027 Format: Soundtrack Label: Virgin Records Us Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Virgin Records Us Release Date: November 06, 2001 Studio: Virgin Records Us Sales Rank: 821 MPN: 10790 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.com: This sunny comic fable from idiosyncratic director Jean-Pierre Jeunet (City of Lost Children, Alien Resurrection, Delicatessen) boasts any number of intimate charms, not the least of which is Yann Tiersen's warmly inviting score. Composer and multi-instrumentalist Tiersen's work and training may have masterfully encompassed classical, pop, and rock, but his delightful Amélie music proves he is slave to none. In this, his fourth soundtrack, Tiersen displays an impressive command of idiom and melodic subtlety that's rightfully drawn comparisons to the great Nino Rota. With a Paris-set story driven by blossoming love, the composer frequently leans on the familiar Parisian street accordion motif as a starting point. If that sounds clichéd, it's anything but; Tiersen's delicate touch incorporates Gypsy flourishes, classical string ensembles, electronics, stark and lovely solo piano, and even minimalist technique--often in the same charming cue. The result is music that manages to sound variously breezy, fresh, and contemporary, yet somehow comfortably familiar. Amélie is a warm, postmodernist score that never forgets where its heart lies. --Jerry McCulley Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - MagicalI love this soundtrack, it's very magical and fantastical in a very French way. I think especially the Valse comes off very parisien of the romantic era where they seem to be perma-stuck in the '50s. It's very jolly, tombe d'amour kinda stuff. Rating: - Absolutely wonderfulI popped on my Amelie DVD a few weeks back and as I was being wowed by it again was noticing how nice the music was. I decided to explore the music further. I've been listening to this soundtrack for several weeks straight now, several times a day some days. When I'm not listening to it, I'm humming it or hearing it in my head. I absolutely love this score and would recommend it to anyone who likes soundtracks or instrumentals. This is a work of startling originality - there is such a variety of instruments and themes that only a handful of songs sound alike (most scores have a central theme that runs through virtually every song). Despite all the titles being in French, a language I don't speak, the tracks are ... Read More: Rating: - simply delightfulThis soundtrack is probably one of the most enjoyable to listen to as an album, as opposed to "the movie had great music but compiled on a disc it just doesn't have the same magic." The music is definitely one of the major components of the movie, and the album is not disappointing. Rating: - MagicMagical. Fantastic. Amazing. There are many other words I could list, but you don't want to hear them all. This album will not disappoint you, the music is awe-inspiring. La Noyée and La Valse d'Amélie are simply the most fantastic songs I have ever heard, as are the rest. Rating: - In No Particular Order...Thoughts on the album, in no particular order: First, it's the ideal musical counterpoint to what the film is visually. Similar to the movie's simple-but-saturated visuals, and the quirky bits of mise en scene contributed by artist/illustrator Michael Sowa (whose work is also worth checking out in its own right), Tiersen's score wrings an awful lot of meaning from whatever's at hand, from toy piano to typewriter, and all points in between. Second, if you're a fan of what I'll call "semi-serious" music--stuff that's somewhat, but not quite, classical, and that doesn't take itself all that seriously--you'd probably find this enjoyable. Yes, it sounds like Satie in some places, Nyman in others. If you're a fan of Penguin ... Read More: |
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