Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Alain Goraguer - La Planete Sauvage Original Soundtrack (1973)























ARTIST`````Alain Goraguer
ALBUM`````La Planete Sauvage Original Soundtrack
GENRE`````
Soundtrack, French Funk, Jazz, Psych

YEAR````````1973

Some info
In 2000, the European label DC Recordings reissued on CD the soundtrack from the cult sci-fi animated film La Planète Sauvage (released in English as The Fantastic Planet). The René Laloux film, which won a Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1973, was supported by a soundtrack by Alain Goraguer, mostly known for his work as Serge Gainsbourg's arranger. Goraguer's music consists of 25 short vignettes. Each is a contextualized adaptation of one of three main musical themes. The main theme is very reminiscent of Pink Floyd's "Atom Heart Mother Suite" (same half-time tempo, mellotron, harpsichord, and wah-wah guitar), and the other two are a ballad and a circus-like waltz. The music is very '70s-clichéd and will appeal to fans of French and Italian '70s soundtrack stylings. Although repetitive, the album itself creates an interesting marijuana-induced sci-fi floating mood, blending psychedelia, jazz, and funk (the album has been sampled by a few hip-hop artists). The 16-page booklet includes stills from the film, a description of the plot, and biographical notes on the composer, the director, and the illustrator, all in English -- but, alas, no musicians' credits. DC Recordings reissued the album on both CD and LP, the latter version also including a poster.



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4 comments:

Mike said...

I think the original track #3 "Générique" length :44 sec is missing. There is a second track with the same name as #22, but its different. Do you still happen to have that missing track #3 (album should have 25 tracks)?

Bleeding Panda said...

Didn't notice that but just checked it and I don't have it. I'll try to dig it up somewhere.

Mike said...

I got my hands on the missing track. What now? email?

Bleeding Panda said...

Hey great! Send it please on bleedingpanda at yahoo dot com

Thanks Mike!

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