French Cinema
Matthew Sweet is joined by Guy Austin, the founding director of the Research Centre in Film and Digital Media in Newcastle, to explore the history of music for French cinema.
In a live edition from the Free Thinking Festival at Sage Gateshead, Matthew Sweet is joined by Guy Austin, Founding Director of the Research Centre in Film and Digital Media at Newcastle University, for a jaunt through the history of music for French cinema.
France was one of the first nations to recognise the possibilities of cinema and through the pioneering work of figures such as Auguste and Louis Lumi猫re and Georges M茅li猫s, it quickly established the foundations for a new form of art and entertainment.
Matthew and Guy begin at the beginning, on a whistle-stop tour of the story of French Film, to the present, taking in scores for films such as L'Atalante; Les Enfants du Paradis; French Cancan; The Red Balloon; Rififi; Les Quatre cents coups; 脌 bout de souffle; Hiroshima mon amour; Betty Blue; Jean de Florette; The City of Lost Children and Intouchables.
The Classic Score of the Week is Michel Legrand's music for Les Parapluies de Cherbourg.
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
L'Assassinat du duc de Guise (1908) - Cinquieme tableau
Ensemble: Ensemble Musique Oblique.- harmonia mundi.
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Maurice Jaubert
L'Atalante (1934) - Theme
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Serge Baudo.- Milan.
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Joseph Kosma
Les Enfants du Paradis (1944) - Generique
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.- Milan.
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Georges van Parys
French Cancan (1954) - French Cancan
Orchestra: George van Parys et son orchestre.- Universal.
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Maurice Le Roux
Le Ballon Rouge (1956) - Suite
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Serge Baudo.- Milan.
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Georges Auric
Du Rafifi Chez Des Hommes (1955) - Main Title
Orchestra: The Moscow Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Adriano.- Marco Polo.
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Giovanni Fusco
Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959) - Theme
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.- Emarcy.
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Jean Constantin
Les quatre cent coups (1959) - 脡cole buissonni猫re
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Singer: Juliette Gr茅co.- BMG.
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Jean Constantin
Les quatre cent coups (1959) - Comment voulez-vous?
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Singer: Juliette Gr茅co.- BMG.
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Martial Solal
脌 bout de souffle (1960) - L'amour la mort
Performer: Martial Solal. Performer: Pierre Gossez. Performer: Roger Gu茅rin. Performer: Michel Hausser. Performer: Daniel Humair. Singer: Paul Rov猫re.- Emarcy.
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Michel Legrand
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (1960) - Scene de garage/Devant le garage
Singer: Jos茅 Bartel. Singer: Danielle Licari. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Michel Legrand.- Sony.
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Gabriel Yared
37.2 Le Matin (1980) (Betty Blue) - Maudits Man茅ges
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Gabriel Yared.- Virgin.
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Jean-Claude Petit
Jean De Florette (1986) - Generique et fin
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Jean-Claude Petit.- Music Club.
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Angelo Badalamenti
City of Lost Children (1995) - City of Lost Children
Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Dirk Bross茅. -
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Ludovico Einaudi
Intouchables (2011) - Fly
Performer: Ludovico Einaudi.- Audiophile Legends.
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