MUSIC FOR SCREEN (2CD)

A two hours collection of 38 excerpts from 20 movie and TV series scores !

We are happy to offer a first compilation devoted to Raymond Alessandrini (born 1948), an early collaborator of Georges Delerue who in his turn wrote for the screen for 20 years. He notably composed the music for many movies by Jean-Charles Tacchella, including Travelling avant, L'Homme de ma vie and Les Gens qui s'aiment, one of his last assignments in 1999.

In addition to being a first class arranger, Alessandrini shares with Delerue a strong sense of melody that lends itself to numerous variations. A classically trained musician, he also worked as pianist for composers as different as Michel Magne, Lalo Schifrin and Elmer Bernstein. His vast experience allowed him to tackle a wide variety of genres, from the satirical comedy Deux heures moins le quart avant Jesus-Christ by Jean Yanne to the epic dramas with TV series like Les Colonnes du ciel, Fabien de la Drome and Felicien Greveche, to classics of the silent area such as L’Hirondelle et la Mesange.

The majority of the recordings by Raymond Alessandrini assembled here appear for the first time on disc and their sound quality reaches the highest standard. The 24-page booklet includes an interview with the composer, completing the informative liner notes by producer Clement Fontaine

CD 1 - 62:13

LES JOIES DE LA FAMILLE PINELLI (1982)
01 Ouverture 1:48
02 Generique de fin 2:30

DEUX HEURES MOINS LE QUART AVANT JC (1983)
03 Marches romaines 4:16
04 Hebraiomania pour cordes 3:52

FABIEN DE LA DROME (1983)
05 Generique 2:05
06 Theme de Fabien 1:53
07 L’Attaque de la diligence 2:53

L’HIRONDELLE ET LA MESANGE (1984)
08 L’hirondelle et la mesange 2:44
09 La vie sur les peniches 3:17
10 Le port d’Anvers 2:47

LES COLONNES DU CIEL (1985)
11 Depart du convoi 2:30
12 Generiques des episodes 2 et 1 3:28
13 Le temps qui passe / Generique episode 4 2:39
14 L’eau de source 1:20

FELICIEN GREVECHE (1986)
15 Felicien et Anne-Isabelle 2:02
16 Les combats de Felicien 5:07
17 Theme de Mariette / Course de l’enfant 3:15

COUR D’ASSISES (1986)
18 Suite 4:12

TRAVELLING AVANT (1987)
19 Travelling avant 3:19
20 Le cinema 3:17
21 Sous le metro aerien 1:52


CD 2 - 60:45

L’AFFAIRE SAINT-ROMANS (1988)
01 Generique 2:08
02 Suite 3:25

PLEURE PAS MY LOVE (1989)
03 Generique de fin 2:49

LE ROI DE PATAGONIE (1989)
04 Suite 8:05

DAMES GALANTES (1990)
05 Generique 4:00
06 Victoire se marie 1:57
07 Les confessions de Victoire 2:02

LES CAVALIERS AUX YEUX VERTS (1990)
08 Suite 4:25

MASCARADE (1991)
09 Suite 2:48

L’HOMME DE MA VIE (1992)
10 Le mariage d’Aimee 3:21
11 Generique de fin 3:46

JENNY MARX LA FEMME DU DIABLE (1993)
12 Suite 4:45

PRIEZ POUR NOUS (1994)
13 Suite 2:50

LE MARCHE DU SPORT (1995)
14 Suite 3:30

TOUS LES JOURS DIMANCHE (1995)
15 Generique de debut 2:41
16 Jesus et Dodo 2:01

LES GENS QUI S’AIMENT (1999)
17 Suite 4:34