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SECTION SPECIALE / CLAIR DE FEMME

Price(USD): $24.80

Label: MUSIC BOX
CD No: MBR-202
Release Date: 2022/05/06
Format: 1CD

World Premiere CD Release. Limited Edition of 300 units.
12-page CD booklet with liner notes by Sylvain Pfeffer.

Music Box Records presents on the same CD two original motion picture soundtracks for Costa-Gavras's films: Section speciale (Special Section, 1975) composed by Eric Demarsan and Clair de femme (Womanlight, 1979) composed by Jean Musy.

The cynical humour that pervades the film Section speciale inspired the composer Eric Demarsan to write a main theme in the shape of an old-fashioned and light-hearted waltz, a perfect evocation of the parody of justice implemented by Vichy government during World War II. The score also features percussive tracks with tense strings, and melodic pieces with romantic flute.

For Clair de femme, Jean Musy wrote three themes that emphasize the loneliness and emotional distress of the two main characters (Yves Montand and Romy Schneider). The touching, slow melody of the main theme is played on the panpipes. The album is rounded out by some pieces of source music and a lively pop version of Tomaso Albinoni’s Adagio in G minor that gives a sparkly touch of color to this grief-ridden movie.

The two scores have been fully remastered from the original master tapes. The package includes a 12-page booklet featuring exclusive liner notes by writer Sylvain Pfeffer discussing the films and the scores, based on new comments by Eric Demarsan and Jean Musy on their collaboration with Costa-Gavras. The release is limited to 300 units.

Track List

SECTION SPECIALE
1. Theme Section speciale (2:32)
2. Extrait de l'opera Boris Godounov : Prologue - L'air de l'innocent (3:36)
3. La grande source (1:16)
4. Fin de la manifestation (1:10)
5. Reunion au bord du lac (1:21)
6. Theme Section speciale (Manege) (1:38)
7. Attentat du metro Barbes (2:18)
8. Impromptus hongrois (1:48)
9. Chez l'executeur (2:06)
10. Installation de la section speciale (1:56)
11. Marche militaire (1:10)
12. Bal villageois (1:38)
13. Beunon et sa femme (2:58)
14. La jeunesse de Bastard (1:04)
15. Avant l'execution (1:21)
16. Theme Section speciale (2:32)
Time: 31:04

CLAIR DE FEMME
17. Theme principal (3:07)
18. Espana Cani (1:28)
19. Danse dans le cabaret (4:29)
20. Solitude dans la rue (2:53)
21. Theme principal joue au toregatto (3:59)
22. L'adagio d'Albinoni (5:21)
23. Theme principal joue a la flute de pan (2:02)
24. Theme de la rencontre (2:47)
25. Musique du numero de Galva (1:28)
26. Theme principal (Place de la Concorde) (2:15)
27. Theme de la separation (Generique de fin) (2:53)
Time: 33:08

CD Total Time: 64:14