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LES ANIMAUX (Expanded)

Jarre, Maurice
Price(USD): $22.80
Label: MUSIC BOX
CD No: MBR-253
Release Date: 2025/02/26
Format: 1CD

World Premiere CD Release. Newly remastered and expanded edition.
8-page CD booklet with French and English liner notes by Sylvain Pfeffer.
Limited Edition of 500 units.

In collaboration with Warner Chappell Music France, Music Box Records proudly presents the remastered and expanded edition of Maurice Jarre’s score to the 1963 film Les Animaux (The Animals).

Les Animaux, directed by Frederic Rossif (To Die in Madrid, L'Apocalypse des animaux), is an ambitious wildlife documentary that combined edited shots from other films and new ones shot specifically for this feature film. The documentary is a flowing, teeming narrative divided into nine parts, going from the creation of the world to the rediscovery of an earthly paradise and shines the spotlight on wild and domestic animals. The music plays a significant part, allowing Maurice Jarre to let his imagination run wild along with the animals onscreen. The composer gathers a fantasy instrumentarium, typical of his musical langage (Hammond organ, harpsichord, bells, celesta, harp, electric bass, Ondes Martenot…). Characterized by a masterful use of percussion combined with unusual sonorities and surprising instrumental associations, the score reflects above all the composer’s quest for interesting sound combinations.

This expanded edition has been fully remastered by Christophe Henault from the scoring ses

Track List

1. Les Animaux (Generique debut) (2:18)
2. La naissance des etres vivants (1:22)
3. La grande evolution (1:56)
4. Les premiers vertebres (1:13)
5. Les reptiles (1:30)
6. Ballet des ephemeres (1:20)
7. L’araignee (0:44)
8. Le rhynchite (1:13)
9. La fourmi parasol (0:36)
10. La larve de fourmilion (1:02)
11. Le scarabee (2:40)
12. Les cigognes (1:28)
13. Le faucon affame (2:47)
14. Les hiboux (1:22)
15. Les chevaux (2:45)
16. Les plantes carnivores (2:24)
17. Les animaux se guettent (0:34)
18. Les deux bouquetins (1:44)
19. Les felins (0:35)
20. La chasse (1:15)
21. Les aigles (1:36)
22. Les flamants roses (2:14)
23. Pavane des flamants roses (3:02)
24. L’eclosion (1:40)
25. La fete (2:19)
26. Surf des loutres (2:17)
27. Le paradis terrestre (3:44)
28. Surf des loutres (version alternative) (0:56)

Total Time: 49:36