LES SECRETS DE LA MERROUGE (Vinyl)

For the first time on LP, Francois de Roubaix’s full score for the French TV series “Les Secrets de la Mer Rouge”, an adaptation of the epic travel, through the Middle East, of the famous writer and explorer Henri de Monfreid. This album is a collection of the original (1967) themes and those recorded later in 1975 when the TV series was continued.

In the 1967 soundtrack, de Roubaix uses various flutes, marine conches, and for underwater views, unexpected instruments such as a celesta or a crystal xylophone. By 1975, electronic technology had dramatically developed and this evolution is clearly apparent when one listens to the recordings of the two seasons. For the later 1975 series, de Roubaix composed a new music score, mixing old and new sounds, a great combination of EMS VCS3 synthesizer subtly mixed with acoustic instruments.

For Francois de Roubaix, there was never a border between fiction, life and music, and writing music for “Les secrets de la Mer Rouge” was an extension of his love of the open sea.


Please note for shipping purposes this counts as 4 discs

A1. Celima
A2. Du vent dans les voiles
A3. La vie a bord
A4. Marche dans la montagne
A5. Enterrement de Said Ali
A6. Generique
A7. La mer, la nuit
A8. Pecheur de perles
A9. Les plus belles perles du monde
A10. Theme de l’adieu (final)
A11. Generique (version 2)
B1. Mafia au Moyen-Orient
B2. Hadji
B3. La peche
B4. Amina
B5. L’esclave Gabre
B6. Les pirates
B7. L’enlevement
B8. L’evasion
B9. Desert
B10. Amina (version 2)