In autumn 1982, Jacques Demy had this to say about his most recent feature-film Une chambre en ville: ''There are few films I dreamed of in the same way as this one; this is my whole childhood, my blood, my life.'' This time Demy had removed the mask, saying goodbye to the jazz waltzes and bossa novas which had brought such a swirl to The Young Girls of Rochefort. Now his tone was serious: Une chambre en ville was a tragedy of society in music, and its lyricism was tormented. For the music, Demy turned to composer Michel Colombier, a prodigal prodigy discovered through his associations with Serge Gainsbourg, Pierre Henry and the singer Barbara. A brilliant ambassador of the new world balanced between two cultures, symphonic and pop, Colombier wrote a heartrending score for orchestra, voice and chorus which sublimated Demy's tale of the impossible love between a woman of the bourgeoisie (Dominique Sanda) and a metalworker on strike (Richard Berry). ''For me,'' emphasized Colombier, ''Une chambre en ville works like a tragedy which has some totally Russian excesses; the characters go from gales of laughter to the deepest despair.'' Here, for the first time, is the soundtrack for Une chambre en ville, restored from the original quarter-inch tapes for the occasion, and the restoration lends the work of Demy and Colombier a precision and power that no-one has been able to hear before. As a bonus, the album proposes a delicate thirteen-minute suite for piano conceived and performed by one of Colombier's young heirs, Gregoire Caux. As a complement to the 11CD box-set devoted to Demy and Michel Legrand, this album gives listeners the opportunity to rediscover the music of a film today considered as the dark gem of Jacques Demy, the great work of a mature composer. 20-page booklet, double CD, 28 tracks (1 hour 40 minutes of music).
5/7発売
トラックリスト
Disque : 1 1. Generique - Michel Colombier 2. La premiere greve - Michel Colombier 3. Guilbaud et la baronne - Darrieux Danielle 4. Edith et sa mere - Darrieux Danielle 5. Violette amoureuse - Guyon Fabienne 6. Le cafe des chantiers - Michel Colombier 7. Dambiel et guilbaud - Jacques Revaux 8. Violette et sa mere - Guyon Fabienne 9. La cartomancienne - Roussel Marie-France 10. Edmond et edith - Blanes Georges 11. La casquette - Jacques Revaux 12. La rencontre - Jacques Revaux 13. La chambre d'hotel - Jacques Revaux 14. La visite d'edmond - Darrieux Danielle
Disque : 2 1. Une chambre en ville - Jacques Revaux 2. Violette et dambiel - Franck Aldo 3. Chez la baronne - Franck Aldo 4. L'amour d'edith - Darrieux Danielle 5. Le cafe de l'aube - Franck Aldo 6. Dans la gueule du loup - Darrieux Danielle 7. La rupture - Guyon Fabienne 8. Le suicide d'edmond - Davis Florence 9. Le recit d'edith - Darrieux Danielle 10. La poupee - Davis Florence 11. Madame pelletier et sa fille - Guyon Fabienne 12. La deuxieme greve - Darrieux Danielle 13. La mort des amants - Darrieux Danielle 14. Une chambre en ville - Caux Gregoire
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トラックリストデモに参加していたフランソワ（ベリ）は、男爵家の娘だったことを鼻にかける未亡人マルゴ（ダリュー）のアパートの一室を間借りしている。彼女の嫌味がたまらず、出て行きたかったが、ストで仕事がなく家賃滞納の身だ。彼には結婚を控えた恋人ヴィエレットがいたが、あまりに家庭的なのを退屈に感じ、内心別れたがっていた。マルゴのもとに長らく便りのなかったエディトが帰ってきて、夫への不満たらたら。が、間借り人が冶金工というのを知ってほくそ笑む。通っている占い師が、冶金工と新たな恋が芽生えるとご託宣を述べたからだ。彼女はデモの帰りの彼を待ち伏せて誘いかける。毛皮の下は何一つ着ていない。たちまち愛し合う二人。ヴィエレットは彼の不貞を気配で察知し、喧嘩別れをするが、既に彼の子供を孕んでいた。テレビを売るエディトの夫エドモン（ピッコリ）は一筋縄でいかない。彼女は用心にピストルを持って別れを告げに向かうが、逆上したエドモンはカミソリで彼女を脅し、自分の首を掻き切って果てる。彼女はその場を逃れ、母の家に飛び込む。すると、ヴィエレットが直訴に来るが、折しもデモ隊は機動隊と衝突。その先頭にいたフランソワは撲殺され、エディトは先のピストルで胸を撃って自害するのである。出演：ドミニク・サンダ、ドミニク・サンダ、リシャール・ベリ。1982年仏。
In autumn 1982, Jacques Demy had this to say about his most recent feature-film Une chambre en ville: ''There are few films I dreamed of in the same way as this one; this is my whole childhood, my blood, my life.'' This time Demy had removed the mask, saying goodbye to the jazz waltzes and bossa novas which had brought such a swirl to The Young Girls of Rochefort. Now his tone was serious: Une chambre en ville was a tragedy of society in music, and its lyricism was tormented. For the music, Demy turned to composer Michel Colombier, a prodigal prodigy discovered through his associations with Serge Gainsbourg, Pierre Henry and the singer Barbara. A brilliant ambassador of the new world balanced between two cultures, symphonic and pop, Colombier wrote a heartrending score for orchestra, voice and chorus which sublimated Demy's tale of the impossible love between a woman of the bourgeoisie (Dominique Sanda) and a metalworker on strike (Richard Berry). ''For me,'' emphasized Colombier, ''Une chambre en ville works like a tragedy which has some totally Russian excesses; the characters go from gales of laughter to the deepest despair.'' Here, for the first time, is the soundtrack for Une chambre en ville, restored from the original quarter-inch tapes for the occasion, and the restoration lends the work of Demy and Colombier a precision and power that no-one has been able to hear before. As a bonus, the album proposes a delicate thirteen-minute suite for piano conceived and performed by one of Colombier's young heirs, Gregoire Caux. As a complement to the 11CD box-set devoted to Demy and Michel Legrand, this album gives listeners the opportunity to rediscover the music of a film today considered as the dark gem of Jacques Demy, the great work of a mature composer. 20-page booklet, double CD, 28 tracks (1 hour 40 minutes of music).
5/7発売
Disque : 1
1. Generique - Michel Colombier
2. La premiere greve - Michel Colombier
3. Guilbaud et la baronne - Darrieux Danielle
4. Edith et sa mere - Darrieux Danielle
5. Violette amoureuse - Guyon Fabienne
6. Le cafe des chantiers - Michel Colombier
7. Dambiel et guilbaud - Jacques Revaux
8. Violette et sa mere - Guyon Fabienne
9. La cartomancienne - Roussel Marie-France
10. Edmond et edith - Blanes Georges
11. La casquette - Jacques Revaux
12. La rencontre - Jacques Revaux
13. La chambre d'hotel - Jacques Revaux
14. La visite d'edmond - Darrieux Danielle
Disque : 2
1. Une chambre en ville - Jacques Revaux
2. Violette et dambiel - Franck Aldo
3. Chez la baronne - Franck Aldo
4. L'amour d'edith - Darrieux Danielle
5. Le cafe de l'aube - Franck Aldo
6. Dans la gueule du loup - Darrieux Danielle
7. La rupture - Guyon Fabienne
8. Le suicide d'edmond - Davis Florence
9. Le recit d'edith - Darrieux Danielle
10. La poupee - Davis Florence
11. Madame pelletier et sa fille - Guyon Fabienne
12. La deuxieme greve - Darrieux Danielle
13. La mort des amants - Darrieux Danielle
14. Une chambre en ville - Caux Gregoire