Quartet Records, in collaboration with Gruppo Sugar, presents a Philippe Sarde and Claude Sautet double-header, including the first and last collaboration between the composer and director, celebrating perhaps the most important and influential professional relationship in the composer’s career.
LES CHOSES DE LA VIE (1970) stars Michel Piccoli, Romy Schneider and Lea Massari. The plot begins when Pierre (Piccoli), a successful highway engineer, has a traffic accident. Seriously hurt, he lies waiting for death and remembering his past love with two women in flashbacks. The film was a resounding commercial success, and much of it was thanks to the brilliant, delicious score by Philippe Sarde. It was only his second score (just after SORTIE DE SECOURS, also in 1970) and he was only 22 years old. Romantic and melancholic, with one of the most famous and catchy melodies in French cinema history (“La chanson d’Helene,” performed by Romy Schneider and Michel Piccoli), the score by Philippe Sarde for LES CHOSES DE LA VIE is a timeless classic.
Due to the success of the film and its music, a soundtrack album was issued by Philips in France and CAM in Italy when the film was released internationally. Reissued several times on both CD and LP, this new edition has been slightly expanded to include a seven-minute suite with the original version of “L’accident” and some short cues omitted from the original LP, as well as the original Italian and German versions of “La chanson d’Helene” (also performed by Schneider and Piccoli).
NELLY ET MR. ARNAUD (1995) stars Emmanuelle Beart, Michel Serrault, Jean-Hugues Anglade and Michael Lonsdale. The simply, intimate story is about the strange and special relationships that develops between Nelly, a recently divorced woman, and M. Arnaud, a mature salesman just retired. This film was the last by masterful director Claude Sautet, and his final collaboration with Sarde, with whom he had been working since LES CHOSES DE LA VIE?a relationship spanning more than twenty years and ten films. The delicate, subtle score for NELLY was conceived by the composer as a 12-minute suite, here receiving its complete premiere release. Not one more second of music was recorded for this film.
This album has been produced by Edouard Dubois and the composer, and mastered by Chris Malone from first-generation master tapes courtesy of Gruppo Sugar, without the annoying Dolby Surround afflicting all previous CAM editions. The richly illustrated package features liner notes by Gergely Hubai discussing the films and scores.---レーベルより
ギャング映画で知られるクロード・ソーテ監督のラブストーリー2作品『すぎ去りし日の…』のオリジナル・サウンドトラックとエマニュエル・ベアール主演の『とまどい』から初リリースとなる組曲をカップリング収録。『すぎ去りし日の…』は従来盤に6分半の組曲と短めの曲、さらにイタリア語版とドイツ語版のヴォーカル曲を追加収録。『とまどい』は実際には書き下ろした曲がなく、この映画の為に考案された12分の組曲を初収録。
トラックリスト『すぎ去りし日の・・・』・・・さまざまな出来事の紆余曲折をへて、愛する人と共に生きようとした瞬間、突然の自動車事故でその人は帰らぬ人となってしまった・・・。人生の成熟期にさしかかり、妻子と別居中の建築家と気まぐれだがどこまでも信頼し、その人について行く、若く美しい女。恋人どうしにありがちなとまどいや逡巡、そして行違い。さらに妻と子どもへの思惑など、多くの不安を乗り越え結婚にたどりつく一歩前のところで、二人の未来は無惨にも断ち切られてしまう。ギャング映画で知られる監督のクロード・ソーテはこの作品で初めて愛の物語に取り組み、フランスで最も権威のあるルイ・デリュック賞を獲得した。 第23回カンヌ国際映画祭出品作品。出演：ロミー・シュナイダー、ミシェル・ピッコリ。1970年仏。
『とまどい』・・・失業中の夫を抱えて働きづめの毎日を送っていた二十五歳のネリーは、ある日カフェで初老の紳士アルノーと知り合う。ネリーが経済的な問題を抱えている事を察したアルノーは、会ったばかりの彼女に対して即座に資金提供を申し出ると同時に、彼が執筆中の自伝のタイピストとして働くことを提案した。やがて２人は仕事を進めていく内に、年齢差にもかかわらず互いに惹かれ合うものを感じるようになっていくが……。人生の苦さも甘さもすべて経験してきた初老の男と、若く美しい女性が繰り広げる恋愛劇。互いに惹かれ合いながらもすれ違ってしまう男女の微妙に揺れ動く大人の心理を描いてゆく。 出演：エマニュエル・ベアール、ミシェル・セロー。1995年 フランス ／ イタリア ／ ドイツ。
Quartet Records, in collaboration with Gruppo Sugar, presents a Philippe Sarde and Claude Sautet double-header, including the first and last collaboration between the composer and director, celebrating perhaps the most important and influential professional relationship in the composer’s career.
LES CHOSES DE LA VIE (1970) stars Michel Piccoli, Romy Schneider and Lea Massari. The plot begins when Pierre (Piccoli), a successful highway engineer, has a traffic accident. Seriously hurt, he lies waiting for death and remembering his past love with two women in flashbacks. The film was a resounding commercial success, and much of it was thanks to the brilliant, delicious score by Philippe Sarde. It was only his second score (just after SORTIE DE SECOURS, also in 1970) and he was only 22 years old. Romantic and melancholic, with one of the most famous and catchy melodies in French cinema history (“La chanson d’Helene,” performed by Romy Schneider and Michel Piccoli), the score by Philippe Sarde for LES CHOSES DE LA VIE is a timeless classic.
Due to the success of the film and its music, a soundtrack album was issued by Philips in France and CAM in Italy when the film was released internationally. Reissued several times on both CD and LP, this new edition has been slightly expanded to include a seven-minute suite with the original version of “L’accident” and some short cues omitted from the original LP, as well as the original Italian and German versions of “La chanson d’Helene” (also performed by Schneider and Piccoli).
NELLY ET MR. ARNAUD (1995) stars Emmanuelle Beart, Michel Serrault, Jean-Hugues Anglade and Michael Lonsdale. The simply, intimate story is about the strange and special relationships that develops between Nelly, a recently divorced woman, and M. Arnaud, a mature salesman just retired. This film was the last by masterful director Claude Sautet, and his final collaboration with Sarde, with whom he had been working since LES CHOSES DE LA VIE?a relationship spanning more than twenty years and ten films. The delicate, subtle score for NELLY was conceived by the composer as a 12-minute suite, here receiving its complete premiere release. Not one more second of music was recorded for this film.
This album has been produced by Edouard Dubois and the composer, and mastered by Chris Malone from first-generation master tapes courtesy of Gruppo Sugar, without the annoying Dolby Surround afflicting all previous CAM editions. The richly illustrated package features liner notes by Gergely Hubai discussing the films and scores.---レーベルより
Les choses de la vie
1. La chanson d’Helene (Vocal) (2:53)
2. La chanson d’Helene (Instrumental) (2:04)
3. Generique (0:23)
4. Pierre et Helene (0:58)
5. La Rochelle (1:53)
6. Soiree (Mozart) (4:40)
7. Prelude a l’accident (1:15)
8. L’accident ralenti (1:58)
9. L’isolement (1:06)
10. Vision de la noce et cauchemar (2:20)
11. Les choses de la vie (2:28)
12. La mort (1:39)
13. Les choses de la vie (Final) (1:28)
14. La chanson d’Helene (Vocal - Italian version) (2:53)
15. Les choses de la vie (Suite) (6:27)
16. La chanson d’Helene (Vocal - German Version) (2:53)
Nelly et Mr. Arnaud
17. Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud (Suite) (12:15)