Philippe Sarde

• GATEFOLD EDITION

Music Box Records continues to chart some of the greatest French film soundtracks to hit the screens. 'Mort d'un pourri (Death Of A Corrupt Man)' is truly as thrilling as it sounds, conforming to the old but gold trope of a lone man fighting against a shadowy organisation that is trying to stop him (think The Prisoner, The Parallax View, Dark Waters).

Philippe Sarde and Edouard Dubois' impeccable score nails our expectations for the genre, bringing an extra solitary wistfulness to film noir through the media of saxophone (courtesy of Stan Getz) and largely stringed contributions by the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Paris, Cinq Heures Du Matin
• A2. Souvenirs
• A3. Valerie
• A4. Les Camions
• A5. L' Attente
• A6. Getz O Mania
• A7. Christiane
• A8. Elysee-Matignon

• SIDE B
• B1. Mort D'un Pourri
• B2. Montparnasse
• B3. Cafeteria
• B4. Les Aveux
• B5. Rocquencourt
• B6. Tout Est Tranquille
• B7. Dans Le Regard D'Alain Delon