• INCLUDES 18 BONUS TRACKS
This release contains Martial Solal’s complete original soundtrack to Jean-Luc Godard's legendary 1960 film A bout de souffle (premiered in the United States as Breathless).
The movie is about a wandering criminal (Jean-Paul Belmondo) and his American girlfriend (Jean Seberg). It was Godard’s first featured-lenght work and represented Belmondo’s breakthrough as an actor. The film was one of the earliest examples of French New Wave (nouvelle vague) cinema.
As a bonus, the music composed by Martial Solal for six more films by others directors, as well as Michel Legrand´s theme song for Godard`s film "Vivre Sa Vie" (1962)
PERSONNEL:
- ON TRACKS [1-10]: A BOUT DE SOUFFLE
- ROGER GUERIN, trumpet
- PIERRE GOSSEZ, alto sax
- MICHEL HAUSSER, vibes
- MARTIAL SOLAL, piano & leader
- PAUL ROVERE, bass
- DANIEL HUMAIR, drums
- Plus string section.
Paris, France, December 28, 1959.
- [11-18] BONUS TRACKS (11-28)
- (11-14): Soundtrack music to the Henri Verneuil film "L’affaire d’une nuit (1960)
- (15-16): Soundtrack music to the Edouard Molinaro film "Les Ennemis" (1962)
- (17) Soundtrack music to the Orson Wells film "The Trial" (1962)
- (18-21) Soundtrack music to the Claude Bernard-Aubert film "Match Contre la Mort" (1959)
- (22.26): Soundtrack music to the Emile Degelin film "Si Le Vent Te Fait Peur" (1960)
- (27) Soundtrack music to the Jean-Pierre Melvile fil "Deux Hommes Dans Manhattan (1959)
- (28) Soundtrack music to the Jean´Luc Godard film " Vivre Sa Vie" (1962)
TRACKS:
- 01 LA MORT
- 02 DUO
- 03 NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE
- 04 POURSUITE
- 05 L’AMOUR, LA MORT
- 06 DIXIELAND
- 07 THÈME D’AMOUR
- 08 LA MORT [version 2]
- 09 POURSUITE [version 2]
- 10 CAMPAGNE-PREMIÈRE
- 11 VERNEUILLADE (*)
- 12 DÉFILÉ (*)
- 13 ROMANCE OR NOT ROMANCE (*)
- 14 CARREFOUR (*)
- 15 GÉNÉRIQUE (*)
- 16 L’ESPIONNAGE (*)
- 17 SENTIMENTAL SLOW (*)
- 18 GÉNÉRIQUE (*)
- 19 BALLET (*)
- 20 HISTOIRE DU CIRQUE (*)
- 21 MONTHLÉRY (*)
- 22 CLARK’S BLUES (*)
- 23 CHAR A VOILE (*)
- 24 RADIO TERRY (*)
- 25 DANCING (*)
- 26 PIN-UP (*)
- 27 DEUX HOMMES DANS MANHATTAN [Theme] (*)
- 28 VIVRE SA VIE (*)