![]() The soundtrack begins to take its form from the infusion of the Brenton creative’s older studio work and fourth album, L’Absente, which was being developed at the same time. Through the reference of Tiersen’s assistant, Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet swiftly selected the 52-year old musician who claims to “…not a composer,” due to his absence of a classical background.Ĭlose-up photo of Yann Tiersen with an electronic soundboard / Richard Dumas As the film includes bits of comedy and manages to spin around trauma, it reiterates how we should all progress in a manner that acknowledges our past but fully embraces what’s to come.Īlongside the plot’s development, the work of Yann Tiersen complements the film eloquently. Through the lens of Amélie, we’re reminded of what it’s like to endure life as we mature. With “Amélie,” viewers catch wind of a seemingly naive young woman eagerly embarking on adulthood- a fact of life we all experience. The film’s appeal seems to stem from its relevance and depiction. From innocently stalking the boy across Paris to collecting mementos for him, Amélie successfully finds herself in his embrace as the film draws to an end. Amélie longs for Nino and, as a result of this, forms an obsession similar to that of a developing teenage girl. Nino enjoys collecting abandoned pictures from a nearby photo booth to add to his ongoing collage project. Throughout this mission, Amélie stumbles across an employee at an adult shop, Nino. Screenshot close-up of Amélie sipping from a teacup / Amélie ![]() ![]() ![]() With this newfound passion, Amélie strives to continue to do humanitarian acts for the sake of providing more happiness in the world. In an attempt to return the stashed treasure to its owner, Amélie finds joy in the implications of doing “good” in the world. The plot develops as Amélie, the heroine of the tale, finds a buried box in her apartment complex. Despite the film’s instances of nearly sadistic realism, the story is depicted in a youthful manner due to Yann Tiersen’s playful soundtrack, the film’s vibrant oversaturation, and the recurring symbolism. Later followed “Goodbey Lenin” and others.ĭutch pianist, pioneer and champion of Minimalism Jeroen van Veen recorded Tiersen’s most popular melodies, playing the piano in his inimitable way: focussed, serene and hypnotising.Ī worthy successor of Van Veen’s successful recordings for Brilliant Classics of piano music by Glass, Pärt, Yiruma and many others.The 2001 acclaimed French film, “Amélie,” portrays the story of a lonesome young woman who searches for comfort and happiness in life. His international breakthrough came with the music for the French blockbuster “Amélie”. His soulful and melancholic music finds its traces in folk music, French chansons, musette waltzes, street music, but also in the minimalism of Satie, Glass and Nyman. ‘The music needs to speak for itself, and that it does, in this consistently enjoyable collection, I have no reservations in recommending to anyone who enjoys minimalism’ (Fanfare).įrench composer Yann Tiersen (born 1970) is one of the most popular and successful film music writers of today. Tiersen’s music is often melancholy and reflective, but there are many lighter and more uptempo numbers on this wide-ranging survey of his output, which is sure to share the popular success of Jeroen van Veen’s many other albums for Brilliant Classics such as his Minimalist Piano Collections (85) and compendiums of Ludovico Einaudi (949), Simeon ten Holt (94) and Jacob ter Veldhuis (94873). Tiersen’s music helped to make the movie a hit, capturing its bittersweet mix of humour and sadness, and many of the best-known pieces from the soundtrack are included on this new album, such as the Satie-tinged ‘Waltz of Amélie’, but there is much more recent music here which Tiersen wrote in the wake of the film’s success, including extracts from his soundtracks to Goodbye Lenin (2003) and Tabarly (2008), which tells the tragic story of the French sailor Eric Tabarly, who won the Single-Handed Transatlantic Yacht Race twice before drowning in the Irish Sea. The maestro of Minimalist piano music has done it again, with an album of gentle melodies and soothing sounds from Yann Tiersen (b.1970) a composer best known outside his native France for the soundtrack to the movie Amélie (2001): the soundtrack sold over 200,000 copies in his homeland, and became Platinum in the US and Germany.
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