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alain goraguer - la planete sauvage - superior viaduct - vinyl

New Copy

Genre: Soundtracks

1. Deshominisation (11)
2. Deshominisation (1)
3. Generique
4. Le Bracelet
5. Ten Et Tiwa
6. Maquillage De Tiwa
7. Course De Ten
8. Ten Et Medor
9. Ten Et Tiwa Dorment
10. Ten Est Assome
11. Abite
12. Conseil Des Draags
13. Les Hommes - La Grande Co-Existence
14. La Femme
15. Mira Et Ten
16. Mort De Draag
17. L'Oiseau
18. La Cite Des Hommes Libres
19. Attaque Des Robots
20. La Longue Marche - Valse Des Statues
21. Les Fusees
22. Generique
23. Strip Tease
24. Meditation Des Enfants
25. La Vielle Meurt

Animated sci-fi masterpiece La Planete Sauvage (a.k.a. Fantastic Planet), winner at Cannes Film Festival in 1973, is a bizarre and beautiful film. Towering blue-skinned figures, tiny humanoids in the midst of revolt, and drug-induced Tantric sex transport viewers to a truly magical setting.

Composer Alain Goraguer creates an equally hypnotic score from a palette of effects-laden guitars, flutes, Fender Rhodes and strings. While the lush arrangements are reminiscent of Goraguer's collaborations with Serge Gainsbourg in the 1960s, space-age synth flourishes suggest a more psychedelic era. Moody vignettes flow together in tense, slow-paced funk rhythms and Baroque textures.

It comes as no surprise that La Planete Sauvage has been cited as an influence on contemporary artists such as French duo Air and American hip-hop producers J Dilla and Madlib. Gorgeous, interplanetary soundscapes resemble the surreal meeting point between Pink Floyd's Obscured by Clouds and Broadcast's Future Crayon.

This long out-of-print vinyl release features the original soundtrack recording and newly designed artwork. Recommended for fans of Ennio Morricone, Basil Kirchin and David Axelrod.