Angelo Badalamenti - A Very Long Engagement [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

Title: A Very Long Engagement [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Artist: Angelo Badalamenti Release Date: 12/7/2004 Re-Released On: 3/14/2005 Label: Nonesuch Records, WEA Duration: 47:25 Album Type(s): soundtrack UPCs: 075597988024, 075597988062, 4943674055180 Genre: Soundtrack Styles: Soundtracks, Film Music, Original Score Moods: Atmospheric, Brooding, Ethereal, Gentle, Hypnotic, Ominous, Sensual, Eerie, Theatrical Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 3 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. A Very Long Engagement, film score~Main Title / The Trenches :: Angelo Badalamenti
2. A Very Long Engagement, film score~First Love Touch :: Angelo Badalamenti
3. A Very Long Engagement, film score~Heartbeat to a Gunshot :: Angelo Badalamenti
4. A Very Long Engagement, film score~Mathilde's Theme :: Angelo Badalamenti
5. A Very Long Engagement, film score~Secret Code :: Angelo Badalamenti
6. A Very Long Engagement, film score~Elodie's Theme :: Angelo Badalamenti
7. A Very Long Engagement, film score~Kissing Through Glass :: Angelo Badalamenti
8. A Very Long Engagement, film score~Massage Fantasy :: Angelo Badalamenti
9. A Very Long Engagement, film score~Never Had the Child :: Angelo Badalamenti
10. A Very Long Engagement, film score~The Man From Corsica :: Angelo Badalamenti
11. A Very Long Engagement, film score~Our Soldiers' Letters :: Angelo Badalamenti
12. A Very Long Engagement, film score~Why Do You Cry? :: Angelo Badalamenti
13. A Very Long Engagement, film score~End Titles :: Angelo Badalamenti

Year Type Label Catalog # 2005 CD WEA 12025 2004 CD Nonesuch Records 79880 2004 CD Nonesuch Records

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The original score to A Very Long Engagement, the Jean-Pierre Jeunet vehicle for actress Audrey Tatou, was written and conducted by Angelo Badalamenti, infamously inseparable from the nightmarish big-budget cinema of David Lynch. While atmospherics play a role in this score -- mainly on the cues "Heartbeat to a Touch" and "Mathilde's Theme" -- most of what's on offer here is the lush aspect of Badalamenti's writing: tightly controlled yet swirling strings; a generous sense of space; and, above all, an uncomplicated if sideways approach to illustrating the frame. The brooding opening theme, the taut moments of "Our Soldier's Letters," and the gorgeous oboe, strings, and harp interlude in "Kissing Through Glass" make this a truly enjoyable, if undramatic, score. While it may provide some engaging listening on its own, this does not feel or sound like a body of music that can be taken as a separate work from the film it illustrates. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

Name Credits Angelo Badalamenti Orchestration, Producer, Audio Production Bruno Calvo Photography Bryan Jackson Assistant Engineer Dennis Sands Audio Engineer, Mixing, Engineer Gilles Berquet Photography Joe Lambert Mastering Laurent Lufroy Cover Art Concept Phil Mann Assistant Phil Marshall Conductor, Orchestration Ross de Roche Music Preparation Sandy DeCrescent Contractor