Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain OST (2001)

Composer: Yann Tiersen
From the movie of the same name by Jean-Pierre Jeunet

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This is the perfect mix of European classical music and experimentalism. A number of the songs are waltzes and would fit in fine with a period film. This compliments the movie because Amelie herself looks like an old movie star put into a post-modern film. The music is the same way. "Pas Si Simple" starts with a typewriter clicking and clacking and that becomes the percussion of another waltz. The orchestral version of "La Valse D'Amelie" is complimented by the toy piano to childishly magical effect. "Soir De Fete" sticks out from the accordion and piano-dominated songs with its mandolins and handclaps, and it ends with a music box playing "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah." It's a strangely unnerving song. The seven-minute "Sur Le Fil" features some really dextrous violin work, again, done by Tiersen. Overall, it will make you feel like you've been to Paris, seen a circus and a funeral procession, walked around a bit, and then come back. And it will make your day much better. -- Ryan Hennessy @ amazon.com

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Track list:
01. J'y Suis Jamais Allé
02. Les Jours Tristes (instrumental)
03. La Valse d'Amélie
04. Comptine d'un Autre Été: L'Après-Midi
05. La Noyée
06. L'Autre Valse d'Amélie
07. Guilty (George Shearing)
08. À Quai
09. Le Moulin
10. Pas Si Simple
11. La Valse d'Amélie (version orchestre)
12. La Valse des Vieux Os
13. La Dispute
14. Si Tu N'Étais Pas Là (Fréhel)
15. Soir de Fête
16. La Redécouverte
17. Sur le Fil
18. Le Banquet
19. La Valse d'Amélie (version piano)
20. La Valse des Monstres