Animated sci-fi masterpiece La Planète Sauvage, 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.

• 2LP Vinyl Expanded Edition
• 7 Previously Unreleased Tracks
• New mix from Original Tapes
• Supervised by Patrick Goraguer
• Gatefold Cover

At the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, a feature-length animated film caused a sensation and won the Special Jury Prize: La Planète Sauvage by René Laloux, with phantasmagorical drawings by Roland Topor.

For this philosophical tale of anticipation, where men are used as domestic toys by blue giants, the Draags, the celebrated composer Alain Goraguer unleashes his inspiration with a haunting main theme, of great melodic clarity, soaring and hypnotic atmospheres, but also pursues funky rhythms with wah-wah on guitar.

Over the decades, the acclaim of La Planète Sauvage has been growing in crescendo, both the film and its score, revered by new generations as a psychedelic summit, an Everest of French pop artists from the new world, from the rap or hip-hop culture, such as A$ap Mob, Madlib, Mac Miller and many others, have dipped into it for samples or remixes.

Today, as La Planète Sauvage celebrates its half-century, CAM Sugar presents a new deluxe edition of the soundtrack, mixed from the recently discovered multi-track tapes, including 7 previously unreleased tracks and 3 alternate mixes.

Produced under the expert supervision of Patrick Goraguer, Alain's son, this is released as a black gatefold 2LP. Listening to this complete album will confirm the spellbinding power of La Planète Sauvage is intact.

Animated sci-fi masterpiece La Planète 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 Planète 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 / Atom Heart Mother 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.

Track listing:

SIDE A

A1. Déshominisation (I) 03:47

A2. Déshominisation (II) 00:54

A3. Générique (début) 00:42

A4. Le Bracelet 01:24

A5. Terr et Tiwa 01:45

A6. Maquillage de Tiwa 01 :14

A7. Course de Terr 00:50

A8. Terr et Medor 01:45

SIDE B

B1. Terr et Tiwa dorment 00:45

B2. Terr est assommé 00:42

B3. Abite 00:49

B4. Conseil des Draags 00:52

B5. Les Hommes / La Grande coexistence 01 :1 1

B6. La Femme 02:08

B7. Mira et Terr 00:41

B8. Mort du Draag 00:48

B9. L’Oiseau 02:23

B10. La Cité des hommes libres 00:46

SIDE C

C1. Attaque des robots 02:02

C2. La Longue marche 02:1 1

C3. Les Fusées / Valse des statues 02:19

C4. Générique (fin) 02:01

C5. Strip-tease 02:21

C6. Méditation des enfants 01:29

C7. La Vieille meurt 00:45

SIDE D (Previously unreleased tracks)

D1. L’Appel de la liberté 01:22

D2. Méditation alternative 01:40

D3. Le Destin de Terr 02:08

D4. Flore et faune 01:04

D5. Sauvage planète 01:23

D6. Casques 0 1:3 1

D7. Déshominisation (II) (alternate take) 01:04

D8. Générique (fin) (alternate mix) 02:02

D9. Terr et Medor (alternate mix) 01:45

D10. Déshominisation (I) (alternate mix) 03:54

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