Esta aclamada banda sonora é a obra-prima de Vladimir Cosma, além de ser uma das melhores gravações de banda sonora dos anos 80. Faixas brilhantes incluem a interpretação de cortar a respiração da aria 'La Wally' por Wilhemenia Fernandez, e a maravilhosamente subtil peça de piano 'Promenade Sentimentale' ao estilo de Erik Satie.

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This acclaimed soundtrack is Vladimir Cosma's masterpiece in addition to being one of the best soundtrack recordings of the 1980s. Brilliant tracks include the breathtaking aria from 'La Wally' sung by Wilhemenia Fernandez and the lovely Erik Satie-like piano piece 'Promenade Sentimentale'. This stylish film is beautiful to watch and its atmospheric and beguiling new age score makes for a perfect marriage of sound and vision.

Vladimir Cosma, the son of conductor Teodor Cosma, learned the violin and began working as a film composer and arranger for Michel Legrand. In Germany he became known mainly through the ZDF four-part series in the 1960s / 1970s. The title song from The Adventures of David Balfour (1978), David's Song, was later interpreted by the Kelly Family and covered by numerous other artists.

A very well-known composition by Cosma is the theme song of the film The Tall Blond with the Black Shoe (1972) with Pierre Richard, performed by Gheorghe Zamfir on the pan flute. He scored three films by Louis de Funès and two by Jean-Paul Belmondo. For the film Asterix - Victory over Caesar, he wrote the famous theme song Astérix est lá, which was sung in the film by Plastic Bertrand and became one of the most famous Asterix music pieces.

Most of his film scores were released on recordings. Of these, the most successful single was Reality from the film La Boum - The Fete, sung by Richard Sanderson.

The 1981 Jean-Jacques Beineix film Diva is a dizzying cornucopia of delights, with a strong sense of urban cool and a cast of characters whose alternating detachments and obsessions hint at the legacy of pain and loneliness that helped form them. Its score, composed by Vladimir Cosma, is inseparable from the film, which, after all, is about music itself, and the ways that it links to desire and longing. From the beautiful arias of Wilhemina Wiggins Fernandez (who plays an opera singer in the film) to the eerie, achingly beautiful instrumental pieces composed by Cosma to set the mood for images of rain-slicked streets, Taiwanese music pirates, teenaged Vietnamese thieves, jaded middle-aged art sages, motorbikes and car chases, the score for Diva remains one of Cosma's masterpieces, a perfect companion to a film that became an international underground hit. This edition celebrates the 20th anniversary of the film -- which has held up remarkably well considering it was initially a commercial and critical flop. Cosma's score seems steeped in gritty '80s punk mojo, while remaining completely stylish and refined. Eight new tracks are included and thorough liner notes, including interviews with Beineix and Cosma, make this an album worth picking up. - Stacia Proefrock, AllMusic

Lista de Faixas:

01. La Wally
02. Promenade Sentimentale / Sentimental Walk
03. Voie Sans Issue / Dead End
04. Gorodish
05. Le Zen Dans L'Art De La Tartine / Zen And The Art Of Buttering Bread
06. J'Aime Pas Les Ascenseurs / I Don't Like Elevators (Bonus Track)
07. Ave Maria (Bonus Track)
08. La Wally (Version Instrumentale)
09. Promenade Sentimentale / Sentimental Walk
10. Lame De Fond / Ground Swell
11. Métro Police / Metro Police
12. La Baignoire Et La Mer / A Bath By The Sea (Bonus Track)
13. Les Tuileries Sous La Pluie / The Tilery Beneath The Rain (Bonus Track)
14. Le Curé Et L'Antillais / The Priest And The West Indian
15. L'Usine Désaffectée / The Abandoned Factory
16. La Wally (Version Instrumentale)

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