Author: Soundtrack

Format: Soundtrack

Release Date: 12-03-2001

Details: Amazon.ca After his diptych Microcosmos and Himalaya, Bruno Coulais concludes the "natural" trilogy produced by Jacques Perrin with Winged Migration. A documentary inspired by the lives of birds, Winged Migration offers the composer a new opportunity to experiment with an entire palette of sounds, this time finding inspiration in the world of birds: wingbeats serving as a rhythm, tempo marked by a cry. The album opens with two tracks, "To Be By Your Side" and "Masters Of The Field," performed by the smooth voices of Nick Cave and Robert Wyatt, the latter also officiating on "The Highest Gander" and "La Forêt rouge." Beyond simple songs, Bruno Coulais uses the timbres of the two British artists as a narrative instrument, oscillating between emotion and octave migration. The composer's usual style is also well-represented: Corsican polyphonies with his favorite group A Filetta – "Comme Un Souffle" –, Bulgarian voices – "Le Retour des grues" –, acoustic sounds – "À tête barrée." The result is a complex yet homogeneous score where the sound of birds is omnipresent. Musically rich in sound texture and thematically even more accomplished than its two predecessors, Winged Migration is one of Bruno Coulais's most harmonic soundtracks and marks the triumph of his experiments. An ecological and natural work as well as an ode to animals. --Didier Leprêtre

UPC: 724381145524

EAN: 0724381145524

Languages: French

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood