The Chorus (Les Choristes)

Bruno Coulais - The Chorus (Les Choristes)

The Chorus (Les Choristes)
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Artist: Bruno Coulais
Edition: Music CD
Audio: French (Unknown); French (Original Language)
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 2005-01-04
Music Label: Nonesuch
Soundtracks:
  1. Les Choristes
  2. In Memoriam
  3. L'Arrivee a L'Ecole
  4. Pepinot
  5. Vois sur ton Chemin
  6. Les Partitions
  7. Caresse sur L'Ocean
  8. Lueur d'Ete
  9. Cerf-Volant
  10. Sous la Pluie
  11. Compere Guilleri
  12. La Desillusion
  13. La Nuit
  14. L'Incendie
  15. L'Evocation
  16. Les Avions en Papier
  17. Action Reaction
  18. Seuls
  19. Morhange
  20. In Memoriam A Cappella
  21. Nous sommes de Fond de l'Etang

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Free Music Review: Music to go with the beauty of La France
Hit: 5 Stars

I happened to casually mention to a dear French friend on a recent trip to France (March) that I had heard something about a movie called Les Choristes and did she know anything about it. My friend, who usually is not overly enthusiastic about movie music or even movies unless they are excellent, jumped up from the dinner table (another unusual action for a Frenchwoman) and ran to get her CD. She put it on and could not stop gushing (in French) about the movie, the music and Jean-Baptiste Maunier, the soloist and main protagonist in the film. After listening to the music, I had her take me the next day to a Supermarche and bought it (the European version has 5 additional tracks on the CD). Several days later, when I left to drive from her town (two hours south of Paris) back down to the southwestern part of France (Toulouse), I listened to the CD the whole way. It was glorious, the combination of the lovely, uplifting music and the gorgeous, green French countryside. Of course, I am a Francophile anyway, but I think we Americans often think we are the only ones who can compose great music and make great films! We often do not give sufficient credit to other countries for their beautiful, funny and moving films and music.

Like another reviewer, I listen to this CD all the time; it's the best traveling music I've ever heard! I have the added advantage that I understand the words. After listening to the music myriad times and trying to figure out how the story will unfold, I'm anxiously awaiting my copy of the DVD which has just shipped from Amazon.com. And, yes, in answer to another reviewer who was confused by the conversation during track 21, the teacher is auditioning the boys, finding out what parts (soprano, alto and bass) they are best suited for. Evidently, because the boys sing individually in that part, they thought it would be a good addition to the CD. The songs do, indeed, have very uplifting words. I only have them in French, but I'm happy to hear that they translate them for those of you who do not speak the language.

I will add, however, that I think the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences made a mistake by having Beyonce sing this song at the Oscars. As my French friend said, "If they'd let Jean-Baptiste Maunier sing it, it would have won the Oscar!" (She doesn't understand that the voting takes place before the actual Oscar presentations!) Perhaps just the American boys' choir would have been a better choice.

I highly recommend this music to anyone who loves easy-to-listen-to, uplifting, mood-lifting music. It's a delight. And I quite agree with the other reviewers that the boys' choir voices are perfect in combination with the music. They already had a "More with Les Choristes" CD out in France! Unfortunately, I didn't have room for it, so hopefully Amazon.com will be able to get it eventually. Happy listening!



The Chorus (Les Choristes) Poster

The Chorus (Les Choristes), written and directed by Christophe Barratier, is already a French cinema phenomenon. The modestly budgeted film about a music teacher in a post-war France who wins over the troubled students at a boarding school arrived in French theatres last summer with little advance hype. Defying industry expectations, this affecting tale proceeded to break box-office records. The soundtrack to The Chorus (Les Choristes) features performers by the Lyon-based Petits Chanteurs de Saint Marc and several haunting solo turns by 13 year-old boy soprano Jean-Baptiste Maunier, who also portrays the youthful protagonist of the film.
Already a box office sensation with a million-selling soundtrack in its native France, writer/director Christopher Barratier's tale of a post-war music teacher's lasting impact on his young charges rode its formulaic Hollywood roots all the way to Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations as Best Foreign Language Film, as well as an Oscar nod for Best Song ("Look To Your Path [Vois Sur Ton Chemin]," a collaboration between the director and film composer Bruno Coulais). Taking his inspiration from the boy's chorus at the center of the film's drama, Coulais has concocted a masterful, classically rooted score that showcases the crystalline, youthful harmonies of Les Petits Chanteurs de Saint-Marc Choir. The composer bridges the baroque and modern eras in a collection of mostly Latin choruses and chants, a skillful, often haunting fusion that also netted Coulais' compelling score BAFTA and Cesar Awards in Britain and his native France, respectively. -- Jerry McCulley

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