Marie Antoinette (2006)

Product Summary Label: Verve Forecast UPC: 00602517084186 Release Date: 10/10/2006 Buy.com Sku: 203106013 Item#: M36SE9 Buy.com Sales Rank: 25079 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Hong Kong Garden - Siouxsie & The Banshees ~ Original Soundtrack 2. Aphrodisiac - Bow Wow Wow ~ Original Soundtrack 3. What Ever Happened - The Strokes ~ Original Soundtrack 4. Pulling Our Weight - The Radio Dept. ~ Original Soundtrack 5. Ceremony - New Order ~ Original Soundtrack 6. Natural's Not In It - Gang Of Four ~ Original Soundtrack 7. I Want Candy - Bow Wow Wow (Kevin Shields remix) ~ Original Soundtrack 8. Kings Of The Wild Frontier - Adam & The Ants ~ Original Soundtrack 9. Concerto In G - Antonio Vivaldi/Brian Reitzell ~ Original Soundtrack 10. Melody Of A Fallen Tree, The - Windsor For The Derby ~ Original Soundtrack 11. I Don't Like It Like This - The Radio Dept. ~ Original Soundtrack 12. Plainsong - The Cure ~ Original Soundtrack Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. Intro Versailles - Reitzell/Beggs ~ Original Soundtrack 2. Jynweythek Ylow - Aphex Twin ~ Original Soundtrack 3. Opus 17 - Dustin O'Halloran ~ Original Soundtrack 4. Il Secondo Giorno - Air (instrumental) ~ Original Soundtrack 5. Keen On Boys - The Radio Dept. ~ Original Soundtrack 6. Opus 23 - Dustin O'Halloran ~ Original Soundtrack 7. Les Baricades Misterieuses - Fran?ois Couperin/Brian Reitzell ~ Original Soundtrack 8. Fools Rush In - Bow Wow Wow (Kevin Shields remix) ~ Original Soundtrack 9. Avril 14th - Aphex Twin ~ Original Soundtrack 10. K. 213 - Domenico Scarlatti/Brian Reitzell ~ Original Soundtrack 11. Tommib Help Buss - Squarepusher ~ Original Soundtrack 12. Tristes Apprets - Jean-Philippe Rameau/W. Christie ~ Original Soundtrack 13. Opus 36 - Dustin O'Halloran ~ Original Soundtrack 14. All Cat's Are Grey - The Cure ~ Original Soundtrack (P) 2006 I Want Candy LLC (C) 2006 I Want Candy LLC In keeping with her reputation for remarkable soundtracks (THE VIRGIN SUICIDES, LOST IN TRANSLATION), writer/director Sofia Coppola, in collaboration with music supervisor Brian Reitzell, offers up an inventive and eclectic two-disc collection for her 2006 film, MARIE ANTOINETTE. While the mood of the French period-piece is captured by Reitzell's classical performances (see the delicate rendering of Scarlatti's sonata, "K. 213"), that stately aesthetic is playfully juxtaposed with a slew of British post-punk classics, including Siouxsie & the Banshees' "Hong Kong Garden," New Order's "Ceremony," and the Cure's shimmering "Plainsong." Other significant additions to the album are tracks by 1980s "Burundi beat" acts, including Bow Wow Wow, whose "I Want Candy" and "Fools Rush In" benefit from excellent remixes by My Bloody Valentine recluse Kevin Shields.   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info In keeping with her reputation for remarkable soundtracks (THE VIRGIN SUICIDES, LOST IN TRANSLATION), writer/director Sofia Coppola, in collaboration with music supervisor Brian Reitzell, offers up an inventive and eclectic two-disc collection for her 2006 film, MARIE ANTOINETTE. While the mood of the French period-piece is captured by Reitzell's classical performances (see the delicate rendering of Scarlatti's sonata, "K. 213"), that stately aesthetic is playfully juxtaposed with a slew of British post-punk classics, including Siouxsie & the Banshees' "Hong Kong Garden," New Order's "Ceremony," and the Cure's shimmering "Plainsong." Other significant additions to the album are tracks by 1980s "Burundi beat" acts, including Bow Wow Wow, whose "I Want Candy" and "Fools Rush In" benefit from excellent remixes by My Bloody Valentine recluse Kevin Shields. The way the visuals and music clashed in the first round of trailers for Marie Antoinette, in which the teenage Queen of France and her powdered wig- and silk brocade-wearing courtiers frolicked in the garden and played dice to the strains of New Order's "Ceremony," fell somewhere between being exciting and contrived. The full soundtrack to the movie -- all two discs and 90-odd minutes of it -- keeps this bold contrast, but gives it more nuance. In fact, its mix of new wave, post-punk, dream pop, electronica, and classical pieces really sells Sofia Coppola's vision of Marie Antoinette as an innocent young girl, transformed into her era's version of a hipster fashionista, who gets in way over (and ultimately loses) her head. The size of the soundtrack suggests the decadence of her times, but the way the music is actually used is far from indulgent. Disc one relies on new wave to illustrate the giddy rush of her rise, while disc two is mostly electronica and darker, more atmospheric classical pieces tracing her fall with a stylish, bittersweet atmosphere similar to the Virgin Suicides and Lost in Translation soundtracks. "Hong Kong Garden" kicks off Marie Antoinette, beginning with a brief prelude that at first sounds like it escaped from A Chamber Music Tribute to Siouxsie Sioux but then sounds utterly right, and helps make the rest of the soundtrack's switches from pop to classical and back again sound inspired instead of forced; there's a lightness and playfulness in the new wave songs that connects them to Vivaldi's Concerto in G. Throughout the soundtrack, Bow Wow Wow seems to function as Marie Antoinette's voice: after all, "I Want Candy" isn't such a far cry from "let them eat cake," and on the second disc, "Fools Rush In" captures her plight perfectly. By working with a carefully selected palette of tracks by a handful of artists -- Air, Aphex Twin (whose "Jynweythek Ylow" has all the delicacy of chamber music), the Cure, and the Radio Dept. are among the chief sources -- Marie Antoinette's daring gambit pays off in a long but exquisitely curated soundtrack. ~ Heather Phares   Associated Artists and Works California Dreams Original Soundtrack Original Soundtrack   Technical Info Release Date : 10/10/2006 Original Release Date : 2006 Catalog ID : 0007822 Label : Verve Forecast Number of Discs : 2 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00602517084186   Professional Reviews Q (p.163) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Coppola and Reitzell retain their reputation for musical rigour."    Related Videos 500 Days of Summer: Sound...