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Davis, Miles - Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (Life To The Scaffold)

Davis, Miles - Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (Life To The Scaffold)

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NEW VINYL LP ON MUSIC ON VINYL 2011

2 X 180 GRAM VINYL.

Ascenseur Pour L'échafaud is a 1958 French film directed by Louis Malle. It was released as Lift To The Scaffold in the UK. The film was nothing special, but it did accomplish one thing: it proposed a new ideal of cinematic realism, a new way to look at a woman.  Jean-Paul Rappeneau, a Jazz fan and Malle's assistant at the time, suggested asking Miles Davis to create the film's soundtrack. He showed Davis a screening of the movie, and afterwards Miles knew exactly how to portray the smoky hazed or frantic scenes through sonic imagery.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis

Tracklist

Side A
1. Générique
2. L'Assassinat De Carala
3. Sur L'Autoroute
4. Julien Dans L'Ascenseur
5. Florence Sur Les Champs-Élysees     

Side B
1. Dîner Au Motel
2. Évasion De Julien
3. Visite Du Vigile
4. Au Bar Du Petit Bac
5. Chez Le Photographe Du Mot

Side C
1. Nuit Sur Les Champs-Élysées (TAKE 1)
2. Nuit Sur Les Champs-Élysées (TAKE 2)
3. Nuit Sur Les Champs-Élysées (TAKE 3)
4. Nuit Sur Les Champs Elysees (TAKE 4)
5. Assassinat Visite Du Vigil
6. Assassinat Julien Dans L'ascenseur
7. Assassinat L'Assassinat De Carala
8. Motel     

Side D
1. Final (TAKE 1)
2. Final (TAKE 2)
3. Final (TAKE 3)
4. Ascenseur
5. Le Petit Bal (TAKE 1)
6. Le Petit Bal (TAKE 2)
7. Séquence Voiture (TAKE 1)
8. Sequence Voiture Sur L'Aut (TAKE 2)

 

 

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