Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette
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Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language); French (Original Language)
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 2006-10-10
Music Label: Verve Forecast
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. "Hong Kong Garden" - Siouxsie & The Banshees
  2. "Aphrodisiac" - Bow Wow Wow
  3. "What Ever Happened" - The Strokes
  4. "Pulling Our Weight" - The Radio Dept.
  5. "Ceremony" - New Order
  6. "Natural's Not In It" - Gang Of Four
  7. "I Want Candy (Kevin Shields Remix)" - Bow Wow Wow
  8. "Kings Of The Wild Frontier" - Adam & The Ants
  9. "Concerto in G" * - Antonio Vivaldi / Reitzell
  10. "The Melody Of A Fallen Tree" - Windsor For The Derby
  11. "I Don't Like It Like This" - The Radio Dept.
  12. "Plainsong" - The Cure
Music CD 2
  1. "Intro Versailles"* - Reitzell / Beggs
  2. "Jynweythek Ylow" - Aphex Twin
  3. "Opus 17" - Dustin O'Halloran
  4. "Il Secondo Giorno (Instrumental)" - Air
  5. "Keen On Boys" - The Radio Dept.
  6. "Opus 23" *- Dustin O'Halloran
  7. "Les Baricades Misterieuses"* - Francois Couperin / Reitzell
  8. "Fools Rush In (Kevin Shields Remix) - Bow Wow Wow
  9. "Avril 14th" - Aphex Twin
  10. "K. 213" * - Domenico Scarlatti / Reitzell
  11. "Tommib Help Buss" - Squarepusher
  12. "Tristes Apprets.." - Jean Philippe Rameau /W. Christie
  13. "Opus 36" *- Dustin O'Halloran
  14. "All Cat's Are Grey" - The Cure

Music reviews of Marie Antoinette

Music Review: Uneven results for a historical film
Rating: 4 Stars

I like soundtracks. Over the years I've discovered that it's a great way to find new artists and styles in music that I would normally never give a glance to, much less sit down and actually listen to.

I've been interested in the tragic tale of Marie Antoinette, oh, since forever, I suppose. I've watched quite a few films, and read quite a few books, and even managed to get somewhat familiar with the music -- she was a quite a musician herself, very skilled at the harp and harpsichord, and acted in various private productions. Now Sophia Coppola has produced a film about her that takes a look at the Queen and her Versailles, the most splendid and magnificent court of its time. And I had heard about the music used for the soundtrack, and that it was rather -- different.

That's the least of it, I discovered.

With Brian Reitzell producing and overseeing most of this collection, I found the overall results rather scattered with the first disc being full of very modern cuts ? mostly remixes and revamps of post punk classics, and the second filled with more ambient and classical releases. Unfortunately, that makes the mix very uneven, and at times very jarring.

Looking back at the various tracks and styles, I have to say that my enjoyment of the various works really depended on what my mood was at the moment. If I wanted something modern, the first disc was all right. But the second one I found more tolerable, in the sheer fact that I prefer classical and jazz compositions over most things these days. It all really came down to the finesse of the performers and whether the track depended on music skill or loud amplification.

One thing I really hate about this cd is the utter lack of liner notes, and the truly dreadful design of the packaging. Besides several stills from the film and some of the set elements, there is absolutely nothing included about the film, and a listing of the songs with performers, original release date of the song, and suchlike spread out over several pages in the insert and a track listing on the back of the jewel case where there is nothing but a track listing of the two cds, with the performers, all printed up in day-glo fluorescent pink on white paper in very small type. To say that it makes your bleed is an understatement -- it is virtually impossible to read without having to use a magnifying glass and/or squinting.

That's bad, especially when it could have so easily been fixed with someone who actually knows what they are doing when it comes to graphic design and typography. Instead it screams Look at clever ME! I don't buy cds for that, I buy them for the music and the information in the case. That's it.

So, summing up, this is a fine cd if you're really into the post punk period of the '80's for the first disc, or enjoy ambient, electronic fare on the second disc. If you're really lucky, you'll enjoy them both, but I would wager not all of it. Learn the programming on your cd player so you can edit out what you can?t stand.

Over all, not quite a four star effort, but since I can only round up or down, let's say four stars.
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Description of Marie Antoinette

A TWO DISC SOUNDTRACK WITH MUSIC FOR THE PARTY . . . AND FOR THE MORNING AFTER.

Featuring APHEX TWIN BOW WOW WOW THE CURE GANG OF FOUR NEW ORDER THE STROKES and more!

Oscar-winning Sofia Coppola brings to the screen an imaginative interpretation of the life of France's legendary teenage queen Marie Antoinette. When betrothed to King Louis XVI (Jason Schwartzman), the naïve Marie Antoinette (Kirsten Dunst) enters the opulent French court which is steeped in conspiracy and scandal. Without guidance, adrift in a dangerous world, the young girl rebels against the isolated atmosphere at Versailles and becomes France's most misunderstood monarch. Based on the book Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser.

Marie Antoinette may be a period film, but don't expect minuets: Sofia Coppola's candy-colored portrait of the doomed queen moves to a punk beat. Whatever you think of how that approach works in the movie itself, it makes for a bracing two-CD soundtrack that's like a mix tape put together by a DJ particularly attuned to the tastes of 2006, not 1786. A dominant chunk of the selection is made up of vintage postpunk tracks, from Siouxsie and the Banshees' "Hong Kong Garden" to Gang of Four's "Natural's Not in It," from New Order's "Ceremony" to the Cure's "All Cats Are Grey." The giddily fun Bow Wow Wow offers a counterpoint to all that seriousness with three songs (two of them, including the iconic "I Want Candy," remixed by My Bloody Valentine's maestro Kevin Shields). Newer contributions come from acts as diverse as retromongers the Strokes and avant-electronicists Aphex Twin and Squarepusher, while Dustin O'Halloran (half of the L.A. duo Devics) contributes three nice, Debussy-style piano solos. The most conventional choices of the lot are a pair of harpsichord pieces by Couperin and Scarlatti, as well as Vivaldi's "Concerto in G," a chestnut that's got to be in every single film set in the 18th century. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

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