Track Listing

1. Betty Et Zorg
2. Des Orages Pour La Nuit
3. Cargo Voyage
4. La Poubelle Cuisine
5. Humecter La Monture
6. Le Petit Nicolas
7. Gyneco Zebre
8. Comme Les Deux Doigts De La Main
9. Zorg Et Betty
10. Chili Con Carne
11. C'est Le Vent Betty
12. Un Coucher De Soleil Accroche Dans Les Arbres
13. Lisa Rock
14. Le Coeur En Skai Mauve
15. Bungalow Zen
16. 37 2 Le Matin
17. Maudits Maneges

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #52562 in Music
• Released on: 1986-11-03
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Original language: French
• Dimensions: .20 pounds
• Running time: 120 minutes

Customer Reviews

Inspirational
After listening to the first track,'Betty Et Zorg,'in a drama lesson instantly I felt sad. The eerie score of the first track created a strong sense of emotion, and the low bluesy tone of it gave me a sense of lonelyness and being down. The other tracks on the album are also very inspirational and enjoyable to listen to. I definatly have a slot in my CD rack reserved for it.

Gabriel Yareds only average score
Lets put this into perspective, this was Gabriel Yareds 1st composition and a fantastic debut .

Unfortunatly for that reason alone I had to compare it too his latter masterpieces such as 'City Of Angels' 'The English Patient' and 'The Lover'.

At the end of the day if you want the best from this composer I've told you his best. However due to the cult success to this film noir the soundtrack accompanies the film superbly but with exception to the odd saxophone tracks which are hauntingly beautiful the good tracks are cut very short and the 'funfair and ferris wheel music is inane and cheesy not something I would ever have expected from Yared, Imagine Elvis Presley singing 'twinkle Twinkle little star' and you get my point.

I believe Betty Blue is a collectors piece - nothing more, its like watching the 'Great' team you support play an inferior side you know the game wont be that good but your compelled, if your buying this on a whim I would not advise it , too many tracks, too short a playing time, badly compiled as you get a beautiful track then a really annoying cheesy one - go for one of his other works who wants the apprentice when they can have the master?

go for city of angels

A Betty & Zorg movie Fan
I love the movie and if I didn't have a sentimental attachment to it, and associate the music with it in my mind, I would probably never listen to this ost by M.Jarre (ost The English Patient). It's just really not that great as music. But if you loved the movie and are a sentimental sap like me, then by all means buy it.

The most beautiful tracks on the cd are all very short. One times in at about 56 seconds! With the exception of 2 or 3 tracks, almost every song is a little over a minute in length. The entire cd is about 40 minutes long. Most soundtracks usually contain complete versions of the songs when only a portion is used on the film. In this case I found that what you hear on the film is what you get on the soundtrack. Some of the tracks sound like samplers, with a fade up then fade down.

The music is un-even, with beautiful numbers seperated by bad ones, but that is a matter of opinion. If you saw the film and heard a song you liked, beware that the soundtrack is not much longer than what you heard on film. I would give this OST 5 stars because of the beautiful music, I gave it 3 because of it's length.