Track Listing

1. Mouvement Introductif
2. La Valse Des Monstres
3. Frida
4. Quimper 94
5. Ballendai
6. Comptine D'ete n 17
7. Cleo Au Trapeze
8. La Valse Des Monstres
9. Le Banquet
10. Comptine D'ete n 17
11. Mouvement Introducif
12. La Rue
13. Iwakichi
14. Hanako
15. La Plaisanterie
16. Le Compteur
17. Mouvement Introductif

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #21378 in Music
• Released on: 2000-01-17
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Dimensions: .20 pounds

Customer Reviews

Tinkly, trippy French lovelyness
If you've only just discovered Yann Tiersen through Amelie, then I'd reccomend this as your next step forward on the Tiersen trail. Accessible and beautiful and highly original, this album is a real winner. Grab yourself some Gitanes, a glass of wine(or preferably Absinthe), sit back and enjoy.

Chanson at its best!
Ignore the first review above - this person has clearly mistaken the order in which Tiersen's work has been published! Amelie was merely a good soundtrack pulled together by the director Jean-Pierre Jeunet; not an 'album' conceived by the composer himself. Jeunet cherry-picked some of Tiersen's best music for the film, some of which originally featured here on 'La Valse Des Monstres' (as it did on 'Le Phare' and 'Rue des Cascades' - both equally great albums). Gems to watch out for are 'Le Banquet', and 'Cleo Aug Trapeze' - both evocative of music hall decadence! An even greater version of 'Le Banquet' can be found on 'C'etait Ici' which brings together Tiersen's best work on a double album of live performances.

Too similar to Amelie - very little to offer...
I loved the movie soundtrack and do enjoy the uniqueness of Yann's music; but I was hoping he'd branch out a bit more on this album and perhaps pick up a different instrument or two. There's only so much toy piano and tinkly bits that one can listen too and the Amelie soundtrack is much better.