release date: Oct. 1, 2001
format: digital
[album rate: 3 / 5] [3,16]
producer: Tindersticks
label: Beggars Banquet - nationality: England, UK
Track highlights: 1. "Opening Titles" - 10. "Coré on Stairs / Love Theme" - 12. "Closing Titles" - 14. "Trouble Every Day"
Original soundtrack score by Tindersticks is the band's second for a movie by Claire Denis - here featuring Béatrice Dalle and Vincent Gallo. I still have to watch the movie one day but so far I just enjoy the soundtrack.
Generally, it's always a bit difficult to rate a full soundtrack album like this (apart from many Morricone soundtracks that often live very well on their own). Some tracks stand out like "Opening titles", which is repeated at the end in track #14. "Trouble Every Day". In fact there's a repeated theme in many of the songs, which is played by violins in the title track. Other tracks may fit specific film scenes very nicely but are not received easily as audio tracks alone, and I think that's the point about this album. Stylistically, it's still chamber pop but the album is more 'ambient' than anything they have released before.
