Le Magnifique (Cover 2)

FIRST COMPLETE VINYL EDITION OF THE MUSIC FROM PHILIPPE DE BROCA’S CULT FILM, INCLUDING UNRELEASED TRACKS AND ALTERNATE TAKES

At a time when the film is being restored in 4K, CAM Sugar and Decca Records are offering the first complete vinyl version of this Magnifique score, in double LP format, combining the original 1973 album with previously unreleased tracks and alternative takes from the CAM Sugar archives. 

A score on a tightrope between realism and fantasy, mariachi, romantic outbursts, frenzied boleros and James-Bondian nods: the lush music of Le Magnifique establishes Claude Bolling as Henry Mancini's French cousin.  

This double LP is available with two distinct covers, one a tribute to the visuals in Bob Saint-Clar's novels, and also features an interview with Claude Bolling. 

A must-have edition to celebrate half a century of a highly original soundtrack where melancholy lies behind fantasy and South American rhythms

TRACKLIST:

Side A

01) La Plaza (fête mexicaine)  2’25

02) Tatiana (glamourous)  2’55

03) Mexican paradise (alla Cugat)  3’16

04) Concerto pour piano, tueurs et orchestre  2’47

05) Cléotiana (en son jardin)  1’33

06) Karpoff (l’ignoble)  4’48

Side B

01) Noches mexicanas  3’28

02) Paris musette  1’38

03) Idylle interrompue  4’07

04) Christine  3’18

PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED CUES AND ALTERNATE TAKES

Side C

01) La Plaza (alternate)  1’32

02) Idylle interrompue (alternate)  1’44

03) Pop mod II  1’29

04) Karpoff (alternate)  1’32

05) Tatiana at Mexican paradise  1’42

06) Concerto pour tueurs et orchestre (mais sans piano)  1’51

07) Dénouement sans final  1’21

08) Place de la Concorde / Aéroport  1’24

Side D

01) Mexican paradise (film version)  2’54

02) Mission à Bagdad  1’08

03) Karpoff (alternate II) 1’52

04) Concerto pour piano, tueurs et orchestre (alternate)  1'25

05) Dénouement sans final (II) 1’42

06) Pop mod ultimate  3’22
Bonus track

07) Christine, piano solo by Claude Bolling  3’16

From the album Claude Bolling, Cinéma Piano Solo (2011)