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 Posted:   May 25, 2017 - 8:23 PM   
 By:   Bond1965   (Member)

The new Francois Ozon film, L'AMANT DOUBLE is in competition at Cannes and the review in the Hollywood Reporter gives it's last paragraph to the score by Philippe Rombi:

By turns gently emotional and aggressively nerve-jangling, Philippe Rombi's score swerves and shifts almost as much as the storyline. It's the perfect accompaniment for a film that's made with serious craftsmanship but never takes itself seriously.

As with all of Ozon/Rombi collaborations, I am sure the score will be worth hearing.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/amant-double-cannes-1007105

James

 
 
 Posted:   Jun 7, 2017 - 5:26 PM   
 By:   Bond1965   (Member)

Looks like a digital only release. Rather short score:

http://filmmusicreporter.com/2017/06/07/amant-double-soundtrack-to-be-released/#more-45478

James

 
 
 Posted:   Apr 1, 2019 - 7:05 AM   
 By:   Hurdy Gurdy   (Member)

Playing this CD now.
If you ever wondered how Rombi would tackle a horror score, this is as close as you could get.
Some serious disturbed sounds in certain tracks.
I think the Rombi of old has gone.
He's morphed, as a composer, to suit the times, and as a result, that lovely, flowing, lyrical, symphonic music he used to throw out with gay abandon has been replaced by the modern template we love/hate.
There are some moments of minimal quiet beauty here though. Maternite is quite nice and the last track is almost like his take on Vangelis/Tears In Rain. Track 5 & 12 could almost be from BR2049.
The tracks are all a bit too short though.
It's fine with the scary stuff, but the more dreamy cues maybe could have been extended?
There's only about 20 minutes of Rombi on the CD, with songs and additional composer score tracks taking up the other 10 minutes.

 
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