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Features all six film scores by members of Tindersticks for acclaimed French director Claire Denis made over past 15 years. Four of six soundtracks are previously unreleased, including White Material. CD and 180gLP sets in custom boxes with front cover window die-cut and metallic print on deluxe black board; 180gLP box set limited to 600. Includes a perfect-bound booklet with essay by Michael Hill (also translated to French) and many colour plates of film stills. Tindersticks have had a long and fruitful relationship with French filmmaker Claire Denis dating back to the band's early years. The group's first soundtrack for Denis, Nenette Et Boni (1996), was also their third album, following two eponymous and now legendary Tindersticks fulllengths in the early 90s. Five more soundtracks have been created since, standing faithfully alongside Denis' own critically-acclaimed trajectory and marking one of the more fertile, consistent and resonant relationships between a director and a group of musicians in contemporary cinema. The set gathers all six of the Claire Denis soundtracks written and performed by Tindersticks or their members; Stuart A. Staples (for L'Intrus) and Dickon Hinchliffe (for Vendredi Soir) alongside four others credited to the full band. Four of the six soundtracks are previously unreleased all of the film scores recorded since 2002 are issued in this set for the first time. The soundtracks represent a subtle, beautiful body of work and an essential part of the Tindersticks oeuvre. Says band leader Stuart A. Staples: Approaching each film has always asked us to step into an unknown, stretch ourselves and do things that we did not think we were able. At the end we always feel changed in some way. This has fed into all our other music and is a contributing factor to why we are still struggling to catch our ideas after all these years... CD and LP sets each come in a slipcase box made from deluxe uncoated black paperboard with a custom die-cut window and metallic cover print. Discs are housed in printed sleeves, each of which features an iconic image from the corresponding film that can interact with the window-cut box. The package also includes a perfect-bound booklet of colour film stills and an essay by renowned music writer Michael Hill.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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I've been a fan of Tindersticks for years, and have loved the cinematic aspect of their music. They previously released two CDs of soundtrack music - "Nenette et Boni" and "Trouble Every Day" - plus a third disk of their music - "Marks Moods" - was assembled as a promo to try to get them more jobs in this field. However, the band have also produced four other soundtracks for Claire Denis ("L'Intrus", "Vendredi Soir", "35 Rhums" and "White Material") but these have only now been made available in this set.
The first thing you notice is the box. The five CDs are all enclosed in cardboard sleeves, each featuring a picture, presumably a still from the relevant film, and the track listing on the reverse. There is also a thick book, again featuring some pictures from the films, plus an article about the band and their work with Denis, printed in both English and French. The box containing these is CD sized but maybe 2-3 times as thick as a normal CD, and is made of a kind of brushed card inlaid with silver foil. It looks nice on a shelf :-)
As for the music itself the 190 minutes or so are largely instrumental, only a handful of tracks featuring Stuart Staples' unmistakable voice. Fans will probably already own "Nenette et Boni" and "Trouble Every Day", and the other disks (note that "Marks Moods" is not included in this set) are essentially more of the same, lushly arranged (particularly Dickon Hinchliffe's solo soundtrack for "Vendredi Soir"). As with most soundtracks the music works best as background rather than active listening, and I've listened to the set in its entirety today whilst working. Very enjoyable it was too.
If you're not already a Tindersticks fan the cost of the set will undoubtedly stop you buying this as an experiment, so one of their other albums (may I suggest "Curtains", the first album, or "Can Our Love") would be a better place to start, but for a fan this is a great collection at a fantastic price. Highly recommended.
The first thing you notice is the box. The five CDs are all enclosed in cardboard sleeves, each featuring a picture, presumably a still from the relevant film, and the track listing on the reverse. There is also a thick book, again featuring some pictures from the films, plus an article about the band and their work with Denis, printed in both English and French. The box containing these is CD sized but maybe 2-3 times as thick as a normal CD, and is made of a kind of brushed card inlaid with silver foil. It looks nice on a shelf :-)
As for the music itself the 190 minutes or so are largely instrumental, only a handful of tracks featuring Stuart Staples' unmistakable voice. Fans will probably already own "Nenette et Boni" and "Trouble Every Day", and the other disks (note that "Marks Moods" is not included in this set) are essentially more of the same, lushly arranged (particularly Dickon Hinchliffe's solo soundtrack for "Vendredi Soir"). As with most soundtracks the music works best as background rather than active listening, and I've listened to the set in its entirety today whilst working. Very enjoyable it was too.
If you're not already a Tindersticks fan the cost of the set will undoubtedly stop you buying this as an experiment, so one of their other albums (may I suggest "Curtains", the first album, or "Can Our Love") would be a better place to start, but for a fan this is a great collection at a fantastic price. Highly recommended.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Vinyl
If anyone is wondering, the fabulous vinyl box set version of this release does include MP3 download codes for each album. It is a fine package indeed if a bit pricey!
Format:Audio CD
If you have been listening to different albums of this group, and you like it, then you'll enjoy this wonderful collection of soundtracks.
This edition contains a book that explains their relationship with the film director Claire Denis.
However my suggestion is, if it's possible, to listen to some songs before buying it.
This edition contains a book that explains their relationship with the film director Claire Denis.
However my suggestion is, if it's possible, to listen to some songs before buying it.
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