The Chorus (Les Choristes) [Original Music from the Motion Picture]

by Bruno Coulais

Overview

Director Christophe Barratier's 2004 film Les Choristes, released in the U.S. in January 2005 as The Chorus, is, depending on your point of view, either a heart-warming or a saccharine story set in post-World War II France about a choral director at a school for delinquent children who reforms his charges by teaching them to sing together. Sing together they do on this album (a French best-seller), presenting new music by Bruno Coulais that sounds old. Actually, it isn't the boys' choir of the movie that's doing the singing, but rather Les Petits Chanteurs de Saint-Marc Choir, who, by the list of names, appear to include quite a few girls. In any case, the music is pleasant and harmonious, and the few snatches of Coulais' score played by the Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra (which no doubt charges less than a French orchestra would) are equally listenable. There are also bits of dialogue, notably in the final track, "Nous Sommes de Fond de l'Etang" ("We Are from Fond de l'Etang"), which is an audition in which the boys sing some of their favorites while trying out. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	08/07/2012
Label:	Var?Se Sarabande
UPC:	0030206715323

Tracks

1. The Chorus~Les Choristes (The Chorus)
2. The Chorus~In Memoriam
3. The Chorus~L'Arriv¿¿e ¿¿ l'¿¿cole (Arrival at School)
4. The Chorus~P¿¿pinot
5. The Chorus~Vois sur ton Chemin (Look on Your Path)
6. The Chorus~Les Partitions (The Scores)
7. The Chorus~Caresse sur l'Oc¿¿an (Caress on the Ocean)
8. The Chorus~Lueur d'¿¿t¿¿ (Glimmer of Summer)
9. The Chorus~Cerf-Volant (Kite)
10. The Chorus~Sous la Pluie (In the Rain)
11. The Chorus~Comp¿¿re Guilleri (Good Ol' Guilleri)
12. The Chorus~La D¿¿sillusion (Disillusion)
13. The Chorus~La Nuit (Night)
14. The Chorus~L'Incendie (Fire)
15. The Chorus~L'¿¿vocation (Evocation)
16. The Chorus~Les Avions en Papier (Paper Airplanes)
17. The Chorus~Action R¿¿action (Action Reaction)
18. The Chorus~Seuls (Alone)
19. The Chorus~Morhange
20. The Chorus~In Memoriam A Cappella
21. The Chorus~Nous sommes de Fond de l¿¿tang (We are from Fond de l'¿¿tang)
22. The Chorus~Vois sur ton Chemin (Look on Your Path)
23. The Chorus~In Memoriam
24. The Chorus~Caresse sur l'Oc¿¿an (Caress on the Ocean)
25. The Chorus~Lueur d'¿¿t¿¿ (Glimmer of Summer)
26. The Chorus~Cerf-Volant (Kite)

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Bruno Coulais   Primary Artist,Director,Music Direction
Les Petits Chanteurs de Saint-Marc   Primary Artist,Choir/Chorus
Dominic Faricier   Piano
Raoul Duflot Perez   Piano
Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra   Orchestra Director,Orchestra
Deyan Pavlov   Conductor
Alizee Dayde Choliere   Choir/Chorus
Camille Chavent   Choir/Chorus
Camille Farcot   Choir/Chorus
Charlotte Bourgeay   Choir/Chorus
Melanie Dore   Choir/Chorus
Arnaud Fendler   Choir/Chorus
Jean-Baptiste Maunier   Vocals
Raoul Duflot Verez   Piano
Nicolas Bottazzi   Choir/Chorus
Alexis Charfe   Choir/Chorus
Timothee Bernard   Choir/Chorus
Jean Baptiste Aubourg   Choir/Chorus
Didier Accard   Choir/Chorus
Cyprien Bureau   Choir/Chorus
Nicolas Porte   Conductor,Choir Director

Technical Credits

Bruno Coulais   Composer,Text,Arranger,Lyricist,Producer,Digital Layout
Didier Lize   Producer,Engineer,Digital Layout
Jean-Philippe Rameau   Composer,Original Material
Slim Pezin   Digital Layout,Producer
Philippe Lopes-Curval   Composer
Paul Lavergne   Musical Producer,Executive Producer
Christophe Barratier   Text,Composer,Lyricist,Producer,Digital Layout
Gerard Jugnot   Actor
Ph. Lopes-Curval   Text