Vincent Courtois .Cello, Composition Sophie BERNADO .Bassoon Robin Fincker .Clarinet, Tenor saxophone Janick MARTIN .Accordion François Merville .Drums
description ***** COMING OUT APRIL 14, 2023 *****
Music by Vincent Courtois
for a silent movie by Jean Epstein
Powerfully evocative, Vincent Courtois’s music has always cultivated a special relationship to images, whether imagined or fantasized. After having unveiled his intimate cinematography on the album Bandes originales(La Buissonne RJAL 397030), he decides to push the envelope a little further by composing his first score on a silent film, and not least: Finis terrae (1929), manifesto from the Breton period by Jean Epstein.
To evoke the poetic, fantastic and wonderful atmosphere of this marine poem, the cellist has devised an atypical instrumentation, where the bass and medium frequencies of the cello, bassoon and tenor saxophone intertwine with the traditional colours. the accordion, punctuated by a subtle drum. Soon freeing itself from the images that gave birth to it, music is now fashionable by and for itself, inviting each listener to project their own inner film.”
Recorded, mixed, mastered at La Buissonne Studios, Pernes les Fontaines, France
Recorded and mixed December 20th, 21th 2021 by Gérard de Haro, assisted by Matteo Fontaine
Mastered by Nicolas Baillard
Produced by Gérard de Haro & RJAL for La Buissonne and La Compagnie de l’imprévu
Artwork & photo by Loïc Vincent
Janick Martin plays on Castagnari accordion
Music published by les éditions du 22 décembre - 22D Music
