Les Choses de la Vie
Bande Originale du Film

Transversales Disques presents the LP reissue release of this timeless masterpiece by Philippe Sarde: ''Les Choses de la Vie'' (The Things of Life), a 1970 french film directed by Claude Sautet.

Transversales Disques presents the LP reissue release of this timeless masterpiece by Philippe Sarde: ''Les Choses de la Vie'' (The Things of Life), a 1970 french film directed by Claude Sautet.

Transversales is a French label based in Paris founded by Sebastien Rosat & Jonathan Fitoussi. Transversales is specialised in the reissues of long lost tapes, rare original soundtracks and library.

Jonathan Fitoussi is a French composer residing in Paris. He works on minimalist and contemporary musical forms. He's also audio restoration engineer at INA & INA GRM. Sebastien Rosat is a French Music Supervisor working for Films, TV and Advertising. He's also a member of French electronic duo Sommet.

First ever LP reissue of this timeless masterpiece by Philippe Sarde, the most versatile and talented French film composer .
''Les choses de la vie'', an outstanding score which offers both the wonderful “Chanson d'Hélène” and most of the musical features which appeared later in Philippe Sarde's musical career : Nostalgia, melancholy, experiment and sound discord.
Les choses de la vie is the film which confirms Sautet as a genuine author and Philippe Sarde as a rising composer.
This is also the start of a long partnership that spanned twenty-five years and eleven films.

Including the previously unreleased versions of “La Chanson d’Hélène” performed by Romy Schneider and Michel Piccoli in Italian and German.

Also Includes Stéphane Belmondo’s version of “La Chanson d’Hélène”.