La Musique de film de Georges Auric

Disques Cinémusique is proud to offer a 63-minute compilation devoted to the most memorable film scores of Georges Auric (1899 - 1983). We used only versions recorded at the time, mostly taken from the original soundtrack and supervised by the composer

Disques Cinémusique is proud to offer a 63-minute compilation devoted to the most memorable film scores of Georges Auric (1899 - 1983). We used only versions recorded at the time, mostly taken from the original soundtrack and supervised by the composer.

When he was not conducting himself, Georges Auric entrusted this task to some masters who were able ro render all the punch and lyricism of his scores. Since film music was rarely available on record in Europe in the 1940s and 1950s, Auric's most productive period, we extracted the music from the best available DVD editions. This explains the presence of sound effects and dialogue in some tracks, which is not necessarily an inconvenience with seventh art classics.

It's a shame that no one ever thought, before the turn of the 2000s, to rerecord at least some excerpts of masterpieces like The Beauty and The Beast, The Picasso Mystery and Roman Holidays! The digital contemporary versions of Georges Auric's scores suffer from a wall to wall symphonic approach that doesn’t always pay justice to the more intimate mood of some works.

Like many other composers in France, Auric experienced a decline in his activities with the arrival of the New Wave at the turn of the 1960s, which forced him to pursue his career in England and United States. He had one last great popular success in his homeland thanks to Gérard Oury who called him for La Grande Vadrouille in 1965, despite the modest contribution of the original music in this comedy.

More info at: Official website DisquesCinémusique