Winged Migration


Documentaire | Date de sortie: 22/04/2003 | Sortie du film: 2001 | Type: CD, Téléchargement
 

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# Track Artiste/Compositeur Duration
1.To be in your SideNick Cave4:04
2.Masters of the FieldRobert Wyatt3:23
3.Vers le Nord2:24
4.La Traversée2:04
5.The Highest GanderRobert Wyatt3:14
6.Tambour Battant3:32
7.Le Retour des Grues2:35
8.Le Fil Bleu1:18
9.La Forêt RougeRobert Wyatt2:25
10.Comme Un SouffleA Filetta2:04
11.L'Envol1:23
12.Dans la Fumée des Usines1:31
13.Le Planeur2:01
14.Après la Chasse2:57
15.Les Haras en Papier1:04
16.Le Vol des Cygnes1:21
17.A Tête Barrée2:47
18.La Colombe PoignardéeGabriel Yacoub3:06
19.Hors Champ2:02
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Winged Migration - 07/10 - Critique de Tom Daish, ajouté le (Anglais)
To date, Bruno Coulais is perhaps best known for his score to The Chorus, but he has a filmography that stretches back to the 1970's and his rate of work (judging by the list on the Internet Movie Database) is prodigious, even if much of it is for television. From the same team that got up close and personal to get astonishing images of insects in Microcosmos (for which Coulais also provided the music), Winged Migration does the same for birds. Unlike investigative big screen documentaries, wildlife documentaries made for the cinema are conspicuously light on information, content to please the viewer with images and music, so too is the case here.
Although a 'performed by' credit on a track listing usually indicates the inclusion of a random pop song, the songs here are either written by Coulais or in collaboration (i.e. they write the words) with the artist in question. Nick Cave is renowned for his dour musical style and, in many ways, Coulais has a similarly melancholy outlook and their collaboration, To Be By Your Side, is rather wistful, but never quite uplifting opener it threatens to become. The contributions of Robert Wyatt (who looks like Brahms had he ended up living in the wild west) are similarly downbeat, although his rather fragile voice is quite beguiling. It's certainly not one might expect from someone who appears as though he should sound like Brian Blessed.

Coulais' underscore is an intriguing mixture of (you guessed it) melancholy orchestral scoring, some world music (not as bad as that suggests) combined with various other vocal performances - notably The Sofia Bass Choir, whose deep, growling timbre is quite mesmerizing, whether in the limelight or to provide a background resonance to the lower reaches. Indeed, Coulais' vocal writing is often striking and unusual. The Takeoff features a 'di-di-di-di' (imagine that sung quite quickly by a close harmony female group) chorale that makes a startling contrast to the more pastoral strings and woodwinds. Coulais even manages to get his name into the lyrics. There are a few standard orchestral cues - Amidst the Factory Smoke is a particularly fine example - and it's somewhat disappointing there aren't a few more of them, particularly as the short tracks often conclude just when they seem to be getting going.

Into this eclectic mix are numerous bird sounds, from flapping wings to calls, which is surprisingly effective, if a little overused by the end. There are some undeniably gorgeous moments in Winged Migration - The Glider features a more traditional choral arrangement and vividly conjures up the image suggested by the track title - but as a whole is rather eclectic, not helped by the relative brevity of the many of the tracks. The lyrics to many of the songs are also rather trite; singing about birds soaring above is a bit Disney (and second rate 1980's Disney at that) and really rather mawkish. Overall, the strange mixture takes a bit of getting used to, as does the occasionally overtly melancholy mood, however Coulais is a composer of considerable imagination and there is plenty to admire in a score that really does grow on you.
Winged Migration - 06/10 - Critique de Grégory Ramat, ajouté le (Français)
Bruno Coulais c'est un peu notre John Williams à nous. Une référence en matière de talent, de style et de productivité.

A cet égard, Le Peuple Migrateur offre un panel de genres pour le moins hétéroclite, normal pour un album invitant au voyage. Malgré les intentions de base et le travail artistique fourni, le résultat demeure malgré tout trop inégal.

On appréciera ou pas les chansons qui apportent une originalité à la narration musicale en elle-même, mais la voix des interprètes - au grain particulier - n'apportent pas forcément l'émotion recherchée. A chacun de voir.

Si chaque titre a le mérite d'être différent, au final peu d'entre eux marquent véritablement l'auditeur. On appréciera surtout Le Retour des Grues, Dans la Fumée des Usines et le très beau, mais trop court, Le Vol des Cygnes.

Pour le reste, c'est purement une affaire de goût.

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Winged Migration (2012)


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