Sometimes I find myself really drawn to a piece that's actually a poem, or prose, or a prose poem set to music. That's certainly true for the Falling Light piece. Like that, there is little chance that this strange, haunting number will find its way into any popular chart.
Yann Tiersen is a French Composer who I first came across when I enjoyed the soundtrack to Amelie. OK, so I may have been a little sidetracked by the startling visuals of the film - and especially taken by Audrey Tautou.
Anyway, to this piece. I'm not sure where to begin. Which may be where RobisRob found himself when making this superb video. (it differs a little from this video of Yann Tiersen simply listening to the whole of the Infinity album. In a lighthouse. Obviously.) The solution - to have Aidan Moffat's voice mouthed by Clémence Poésy - seems somehow obvious in retrospect, as does the darkened room, the movement of the moon and, well, the whole of it.
I've lost count of how many times I've watched this. In contrast to Falling Light this is a video which marries with, and enhances the track. The video does more than express the musical and lyrical ideas; it adds to them. I'd be willing to bet you watch this more than once.
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