La Fête Sauvage
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La Fête sauvage is an original score album, by Greek composer Vangelis
(as Vangelis Papathanassiou in some releases), from the 1975 documentary, about animal wildlife, by Frédéric Rossif
.
-oriented of his soundtracks for Frédéric Rossif
, compared to the mostly electronic/ambient/spacey L'Apocalypse des animaux
and the highly melodic "classic Vangelis sound" of Opéra sauvage
.
The first part of the album features a mixture of electronics, percussion, animal sounds, and tribal chanting which is extremely evocative of the nature of the film project. The second part moves into more familiar Vangelis territory, with lush electronic soundscapes and sweet melodies, yet still well in keeping with the movie's themes.
The chanting and percussion was performed by a number of guest musicians whom Vangelis invited to his studio.
The documentary contains much more music than is available on the album, a common theme with Vangelis soundtracks.
Sound engineer: Keith Spencer Allen
Other credited names are:
Released in France in 1976
Length: 89 minutes
Producer: Michelle Wiart
Produced by Télé Hachette and Rafran Cinématografica spa
The movie has only ever been released on VHS, by Belgium Production Video (PAL), and Cassette Video Hachette (SECAM). There is, as yet, no DVD release.
1975, EMI/Pathe Marconi 2C066/14276, France
1975, Barclay 200.332, France
1975, CAM Y900.056, France
1975, CAM 6905, Canada
1976, CAM SAG 9096, Italy
1979, CAM SPL1-7175, Spain
1977, Polydor 2421100, Greece
1978, RCA PL-30036, West Germany
1979, EGG GP 711, Japan
1983, CAM LCM 233451, Italy (2LP, together with Entends-tu les chiens aboyer ?)
1987, LupSom 2LL2.001, Brazil (2LP, together with Entends-tu les chiens aboyer ?)
CD
CAM 13071-2, France
CAM CSE 067, Italy
CAM CSE 800-067, Italy
CAM 493 206-2, Italy
CAM 474493, Spain
Barclay 823 756-2, West Germany/US
Polydor 841 198-2, West Germany
Vangelis
Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou is a Greek composer of electronic, progressive, ambient, jazz, pop rock and orchestral music, under the artist name Vangelis...
(as Vangelis Papathanassiou in some releases), from the 1975 documentary, about animal wildlife, by Frédéric Rossif
Frédéric Rossif
Frédéric Rossif was a French film and television director who specialized primarily on documentaries, frequently using archive footage. Rossif's common themes included wildlife, 20th century history and contemporary artists...
.
Overview
La Fête sauvage is the most world musicWorld music
World music is a term with widely varying definitions, often encompassing music which is primarily identified as another genre. This is evidenced by world music definitions such as "all of the music in the world" or "somebody else's local music"...
-oriented of his soundtracks for Frédéric Rossif
Frédéric Rossif
Frédéric Rossif was a French film and television director who specialized primarily on documentaries, frequently using archive footage. Rossif's common themes included wildlife, 20th century history and contemporary artists...
, compared to the mostly electronic/ambient/spacey L'Apocalypse des animaux
L'Apocalypse des Animaux (album)
L'Apocalypse des animaux is a soundtrack album by Greek composer Vangelis. The album's music accompanied a documentary series about the animal kingdom directed by Frédéric Rossif that was first broadcasted on French TV in 1970.-Track listing:...
and the highly melodic "classic Vangelis sound" of Opéra sauvage
Opera Sauvage
Opéra sauvage is a 1979 album, by Greek composer and artist Vangelis, of the score for the nature documentary by the same title by French filmmaker Frédéric Rossif. The album sleeve design is by Vangelis himself....
.
The first part of the album features a mixture of electronics, percussion, animal sounds, and tribal chanting which is extremely evocative of the nature of the film project. The second part moves into more familiar Vangelis territory, with lush electronic soundscapes and sweet melodies, yet still well in keeping with the movie's themes.
The chanting and percussion was performed by a number of guest musicians whom Vangelis invited to his studio.
The documentary contains much more music than is available on the album, a common theme with Vangelis soundtracks.
Credits
Music written, arranged and produced by Vangelis Papathanassiou.Sound engineer: Keith Spencer Allen
Other credited names are:
- D. A. Adams King Potato
- Lofty Amao
- Idris Baba
- Ben Da Doo
- E. Lord Eric
- Lartey Ottoo
- Paul Jeffery
- Vana Veroutis (vocals)
Trivia
- A single was released from the album - Thème d'amour / Générique, (EMI/Pathe Marconi France).
- The album was reportedly recorded only three months after Heaven and HellHeaven and Hell (Vangelis album)Heaven and Hell, released in 1975, is the fifth solo album by Greek electronic composer and artist Vangelis. It got worldwide recognition through the use of "Movement 3" as the theme for the television documentary series Cosmos....
in 1975. 1 2 - The film does not feature the prominent vocal performance of Vana Veroutis that is on the album.
- The 1992 CD edition (on the CAM label) divided the album in two tracks, but mistakenly starts with the last half of Ignacio instead of the first half of La Fête sauvage. A new release later on changed the order of the tracks but still got the Ignacio part wrong. CAM finally corrected their mistake with a 1992 rerelease.
The Wildlife Film
35 mm, colourReleased in France in 1976
Length: 89 minutes
Producer: Michelle Wiart
Produced by Télé Hachette and Rafran Cinématografica spa
The movie has only ever been released on VHS, by Belgium Production Video (PAL), and Cassette Video Hachette (SECAM). There is, as yet, no DVD release.
Album Versions
LP1975, EMI/Pathe Marconi 2C066/14276, France
1975, Barclay 200.332, France
1975, CAM Y900.056, France
1975, CAM 6905, Canada
1976, CAM SAG 9096, Italy
1979, CAM SPL1-7175, Spain
1977, Polydor 2421100, Greece
1978, RCA PL-30036, West Germany
1979, EGG GP 711, Japan
1983, CAM LCM 233451, Italy (2LP, together with Entends-tu les chiens aboyer ?)
1987, LupSom 2LL2.001, Brazil (2LP, together with Entends-tu les chiens aboyer ?)
CD
CAM 13071-2, France
CAM CSE 067, Italy
CAM CSE 800-067, Italy
CAM 493 206-2, Italy
CAM 474493, Spain
Barclay 823 756-2, West Germany/US
Polydor 841 198-2, West Germany