Je Vous Souhaite d'Être Follement Aimée
Ibrahim Maalouf
" Malouf's music also includes some fine mournful trumpet passages and electronic elements, but his music is much smaller in scale, more intimate and more classical. "Written by Joep de Bruijn - Review of the regular release
Je Vous Souhaite d'Être Follement Aimée was directed by Ounie Lecomte and stars Céline Sallette, Anne Benoît and Françoise Lebrun. In the film we follow physiotherapist Elisa, who unsuccessfully attempted to find her biological mother. However, by chance, her mother is admitted as one of Elisa's patient, without any one of them being aware of this. This, inevitably, leads to s situation wherein mother and daughter find out what had made their separation possible.
The score was composed, and mostly improvised, by Ibrahim Maalouf. The French-Lebanese has made name as a jazz musician and, like many before him, is now gradually building up a nice resume as a film composer. He has scored films such as Yves Saint Laurent, the Iranian Red Rose and La Vache.
What I really like about all of his scores is that he is able to fuse Arabian influences with jazz and traditional orchestral elements that seem to make sense. Some of his scores do have obvious reasons for this Arabic element, due to the setting or characters. On Je vous souhaite d'être follement aimée, these influences sound like they are just part of his musical DNA and have no extra purpose. Someone like the Norwegian jazz musician Nils Petter Molvaer relies heavily on atmospheric electronic soundscapes with melancholic performances by the trumpet. Malouf's music also includes some fine mournful trumpet passages and electronic elements, but his music is much smaller in scale, more intimate and more classical.
Cues as Retourne and Ritournelle (I and II) are very evocative pieces, primarily written for the solo piano. They present a pleasant warmth and sadness in the form of a piano theme, which is very hard not to like. That very feeling is extended by a musical palette of strings, solo trumpets and electronics throughout other bits of the score. I can imagine that, to some, the electronic sounds may feel like a disturbance of the general dramatic continuity, but I really feel they blend in perfectly and form an organic sound. I like the lengthier use of electronics in[i'Illusion[/i], or the brief appearance towards the end of the magnificently upbeat Elisa cue.
Je Vous Souhaite d'Être Follement Aimée is Ibrahim Maalouf' best score till date and I suspect many will easily like this wonderful score. It's difficult to recommend other scores, because his second best, Red Rose, remains unreleased. Yves Saint Laurent is quite a pleasant work, while La Vache is too repetitive, but nonetheless pleasantly entertaining. I sincerely hope that Malaouf continues to write great dramatic scores.
The score was released as download only on 1st of January 2016.
Tracklist
01. Dunkerque (02:06)
02. Retour A La Maternite (01:52)
03. Elisa & Noe (01:15)
04. Rencontre (03:13)
05. Ritournelle I (00:34)
06. Illusion (02:05)
07. Ritournelle II (00:42)
08. Annette (01:57)
09. L'Abandon (01:33)
10. Elisa (06:51)
11. Ritournelle III (02:53)
12. Je Vous Souhaite d'Être Follement Aimée (05:21)
The score was composed, and mostly improvised, by Ibrahim Maalouf. The French-Lebanese has made name as a jazz musician and, like many before him, is now gradually building up a nice resume as a film composer. He has scored films such as Yves Saint Laurent, the Iranian Red Rose and La Vache.
What I really like about all of his scores is that he is able to fuse Arabian influences with jazz and traditional orchestral elements that seem to make sense. Some of his scores do have obvious reasons for this Arabic element, due to the setting or characters. On Je vous souhaite d'être follement aimée, these influences sound like they are just part of his musical DNA and have no extra purpose. Someone like the Norwegian jazz musician Nils Petter Molvaer relies heavily on atmospheric electronic soundscapes with melancholic performances by the trumpet. Malouf's music also includes some fine mournful trumpet passages and electronic elements, but his music is much smaller in scale, more intimate and more classical.
Cues as Retourne and Ritournelle (I and II) are very evocative pieces, primarily written for the solo piano. They present a pleasant warmth and sadness in the form of a piano theme, which is very hard not to like. That very feeling is extended by a musical palette of strings, solo trumpets and electronics throughout other bits of the score. I can imagine that, to some, the electronic sounds may feel like a disturbance of the general dramatic continuity, but I really feel they blend in perfectly and form an organic sound. I like the lengthier use of electronics in[i'Illusion[/i], or the brief appearance towards the end of the magnificently upbeat Elisa cue.
Je Vous Souhaite d'Être Follement Aimée is Ibrahim Maalouf' best score till date and I suspect many will easily like this wonderful score. It's difficult to recommend other scores, because his second best, Red Rose, remains unreleased. Yves Saint Laurent is quite a pleasant work, while La Vache is too repetitive, but nonetheless pleasantly entertaining. I sincerely hope that Malaouf continues to write great dramatic scores.
The score was released as download only on 1st of January 2016.
Tracklist
01. Dunkerque (02:06)
02. Retour A La Maternite (01:52)
03. Elisa & Noe (01:15)
04. Rencontre (03:13)
05. Ritournelle I (00:34)
06. Illusion (02:05)
07. Ritournelle II (00:42)
08. Annette (01:57)
09. L'Abandon (01:33)
10. Elisa (06:51)
11. Ritournelle III (02:53)
12. Je Vous Souhaite d'Être Follement Aimée (05:21)