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''La Fête sauvage'' (''The Wild Party'') is an original score album, by Greek composer Vangelis (as Vangelis Papathanassiou in some releases), from the 1975 documentary about animal wildlife ''
La Fête Sauvage ''La Fête sauvage'' (''The Wild Party'') is an original score album, by Greek composer Vangelis (as Vangelis Papathanassiou in some releases), from the 1975 documentary about animal wildlife ''The Wild Nation, La Fête Sauvage'', by Frédéric R ...
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Frédéric Rossif Frédéric Rossif (February 16, 1922 – April 18, 1990) was a French film and television director who specialized primarily in documentaries, frequently using archive footage. Rossif's common themes included wildlife, 20th-century history and conte ...
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Track listing

#"La Fête sauvage I" – 18:12 #"La Fête sauvage II" – 20:18


Overview

''La Fête sauvage'' is the most world music-oriented of his soundtracks for Frédéric Rossif, compared to the mostly electronic/ambient/spacey ''
L'Apocalypse des animaux ''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 broadcast on French TV in 1970. Track list ...
'' 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.


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 Hell'' in 1975
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*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. *
Boards Of Canada Boards of Canada are a Scottish electronic music duo consisting of brothers Michael Sandison and Marcus Eoin, formed initially as a group in 1986 before becoming a duo in the 1990s.Hoffmann, Heiko.Pitchfork: Interviews: Boards of Canada (Septemb ...
sampled a small section of the track "La Fête sauvage I" in their song "Happy Cycling", from the album '' Music Has the Right to Children''. Specifically, the seagull calls that are heard at 2:43
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SNCF The Société nationale des chemins de fer français (; abbreviated as SNCF ; French for "National society of French railroads") is France's national state-owned railway company. Founded in 1938, it operates the country's national rail traffi ...
used an adapted portion of the track "La Fête sauvage I" as a launch promotion for the then-new high-speed
TGV The TGV (french: Train à Grande Vitesse, "high-speed train"; previously french: TurboTrain à Grande Vitesse, label=none) is France's intercity high-speed rail service, operated by SNCF. SNCF worked on a high-speed rail network from 1966 to 19 ...
services in 1981
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The Wildlife Film

35 mm, colour
Released in France in 1976
Length: 89 minutes
Producer: Michelle Wiart
Produced by Télé Hachette and Rafran Cinématografica spa Until recently, the movie was only available on VHS, by ''Belgium Production Video'' (PAL), and ''Cassette Video Hachette'' (SECAM). In September 2014, the film wa
made available
in a restored version on DVD or Blu-Ray. Particularly interesting for Vangelis' fans, the new release contains the M&E (Music and effects) version of the movie, without the narrative voice. This makes it possible to enjoy a large selection of music heard in the movie but not otherwise available.


Album versions

LP
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


References


External links














'Soundtrack Collector' feature

'ProgArchives' review -

'IMD' movie review -

'IMPRESSIONS TGV' on the official SNCF online archives
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