Yann Tiersen - Good bye Lenin! [OST] [2003] [FLAC]

Yann Tiersen - Good bye Lenin! (OST)


2003

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More somber and subdued than his usual work, Yann Tiersen's score for Good Bye Lenin! makes the perfect audio

counterpart for the film's bittersweet but often funny story, which revolves around a family living in Communist Germany

and is told from the viewpoint of the son, Alex. The family undergoes a number of hardships, including the father's

escape to the West and the mother's subsequent breakdown. After she recovers, she becomes a fanatic for the Communist

regime, until she sees the police beat up Alex at a pro-democracy rally. The shock gives her a heart attack, after which

she lapses into a coma; when she revives, the Berlin Wall has fallen. A doctor warns Alex that any more stress could

kill her, so he and the rest of the family pretend that they are still living under Communist rule. While no score could

convey all of that, Tiersen's music does reflect the hesitancy and delicacy of the family's plight should their illusion

be broken, as well as the comedy and the drama that ensue when it seems close to falling apart. Most of the score is

dominated by thoughtful, rippling pianos that conjure up rainy days, as well as strings, woodwinds, and brass that add

to the airs of urgency and madcap humor that dominate the film and its music. "Summer 78" introduces the score's main

theme, a winding melody that is as lovely as it is sad. The version of "Summer 78" that is graced by Claire Pichet's ice

water-pure vocals, "Watching Lara," "First Rendez-Vous," "Lara's Castle," and "Good Bye Lenin" itself all return to this

theme in various ways, lending more warmth or more coolness as necessary. "Dishes," on the other hand, is the first of

the sharply quirky, nearly chaotic pieces that inject some humor into the score. "The Decant Session," "The Deutsch Mark

Is Coming," and "Preparations for the Last TV Fake" follow suit, with the emphasis on brass and woodwinds changing from

track to track. Still other pieces, such as "Childhood 2," "Letters," and "Mother Will Die" -- which uses shimmering

vibes and excerpts of hushed dialogue in a particularly striking way -- aim at a deeper level of memories and sorrow;

Tiersen's subtly but significantly shifting compositions are almost always quite moving, and Good Bye Lenin! is no

exception. Despite being a rather lengthy score, some of the cues are so short that it's a little difficult to enjoy

them fully. This is a minor complaint, though; Good Bye Lenin! is one of those rare scores that is just as affecting and

cohesive outside of the movie theater as it is inside of it.


-- allmusic.com

Tracks


01- Summer 78 (instrumental)


02- Come


03- Childhood (1)


04- From prison to hospital


05- Mother


06- Watching Lara


07- Dishes


08- First rendez-vous


09- The decant session


10- Lara's castle


11- The Deutsch Mark is coming


12- I saw daddy today


13- Birthday preparations


14- Good bye Lenin


15- Childhood (2)


16- Letters


17- Mother's journey


18- Preparations for the last tv fake


19- Mother will die


20- Father is late


21- Father and mother


22- Finding the money


23- Summer 78

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