Review
by Mark Deming
The French know and love their movies like no one else in Europe, so it's no surprise that they've produced a few top-notch film composers over the years. The folks at Crippled Dick Hot Wax, the German label that has unearthed all manner of offbeat film music, pay homage to a little-acknowledged side of French movie scoring with Shake Sauvage, a disc featuring cues from 15 different Gallic films released between 1968 and 1973 (with a bit of funky library stock music and one retro-styled cut from the '80s rounding out the track listing). On Shake Sauvage, the focus is on French music that seemingly channels hipper American sounds of the day, from the cool jazz-funk of Claude Bolling's "Full Speed" and the naïve neo-psychedelia of Roland Vincent's "LSD Party" (complete with some of the least fluid wah-wah guitar ever recorded) to the ominous spy movie sounds of George Garvarentz's "Les Temps des Loups," and the lush, seductive organ groove of Jean-Pierre Mirouze's "Sexopolis." Actually, lush organ is one of the dominant themes of this disc (Brian Auger appears on several tracks) along with a pervasive fondness for American pop music filtered through the lens of classic-era European cool. Shake Sauvage seems to have been assembled with denizens of the space age bachelor pads crowd in mind rather than connoisseurs of notable film music, but thankfully this set works nicely on both levels -- fans of upscale Eurotrash cinema will eat this up, as will anyone who likes their pop music grand, polished and just a little bit strange. Mais oui!
https://www.allmusic.com/album/shake-sauvage-french-soundtracks-1968-1973-mw0000622265
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Reseña
por Mark Deming
Los franceses conocen y aman sus películas como nadie en Europa, por lo que no es de extrañar que hayan producido unos cuantos compositores de cine de primera categoría a lo largo de los años. Los chicos de Crippled Dick Hot Wax, el sello alemán que ha desenterrado todo tipo de música de cine poco convencional, rinden homenaje a una faceta poco conocida de la música de cine francesa con Shake Sauvage, un disco que incluye cues de 15 películas galas diferentes estrenadas entre 1968 y 1973 (con un poco de música de archivo de biblioteca funky y un corte de estilo retro de los años 80 completando el listado de pistas). En Shake Sauvage, la atención se centra en la música francesa que aparentemente canaliza los sonidos americanos más modernos de la época, desde el fresco jazz-funk de "Full Speed" de Claude Bolling y la ingenua neo-psicodelia de "LSD Party" de Roland Vincent (con una de las guitarras wah-wah menos fluidas jamás grabadas) hasta los ominosos sonidos de película de espías de "Les Temps des Loups" de George Garvarentz, y el exuberante y seductor órgano de "Sexopolis" de Jean-Pierre Mirouze. En realidad, el órgano exuberante es uno de los temas dominantes de este disco (Brian Auger aparece en varias pistas) junto con una afición omnipresente por la música pop americana filtrada a través de la lente del cool europeo de la era clásica. Shake Sauvage parece haber sido ensamblado pensando más en los habitantes de los apartamentos de solteros de la era espacial que en los conocedores de la música de cine notable, pero afortunadamente este conjunto funciona bien en ambos niveles: los fans del cine Eurotrash de lujo se lo comerán, al igual que cualquiera al que le guste su música pop grandiosa, pulida y sólo un poco extraña. ¡Mais oui!
https://www.allmusic.com/album/shake-sauvage-french-soundtracks-1968-1973-mw0000622265
1 - Jean-Pierre Mirouze - Sexopolis 4:42
2 - Georges Garvarentz - Nues Dans L'Eau 1:52
3 - Georges Garvarentz - Haschisch Party 3:06
4 - Philippe Sarde - Jukes Boxes Chez Saidani 2:44
5 - Claude Bolling - Full Speed 2:31
6 - Resonnance* - OK Chicago 2:33
7 - Karl Heinz Schäfer - Kidnapping 1:22
8 - Francis Lai - I Don't Know Why 2:17
9 - Roland Vincent - L.S.D. Party 2:51
10 - Bernard Gérard - Le Crocodile Porte-Clé 1:38
11 - Michel Magne - Grand Thème Malko 5:21
12 - Georges Garvarentz - Les Temps Des Loups 2:36
13 - André Arpino - African King 1:58
14 - Vladimir Cosma - Bowery Mood 2:29
15 - Michel Magne & Jean Yanne - Pétrol Pop 2:31
16 - Francis Lai - Le Thème D'Olivier 2:43
17 - Thierry Vincent - Munich Party 2:30
18 - Julien Covey - Sweet Bacon 2:59
Note:
Track 1 from the original soundtrack "le Marriage collectif" directed by Sven Holm
Track 2 from the original soundtrack "Sapho" directed by Georges Farrel
Track 3 from the original soundtrack "Un beau monstre" directed by Sergio Gobbi
Track 4 from the original soundtrack "Max et les Ferrailleurs" directed by Claude Sautet
Track 5 from the original soundtrack "Qui?" directed by Leonard Keigel
Track 7 from the original soundtrack "Les Gants blancs du diable" directed by Laszlo Szabo
Track 8 from the original soundtrack "La leçon particulière" directed by Michel Boisrond
Track 9 from the original soundtrack "Delphine" directed by Eric Le Hung
Track 10 from the original soundtrack "Des vacances en or" directed by Roger Pierre
Track 11 from the original soundtrack "S.A.S. à San Salvador" directed by Gérard de Villier
Track 12 from the original soundtrack "Le Temps des Loups" directed by Sergio Gobbi
Track 15 from the original soundtrack "Moi y en vouloir des sous" directed by Jean Yanne
Track 16 from the original soundtrack "La leçon particulière" directed by Michel Boisrond
Track 17 from the documentary-film "Les Teenagers" directed by Pierre Roustang
Label: Crippled Dick Hot Wax! – CDHW 068
Country: Germany
Released: Nov 1, 2000
Genre: Jazz, Rock, Stage & Screen
Style: Jazz-Rock, Jazz-Funk, Score, Theme
https://www.discogs.com/release/399495-Various-Shake-Sauvage-French-Soundtracks-1968-1973
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