has CLUBBED TO DEATH been mentioned before? it's french. nice movie and the theme song is just great.
About the film's music
"Yolande (the director) came to me in August last year. She knew what kind of music she liked but none of the examples of ,techno' music she had heard gave her the emotion she felt in the clubs or at rave parties. I let her listen to examples of what I consider true techno music, techno with some ,soul', a little bit more melody or voice than usual. At first I was only supposed to do the club scenes, but then the work extended to about a year and a half.
Very gradually the music became one of the actors in the film. I found Yolande to be very open to my work. I had already had experience working with French filmmakers, but they remained quite passive in their choices, looking at old-fashioned music culture, always wanting references. Yolande didn't want to refer to anything, she just wanted the emotions created by music, she had great curiosity. I heard Robdy's piece CLUBBED TO DEATH which is a mix of classical music and electronic ,groove' in a club in London almost a year before I met Yolande. DJ James Lavell (he launched the ,trip hop') was just mixing music and played CLUBBED TO DEATH. I was fascinated by this music. When I played it during the filming, the crew was just as fascinated and gradually the song became the emblematic music for the film, it was finally even given the same title. (...)
There is enormous creativity in the techno movement, new recordings are made all the time, all over the world. (...) Since the music is primarily instrumental it is well received all over the world, there are no national boundaries. You practically hear the same music in London, New York, Tokyo, Paris and Beijing. Everyone communicates via music, that's the positive aspect of a cultural interchange. It is appropriate for the film because its exact location is unclear and the music suggests any number of geographical locations. (...) "
Philippe Cohen-Solal
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