Label: Polydor Records (U.S.), 829 663-2 Y-1
Style: Instrumental, Electronic, Ambient
Country: Agria, Greece (29 March 1943 - 17 May 2022)
Time: 43:04
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 190 Mb
Opera Sauvage is a soundtrack album by the Greek electronic composer Vangelis, released in 1979. It is the score for the nature documentary of the same title by French filmmaker Frederic Rossif. It is considered one of Vangelis' best albums, and is his second most successful album in the USA, reaching #42 in the album charts.
Vangelis produced this album during his electro-acoustic period, which was one of the most productive in his musical career. Opera Sauvage is more akin to his classic sound than his earlier nature scores for the same director, Frederic Rossif, such as L'Apocalypse des animaux and La Fete sauvage. A later collaboration with Rossif in the style of Opera sauvage was Sauvage et Beau.
Vangelis plays several synthesizers, piano, Fender Rhodes electric piano (featured extensively on "Reve"), drums, percussion, xylophone, as well as acoustic & bass guitar ("Chromatique"). Jon Anderson is credited with playing harp on "Flamants Roses".
The album is full of classical-based and warm melodies, orchestrated with Yamaha CS-80 sounds. "Hymne", "L'Enfant", "Mouettes" and "Irlande" build on fairly simple themes that are developed instrumentally. "Reve" is, indeed, as the title suggests, a dreamy calm piece with the hint of jazz in the climax. "Chromatique" has a chromatic instrumental line with chords on an acoustic guitar. "Flamants Roses", finally, consists of several parts, from slow to upbeat, and finishing off with a bluesy finale; Jon Anderson features prominently on harp.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op%C3%A9ra_sauvage)
01. Hymne (02:45)
02. Reve (12:32)
03. L'Enfant (05:05)
04. Mouettes (02:30)
05. Chromatique (03:31)
06. Irlande (04:47)
07. Flamants Roses (11:50)
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