Amélie (soundtrack)

Amélie
Soundtrack album by Yann Tiersen
Released	April 23, 2001 (2001-04-23)
Length	53:03
Label	Virgin Records
Producer	Yann Tiersen
Yann Tiersen chronology
Black Session: Yann Tiersen (1999) Amélie (soundtrack) (2001) L'Absente (2001)

Amélie is the soundtrack to the 2001 French film Amélie.

Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet chanced upon the largely accordion and piano driven music of Yann Tiersen while driving with his production assistant who put on a CD he hadn't heard before. Greatly impressed, he immediately bought Tiersen's entire catalogue and eventually commissioned him to compose pieces for the film.^[1] The soundtrack features both compositions from Tiersen's first three albums, but also new items, variants of which can be found on his fourth album, L'Absente, which he was writing at the same time.^[2]

Beside the accordion and piano the music features parts played with harpsichord, banjo, bass guitar, vibraphone and even a bicycle wheel at the end of "La Dispute" (which plays over the opening titles in the motion picture).

Prior to discovering Tiersen, Jeunet was primarily considering composer Michael Nyman to score the film.^{[citation needed]}

"Les Jours tristes" was co-written with Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy. The track later received English lyrics, and was released by The Divine Comedy as a b-side to the Regeneration single "Perfect Lovesong." The English language version also appeared on Tiersen's L'Absente.

Track listing

1. "J'y suis jamais allé" - 1:34
2. "Les Jours tristes" (Instrumental) - 3:03
3. "La Valse d'Amélie" (Original version) - 2:15
4. "Comptine d'un autre été: L'après-midi" - 2:20
5. "La Noyée" - 2:03
6. "L'Autre valse d'Amélie" - 1:33
7. "Guilty" (Al Bowlly) - 3:13
8. "À quai" - 3:32
9. "Le Moulin" - 4:27
10. "Pas si simple" - 1:52
11. "La Valse d'Amélie" (Orchestral version) - 2:00
12. "La Valse des vieux os" - 2:20
13. "La Dispute" - 4:15
14. "Si tu n'étais pas là" (Fréhel) - 3:29
15. "Soir de fête" - 2:55
16. "La Redécouverte" - 1:13
17. "Sur le fil" - 4:23
18. "Le Banquet" - 1:31
19. "La Valse d'Amélie" (Piano version) - 2:38
20. "La Valse des monstres" - 3:39

Bonus tracks

21. "L'Autre Valse d'Amélie (version quatuor à cordes et piano)" - 1:43
22. "Les Deux Pianos" - 2:00
23. "Comptine d'un autre été: la démarche" - 2:03
24. "La Maison" - 2:03

Charts

Chart (2010) Peak position Germany (Media Control AG)[3] 47 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 75)[4] 41 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[5] 34

Charts (2010)[6] Chart Peak position Austrian Albums Chart 35 Belgian Albums Chart (Vl) 3 Belgian Albums Chart (Wa) 2 Dutch Albums Chart 31 French Albums Chart 1 Swiss Albums Chart 28

Certifications

Country	Certification	Sales/shipments
Canada	1x Platinum[7]	100,000

Covers

The band New Found Glory covered "J'y suis jamais allé" on their second covers album From the Screen to Your Stereo Part II. The song was also used by Expression crew in their dance act, Marionette.

References

1. ^ "JEUNET, JEAN-PIERRE: FABULOUS DESTINY OF AMÉLIE". Urban Cinefile. December 13, 2001. http://www.urbancinefile.com.au/home/view.asp?a=5593&s=Interviews. Retrieved 2009-06-05. 
2. ^ Michael Hubbard (24 February 2002). "Composer Tiersen serenades Amelie". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1839313.stm. Retrieved 2009-06-05. 
3. ^ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche - musicline.de" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
4. ^ "Yann Tiersen – Comptine d'un autre été: L'après-midi) – Austriancharts.at" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Hung Medien.
5. ^ "Yann Tiersen – Comptine d'un autre été: L'après-midi) – swisscharts.com". Swiss Singles Chart. Hung Medien.
6. ^ Steffen Hung. "Soundtrack / Yann Tiersen - Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain". lescharts.com. http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Soundtrack+%2F+Yann+Tiersen&titel=Le+fabuleux+destin+d%27Am%E9lie+Poulain&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-09-02. 
7. ^ "Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum - January 2005". Cria.ca. http://www.cria.ca/gold/0407_g.php. Retrieved 2011-09-02. 

Awards
Preceded by -	World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Soundtrack 2001	Succeeded by The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring