Ever since I watched Amélie, I have always been a big fan of Yann Tiersen. Amélie always has a special place in my heart. With washout colours, the entire movie seems like a collection of old photos. It is artsy, bizarre, surreal, and lovely at the same time. It sprinkles magic on Paris and makes me want to visit Paris again and again. It doesn't present Paris as a one dimensional romantic place, a place where love is always in the air. Instead, it brings audiences' attention to the seemingly mundane and renders it glamourous.
To match such a peculiar movie, making the soundtrack is a difficult task. Yann Tiersen pull it off very well. The soundtrack of Amélie is what I would say to be perfect. It has all the qualities of the storyline, a slight touch of melancholy is also added into it. This movie and its soundtrack were the drive and the starting point for me to learn piano. They even give me the impulse to buy an accordion and learn it everytime I watch Amélie or listen to the soundtrack.
Now, I have almost learnt every songs in the Amélie soundtrack on piano. From experience, I can say that Yann's music isn't hard to remember all the notes since it is always quite repetitive. But to play those songs well, it demands long practice. For exemple, Comptine d'un aurte été, I learnt it a few years ago but still can't get the final part right. I can play it without omit a note but the emphasis on some notes is always off for me since I tend to slam on the notes when there are many eigth or sixteenth notes in a row.
Besides Amélie soundtrack, my second favorite album from Yann is La Traversée. Actually I have so many favorites songs of his. Rue des Cascades, Le Matin, Atlantique Nord, just to name a few. Recently I just found out a fan-made video for the song Les Deux Pianos. I find it so damn beautiful. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iazYkQmscY4)
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