Marie Antoinette [SOUNDTRACK]

Original Soundtrack (Artist)

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 10, 2006)
• Original Release Date: October 20, 2006
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Verve Forecast
• ASIN: B000ICLSQU
• In-Print Editions: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (58 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #5,004 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Editorial Reviews

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Marie Antoinette may be a period film, but don't expect minuets: Sofia Coppola's candy-colored portrait of the doomed queen moves to a punk beat. Whatever you think of how that approach works in the movie itself, it makes for a bracing two-CD soundtrack that's like a mix tape put together by a DJ particularly attuned to the tastes of 2006, not 1786. A dominant chunk of the selection is made up of vintage postpunk tracks, from Siouxsie and the Banshees' "Hong Kong Garden" to Gang of Four's "Natural's Not in It," from New Order's "Ceremony" to the Cure's "All Cats Are Grey." The giddily fun Bow Wow Wow offers a counterpoint to all that seriousness with three songs (two of them, including the iconic "I Want Candy," remixed by My Bloody Valentine's maestro Kevin Shields). Newer contributions come from acts as diverse as retromongers the Strokes and avant-electronicists Aphex Twin and Squarepusher, while Dustin O'Halloran (half of the L.A. duo Devics) contributes three nice, Debussy-style piano solos. The most conventional choices of the lot are a pair of harpsichord pieces by Couperin and Scarlatti, as well as Vivaldi's "Concerto in G," a chestnut that's got to be in every single film set in the 18th century. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Product Description

A TWO DISC SOUNDTRACK WITH MUSIC FOR THE PARTY . . . AND FOR THE MORNING AFTER.

Featuring APHEX TWIN BOW WOW WOW THE CURE GANG OF FOUR NEW ORDER THE STROKES and more!

Oscar-winning Sofia Coppola brings to the screen an imaginative interpretation of the life of France's legendary teenage queen Marie Antoinette. When betrothed to King Louis XVI (Jason Schwartzman), the naïve Marie Antoinette (Kirsten Dunst) enters the opulent French court which is steeped in conspiracy and scandal. Without guidance, adrift in a dangerous world, the young girl rebels against the isolated atmosphere at Versailles and becomes France's most misunderstood monarch. Based on the book Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Atmospheric & Dream Like, October 10, 2006

By	Adam Keith Watson (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Like the other soundtracks to the previous Sofia Coppola films, this one proves to be no less dream-like and surreal than the previous two. The first disc has a fun sound to it, sounding almost as if you are hearing the music coming from a room down a long hall. This disc includes 80's favorites Siouxsie & The Banshees, Bow Wow Wow, New Order, Adam & The Ants, The Cure and a few others. Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine fame remixes "I Want Candy" as well as another Bow Wow Wow song on the second disc, both add an atmospheric touch to the already classic songs.

The second disc is a much more mellow side with Aphex Twin, The Radio Dept., Squarepusher, etc. This disc is just as surreal as the first, but in a different way. Aphex Twin's prepared piano ballad "Jynweythek Ylow" adds a haunting element to the second half of this soundtrack, Squarepusher's "Tommib Help Buss" which is a different version of "Tommib" featured on the Lost In Translation soundtrack sweetly begins to bring the second and final disc to a close, which ends with The Cure's "All Cats are Grey". Overall this soundtrack is one you can listen to for two different moods and creates excitement for the forthcoming film Marie Antoinette.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sofia Coppola - Director or DJ?, December 27, 2006

By	Bradley Olin (Santa Cruz, CA United States) - See all my reviews

I think it's fair to say that Miss Coppola has superb taste in music.

I first heard this album over Christmas weekend when a friend brought her laptop over. She plugged it into my receiver and let it run through. Meanwhile we were baking and cooking. I found myself really getting into the music, and was even surprised by her taste. Song after song came on, and I even wrote down the names of a few bands I'd never heard of, in hopes of doing further research for prospective purchases or downloads. I was even enjoying the harpsichord interludes which were tastefully woven into the mix.

I asked for a copy of the 2 disc soundtrack and have been listening to it all weekend. It's just one of those kinds of albums with a great mix of songs and sounds that really just take you to another place. I'm not sure they take me to Marie Antoinette's time, heh, but it's great escape music regardless.

This soundtrack will speak to anyone who enjoys 80s dance punk, or low fi indie rock, ala my bloody valentine, yo la tengo, etc.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "music for the party... and the morning after.", October 11, 2006

By	K. Seifert (Richmond, VA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Good movie soundtrack, definitely excited about seeing the movie once it's released. My one very minor disapointment was that New Order's "Age of Consent" wasn't on the soundtrack. It's been played in some of the previews and I was hoping to find it here as well. Disc 1 is very upbeat and party like, whereas disc 2 is low key and chill. I love the modern take on this historical figure's life. Reminds me a little bit of the 1996 Romeo & Juliet movie and soundtrack. (which is one of my favorite soundtracks of all time!)

Get it, truly is "music for the party... and the morning after." (that's what it says on the cd!)