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Ascenseur pour l'Échafaud (1958) - 2CD Hardcover Book

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Limited edition 2-CD comprising both the original soundtrack and the complete session takes, presented in a deluxe hardcover book.

Included is a 60-page illustrated booklet with photos by the film’s stills photographer Vincent Rossell and Jean-Pierre Leloir; rich film iconography from Cinémathèque Française; and album notes by Franck Bergerot and Ashley Kahn that go beyond the legend of Ascenseur and reconstitutes the circumstances that led to this out-of-the ordinary music.

Remastered from the original analogue tapes.

2-CD + 60pp hardcover book
Tracklist

CD1 - Original Soundtrack

1. Générique
2. L’Assassinat de Carala
3. Sur l’autoroute
4. Julien dans l’ascenseur
5. Florence sur les Champs-Élysées
6. Dîner au motel
7. Évasion de Julien
8. Visite du Vigile
9. Au bar du Petit Bac
10. Chez le photographe du motel

CD2 - Session Takes

1. Nuit sur les Champs-Elysées – take 1
2. Nuit sur les Champs-Elysées – take 2
3. Nuit sur les Champs-Elysées – take 3 (Générique)
4. Nuit sur les Champs-Elysées – take 4 (Florence sur les Champs-Elysées)
5. Assassinat – take 1 (Visite du vigile)
6. Assassinat – take 2 (Julien dans l’ascenseur)
7. Assassinat – take 3 (L’Assassinat de Carala)
8. Motel (Dîner au motel)
9. Final – take 1

CD2 - Session Takes

10. Final – take 2
11. Final – take 3 (Chez le photographe du motel)
12. L’Interrogatoire de Julien
13. Ascenseur (Evasion de Julien)
14. Petit Bac – take 1
15. Petit Bac – take 2 (Au Bar du Petit Bac)
16. Voiture – take 1
17. Voiture – take 2 (Sur l’autoroute)
Product Details
  • Artist: Miles Davis
  • Label: Decca France
  • Release Date:
  • Format: CD Box Set
  • Cat #: 00199957153126
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