I watched this movie for the first time th other day (finishing out my Criterion Collection of Jean-Luc Godard) and the score sounds very familiar. Would I have heard that before in another film (possibly as an homage) or is it from a certain composer and am not thinking of it? It sounds so familiar but I just can't seem to place it.
sharedid you see une nuit américaine ?
shareScorsese used it to theme Robert De Niro's and Sharon Stone marriage breaking up in "Casino" .. I wondered about that too, if anyone knows more about it, please post it! Great piece of music, btw!
sharethe score is by Georges Delerue and its called simply le mepris.
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I'm in love with that score since I watched "Le mépris" some years ago, and met it again in "Casino" :)
Georges Delerue's score is magnificent! so subtle, haunting, moving and peaceful.
shareWhoever posted that the song was titled "Le Mepris" is incorrect - it's actually Georges Delerue's "Theme de Camille."
shareYea, Georges Delerue is a great composer, and if you liked the music in Contempt then you would love the music Delerue made for Day for Night (La Nuit Americaine) which is a fantastic film by the great Francois Truffaut.
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It almost sounds like the melody from "A Whiter Shade of Pale" in a weird way.. at least that's the song that gets stuck in my head after watching the film (as opposed to the actual theme).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc0imHr5Mxc
The Procol Harum lads often say that A Whiter Shade of Pale was Bach inspired.
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