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The music

posted 22 years ago by carltabet
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I have been able to find the end credits classical music and it's composed by Georges Delerue. It is known as the "Grande Chorale".
However, I am still hopelessly trying to find the short but melancholic track that is repeated several times during the candlestick scene when Alphonse (Jean-Pierre Léaud) invites Julie (Jacqueline Bisset) to sit at a table. Truffaut is trying to get the right look on Julie's face in that scene.

Any help on that would be hugely appreciated!

[–] BuddyBoy1961 22 years ago

Was just now watching the new DVD of "Day For Night" and in one of the extras a women (a film teacher at Columbia) said the music in the very scene you referenced was actually a theme featured in the earlier Truffaut film "Two English Girls" (aka "Les Deux Anglaises et le Continent") with music also written by Delerue. This theme may be on CD under that film's title, or perhaps on a compilation album of Delerue music. I saw your post a couple of days ago and thought you might like to know.

[–] carltabet 21 years ago

Thanks so much ccbaxter-2!

I thought nobody would answer my post.
I did figure out what theme it was and you were right, it is first featured in Truffaut's previous film: Two English Girls.
It's called "Une Petite Ile" --> "A Little Island".

Now I got to figure out how to find it, I think that finding a compilation would be the best thing to do, provided it's not too rare.

Thanks again!

[–] hyperjulius 21 years ago

Try SoulSeek at www.slsknet.org
I have found so much rare stuff from this program that it is frightening.
I just saw Day For Night... what a movie!

[–] snucker 21 years ago

speaking of soulseek, i downloaded a 15 minute medley of truffaut theme music that was composed by georges delerue. in it, it has that song you're looking for. i think it's called, "hommage a francois truffaut" try looking for that if you have soulseek. or maybe amazon to see if georges delerue has released any cds, i'm sure he has.

[–] gayspiritwarrior 19 years ago

There are some compilations of Delerue's music, including one 2-disc set for the films of Truffaut, who used Delerue repeatedly, as Fellini used Rota and Hitchcock used Herrmann (until their falling-out.) Try www.filmscoremonthly.com or www.moviemusic.com.

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