What is this tune?

November 5, 2009 9:40 AM

What is this tune? [little snip from a french movie]. Thanks in advance.
posted by [@I][:+:][@I] to Media & Arts (9 answers total)

Do you happen to know what movie it is from?
posted by 8dot3 at 10:37 AM on November 5, 2009

It sounds a bit like something from Amelie.
posted by fish tick at 11:04 AM on November 5, 2009

I was going to say Amelie as well. If you don't know what movie, do you know when it was made?
posted by fiercekitten at 11:05 AM on November 5, 2009

Response by poster: the movie is 'Diamant 13'
posted by [@I][:+:][@I] at 11:08 AM on November 5, 2009

I thought it might Betty Blue 37.2° le Matin.
posted by ceri richard at 11:54 AM on November 5, 2009

Oh sorry, you know the movie and need to know the track. Doh.
posted by ceri richard at 11:54 AM on November 5, 2009

Best answer: If it's a theme that keeps recurring, it was composed for the movie, according to this interview (in French):

Mais cette musique a spécialement été composée pour le film par Frédéric Vercheval, le morceau n'existait pas. Mais au début cette petite musique devait être un morceau de blues, on a eu peur que les spectateurs passent à côté car pour le blues il faut avoir un minimum d'oreille. Avec Vercheval on a pensé aux films italiens, notamment les films politiques des années soixante-dix comme L'affaire Moretti, avec leurs bandes son très simples et très répétitives. Des musiques qui reviennent comme une ritournelle.

[But this music was composed especially for the movie by Frédéric Vercheval... In the beginning this little piece of music was supposed to be blues, but we were afraid the viewers would miss it, because for the blues you have to have at least a bit of an ear. With Vercheval we thought about Italian movies, notably the political movies of the '70s like L'affaire Moretti, with their very simple and repetitive soundtracks. Pieces of music that keep coming back like a ritornello.]

posted by languagehat at 1:47 PM on November 5, 2009 [2 favorites]

Arrg! It sounds a exactly like a riff from something from the 80's that is rattling around in the back of my brain. This is going to bug me.
posted by bonobothegreat at 3:08 PM on November 5, 2009

Response by poster: Aaaargh, I was sure it was some kind of pretty famous tune, and that I've heard it before ... oh well. Thanks, languagehat.
posted by [@I][:+:][@I] at 9:42 AM on November 6, 2009