^ 'Soundtrack Review: 'Amelie' – Yann Tiersen'.^ 'JEUNET, JEAN-PIERRE: FABULOUS DESTINY OF AMÉLIE'.Pianist, composer Dmytro Morykit arranged and plays a cover version of 'Comptine d'un autre été : L'après-midi'. The song was also used by Expression Crew in their dance act Marionette. The band New Found Glory covered 'J'y suis jamais allé' on their second covers album From the Screen to Your Stereo Part II. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. * Sales figures based on certification alone. Year-end charts 2001 year-end chart performance for Amélie Chart (2001)Ģ002 year-end chart performance for Amélie Chart (2002)Ģ003 year-end chart performance for Amélie Chart (2003) Weekly chart performance for 'Comptine d'un autre été : L'après-midi' Weekly charts 2001–2003 weekly chart performance for Amélie Chart (2001–2003)Ģ013 weekly chart performance for Amélie Chart (2013) The track later received English lyrics, and was released by The Divine Comedy as a b-side to the Regeneration single, 'Perfect Lovesong.' The English-language version also appeared on Tiersen's L'Absente. 'Les Jours Tristes' was co-written with Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy.

īesides the accordion and piano, the music features parts played with harpsichord, banjo, bass guitar, vibraphone, and even a bicycle wheel at the end of 'La Dispute' (which plays over the opening titles in the motion picture).īefore discovering Tiersen, Jeunet wanted composer Michael Nyman to score the film.

The soundtrack features both compositions from Tiersen's first three albums, as well as new items, variants of which can be found on his fourth album, L'Absente, which he was writing at the same time.

Greatly impressed, he immediately bought Tiersen's entire catalogue and eventually commissioned him to compose pieces for the film. Avant-garde, bal-musette, contemporary classicalĪmélie is the soundtrack to the 2001 French film Amélie.ĭirector Jean-Pierre Jeunet was introduced to the accordion- and piano-driven music of Yann Tiersen by his production assistant.

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