MUSIC IN FRENCH

I have the impression that as a student of French studies I should show you more French songs. Yes... I think I should. When I was growing up in my house there was a lot of French music (and because of that I fell in love with this language). Anyway, there is many talented French singers and artists who are not famous in Poland. I suppose that the Polish people know only Edith Piaf and Joe Dassin (who was an American by the way). However, the younger audience should know Alysée, Zaz or Stromae. I would like to familiarize you with less known French musicians and today I am going to start with Patrick Bruel and his song Tout s'efface.

Patrick Bruel, born in Algeria in 1959 is a French singer but also an actor who acted in more that 40 film productions however as a musician he made five studio albums. As a curiosity I can you say that in addition to acting and singing he is also a world class poker player.

The song Tout s'efface is very, very, very melancholic and obviously romantic song about unfulfilled love :) Moreover I think that it isn't song only about love but also about hope which helps all people, hopelessly and unlickly loved. Even if a relationship between two people is ended, there is always hope that one day both of them will meet someone else. Yes, I know, this is quite trivial, isn't it? :)

In my opinion, Patrick Bruel as a very gifted artist is great in so-called "storytelling". I love the way he tell the love stories, especially because of the sadness in his voice and... in his eyes that you can check in the video above. Enjoy the song :)

And the Oscar goes to... Ennio Morricone!

Well, as one of the biggest fans of the film scores I have to mention the ceremony of Oscars 2016 because my favourite musician Ennio Morricone has won the Best Original Score Academy Award for his music for Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight. To be honest I haven't seen this film yet however I know the soundtrack well enough to express my opinion.

First of all this is a very specific music, characteristic of Ennio Morricone's style. As you probably know, the 87-old composer is noted for the soundtracks of westerns (for exemple : The Good, The Bad and The Ugly or Once Upon of time in the West). You can hear the similar sounds in this score which prouve that he returned to the roots. This soundtrack is moody and tension-building but I think that describing this kind of music is a little bit pointless because there is no words to express the real character of this composition. You have to listen to it! :)

In the beginning Morricone refused to collaborate again with Tarantino but ultimalety he changed his mind and agreed to score the Hateful Eight. Furthermore, he admited that he has a great respect for Tarantino and he is glad that this director chooses his music. It is worth mentioning that this movie is the first Western which Morricone has scored since 1981. Obviously this isn't the first Ennio Morricone's Oscar, he was lauded in 2006 with a career Oscar.
In february he gave also a concert at Hala Stulecia in Wrocław (the European Capital of Culture) but infortunately I couldn't be there... I regret it very much but I hope that he will come back to Poland as soon as possible!

Best wishes,
Kornelia