To me, Georges Delerue is the symbol of French film music. I was impressed and haunted by his music when I was a boy. I didn't know who he is and even what the hell a film score is. I remember in 1978, the local TV (at that time is still broadcasted in black and white) got a French TV show: "Jacquou Le Croquant". I was haunted by the main theme guitar played. This is perhaps my fisrt encounter with film score even I don't know what it is. Later, when I started collect film scores with study and cares, Georges Delerue becomes my all time favorite composer by his sweet and rich melodies. He's so "French" so that while rambling in Paris streets or French countryside, I feel the only suitable musics are his themes like Pick Up Artist or The Last Metro...
This double CD is a great selection of Delerue film music. We got here the music he wrote for Oliver Stone's Platoon and Francois Truffaut movies. However, for Vietnamese like me, lack of "Concerto de l'Adieu" from Pierre Schoendoerffer's Dien Bien Phu seems a big hole.
Download the 2 CDs set here and the score of Dien Bien Phu here
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