M83’s soundtrack to Yann Gonzalez’s first feature length film, You And The Night is now available on CD and Vinyl (digital was released November 2013). You and The Night is not your typical M83 release, warns M83’s Anthony Gonzalez, “People who only like “Midnight City” are going to be disappointed. Mellow and romantic, this soundtrack pays tribute to French soundtracks from the 70’s and is much more intimate thanHurry Up, We’re Dreaming and the Oblivion Soundtrack. This score is really for lovers and ghosts.”

Growing up together in Antibes, France, Anthony and his brother Yann were both Inspired from an early age by European filmmakers such as Luis Bunuel, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Pier Paolo Pasolini. Similar themes underline each of their individual artistic expressions, via both film and music: an appreciation for the majesty of hope and an overall embrace of humanity. Describing his career up until now, Yann explains “if all of my films are put together they form a kind of ensemble, a sort of community.” “Music is an organic part of the films I make.” “M83’s compositions bring together the most diverse kinds of music that can only communicate in the end through the logic of emotion and the faith you place in them.”

For Anthony You And The Night is a film about love, loss, new love and melancholia. He comments “The movie is very emotional and it’s the movie of my brother, so it was a very important project for me. Yet as we share the same values, have the same artistic influences, it was also a very natural and uncomplicated process.”

Anthony reunited with several of his previous collaborators.Joe Trapanese (Oblivion, Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming) returned to assist with the orchestral arrangements, whilst long-term M83 collaborator Morgan Kibby (M83, White Sea) and Susanne Sundfør (Oblivion) performed vocals on several tracks on the album. Evolving from their time working together on Oblivion’s title track, it seemed a natural step for Sundfør to become involved in the recording sessions for You And The Night. Susanne comments “It was very inspiring to see how Anthony works and how his perfectionism and high ambitions brought out the best in everyone around him. It’s something I’m grateful to have been a part of, and I think the soundtrack ended up sounding beautiful and mystical, just like the movie.”

You And The Night Tracklisting:

1. L’inconnu

2.Nous

3.Vision

4. à la Lumière des Diamants

5. Mon Enfant

6. First Light

7.   Ali & Matthias

8. à la Lumière des Diamants II

9. Holograms

10. Vision II

11. Nous II

12.Ali & Matthias II

13.Too Sudden Silence

14.Adieux

15.Un Nouveau Soleil

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