From deep in the vaults of the Parisian composer who arguably created the stylistic blueprint for decades of orchestral French funk and symphonic psychedelia, “the arranger’s arranger” Jean-Claude Vannier (Histoire de Melody Nelson / L’Enfant Assassin des Mouches) finally liberates two previously unreleased and fabled film soundtracks that mark significant milestones in the career of this legendary composer and his close connection to the French free jazz scene.

Comprised on this one vinyl disc you will find the only existing original historic recordings to his first ever 1968 collaboration with Serge Gainsbourg as well as the entire lost musical score for Vannier’s first major star-studded solo film commission which followed the Gainsbourg years and a fruitful decade as one of France’s most in-demand arrangers and songwriters. These two scores, for Vannier’s oft type-cast commissions for “drugsploitation” dramas (Cannabis, La horse), are further united by their inclusion of sax player Philippe Maté and the early formation of Vannier’s own Insolitudes ensemble. As long-time custodians Finders Keepers Records are proud to present both the hallucinogenic orchestral music to Robert Benayoun’s Paris N’Existe Pas and the rhythmic onslaught and cyclic waltzes from Patrick Chaput’s La Bête Noire complete with an extensive booklet of essays, interviews, secrets and rare images from both of these mythical cinematic obscurities.

Tracklist:

1. La bête noire (Intro)
2. Chasser la bête noire 02:36
3. Histoire de Daniel
4. The Black Beast (Effets Cords)
5. Rythme de la bête noire
6. Danse de la bête noire
7. Le dealer
8. Karen/Antonia
9. The Black Beast 2 (Effets Cords)
10. The Writer/Yves
11. Chasser bête noire (Revenir)
12. The Juvenile Judge
13. La bête noire (Generique)
14. Paris n’existe pas (Opening Titles) 02:09
15. Angela en ambré
16. Télékinésie en turquoise
17. Simon Slips
18. La chambre rose
19. Fantôme félicienne
20. Le feu
21. La tête
22. Les chemins n’existent pas
23. Fantôme soirée
24. Le temps passe
25. Flipbook
26. Fantôme soiree (Outtake)
27. Flipbook (Outtake)