Le Choc

Description

Five years after "Death of a Rotten Man," Philippe Sarde reunited with Alain Delon for this adaptation of a violent crime novel by Jean-Patrick Manchette. While "The Shock" offers a rather watered-down version of the original novel, the composer chose to elevate the film. "My ambition was simple: to inject singularity into this somewhat bland story," Sarde explains. "I brought together top-tier soloists for an extraordinary score, balancing rock, jazz fusion, and romanticism. I wanted a surge of energy, of modernity. For me, 'The Shock' is a direct extension of the great mixes in 'César and Rosalie' or 'Clean Slate.' A Jazz-rock rhythm, the musicians from Weather Report, the London Symphony, and the immense Wayne Shorter, whom I asked to find a soprano saxophone equivalent to a bombarde." For director Robin Davis, this magnificent score would be a true lifesaver: "Through his music, Philippe recreated a story alongside mine; he brought 'The Shock' back to what it could have, should have been. And I love the invisible link with Lautner. After Stan Getz and 'Death of a Rotten Man,' it's still Delon-Sarde but with a new black American saxophonist, Wayne Shorter." Pressed for the first time from a high-definition transfer of the master tapes, this new album has been mastered without any compression, preserving the full dynamic range of the recording captured at Abbey Road.