La planète sauvage

Description

At the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, an animated feature film caused a sensation and won the Special Jury Prize: 'La Planète sauvage' by René Laloux, based on the fantastical drawings of Roland Topor. For this philosophical sci-fi tale, where humans serve as domestic toys for blue giants, the Draags, the immense composer Alain Goraguer unleashes his inspiration with a haunting main theme of great melodic clarity and an edifying, hypnotic atmosphere.In addition to the main theme, there are chase sequences with a very funky rhythmic accent, complete with wah-wah guitar, as if Goraguer were reaching out to Isaac Hayes of Shaft. Over the decades, the aura of La Planète sauvage has grown steadily, both the film and its score, revered by new generations as a psychedelic peak of French pop. Artists from the New World, with rap or hip-hop backgrounds such as Aap Mob, Madlib, or Mac Miller, freely draw from it for samples or remixes. Today, as 'La Planète Sauvage' celebrates its half-century, the miraculous exhumation of the original multi-track tapes (eight and sixteen tracks) has allowed CAM Sugar to produce a new mix. It includes previously unreleased tracks, under the expert supervision of Patrick Goraguer, Alain's son, himself a composer and performing musician. Listening to this complete edition will confirm it: the mesmerizing power of 'La Planète sauvage' remains intact.