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MISSISSIPPI MERMAID (LA SIRÈNE DU MISSISSIPI) (1969)
Music Composed and Conducted by Antoine Duhamel
Remastered reissue. Limited edition of 500 units.
8-page CD booklet with French and English liner notes by Gilles Loison.
Ref: MBR-065
Release Date: in stock
Based on the novel Waltz Into Darkness by William Irish, Mississippi Mermaid (La Sirène du Mississipi) is a 1969 stylish thriller written and directed by Francois Truffaut (The 400 Blows, Fahrenheit 451 and Day for Night). It tells the story of Louis Mahé, a French tobacco plantation owner (Jean-Paul Belmondo) who becomes engaged to Marion (Catherine Deneuve), a woman he never met yet corresponded with during his time at Reunion Island. She pretends to be another woman in order to steal his money.
Antoine Duhamel had scored a trio of Truffaut's films between 1968 and 1970 (Baisers Volés, L'Enfant sauvage, an adaptation of music by Vivaldi, and Domicile conjugal, with accents from a later period of Stravinsky). This edition presents the complete original score for Mississippi Mermaid with more than 50 minutes even though only 25 minutes were kept in the original film version. The film’s music is superb for its orchestral-driven score that has some serene moments but also some eerie moments for the film’s suspense. Antoine Duhamel also heightens the Hitcockian vibe with his Bernard Herrmann inspired score with its jagged and anxious strings, recalling a certain atmosphere from Psycho or North by Northwest.
In collaboration with MGM, Music Box Records presents the newly remastered reissue of the complete score for Mississippi Mermaid, featuring the same content previously issued by Milan Records in 1991. The CD comes with an 8-page booklet featuring liner notes by Gilles Loison who discusses the film and the score. The release is limited to 500 units.
TRACK LISTING:
1. Louis Mahé attend la fiancée inconnue (02:46)
2. Le port (03:44)
3. Rencontre de l'énigmatique Julie / Est-ce le bonheur ? (04:21)
4. Qui est réellement Julie ? (01:59)
5. Julie la voleuse disparaît / L'enquête est lancée (01:59)
6. Louis quitte la Réunion à ses trousses / Cauchemar (04:16)
7. Julie-Marion retrouvée / Confession de Marion (06:33)
8. Le détective ne lâche pas la trace / Fugue amoureuse à Aix (02:57)
9. Refuge et meurtre dans la maison de Provence (04:53)
10. La planque à Lyon / Plus d'argent (02:47)
11. Querelle et angoissse (03:18)
12. La police les cerne / Fuite vers la neige (05:41)
13. La peau de chagrin / Le chalet des rats (03:48)
14. Souffrance et délivrance (02:39)
Total Time • 51:53
For sound clips and available for order, please visit: http://www.musicbox-records.com/en/cd-soundtracks/1794-la-sirene-du-mississipi.html
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That 1991 Milan CD is one of my 50 favorite albums.
Glad to see this Duhamel title back into circulation.
Excellent work, Music Box!
(also glad to see Music Box do pre-80s)
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FYI, William Irish = Cornell Woolrich
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I already have previous editions of La Sirene du Mississippi and Le Casse but those are great soundtracks and require "definitive" editions.
Agreed. But I'll still be getting Mississippi for the improved sound and packaging. Duhamel was a brilliant composer, alas mostly unknown in these un-enlightened parts, who spun gold on every project he worked on.
For instance, listen to Domicile Conjugal and be treated to an mind blowing mix of Mendelssohn and Stravinsky. The music is quite simply the best La Marié était en noir score you've ever heard (and I say this as a huge, huge Herrmann fan).
Merci pour cette belle surprise Music Box. Vous vous surpassez encore une fois les gars.
P.S. Êtes-vous en mesure de répondre à la question suivante: les rubans de Daughters of Darkness existent-ils toujours ou sont-ils perdu dans l'abime?
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Perhaps this is not a new idea, but I think an item such as this should be communicated within message board forums that focus on classic international cinema.
Patrons of The Criterion Collection, for example, might be interested in soundtracks from films by acclaimed directors:
http://www.criterion.com/people/8219-antoine-duhamel
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Au sujet de ces fameuses "Lèvres Rouges", les bandes existent bien.
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Au sujet de ces fameuses "Lèvres Rouges", les bandes existent bien.
Donc, il y a de l'espoir? 
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Intrada has already removed this new release from their website catalogue.
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