{"title":"Claude Bolling","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"le-magnifique","title":"Le Magnifique","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe iconic French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo and director Philippe de Broca loved adventure, fantasy and exoticism. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of their legendary \u003ci\u003eThat Man from Rio\u003c\/i\u003e, the pair got back together in 1973 for \u003ci\u003eLe Magnifique\u003c\/i\u003e, a delirious comedy about the relationship between François Merlin, writer of cheap spy novels, and his hero, secret agent Bob Saint-Clar, who gets caught up in a whirlwind of extravagance. In terms of music, \u003ci\u003eLe Magnifique\u003c\/i\u003e marked the beginning of a fruitful collaboration between de Broca and the great Claude Bolling, a man of jazz and cinema, fresh from the success of Borsalino. At a time when the film is being restored in 4K, CAM Sugar and Decca Records France are offering the first complete vinyl version of this Magnifique score, in double LP format, combining the original 1973 album with previously unreleased tracks and alternative takes from the CAM Sugar archives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA score on a tightrope between realism and fantasy, mariachi, romantic outbursts, frenzied boleros and James-Bondian nods: the lush music of\u003ci\u003e Le Magnifique\u003c\/i\u003e establishes Claude Bolling as Henry Mancini's French cousin.  This double LP is available with two distinct covers, one a tribute to the visuals in Bob Saint-Clar's novels, and also features an interview with Claude Bolling.  A must-have edition to celebrate half a century of a highly original soundtrack where melancholy lies behind fantasy and South American rhythm.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cam Sugar","offers":[{"title":"Black LPx2","offer_id":50400541278539,"sku":"2181796","price":42.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LPx2","offer_id":50400540361035,"sku":"2181795","price":42.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Screenshot_2024-02-16_at_16.06.43_55cbf9ea_thumbnail_4096.png?v=1726513858"},{"product_id":"le-magnifique-ost","title":"Le Magnifique OST","description":"\u003cp\u003eLe Magnifique is a cult film. Many a viewer has memorized the lines of this character, whose role was tailor-made for Jean-Paul Belmondo. In the year of our Lord 1973, Belmondo reunited with director Philippe de Broca, a pair who, decades before the Jean Dujardin version of OSS 117, were unknowingly making meta cinema. The film's soundtrack, by Claude Bolling, successfully navigates between the first and second degree, without ever sinking into the clumsiness of \"fantasy music\". For the record, Claude Bolling is none other than the chief composer of the all-female group Les Parisiennes and of some 100 film scores, including Borsalino, which is certainly the best-known. Above all, he is a genius of French jazz, whose talent makes his music sound relaxed and familiar, even when you're listening to it for the first Tme. From the very first track on the album, \"TaQana\", postcard images of Mexico spring to mind. Claude Bolling plays with the codes of film music without ever losing a certain communicaTve jubilaTon. With the soundtrack to Le Magnifique, Claude Bolling equals the Anglo-Saxon masters of the easy-jazz pop genre, such as Henri Mancini. Fans of jerks to dance to at the ambassador's parTes will be delighted by the composiTon \"Pop Mod\". Even today, those who invented the term \"lounge core\" would go out of their way to own an original Claude Bolling vinyl. Thanks to Claude Bolling and his original French Touch, before thedays of Dimitri From Paris and Bob Sinclar who, if they hadn't been able totakeadvantageofthismusicalandcinematographicheritage,wouldn'thavehad anything to sample.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Le Pop Club Records","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50406879691083,"sku":"2056327","price":36.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_20591341_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726591989"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/claude-bolling-2.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}