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You and the Night OUT NOW on CD/Vinyl

You And The Night (Original Soundtrack) OUT NOW on CD & LP 

French Film Directed by Yann Gonzalez

Watch the trailer for You And The Night HERE

Listen to “Ali & Matthias” from You And The Night HERE

M83’s soundtrack to Yann Gonzalez’s first feature length film, You And The Night is now available on CD and Vinyl (digital was released November 2013). You and The Night is not your typical M83 release, warns M83’s Anthony Gonzalez, “People who only like “Midnight City” are going to be disappointed. Mellow and romantic, this soundtrack pays tribute to French soundtracks from the 70’s and is much more intimate than Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming and the Oblivion Soundtrack. This score is really for lovers and ghosts.”

You And The Night is not Anthony’s first foray into the world of film, having composed music for Oblivion and most recently contributed a track to the box office hit, Divergent. As M83, Anthony’s songs have filled many movie theaters across the globe with chilling emotion and it was only a matter of time before he blended his skills with Yann’s unique filmmaking.

 Growing up together in Antibes, France, Anthony and his brother Yann were both Inspired from an early age by European filmmakers such as Luis Bunuel, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Pier Paolo Pasolini. Similar themes underline each of their individual artistic expressions, via both film and music: an appreciation for the majesty of hope and an overall embrace of humanity. Describing his career up until now, Yann explains “if all of my films are put together they form a kind of ensemble, a sort of community.” “Music is an organic part of the films I make.” “M83’s compositions bring together the most diverse kinds of music that can only communicate in the end through the logic of emotion and the faith you place in them.”

 For Anthony You And The Night is a film about love, loss, new love and melancholia. He comments “The movie is very emotional and it’s the movie of my brother, so it was a very important project for me. Yet as we share the same values, have the same artistic influences, it was also a very natural and uncomplicated process.”

 In creating this sultry and luminous soundtrack Anthony reunited with several of his previous collaborators. Joe Trapanese (Oblivion, Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming) returned to assist with the orchestral arrangements, whilst long-term M83 collaborator Morgan Kibby (M83, White Sea) and Susanne Sundfør (Oblivion) performed vocals on several tracks on the album. Evolving from their time working together on Oblivion’s title track, it seemed a natural step for Sundfør to become involved in the recording sessions for You And The Night. Susanne comments “It was very inspiring to see how Anthony works and how his perfectionism and high ambitions brought out the best in everyone around him. It’s something I’m grateful to have been a part of, and I think the soundtrack ended up sounding beautiful and mystical, just like the movie.”

 Once again You And The Night highlights the musical richness of M83 and adds an impressive chapter to the growing repertoire of work that Gonzalez has produced since his initial, self-titled release. M83, in 2001, right through to the 2011 Grammy Nominated release Nominated Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming, which included the platinum selling hit-single “Midnight City.”

You And The Night is now available to purchase on CD, digital download and vinyl.

You And The Night Tracklisting:

1. L’inconnu
2. Nous
3. Vision
4. à la Lumière des Diamants
5. Mon Enfant
6. First Light
7. Ali & Matthias
8. à la Lumière des Diamants II
9. Holograms
10. Vision II
11. Nous II
12. Ali & Matthias II
13. Too Sudden Silence
14. Adieux
15. Un Nouveau Soleil


Watch the trailer for You And The Night below

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