TINDERSTICKS - Claire Denis Film Scores 1996-2009 LPx5
Tindersticks have had a long and fruitful relationship with French filmmaker Claire Denis dating back to the band's early years. The group's first soundtrack for Denis, Nenette Et Boni (1996), was also their third album, following two eponymous and now legendary Tindersticks full-lengths in the early 90s. Five more soundtracks have been created since, standing faithfully alongside Denis' own critically-acclaimed trajectory and marking one of the more fertile, consistent and resonant relationships between a director and a group of musicians in contemporary cinema.The set gathers all six of the Claire Denis soundtracks written and performed by Tindersticks or their members; Stuart A. Staples (for L'Intrus) and Dickon Hinchliffe (for Vendredi Soir) alongside four others credited to the full band. Four of the six soundtracks are previously unreleased - all of the film scores released since 2002 are issued in this set for the first time. The soundtracks represent a subtle, beautiful body of work and an essential part of the Tindersticks oeuvre.CD and LP sets each come in a slipcase box made from deluxe uncoated black paperboard with a custom die-cut window and metallic cover print. Discs are housed in printed sleeves, each of which features an iconic image from the corresponding film that can interact with the window-cut box. The package also includes a perfect-bound booklet of colour film stills and an essay by renowned music writer Michael Hill.
