Good Bye Lenin! (soundtrack)

Good Bye Lenin!
Soundtrack album by Yann Tiersen
Released 18 February 2003
Recorded 2002
Length 46:39
Label EMI
Producer Yann Tiersen
Yann Tiersen chronology
L'Absente
(2001)		 Good Bye Lenin!
(2003)		 Yann Tiersen & Shannon Wright
(2004)

Good Bye Lenin! is the original soundtrack album of the film of the same title starring Daniel Brühl and Katrin Saß. The music is composed by Yann Tiersen, with the exception of the non-instrumental version of "Summer 78" sung by Claire Pichet. This album has been released with the Copy Control protection system in some regions.

Contents

Analysis

A small portion of the soundtrack share the similar style Yann Tiersen used for Amélie, while soundtrack of Amélie is strongly influenced by the pattern of a French music. In fact, "Comptine d'un autre été: L'après-midi" is used in both films, and accompanied the scene of the family's 'First East-West Berlin outing' in Good bye, Lenin!.

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Track listing

  1. "Summer 78" (Instrumental) - 3:50
  2. "Coma" - 1:19
  3. "Childhood (1)" - 1:37
  4. "From Prison to Hospital" - 1:28
  5. "Mother" - 0:50
  6. "Watching Lara" - 1:29
  7. "Dishes" - 0:48
  8. "First Rendez-Vous" - 1:17
  9. "The Decant Session" - 0:47
  10. "Lara's Castle" - 1:48
  11. "The Deutsch Mark Is Coming" - 1:11
  12. "I Saw Daddy Today" - 2:05
  13. "Birthday Preparations" - 2:31
  14. "Good Bye Lenin" - 4:58
  15. "Childhood (2)" - 1:45
  16. "Letters" - 1:21
  17. "Mother's Journey" - 1:29
  18. "Preparations for the Last TV Fake" - 3:08
  19. "Mother Will Die" - 3:10
  20. "Father Is Late" - 1:32
  21. "Father and Mother" - 2:54
  22. "Finding the Money" - 1:26
  23. "Summer 78" - 3:56 (Sung by Claire Pichet)
September 2003 edition
  1. "Summer 78 " - 3:55 (Sung by Claire Pichet)
  2. "Preparations for the Last TV Fake" - 3:07
  3. "Mother's Journey" - 1:28
  4. "Good Bye Lenin" - 4:57
  5. "Father and Mother" - 2:54
  6. "Lara's Castle" - 1:47
  7. "Childhood (1)" - 1:37
  8. "The Deutsch Mark Is Coming" - 1:11
  9. "Childhood (2)" - 1:44
  10. "Letters" - 1:21
  11. "Mother Will Die" - 3:09
  12. "Father Is Late" - 1:32
  13. "First Rendez-Vous" - 1:17
  14. "Dishes" - 0:47
  15. "I Saw Daddy Today" - 2:04
  16. "The Decant Session" - 0:47
  17. "Watching Lara" - 1:28
  18. "Summer 78" (Instrumental) - 3:52

Extra 84 Min of the film : Comptine d'un autre été - Yann Tiersen

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Phares, Heather. "Yann Tiersen: Good Bye Lenin! [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack > Review"]. Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/good-bye-lenin-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-r689115/review. Retrieved 11 November 2010.