Name: Les Tontons Flingueurs
Brand: Michel Magne

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375 Media

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Soundtrack

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Limited edition

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Format Music EU

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Bonus disc: No

Release date

2022-08-19

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Catalogue number

5232751

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7640186551564

Artist

Michel Magne

Label EU

Le Pop Club Records

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Soundtracks

Soundtracks | Vinyl LPs, CDs, Merch | Rough Trade

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The music from Les Tontons Flingueurs (aka Crooks in Clover aka Monsieur Gangster) by French composer Michel Magne is as instantaneously recognisable as the James Bond theme, thanks to a short and recurring melodic motif that can still stick in the heads of 21st century kids. Monothematism is a word used by musicologists to refer to the use of stylistic variations based on a single musical theme as can be heard in the Tontons : on the banjo, during the nose punch sequences, and played jazz, or blues, or Hully Gally style. Though the Tontons music may on first listen sound nothing different than a straightforward yet catchy soundtrack, it turns out to be a real exercise in style. When reading Michel Magne's autobiography L'amour de vivre it clearly appears that mixing folk music and sound experiments was a purposeful artistic choice.

Les Tontons Flingueurs

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