finetune artist: Yann Tiersen

b. 23 June 1970, Brest, Brittany, France. On his million-selling soundtrack album Amelie, Tiersen is credited with playing toy piano alongside more expected instruments such as carillon (glockenspiel), banjo, mandolin, guitar, harpsichord, vibraphone, accordion, piano, bass, and melodica. He studied at the musical academies of Rennes, Nantes, and Boulogne yet despite this classical education cites the Stooges and Joy Division as influences and says he completed his training in rock groups where he experimented with electronic sounds and pop formats. His 1995 debut, La Valse Des Monstres, drew comparison with artists such as Nino Rota, Erik Satie, and the Penguin Caf Orchestra. Tiersen's subsequent minimalist recordings led to the composer being dubbed "the Gallic Michael Nyman", a title with which he has expressed discomfort. The UK newspaper The Guardian, however, has less kindly suggested that Tiersen lacks the "analytical rigour" of the composer with whom he is most frequently compared. Nevertheless, Tiersen's compositions seem ideal for film, particularly to signify "Frenchness".

Listen to Yann Tiersen at Finetune.

(2008) Tabarly / B.O.F De Yann Tiersen
(2008) C'était Ici
(2008) Le Phare
(2006) C'était Ici
(2006) On Tour
(2006) Amelie From Montmartre
(2005) Le Phare
(2005) Les Retrouvailles
(2005) GOODBYE LENIN!
(2003) La Valse Des Monstres
(2001) L'absente
(1999) Tout Est Calme
(1998) Rue Des Cascades

Summer 78
Good Bye Lenin
First Rendez-Vous
Mother's Journey
Childhood (1)

camelida on 2009-10-18 10:39:28.483:
love it
kuzku on 2007-09-11 11:46:52.263:
where's all the rest? Even last.fm has it! Come on...
pixelcitizen on 2007-08-04 15:11:36.000:
funny one can find only the soundtrack of "Good bye Lenin" and not "Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain" (written on August '07)