Fred Pallem & Le Sacre Du Tympan - Francois De Robaix, 50 & Apres... Fred Pallem & Le Sacre Du Tympan
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For more than 25 years, Le Sacre du Tympan has been bassist, composer and arranger Fred Pallem's orchestra and his main means of expression
A variable-geometry ensemble with a dozen albums and many concerts in France and abroad to its name, it serves three purposes: championing Pallem's original repertoire, staging musical shows for young audiences, and presenting re-arranged programmes devoted to the artists who shaped his writing, mostly from the world of film music: Andre Popp, Michel Legrand, Blaxploitation, Michel Magne and, above all, Francois de Roubaix.
Pallem's bond with De Roubaix goes back a long way. In 2008 the orchestra created a De Roubaix programme for the Jazz a la Villette festival: a five-piece line-up focusing on the electronics and analogue keyboards of the home- studio and synthesiser pioneer, recorded in 2015.
For the fiftieth anniversary of the composer's death in November 2025, Pallem widened the lens to the orchestral dimension of De Roubaix's work, revealing how timeless it remains and how far his influence reached, even among legends such as Ennio Morricone, Michel Legrand and John Barry. For the first time, he also reworked the pieces into hypnotic medleys.
Film scores, TV themes and melodies etched in French collective memory make up the album, recorded during rehearsals for the orchestra's Paris concerts with a string quartet, three brass, reeds, guitar, keyboards, bass and drums. The pleasure the musicians take in this repertoire shines through on tape.
Track List
LP
1. Avron Evrard
2. La Fanfare de Bruges
3. Homoplasticus
4. Le Jardinier fou
5. La Mer est grande
6. Theme de Virginie
7. Bataille navale
8. Mort d'un guide (Part 1)
9. Les Caids
10. La Fete des deux avions
11. Mort d'un guide (Part 3)
12. Adieu l'ami
13. Les Levres rouges
14. Le Saut de l'ange
15. Amour sur les rails
16. Les Dunes d'Ostende
17. Medley: Avron Evrard
18. La Fanfare de Bruges
19. Homoplasticus
20. Le Jardinier fou
21. Medley: Les Caids
22. La Fete des deux avions
23. Mort d'un guide (Part 3)
24. Adieu l'ami
CD
1. Avron Evrard
2. La Fanfare de Bruges
3. Homoplasticus
4. Le Jardinier fou
5. La Mer est grande/Theme de Virginie
6. Bataille navale
7. Mort d'un guide (Part 1)
8. Les Caids
9. La Fete des deux avions
10. Mort d'un guide (Part 3)
11. Adieu l'ami
12. Les Levres rouges/Le Saut de l'ange
13. Amour sur les rails/Les Dunes d'Ostende
14. Medley: Avron Evrard/La Fanfare de Bruges/Homoplasticus/Le Jardinier fou
15. Medley: Les Caids/La Fete des deux avions/Mort d'un guide (Part 3)/Adieu l'ami
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