Tropical Fantasy - Michel Magne And His Orchestra

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Tropical Fantasy
Adventures In Exotica Sounds And Percussion
Michel Magne And His Orchestra

Cover Illustration: Marilyn Bass
Columbia CS 8493
1962

From the back cover: "I like humor in all its forms. I particularly like to ally humor with drama. I realize that many musicians take themselves seriously – this is not so in my case." Michel Magne's statement sheds some light on his rather unusual approach. The essential humor of "Tropical Fantasy," however, is but one aspect of the highly controversial Frenchman's music. At 31, he has composed more than 30 major symphonic works and the scores for more than 60 French films. Among his symphonic works are pieces titled "Seismic Shock In The Year 2773," "Human Symphony," "Cape Canveral" and "Psychological And Physiological Music." He also wrote the score for "Rendezvous Manqué" (Broken Date"), a celebrated ballet written by Fancoise Sagan, directed by Roger Vadim, with setting by Bernard Buffet.

Praised by some, damned by others, Magne's music never leaves his listeners unmoved. It has been said of him that he uses sound as a painter uses dabs of color on a canvas. In a review of Magne's "Symphonie Humaine," the noted French critic Jean Witold said, "His music is truly a product of our times."

Fantasy, says Webster, means "whimsical, grotesque or bizarre image-making." Brilliant youn French musician, Michel Magne, turns all this into sound that amuses and shocks. The is music to do nothing by listen by – it will leave you too breathless for anything else. – Billy James

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