the-connectionGaumont will release a soundtrack album for the French crime thriller The Connection (La French). The album features the film’s original score composed by Guillaume Roussel (3 Days to Kill, Outcast). Also included are the songs from the movie by artists including The Velvet Underground, Sheila, Lykke Li, Blondie, Venus Gang, Al Wilson, Robert Moore, Kim Wilde and Townes Van Zandt. The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 25, 2014. The Connection is directed by Cédric Jimenez and stars Jean Dujardin, Gilles Lellouche, Céline Sallette and Benoît Magimel. The movie tells the story of French police magistrate Pierre Michel, who waged an obsessive six-year battle to bring down Marseilles’ infamous “French Connection” drug ring. The thriller premiered at this year’s Toronto Film Festival and will be released in France on December 3. Drafthouse Films has picked up domestic distribution rights.

Here’s the album track list:

1. Bang Bang – Sheila (3:13)
2. Jerome (iTunes Session) – Lykke Li (3:14)
3. Affaire personnelle (1:18)
4. Flash and Crash – Rocky And The Riddlers (2:47)
5. Comic Strip – Serge Gainsbourg (2:10)
6. La pieuvre (2:35)
7. Meurtre du fou (1:48)
8. C’est comme ça que je t’aime – Mike Brant (3:20)
9. Ces bottes sont faites pour marcher (feat. Delphine Gardin) – Yéyévollegaz (2:37)
10. Love to Fly – Venus Gang (4:08)
11. Call Me – Blondie (3:30)
12. I’m Set Free – The Velvet Underground (4:03)
13. Everything’s Gonna Be Alright – Robert Moore (2:38)
14. The Snake – Al Wilson (3:28)
15. Au fond du trou (2:18)
16. Annabel’s (0:42)
17. Cambodia – Kim Wilde (3:57)
18. This Bitter Earth / On the Nature of Daylight – Dinah Washington, Max Richter (6:15)
19. Waitin’ Around to Die – Townes Van Zandt (2:42)
20. Epilogue (2:42)

  1. Zamperini says:

    Thank you for the names of the songs , a great movie.

  2. Ru says:

    does anyone know where I can actually find this soundtrack to purchase?

    • Danny says:

      Mondotees.com taking pre orders for the vinyl release.

  3. mary says:

    i want to know the name of the French band that sang a pop song in the movie, Scene of the Crime (1986) with Catherine Deneuve. It is at her nightclub in the movie when this song is played. Can’t find it for the hell of me…hope you have more luck! Thx M

  4. vidar smith says:

    What is the song played at the disco Krypton when he is doing his own investigation and seeing Ange with Gaëtan ‘Tany’ Zampa? It´s not in the soundtrack.

    • Ro says:

      @Vidar Smith: That’s another club owned by Zampa. The Kryton will be opened later in the movie.
      The track which is playing while Pierre Michel enters the club and sees Ange with Gaëtan Zampa is Love to Fly by Venus Gang.

  5. alex misirocchi says:

    Can’t find the details of the song at start of end-titles of La French 2014. I believe I saw somthing like “She’s mine”, but it is not the famous one.
    Thks.