Varese Sarabande Records has announced the details for the upcoming soundtrack release for the French historical drama The Princess of Montpensier. The album includes 15 tracks of Philippe Sarde’s original score from the film. The score was recorded with the Pro Arte Orchestra of London. The soundtrack album will be released on April 5, 2011. The movie directed by Bertrand Tavernier (Round Midnight, In the Electric Mist) centers on the love of Marie de Mezières for her dashing cousin Henri de Guise, thwarted when her father’s political ambitions force her into marriage with the well-connected Philippe de Montpensier, who she has never met. IFC will release The Princess of Montpensier domestically on April 8. To find out more about the film, visit IFC’s official movie webpage.
Here’s the album tracklisting:
1. Air de Chabannes (2:08)
2. Après la bataille (ouverture) (1:55)
3. Sous le charme de Guise (2:49)
4. La chevauchée de Montpensier (3:26)
5. Chabannes rejoint la guerre (2:27)
6. Il ressemblait à Henri de Guise (3:48)
7. Confession de Chabannes (2:34)
8. Bataille (4:07)
9. Contre l’arbre / La leçon (3:32)
10. Réception chez les Montpensier (suite de danses) (4:47)
11. Tragique méprise (2:39)
12. Préparatifs du massacre (3:46)
13. Mort de Chabannes (3:13)
14. Une âme aussi fière que la vôtre (2:14)
15. Marie se retire de l’amour (3:13)
