Soundtracks
A selection of electro and concrete music I’ve composed and performed for my films.
Free listening and downloading + Downloadable music book (book with direct access to music tracks via QR Codes).
Sleeping in Paris
We try to clear our minds, to calm ourselves down, to face the drama. And then sometimes, even when we get carried away, our heart beats too fast.
Music from the film « Sleeping in Paris » (Benoît Labourdette, 3’41s, 2023).
Hall 1
L’onde sinusoïdale filtrée ne filtre pas nos émotions nostalgiques.
Musique du film « Hall 1 » (Benoît Labourdette, 3’52s, 2023).
A fixed point (thought 383)
To be dissatisfied with one’s lot, and to become the earth.
The true nature (thought 426)
A path through the lumps of life.
Music from the film « The true nature (thought 426) » (Benoît Labourdette, 2’, 2023).
Waves are water
What ebbs will flow back, like life reborn after destruction.
Music from the film « Waves are water » (Benoît Labourdette, 4’14s, 2023).
A tree in tears grows again
We run, we play, we laugh... and then we choose to switch off.
A seated man
Walking naively, for the last time before death.
Reflection alone
Like being at the bottom of a tunnel, when in fact we’re in the sky.
Music from the film « Reflection alone » (Benoît Labourdette, 2’38s, 2022).
An adult tree
Music from the film « An adult tree » (Benoît Labourdette, 2’19s, 2022).
Small bicycle
Sometimes all the sounds seem far away, like a meditation.
Music from the film « Small bicycle » (Benoît Labourdette, 1’57s, 2022).
Straw fire
The soundboard of the piano which proposes a journey on rough dirt roads.
Metro meditation
A face in front of you, in your head.
Instrumental music, 2017,6’52s. Composition by Benoît Labourdette (synthesizers and piano).
Fire (white monkey)
Et vogue le vague à l’âme volant au dessus des nappes oubliées.
Musique instrumentale, 2017, 2’45s. Composition de Benoît Labourdette (synthétiseurs et samples d’orchestres).
A butterfly at Picasso’s
A ghost flutters in his place of honor.
Instrumental, 2016, 18’01s . Composition and interpretation of Benoît Labourdette (synthesizers).
Disappearance
The traditional song flooded by the magnetic storm.
Instrumental, 2016, 3’02s . Composition of Benoît Labourdette (synthesizers and recordings).
46
Voyage dans la résonance.
Musique instrumentale, 2016, 2’30s. Composition de Benoît Labourdette (synthétiseurs).
Prosopopoeia
The artistic world of the “Prosopopoeia” exhibition evoked by music.
Instrumental music, 2016, 9’35s (12 pieces). Compositions of Benoît Labourdette (synthesizers and records).
I made a documentary about the exhibition « Prosopopoeia », the soundtrack is here in its entirety. There are also 11 other very short pieces, which were the basic elements to build the soundtrack of the whole movie.
Sands hotel
Breaths in the desert.
Instrumental, 2015. 5’45s . Composition and interpretation of Benoît Labourdette (various mexican flutes).
Night ride
Layers of ambience are superimposed. To climb higher, or descend deeper.
Music from the film « Night ride » (Benoît Labourdette, 2’36s, 2015).
Body
Rale dialogue.
Vocal music, 2015, 3’36s . Composition and interpretation of Benoît abourdette (vocals and kazoo).
Laongo
Doux ballet de tocsin.
Musique instrumentale, 2015, 3’19s. Composition de Benoît Labourdette (synthétiseurs).
Rain
Notes ginned like rain.
Instrumental, 2015, 2’27s. Composition and interpretation of Benoît Labourdette (piano and synthesizer).
Imaginary territory
Electronic birds fly in an imagined sky.
Instrumental, 2014, 5’39s . Composition of Benoît Labourdette (synthesizers) .
The kiss 1234567
Voices, muffled screams, emanating from the earth.
Instrumental, 2013, 12’46s . Composition of Benoît Labourdette (samples and natural sounds).