Manta Ray (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (fr)

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Badzie Soundscapes unafraid to explore genuinely oppressive moods... alluringly dank and momentarily airless in places, like a thunderstorm about to break. Final (bonus) track Circles is a masterpiece, uncompromising in its sense of both space and shadows. Favorite track: Circles (bonustrack).

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Manta Ray by Phuttiphong Aroonpheng, Movie DVD VOST EN / FR + Snowdrops Soundtrack CD + Digital Download

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Also available from Diversion Film (import from Thailand) : bit.ly/3f5LN2k :
- Region-free with 5.1 Surround Sound and Full HD Resolution
- In Thai with English, French, Italian and Chinese subtitles
- Special features: Official Trailer and "Ferris Wheel", a 30-minute short film by the same director which is conceived as a 'companion piece' to "Manta Ray" (the two films feature different storylines that take place in the same 'universe')
- Deluxe edition 112-pages hardcover clothbound booklet, containing 16 color pages in English (with the film's synopsis, director's note, cast & crew bio and photos) and 96 pages of the film's original screenplay in Thai
- Including a set of 4 postcards (with the film's Thai, Hungarian, Dutch and Italian versions of the poster design)
- "Digital Version": the booklet also includes a QR Code where you can scan to watch "Manta Ray" online directly from your browser (in 1080p Full HD resolution)

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1.	Introduction - Gemstones in the forest 02:33	buy track
2.	Storm #1 01:04	buy track
3.	The Mangrove 03:33	buy track
4.	The Monologue 03:06	buy track
5.	Weird Dance 02:18 video	buy track
6.	Festival music / Inside the wheel / Thunder thing 03:27	buy track
7.	Breathe / Storm #2 01:49	buy track
8.	Losing a friend to death 03:21	buy track
9.	Lights in the deep 03:29	buy track
10.	Abandon Battleshield 01:55	buy track
11.	Hot Springs (by Rasmee) 05:41	buy track
12.	A ghost in the house 01:48	buy track
13.	The return 01:54	buy track
14.	The harmony of the Rohingya's Voices / Circles 09:13	buy track
15.	Manta Ray 01:53 video	buy track
16.	Storm #3 05:35	buy track
17.	Circles (bonustrack) 08:51	buy track

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MANTA RAY is the first release of Snowdrops, a French-based keyboard duo composed by Mathieu Gabry and Christine Ott (Yann Tiersen, Tindersticks, Foudre !...) ; this opus is the soundtrack they composed for Phuttiphong Aroonpheng's film of the same name, which has won several awards including Best Film in the Orizzonti section at the Venice Film Festival.

« Strangers in a strange land...
Borders, belonging and banishment are the issues in Manta Ray. The Thai film trains a poetic look at the void of humanity through the story of two men, a Thai fisherman with peroxide blonde hair and a nameless stranger stuck in a foreign land and supposed to be a Rohingya of Myanmar, whose continuing persecution is constituting one of the biggest human rights scandals of our time.

The realism of this story melds with magical elements into a complex whole leaving plenty of room for interpretation. Aroonpheng's first feature is a mesmerizing experience, sometimes compared to Weerasethakul's Uncle Boonmee & Hitchcock's Vertigo.

Snowdrops' soundtrack brings another dimension to Aroonpheng's movie. The duo was especially focused to build their sound here on a frame of keyboards of different generations (Ondes Martenot, Mellotron, MS2000 or Altered keyboards). The color is sometimes dark (‘The Mangrove’, ‘Losing a Friend to Death’), sometimes surrealistic (‘Lights in the Deep), and in the case of ‘Weird Dance’, a suggestion of romance between the two main characters on the rhythm of a dreamy electronic tune. The French duo also re-arranged a composition (‘Hot Springs’) by renowned Thai singer Rasmee, who features as an actor in the movie.

Always moving in a physical and sensorial approach, Snowdrops were also involved in the sound design of the movie, as the music is often merging with the other auditive elements and with the images themselves as an organic painting; this hypnotic experiment finds its climax at the end of the movie, with Ott's piano running wild and Gabry's soundscapes swirling in between The Harmony of Rohingya's Voices in a breathtaking scene. »

Sylvie Keller, Raintrain Press

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Snowdrops's first original soundtrack for the first feature film by critically-acclaimed Thai director Phuttiphong Aroonpheng (BEST FILM AWARD AT VENICE FILM FESTIVAL, ORRIZONTI 2018 - and also presented at Toronto TIFF, San Sebastian Film Festival, Vancouver Film Festival, Busan Film Festival, Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Asia Pacific Screen Awards Brisbane, IFFR Rotterdam, Film Society Lincoln Center New York, Festival de film de Cabourg and more than 80 other film festivals....)

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released March 15, 2019

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WATCH FILM TRAILER -> bit.ly/2FuP3D4

Manta Ray also available on the GIZEH RECORDS STORE -> bit.ly/2Kd4qSR

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Original score composed by Snowdrops
except 'Hot Springs' composed by Rasmee Wayrana, re-arranged by Snowdrops (original title : Where Are You, from the album ‘Isan Soul’ by Rasmee Wayrana, © Rasmee bit.ly/30VQAdJ

Snowdrops is Christine Ott & Mathieu Gabry : Ondes Martenot (Original, Dierstein, Ondéa & Ondomo), Piano, Mellotron, Korg MS2000, Augmented Yamaha EZ150, Boite à bourdons BAB V, Field Recordings & Soundscapes

feat. Wanlop Rungkamjad (voice on 'Monologue Theme'), Rasmee (singing on 'Hot Springs'), the voices of Hajee Ismail, Aryukarn Pathan, Sayed Alam, Mohamed Armin, Abdul Kalik, Abdul Dorahaman, Abdul Armin, Mohamed Rafik, Zab Zayida, Younus Mohamed, Salem Rashenkran, Saultan Ahmed, Kasim Khan Pataan, Abhu Kalarm, Anam Arkani, Aye Begum, Saheeda, Ismael, Jafar, Ismail, Rajuma, Nazima, Kasim, Fatima, Azeem & Enuos on 'Circles / The Harmony of Rohingya's voices'

All music recorded by Snowdrops, from august 2017 to may 2018
Additional sounds recorded by Chalermrat Kaweewatttana & Teekhadet Vucharadhanin in Thailand, 2017
Mixed by Charles Bussienne, Arnaud Rolland & Snowdrops at Polyson Studio (Paris) and Serpentine Studio (Strasbourg) from april to october 2018

MANTA RAY by Phuttiphong Aroonpheng
produced by Diversion (th), Les Films de l'Etranger (fr), Youku Pictures (ch), Mit Out Sound Films (th),
distributed by Jour2Fête

Artwork design by Wrongdesign
Cover and inside illustration by Unnada Trirattanawong
Layout by Richard Knox & Mathieu Gabry

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CINEVUE (USA) "The film is filled by a rich, exceptionally layered soundscape with music by French duo Snowdrops. The haunting melodies and sound effects reverberate with an unspeakable pain and displacement in some moments, but also the magic of new connections and simple kindness in others."

L'OBS (FR) "La musique du duo français colore tout, infuse les êtres et les paysages"

SCREEN DAILY (UK) "A haunting score by French keyboard-based duo Snowdrops"

FLUID RADIO (UK) "This is an incredible achievement. Sometimes cold, sometimes stark, the keys weep, sliding down in tone as they cry out. But the music isn’t just an accompaniment to the film: it coalesces with the very image, smudged into its fabric like a swirling watercolour, embedding itself inside its visual paint and syncing up with certain scenes to create powerful, lasting imprints."

VARIETY (US) "Manta Ray is especially well served by the subtle soundscapes created by French duo Snowdrops"

SOUNDBLAB (UK) "The music is certainly emotional, with elements of Eno’s ambient works and classical piano pieces"

ENTRETIEN AVEC PHUTTIPHONG AROONPHENG, LE POLYESTER (fr) "Ce sont les Français de Snowdrops qui ont signé la bande sonore du film. Je leur ai donné carte blanche, je ne voulais pas de barrière culturelle entre la France et la Thaïlande, ils pouvaient faire comme ils le souhaitaient. (...) je voulais qu’on entre dans le film comme on déambule dans un musée »

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Formed in 2015 by Mathieu Gabry and Christine Ott, Snowdrops draw from a unique combination of contemporary classical, jazz, electronic music and film score. Alongside their contribution of piano, strings, mellotron, electronics and the Ondes Martenot, Gabry and Ott are joined by virtuosic viola player Anne Irène-Kempf for their latest album Missing Island. ... more

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