The silent film has been discovered in 1993, the coloured print was restored and premiered this year at the Cannes Film Festival in France, with Air’s soundtrack.
“Sonic Armada” is a jaunty instrumental full of twists of old analog synth sounds, somewhat reminiscent of the kind of experiments Jean-Jacques Perrey and Gershon Kingsley were conducting back in the mid to late 1960s. This bodes well for the Air album, it sounds like the duo is in a playful mood, which fits perfectly with the feel of Méliès’s feature.
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