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''Les Revenants'' is an original soundtrack album by Mogwai, for the French TV series of the same name. Mogwai were initially contacted by producers of the television show, and asked to begin producing music after reading only a few translated scripts. An extended play of the soundtrack, ''Les Revenants EP'', was released in 2012, and the full album was released on 25 February 2013. ==Background and production== Mogwai had previously produced well-received soundtracks for documentary ''Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait'' and Darren Aronofsky's film ''The Fountain''. These were released as albums ''Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait'' and ''The Fountain'', both in 2006.〔 Daniel Ross, writing for the BBC, compared ''Les Revenants'' to these previous soundtracks, saying that it is "a little more expected, suited and basically in tune with how you might imagine a new Mogwai record to sound"; post-rock has had a strong association with zombie films since music by Godspeed You! Black Emperor featured in ''28 Days Later''.〔 Though characterised as about zombies, ''Les Revenants'', broadcast in the UK as ''The Returned'', features the dead coming back to life and returning to the town in which they once lived, seemingly as they were, and not as archetypal zombies.〔 Mogwai were contacted by the television show's producers and asked to start writing music before filming had begun. Band-member John Cummings said that
The band later clarified the order of events in an interview published in ''Fact'' magazine. Initially, Mogwai were asked to produce music for the programme after hearing a synopsis. They responded by sending producers some demos which they had written and recorded before receiving the request, and so without any specific tailoring to the series. After the television producers responded positively, Mogwai began to produce music specifically themed around the programme before they had seen any footage. Meanwhile, the demos sent to the producers were played during filming, resulting in the producers, according to Mogwai, understanding the music "as being a character within the film as much as the people involved". This led to what the band called an "active soundtrack".〔Martin 2013, (p. 1 ).〕 Mogwai focussed on aligning their music with the atmosphere of the series. They aimed to "()e Mogwai, but work within this ‘horror ballpark’." Producers stayed in contact with the band who gradually received more and more material to work with.〔 The band explained:
The final music for the series was recorded in two separate sessions; one for the first four episodes, and one for the second four. The band deliberately tried to avoid creating a "typical" soundtrack. They sought a "calmly unsettling" feel, but chose to avoid rock music, despite knowing that the show would include some action scenes.〔 Mogwai noted that "we were given such room to experiment that it didn’t feel like us working on someone else’s project". Despite this, there was some conflict when producers sought "bombastic and crashing" music, which the band felt was not ideal.〔Martin 2013, (p. 2 ).〕 For some sections where such music was required, the show's producers therefore used an older Mogwai track "We're No Here". The band greatly enjoyed working on the project, and agreed to score the second series of the programme.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Les Revenants (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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