• Band Name: Air
  • Record Label: Virgin
  • Release Date: Feb 7, 2012
Le Voyage dans la Lune (A Trip to the Moon) Image
  • Summary: The French duo expand on the score they created for the restoration of Georges Melies' silent short film Le Voyage dans la Lune in this full-length soundtrack.
  • Record Label: Virgin
  • Genre(s): Electronic, Electronica, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Electronic, Soundtracks, Stage & Screen, Ambient Pop
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 33
  2. Negative: 0 out of 33
  1. 100
    Their grandiose score will make you glad that this silent film [Melies' 1902 film A Trip to the Moon] isn't silent anymore. [17 Feb 2012, p.72]
  2. Feb 6, 2012
    91
    Le Voyage is as thrilling and replete with the unexpected as one might imagine a trip outside the Earth's atmosphere would be.
  3. Feb 27, 2012
    60
    Le Voyage is best when it sets the controls for the tribal prog of Sonic Armada or the ritual beats of Astronomic Club. [Mar 2012, p.92]

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. I really was loving this album. It is much better when watching the movie along with it, which is how it was obviously meant to be listened to. The longer album version really is fantastic, though, as I said, it is slightly like listening to a soundtrack without the movie. The album could stand to be a little longer, but seeing as it is twice the length of the very movie that inspired it, I'd say they've done well. Overall, not as good as their full length albums for a standalone listen. But it's still more Air, and that is fine by me! Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. This is not your typical Air album. After their french touch classic debut and their signature sound floating between classical music and aerial waves, Air comes back with a surprising soundtrack. They already made a successful attempt of soundtrack with Virgin Suicide which was a commercial and musical success. Air comes back in 2012 with this delightful strong pretty upbeat soundtrack based on A Trip To The Moon movie from 1909. It is a beautiful album with every quality of a Air album. Simplicity, technique, soudscapes and blips. It is a soundtrack which does not need the movie to be appreciated. The key track is Cosmic Trip which is a good synthesis of the entire album. A catchy growing beat with out-of-space voices, an invitation to follow Air in their trip to the moon. A welcome come back from a high standard band. Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. The 7th studio album by the electronic French duo, based on Georges Melies movie of the same title. Although it has some good and even magical pieces, as a whole is indifferent and repetitive. Strictly for hardcore fans of Air. You can see the whole review in my blog: http://musicourt.blogspot.com/2012/02/air-le-voyage-dans-la-lune.html Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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