ERNEST & CELESTINE is an animated film by directors Benjamin Renner, Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar. The screenplay and dialogues are made by the French writer Daniel Pennac. Presented at Cannes in 2012 and released in Italian cinemas on December 20th, the film tells the story of the friendship between Ernest, a bear who dreams of becoming a musician and Celestine, a little mouse that does not want become a dentist. The Italian voices of the two protagonists are those of Claudio Bisio and Alba Rohrwacher.

The soundtrackis composed by the famous French cellist Vincent Courtois (he studied with Frederic Lodéon) and the song that gives the title to the film, "La chanson d'Ernest et Célestine", is played by Thomas Fersen who also plays two other songs. Courtois is not new to this kind of experience. In fact, he also composed the soundtrack of the movie "It had to be you" in 2007

1. La chanson d'Ernest et Célestine Vincent Courtois, Thomas Fersen 3:06
2. Variations sur le thème de Célestine Vincent Courtois 3:38
3. La chanson d'Ernest Lambert Wilson 1:25
4. Variations sur le thème d'Ernest Vincent Courtois 4:25
5. Ernest au piano Vincent Courtois 0:46
6. Variations sur le thème de l'amitié Vincent Courtois 3:20
7. L'amitié en un solo Vincent Courtois 3:34
8. Variations sur le thème du monde du dessous Vincent Courtois 7:27
9. Variation du temps, de l'hiver au printemps Vincent Courtois 2:21
10. La grise Vincent Courtois 1:39
11. Les suspects sont arrêtés Vincent Courtois 3:00
12. L'incendie Vincent Courtois 2:09
13. Les retrouvailles d'Ernest et Célestine Vincent Courtois 2:08
14. La chanson d'Ernest et Célestine (Version longue) Vincent Courtois, Thomas Fersen 4:38