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In collaboration with Une Musique, Music Box Records proudly presents the eleventh volume of the collection Great Television Soundtracks dedicated to the original score composed by Serge Franklin for the famous French TV series Une famille formidable (A Wonderful Family).

From 1992 to 2018 on French TV channel TF1, a faithful audience got immersed into the adventures and misadventures, day-to-day life or summer vacations, friendships and love stories of the Beaumonts. Catherine (Anny Duperey) and Jacques (Bernard Le Coq) are the happy parents of a blended family. Everyone seems to get along and live a merry life, but appearances can be misleading. It was from the fourth season onward, with the episode entitled Le clash in 2000, Serge Franklin was put in charge of setting the series to music at the request of Joël Santoni (Death on a Rainy Sunday). Serge Franklin favored a marked melodic approach for the episodes as a whole. The numerous changes of atmosphere and settings, the main characters growing older and the arrival of younger characters in the series allowed him to write diverse and colorful music using various types of instruments and musical styles. Moving effortlessly from comedy to suspense and from joy to melancholy, the music of Une famille formidable accompanies the memorable moments of the life of the Beaumont family with its light and ethereal melodies.

Supervised and assembled by Serge Franklin, this present edition has been fully remastered from DAT session master elements. The 8-page booklet features an essay by Sylvain Pfeffer discussing the TV series based on interview with the composer. The CD release is limited to 300 units.

DISC 1:
01. Une famille formidable (Medley) (2:10)
02. Méfiez-vous des apparences (2:44)
03. Flâneries le long des quais (2:43)
04. Détectives en herbe (2:30)
05. Guirlandes sur le sapin (2:02)
06. Balade en vélo (2:14)
07. Danger solitude (2:00)
08. Le jour se lève (2:53)
09. Catherine et Jacques flânent (1:06)
10. Sans faire de bruit (2:01)
11. Sur un quai de gare (2:58)
12. Paris Hollywood (1:58)
13. Dança da borboleta (1:18)
14. Même les nuages ont du chagrin (2:38)
15. Quand le printemps revient (1:44)
16. À Paris au printemps (2:23)
17. Solo pour un duo (1:52)
18. Tourments (4:12)
19. La famille part en vacances (2:03)
20. La maison brûle (1:55)
21. Un grenier pour les souvenirs (2:23)
22. Un signe de la main (1:21)
23. Et si la vie n’était qu’un rêve (2:20)
24. Rendez-vous sur le port (1:31)
25. Les rois de la cambriole (1:51)
26. Un album photo (2:19)
27. Sans se retourner (2:04)
28. Chasser le doute (1:22)
29. L’éventail à soucis (1:56)
30. Suspens et baiser final (1:57)
Disc 1 Time • 65:45

DISC 2:
01. De retour à Paris (1:47)
02. Réunion de famille (2:38)
03. À l’hôpital (2:48)
04. Petits jeux malicieux (1:25)
05. Emporté par les vagues (1:54)
06. L’enterrement (2:21)
07. La lettre perdue (1:46)
08. Vive la mariée (2:27)
09. Un pour tous, tous pour nous (1:03)
10. La famille enquête (2:10)
11. Les lettres dans le grenier (1:50)
12. Mensonge et jalousie (1:43)
13. Un rayon de soleil (2:47)
14. Une larme, un sourire (2:45)
15. Fini, les vacances ! (1:55)
16. Par amour, par amitié (1:59)
17. Minha guitarra portuguesa (1:13)
18. Maléfices et jeteurs de sorts (2:22)
19. Triste Noël (2:42)
20. Avec un bouquet de fleurs (2:00)
21. Promenade au bord de l’eau (1:45)
22. De la réalité au rêve (2:44)
23. Un nez rouge de clown (2:55)
24. Vers de nouvelles aventures (2:20)
25. Un piano sur la plage (1:42)
26. Sur la pointe des pieds (2:31)
27. Encéphalogramme plat (2:41)
28. Pessimiste gai (1:49)
29. Une terrasse au soleil (2:18)
30. Ainsi va la vie (2:38)
Disc 2 Time • 66:13

Total 2-CD Time • 131:58