V/A - The French Dispatch: Original Soundtrack 2xLP

Label: ABKCO

Wes Anderson's latest film, The French Dispatch “brings to life a collection of stories from the final issue of an American magazine published in a fictional 20th-century French city” and it can be said that Anderson is a collector himself; of characters, themes, words, but most importantly, one of songs.

The soundtrack collects songs from an array of genres from different eras in the twentieth century, from the 30s accordion tune of Gus Viseur to Grace Jones’ electronic I’ve Seen That Face Before (Libertango). The Franco-centric soundtrack features an original score by Oscar-winner Alexandre Desplat, music by E Georges Delerue, Grace Jones and Charles Aznavour, and a new version of the French pop hit "Aline" recorded by Jarvis Cocker.

The film revolves around a fictitious newspaper based in a fictional French city of Ennui-sur-Blasé, starring Benicio Del Toro, Timothée Chamelet, and Frances McDormand.