Parmegiani, Bernard
Rock O.s.t.
The first release on the French Transversales Disques label is the original soundtrack of the film 'Rock', composed in 1982 by Bernard Parmegiani (1927-2013), a major figure of electro acoustic music and member of the historic GRM (Groupe de Recherches Musicales). The work of Parmegiani, a virtuoso of the magnetic tape, is widely known to the public even without their knowledge, through the famous titles he composed for the TV program 'Stade 2', for France Inter and also for the jingle adopted by Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris (1971-2005). Bernard Parmegiani produced a large number of jingles, soundtracks and indicatives but 'Rock' stands apart in his repertoire. He recorded it without any outside constraints in his own studio. On listening to 'Rock', one is reminded of John Carpenter or François de Roubaix: a work which mixes the sounds of the TR-808 drum-machine, synthi AKS, Farfisa organ and clavinet.