Long confined to the bins of specialist record-shops, film soundtracks are in the process of becoming a popular genre all of their own. If the genius of such composers as Ennio Morricone, John Barry or Nino Rota no longer needs demonstrating, it took hundreds of "trip hop" recordings, & a few masterpieces like the first Portishead album, before original works took precedence over samples. Less well-known than their international colleagues, Michel Magne, Antoine Duhamel, & Francois de Roubaix were geniuses at least their equals in their genres, & their discography is a sampling-reservoir to which producers from all over the world come to slake their thirsts. Features songs from, Francois de Roubaix, Ennio Morricone, Michel Magne, Serge Gainsbourg, Antoine Duhamel , Charles Dumont & more & mixed by, Carl Craig, Howie B, Sofa Surfers, Luke Vibert, & more. 18 tracks. Universal Jazz. 2003.