1. LA MUSIQUE

2. LA MUSIQUE EN BRUIT DE FOND
MUSIC IS USED VERY MUCH AS A BACKGROUND TO THE EVENTS IN FILM. ONLY A FEW INSTANCES WHERE IT COMES TO THE FORE
MUSIC IS NOT USED FOR DRAMATIC EFFECT I.E. TO ENHANCE AN ATMOSPHERE
POPULAR EXAMPLES OF MUSIC USED FOR THIS EFFECT – “JAWS”, “PLATOON”
MUSIC WHEN USED MORE SPARSELY CAN BE MORE EFFECTIVE : “ALIEN”
MUSIC ALSO CONVEYS THE MULTICULTURALISM & ETHNICITY OF THE CITÉ.
THE AMERICAN INFLUENCE ON FRENCH RAP / KASSOVITZ / YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THE CITÉ

3. “BURNIN & LOOTIN” BOB MARLEY (USED IN CREDITS)
BELLICOSE LYRICS YET POETIC
COMPARE TO “LONDON’S BURNING” THE CLASH & “GHOST TOWN” THE SPECIALS

4. JEWISH DANCE
VERY TONGUE IN CHEEK

5. “THAT LOVING FEELING” ISAAC HAYES
(HUBERT GETTING STONED IN HIS BEDROOM)
MOMENT OF CALM, TIME PASSING SLOWLY BY

6. « RIEN DE RIEN » REMIX OF “JE NE REGRETTE RIEN” MIX OF OLD & NEW
AMERICAN INFLUENCE

7. « MON ESPIRIT PART EN COUILLES »
EXPRESSION DIREKT
“MY MIND / SPIRIT IS A BALLS UP”
USED IN BMW SCENE
“SOLO DICKO” PRESENT IN THE CAR IS A FRENCH RAP ARTIST

8. “OUTSTANDING” THE GAP BAND AMERICAN INFLUENCE OF BREAKDANCING
MOMENT OF HARMONY - THE RHYTHM OF THE DANCERS, THE RHYTHM OF THE SONG
MOMENT OF HARMONY BROKEN BY NEWS OF VIOLENCE IN THE CITÉ
THESE MOMENTS BROKEN UP BY VIOLENT SOUNDS – A GUNSHOT ETC