Short description
It's a neat trick that Air began their albums with a trip to the moon via Moon Safari and returned to it with Le Voyage Dans La Lune, the expanded version of the duo's score to Georges Méliès' 1912 sci-fi classic. Le Voyage Dans La Lune presents an interesting challenge for Air in that most of their other scores and soundtracks have been for films with more modern settings. While Dunckel and Godin don't attempt to make this music sound like it was recorded on wax cylinder, many of the cues have a stateliness that suggest a much earlier time. Similarly, Air nod to the traditions of sci-fi scores while making them their own. ~ Heather Phares
Review
Alternative Press - 4 stars out of 5 -- “On the gentler tracks, piano and flute create relaxed, meditative moods....For Air fans, it’s a vital addition to their catalog.”
Billboard - "Victoria Legrand of Baltimore's Beach House appears on the album's most tuneful cut, 'Seven Stars'..."
Entertainment Weekly - "[T]heir grandiose score will make you glad that this silent film isn't silent anymore." -- Grade: A
Magnet - "Air matches the movie's wonder-struck tone shot for shot, the duo's stylized sense of modern-retro somehow sounding quite at home against the film's aged, crackling backdrop."
Rolling Stone - 3 stars out of 5 -- "At 31 minutes, this set is double the film's length, so alongside score instrumentals like the twitchy trip-hop jaunt 'Sonic Armada' is nonfilm filler like 'Seven Stars,' a piano-driven countdown..."