La Valse des monstres is the first album released by Yann Tiersen

Yann Tiersen

Yann Tiersen is a musician from France. His musical career is split between studio albums, collaborations and film soundtracks with a distinctive sound that is always involved...

, which includes several pieces he wrote for short films and the accompaniment for plays in addition to original songs. The first eleven tracks were written for Freaks, and the last six pieces for the classic Japanese musical drama

Noh

, or - derived from the Sino-Japanese word for "skill" or "talent" - is a major form of classical Japanese musical drama that has been performed since the 14th century. Many characters are masked, with men playing male and female roles. Traditionally, a Noh "performance day" lasts all day and...

 The Damask Drum written by Japanese

Japanese people

The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...

 author, poet and playwright, Yukio Mishima

Yukio Mishima

was the pen name of , a Japanese author, poet, playwright, actor and film director, also remembered for his ritual suicide by seppuku after a failed coup d'état...

 in 1955. Only 1,000 copies were pressed when it was released in June 1995 by Sine Terra Firma, and then it was reissued by Ici, d'ailleurs...

Ici, d'ailleurs...

Ici, d'ailleurs... is an independent record label based in Nancy, France and established by Stéphane Grégoire in 1997 from his associative label "Sine Terra Firma"...

 in 1998.

Track listing

Music written by Yann Tiersen

Yann Tiersen

Yann Tiersen is a musician from France. His musical career is split between studio albums, collaborations and film soundtracks with a distinctive sound that is always involved...

.

1. "Mouvement introductif" – 2:06
2. "La Valse des monstres" – 3:42
3. "Frida" – 1:33
4. "Quimper 94" – 2:53
5. "Ballendaï" – 2:13
6. "Comptine d'été n° 17" – 2:12
7. "Cléo au trapèze" – 2:06
8. "La Valse des monstres" – 2:08
9. "Le Banquet" – 1:32
10. "Comptine d'été n° 17" – 2:32
11. "Mouvement introductif" – 5:37
12. "La Rue" – 1:22
13. "Iwakichi" – 3:13
14. "Hanako" – 2:48
15. "La Plaisanterie" – 2:59
16. "Le Compteur" – 4:02
17. "Mouvement introductif" – 1:49

Personnel

• Yann Tiersen
  Yann Tiersen
  Yann Tiersen is a musician from France. His musical career is split between studio albums, collaborations and film soundtracks with a distinctive sound that is always involved...
  
  – Arranger, Multi Instruments, Engineer, Mixing
• Laurent Heudes – drums on "Le Banquet" and "Quimper 94"