The Diva Dance
The Fifth Element OST
Eric Serra
Reflections
k...first things first...I maybe a lil late to throw this up...that's coz I wasn't exposed to english cinema or music way back in 1997 and then there was no household use of internet in India either....but nevertheless...I am sure that an impressive majority of my fellow Indians are still unaware of this tack.....well...this gotta be the best soundtrack I have heard ever............amazing composition...especially the second half.....I heard 8 years ago on an unlabeled audio cassette...I loved it and would listen to it again and again..but there was no way to find out the name of the track coz the track wasn't in English....and as I said the cassette was unlabelled....but dilemma was finally washed away yesterday as I was watching the fifth element on world movies...this particular soundtrack is sung by an alien opera singer called Plavalaguna....
In Plavalaguna's performance, the music and the vocalization abruptly shift from a classical to a trance style. This striking change is cross-cut with scenes of Leeloo's fight with the Mangalores in Plavalaguna's chamber, and the fight choreography is set to the music. In this sequence, the music is both diegetic and extra-diegetic, as the music is audible to the characters in the theater, but used as a dramatic score for the fight scene. This relationship between sound and image creates an unusual cinematic effect.
The Diva Dance opera performance featured music from Gaetano Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor : "Il dolce suono", the mad scene of Act III, Scene II, and was sung by Albanian soprano Inva Mula-Tchako, while the role of Plavalaguna was played by French actress Maïwenn Le Besco. Part One (titled Lucia di Lammermoor) and Part Two (titled The Diva Dance) of this piece are included as separate tracks on The Fifth Element soundtrack, but are sequenced to create the effect of the entire performance seen in the film. The end of Part One blends into the beginning of Part Two, creating a smooth transition between the two tracks.
Lyrics in Italian (Translation in english)
Il dolce suono
(The sweet sound)
Mi colpi di sua voce!...Ah, quella voce
(Of his voice I hear!...Ah, that voice)
M'é qui nel cor discesa!...
(It's deeply embedded in my heart!...)
Edgardo! lo ti son resa,
(Edgar! I'm yours again,)
Edgardo! Ah! Edgardo mio!
(Edgar! Ah! My Edgar!)
Si, ti son resa!
(Yes, I'm yours again!)
Fuggita io son da' toui nemici...nemici
(I've escaped from your enemies...enemies)
Un gelo mi serpeggia nel sen!
(There's a chill in my bosom!)
Trema ogni fibra!... Vacilla il pié!
(Every fibre trembles!...My foot's unsteady!)
Presso la fonte meco t'assidi alquanto...
(Sit with me near the fountain...)
Si, presso la fonte meco t'assidi
(Yes, sit with me near the fountain)
Sources - wikipedia...youtube..beemp3 & lyricstime
The Diva Dance opera performance featured music from Gaetano Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor : "Il dolce suono", the mad scene of Act III, Scene II, and was sung by Albanian soprano Inva Mula-Tchako, while the role of Plavalaguna was played by French actress Maïwenn Le Besco. Part One (titled Lucia di Lammermoor) and Part Two (titled The Diva Dance) of this piece are included as separate tracks on The Fifth Element soundtrack, but are sequenced to create the effect of the entire performance seen in the film. The end of Part One blends into the beginning of Part Two, creating a smooth transition between the two tracks.
Lyrics in Italian (Translation in english)
Il dolce suono
(The sweet sound)
Mi colpi di sua voce!...Ah, quella voce
(Of his voice I hear!...Ah, that voice)
M'é qui nel cor discesa!...
(It's deeply embedded in my heart!...)
Edgardo! lo ti son resa,
(Edgar! I'm yours again,)
Edgardo! Ah! Edgardo mio!
(Edgar! Ah! My Edgar!)
Si, ti son resa!
(Yes, I'm yours again!)
Fuggita io son da' toui nemici...nemici
(I've escaped from your enemies...enemies)
Un gelo mi serpeggia nel sen!
(There's a chill in my bosom!)
Trema ogni fibra!... Vacilla il pié!
(Every fibre trembles!...My foot's unsteady!)
Presso la fonte meco t'assidi alquanto...
(Sit with me near the fountain...)
Si, presso la fonte meco t'assidi
(Yes, sit with me near the fountain)
Sources - wikipedia...youtube..beemp3 & lyricstime
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