Keys on Keys: Comptine d'un Autre été: L'Après-Midi

Divine Reflections

Comptine d'un Autre été: L'Après-Midi, composed by Yann Tiersen, is best known as the successful soundtrack in the film, Amélie. The title of this piece translates to ‘Nursery Rhyme of Another Summer: The Afternoon’. As the title captures, the piece embraces delicacy with an undertone of quiet sadness and a lingering nostalgia. This beautiful piece builds on a meditative repetition that echoes a subtle evolution in memory. Playing this piece feels like I am running away from a memory that continues to return in soft and slow movements like the ocean waves. When the past returns, it brings forth layers of distinct emotion that is never quite the same as before.