Marc Collin is the man behind Nouvelle Vague - the Parisian composer who single-handedly changed the way we thought about Depeche Mode and Visage by daringly rearranging their songs with bossa nova beats and sultry chanteuses. Now he is chasing a very different ambition: to change the way we feel about 1980s soundtracks. From Eye of the Tiger to Flashdance... What a Feeling. ...show more

Marc Collin is the man behind Nouvelle Vague - the Parisian composer who single-handedly changed the way we thought about Depeche Mode and Visage by daringly rearranging their songs with bossa nova beats and sultry chanteuses. Now he is chasing a very different ambition: to change the way we feel about 1980s soundtracks. From Eye of the Tiger to Flashdance... What a Feeling.

Hollywood, Mon Amour strips away the dated bombast and overblown synthesisers, the shoulder pads and eyeliner, to amazingly reveal songs underneath that you could never even imagine existed. Hollywood in the 1980s was the port of call for post-punk bands who had made it. From Simple Minds to the Human League and Japan the call up for a film soundtrack was the sign that you were in the big league. Fresh off the flight to La La Land, you'd be recording a slice of Giorgio Moroder pop hysteria for a scene where a stripper with a perm was dancing for her life or Rocky Balboa was pounding the streets of Philadelphia.

Even this French man who loves to champion the musical underdog knew he had a challenge on his hands. He was no longer dealing with the cool, underground songs of his youth. He was dealing with records that sounded dated and cheesy - songs that even he wasn't a fan of. But Collin is a cerebral, curious man and he wanted to prove that there was something more. ...show less