Ascenseur Pour L'Échafaud

ENNAKKOTILAUS. Ilmestyyy 22.5.2026.

1-LP 180gm, gatefold tip-on jacket, with printed inner sleeve.

Limited edition 180gm pressing of the original soundtrack, presented in a deluxe gatefold tip-on jacket with English translation of the original liner notes, and iconic session photo of Miles and Jeanne Moreau (taken by the film’s stills photographer Vincent Rossell).

Included is Franck Bergerot’s essay A Present from Miles Davis to Louis Malle that goes beyond the legend of Ascenseur and reconstitutes the circumstances that led to this out-of-the ordinary music.

SET LIST

Original Soundtrack

Side 1

1 Générique 2’45
2 L’Assassinat de Carala 2’10
3 Sur l’autoroute 2’15
4 Julien dans l’ascenseur 2’07
5 Florence sur les Champs-Élysées 2’50

Side 2

1 Dîner au motel 3’58
2 Évasion de Julien 0’53
3 Visite du Vigile 2’00
4 Au bar du Petit Bac 2’50
5 Chez le photographe du motel 3’50

Music composed by Miles Davis

Recorded at Le Poste Parisien – December 4/5 1957

Miles Davis, trumpet;
Barney Wilen, tenor-sax; René Urtreger, piano;
Pierre Michelot, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums