Vangelis - La petite fille de la mer (Arr. For Piano Solo)

La Petite Fille de la mer (Little Girl of the Sea) is a track on the album L’Apocalypse des animaux (The Apocalypse of Animals) by Greek composer Vangelis. The album’s music accompanied a television documentary series with the same name, which was directed by Frédéric Rossif and first broadcast on French television in 1970. La Petite Fille de la mer appeared on the soundtrack of the 2006 movie Stranger than Fiction and in Slava Polunin’s stage production Slava’s Snowshow. This album is one of Vangelis’ earliest works, recorded whilst still a member of progressive rock band Aphrodite’s Child. It also marks the first time that he collaborated with French director Frédéric Rossif on soundtracks relating to his TV documentary programmes. Though the album itself was released in 1973, the music was recorded in 1970. In opposition to the way he later recorded soundtrack music – watching the filmed material, then composing to it – in this instance he simply re