A long-awaited reissue of one of the most compelling scores in 1970s French cinema. Originally released in 1973, L'héritier reveals Michel Colombier at his most cinematic and experimental—blending downtempo funk, psych-prog atmospheres, and early electronic abstraction into a rich, dramatic soundworld. Now officially reissued for the first time by Transversales Disques, this deluxe 2025 edition restores the original recordings and expands the experience with five previously unreleased tracks from Colombier’s equally rare Tarot score.

Best known for his work on Psyche Rock and Requiem pour un con, Colombier brings a singular intensity to L'héritier, with taut rhythms and noirish textures that echo the thriller’s psychological undertow. The session features a dream rhythm section—Jannick Top, Jean Schultheis, and Claude Engel—unleashing wah-wah guitars, deep Rhodes chords, and impeccable drums with a tension rarely heard in soundtrack work of the time. The score also shares thematic and sonic ties to Tarot, an obscure Spanish giallo Colombier scored the same year, whose main theme featured Nanette Workman and whose eerie motifs are revisited here in five additional unreleased cues. Together, they reveal an artist operating at the height of his cinematic imagination, fusing jazz, funk, and electronic textures into something utterly hypnotic.

Presented in a high-quality LP edition with printed innersleeve and liner notes, L'héritier is a masterclass in 1970s European soundtrack innovation—mysterious, moody, and endlessly listenable.