8 Unforgettable Musical Interludes In Wes Anderson Films

6. "Les Champs Elysses" (Joe Dassin) - The Darjeeling Limited

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFT5pFttZTw This is not a well-known addition to the Anderson music canon, but it appears as the end credits of The Darjeeling Limited roll. The three brothers, as mentioned before, have just boarded the train again and - cued by Owen Wilson - come out of their compartment one at a time before heading on their way. This is a movie in which the filmmaker's saturated color palette, painterly composition, and music choices converge wonderfully, and at no point more visibly than in the last five minutes of the picture. The tune itself is such a joyful, charming French ode which even though many listeners, myself included, have little to no idea what Joe Dassin is singing about, we accept it nonetheless. I learned that it has something to do with a famous street in Paris, but what enraptures us really is its mood, and how well it syncs up with the tone of the film. It's the perfect capstone to a story of three brothers finally reunited and strikes just the right note as they go off to have fun.