Lying on a wire strung between the Twin Towers of the World Trade center - a quarter of a mile in the sky - French acrobat Philippe Petit was at a pinnacle of performance. The movie Man On Wire gives this moment of triumph an air of elegance by using the music of composer Erik Satie.
The stately "Gymnopedies" is the soundtrack to Petit's moment on top of the world.
Éric Alfred Leslie Satie (1866 – Paris,1925) was a French composer and pianist. Satie was a colourful figure in the early 20th century Parisian avant-garde, says Wikipedia.
His work was a precursor to later artistic movements such as minimalism, repetitive music, and the Theatre of the Absurd.
His friends and collaborators were Picasso, Debussy, Ravel, Cocteau and Braque.
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