Yann Tiersen
As a pianist, any songs that involve piano music immediately make me sit up and take notice. It doesn't matter what genre they are or who the artist is; the haunting sound of a piano playing a minor key instantly gives me goosebumps.

So imagine my joy when I watched Amelie for the first time. The film moved me - but I expect that was due to the piano based soundtrack as opposed to the storyline for the most part.

The two songs here make me shiver, make the hairs stand up on my neck, and occasionally reduce me to tears - they are the perfect songs for remembering lost friends, reflecting on hard times or just for when you need a good old bit of emotion. For me, they take me back to my time in France, and remind me that no matter how grown I feel at a certain point in time, I'll always look back on it and realise what a young, foolish girl I can be.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZJDNSp1QJA (ignore the file name on this one - they've got it wrong)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZBqFZ5CNiw

Simple, yet incredibly moving.
(Cheets, Tue 2 Feb 2010, 11:32, 2 replies)

Beautiful! I've always been a fan of this too, expect you will like it too: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N_tmH6y7ng
(Catrim, Tue 2 Feb 2010, 11:51, closed)

The whole Amelie soundtrack is amazing actually. Amelie is one of my favourite films and a large part of that is due to the soundtrack alone.
( Fat Fred too weird to live, too rare to die, Tue 2 Feb 2010, 12:11, closed)