I was really excited when The Moderns came out in 1988, because Alan Rudolph was on a roll after a run of great films (Trouble in Mind the greatest of them).
The premise for the film — forgery and infidelity in 1920s Paris salons — seemed great, but the film somehow didn't live up to it. It turned out to be the beginning of the decline in Rudolph's career (and with it, the end of Keith Carradine's best roles). He had some patchy success afterwards, but never quite delivered what he seemed to promise.
And it's the same with this soundtrack, I think. Not Mark Isham's best work, for sure. I haven't heard CharlElie (!) Couture other than on this album, which shows how much he interest he stimulated. The only real winning track on this album is Lucienne Boyer's 1930 recording of Parlez-Moi D'Amour, so here it is for you.
 MusicBrainz entry for this album
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