The film

Atlantis is after "le Grand Blue" Luc Besson's second film showing his love for life under water. It's a remarcable feature film, showing only fish and other deep sea creatures, choreographed by editting and clever filming. They perform a hypnotic show of beauty and mystery. With no dialogue or actors to keep the scenery alive, the music has taken over the role of storyteller and driving motive of the film.

The music

Since the music alternates between orchestral and choral passages, pop songs (with Vanessa Paradis on track 10) and new age tracks it's surprising that the album is this coherent. But with the music having such a main role in the film and since it was written to be heard continuesly, the result on the CD is more complete and fluently paced than the average soundtrack album.

The total length of the album is a little over 61 minutes, so to ensure proper audio quality the LP version was issued as a double LP set.

   1.  The Creation                4:52
   2.  The Secret Life of Angels   5:34
   3.  Visions of the Underway     1:38
   4.  The Snake                   4:56
   5.  Iguana Dance                4:58
   6.  Down To The Unknown World   2:45
   7.  The Magic Forrest           2:44
   8.  The Kingdom Of Spirits      3:16
   9.  The Legend Of Manatees      5:03
   10. Time to Get your Lovin'     6:00
   11. Shark Attack                9:41
   12. The Realms Of Ice           7:00

Singles

There was a 7" single for this album of the "Iguana Dance" track, with "the Snake" on the B-side. Released on the Virgin label with catalogue "95037 PM102". The same track appeared on a CDmaxi single (see picture) with "The Snake" and "The Legend of Manatees" as extra tracks. (Virgin 35037).

Virgin released two special versions of the album. First off there is a special collectors box. It comes in a nice big carboard box, and inside are various pictures including a worldmap of shooting locations for the film. Also included are two pins, one of a red logo of the film, the other of a dolphin. The CD looks like the regular release. (Virgin, 30871 for the box containing Virgin, 30867 for the CD)

There also was a limited release version, that came in a peculiar clothed CD package. Inside the CD was presented in a plastic transparent sleeve on the back part, and an extra sleeve presented the booklet known from the original release. This version was limited to 4500 copies and each copies was numbered in gold printed characters. (Virgin, 30874)