Editing Jean-Luc Godard (section)

== Collaboration with ECM Records ==
Godard had a lasting friendship with [[Manfred Eicher]], founder and head of the German music label [[ECM Records]].<ref>Lake: ''Horizons Touched'' (2010), pp. 115–133.</ref> The label released the soundtracks of Godard's ''[[Nouvelle Vague (1990 film)|Nouvelle Vague]]'' (ECM NewSeries 1600–01) and ''[[Histoire(s) du cinéma]]'' (ECM NewSeries 1706). This collaboration expanded over the years, leading to Godard's granting ECM permission to use stills from his films for album covers,<ref>Kern: ''Der Blaue Klang'' (2010), pp. 99–111.</ref> while Eicher took over the musical direction of Godard films such as ''[[Allemagne 90 neuf zéro]]'', ''Hélas Pour Moi'', ''[[JLG/JLG – Self-Portrait in December|JLG]]'', and ''[[For Ever Mozart]]''. Tracks from ECM records have been used in his films; for example, the soundtrack for ''[[In Praise of Love (film)|In Praise of Love]]'' uses [[Ketil Bjørnstad]] and [[David Darling (musician)|David Darling]]'s album ''[[Epigraphs (album)|Epigraphs]]'' extensively. Godard also released on the label a collection of shorts he made with Anne-Marie Miéville called ''Four Short Films'' (ECM 5001).<ref>Lake: ''Horizons Touched'' (2010), pp. 5–12.</ref>

Among the ECM album covers with Godard's film stills are these:<ref>Lake: ''Windfall Light'' (2010), pp. 415–441.</ref>
* ''Voci'', works of [[Luciano Berio]] played by [[Kim Kashkashian]] (ECM 1735)
* ''Words of The Angel'', by [[Trio Mediaeval]] (ECM 1753)
* ''Morimur'', by [[Christoph Poppen]] & The [[Hilliard Ensemble]] (ECM 1765)
* ''Songs of Debussy and Mozart'', by [[Juliane Banse]] & [[András Schiff]] (ECM 1772)
* ''Requiem for Larissa'', by [[Valentin Silvestrov]] (ECM 1778)
* ''[[Soul of Things]]'', by [[Tomasz Stanko]] Quartet (ECM 1788)
* ''[[Suspended Night]]'', by [[Tomasz Stanko]] Quartet (ECM 1868)
* ''Asturiana: Songs from Spain and Argentina'', by Kim Kashkashian & [[Robert D. Levin|Robert Levin]] (ECM 1975)
* ''Distances'', by [[Norma Winstone]], [[Glauco Venier]] & Klaus Gesing (ECM 2028)
* ''Live at Birdland'', by [[Lee Konitz]], [[Brad Mehldau]], [[Charlie Haden]] & [[Paul Motian]] (ECM 2162)