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French Film Score Composers

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Contents Articles Claude Arrieu

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Tony Aubin

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Georges Auric

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Thomas Bangalter

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Jean-Pascal Beintus

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Frédéric Botton

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Michel Colombier

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Pascal Comelade

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Marius Constant

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Vladimir Cosma

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Bruno Coulais

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Dominique Dalcan

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Léo Daniderff

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Marcel Delannoy

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Georges Delerue

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Éric Demarsan

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Jacques Denjean

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Roger Désormière

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Alexandre Desplat

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Antoine Duhamel

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Bernard Gérard

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André Hossein

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Jacques Ibert

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Maurice Jarre

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Joseph Kosma

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Kraked Unit

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Francis Lai

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Marcel Landowski

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Alain Lanty

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Michel Legrand

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Pierre Yves Lenik

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Jérôme Leroy

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Laurent Levesque

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Krishna Levy

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DJ Mehdi

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Paul Misraki

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Mister Bark

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Georges Van Parys

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Bernard Peiffer

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Jean-Claude Petit

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Michel Portal

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Roger Roger

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Philippe Rombi

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Hubert Rostaing

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François de Roubaix

102

Kamil Rustam

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Philippe Sarde

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Éric Serra

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William Sheller

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Martial Solal

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Germaine Tailleferre

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Frédéric Talgorn

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Alexandre Tansman

119

Yann Tiersen

123

Régis Wargnier

128

Jean Wiener

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References Article Sources and Contributors

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Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors

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Article Licenses License

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Claude Arrieu

Claude Arrieu Claude Arrieu (born Paris, November 30, 1903 - died Paris, March 7, 1990) was a prolific French composer.

Biography Claude Arrieu was a classically trained musician from an early age. She became particularly interested in works by Bach and Mozart, and later, Igor Stravinsky. However, Gabriel Fauré, Claude Debussy, and Maurice Ravel provided her the most inspiration. Dreaming of a career as a virtuoso, she entered the Conservatoire de Paris in 1924. She became a piano student of Marguerite Long and took classes from Georges Caussade, Noël Gallon, Jean Roger-Ducasse and Paul Dukas. In 1932, she received first prize for composition. From this point on, she developed her personal style. She was particularly interested in the evolution of musical language and various technical means available. In 1935, she joined the French Radio Broadcasting Program Service (« Service des programmes de la Radiodiffusion française »), where she was employed to 1947. She participated in the development of a wide range of programming, including Pierre Schaeffer’s experimental radio series, La Coquille à planètes (1943–1944). In 1949, she won the Prix Italia of the RAI for her score Frédéric Général. She wrote music in all styles, composing works of "pure music" as well as music for theatre, film, radio, and music hall, contributing her own voice to every situation, dramatic or comic, with a particular taste for rhythm and imagery. Her musical gift is typified by its ease of flow and elegance of structure. Vivacity, clarity of expression, and a natural feel for melody are her hallmarks. Arrieu composed concertos for piano (1932), two pianos (1934), two concertos for violin (1938 and 1949), for flute (1946), trumpet and strings (1965). She also wrote Petite suite en cinq parties (1945), "Concerto for wind quintet and strings" (1962), Suite funambulesque ("Tightrope Walker's Suite") (1961), and "Variations for classical strings" (1970). Among her important chamber music compositions are her "Trio for Woodwinds" (1936), "Sonatina for Two Violins" (1937), and "Clarinet Quartet" (1964). Her "Sonatine for flute and piano" made a big impression at its first radio performance in 1944 by Jean-Pierre Rampal and H. Means. Although Arrieu’s instrumental works strongly contributed to her legacy, it is vocal music that most markedly distinguish her career. Voice inspired her to set many poems to music, including those by Joachim du Bellay, Louise Levêque de Vilmorin, Louis Aragon, Jean Cocteau, Jean Tardieu, Stéphane Mallarmé, and Paul Éluard. Examples include Chansons Bas for voice and piano based on poems by Mallarmé (1937); Candide, radio music on texts by Jean Tardieu based on Voltaire; and À la Libération, cantata of seven poems on love in war, on poems by Paul Éluard Her first opéra bouffe, Cadet Roussel with a libretto by André de la Tourasse after Jean Limozin, was presented at the Opéra de Marseille on 2 October 1953. In 1960, La princesse de Babylone ("Princess of Babylon"), an opéra bouffe after the work of Voltaire adapted by Pierre Dominica, was praised for its lyrical originality and spectacle. Noteworthy film scores include: Les Gueux au paradis (1946), Crèvecoeur (1955), Niok l'éléphant (1957), Marchands de rien (1958), Le Tombeur (1958), and Julie Charles (for television, 1974). Pierre Schaeffer writes: "Claude Arrieu is part of her time by virtue of a presence, an instinct of efficiency, a bold fidelity. Whatever the means, concertos or songs, music for official events, concerts for the elite or for a crowd of spectators, she delivered emotion through an impeccable technique and a spiritual vigilance, finding the path to the heart."

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Selected works for stage and broadcast • Noé, 1931–1934 (imagerie musicale, 3 acts, A. Obey), f.p. Strasbourg Opéra, 29 January 1950 • Cadet Roussel, 1938–1939 (opéra bouffe, 5 acts, André de la Tourasse after Jean Limozin), f.p. Marseilles, Opéra, 2 October 1953 • La Coquille à planètes (opéra radiophonique, Pierre Schaeffer), RTF (Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française), 1944 • Le deux rendez-vous, 1948 (opéra comique, P. Bertin after G. de Nerval), RTF, 22 June 1951 • Le chapeau à musique (opéra enfantine, 2 acts, Tourasse and P. Dumaine), RTF, 1953 • La princesse de Babylone, 1953–1955 (opéra bouffe, 3 acts, P. Dominique, after Voltaire), Rheims, Opéra, 3 March 1960 • La cabine téléphonique (opéra bouffe, 1 act, M. Vaucaire), RTF, 15 March 1959 • Quintette en Ut, pour flute, hautbois, clarinette, cor et basson (1955) [1] • Cymbeline, 1958–1963 (2 acts, J. Tournier and M. Jacquemont, after Shakespeare), ORTF, 31 March 1974 • Balthazar, ou Le mort–vivant, 1966 (opéra bouffe, 1 act, Dominique), Unperformed • Un clavier pour un autre (opéra bouffe, 1 act, J. Tardieu), Avignon, Opéra, 3 April 1971 • Barbarine, 1972 (3 acts, after A. de Musset), incomplete • Les amours de Don Perlimpin et Belise en son jardin (imaginaire lyrique, 4 tableaux, after F. Garcia Lorca), Tours, Grand Théâtre, 1 March 1980

Sources • Sadie, Stanley (Ed.) [1992] (1994). The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, vol. 1, A-D, chpt: "Arrieu, Claude" by Richard Langham Smith, New York: MacMillan. ISBN 0-935859-92-6. • IMDb: Claude Arrieu - Filmography [2] • Fr.Wikipédia: Claude Arrieu

External links • Radio France [3]

References [1] http:/ / music. ibiblio. org/ pub/ multimedia/ pandora/ vorbis/ uw_archive/ chamber/ Soni_Ventorum/ 80_Jan/ 09Arrieu_quintet1. ogg [2] http:/ / uk. imdb. com/ name/ nm0037306/ [3] http:/ / www. radiofrance. fr/ chaines/ france-musiques/ biographies/ fiche. php?numero=2

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Tony Aubin

Tony Aubin Tony Louis Alexandre Aubin (8 December 1907 in Paris – 21 September 1981 in Paris) was a French composer. From 1925 to 1930 Aubin studied at the Paris Conservatory under Samuel Rousseau (music theory), Noel Gallon (counterpoint), Philippe Gaubert (orchestration and composition), and Paul Dukas (composition). He was awarded the Prix de Rome for the cantata Actaeon in 1930. He was artistic director at Paris Mondial from 1937-1944, and professor at the Paris Conservatory from 1944 to 1977. He also conducted works for French radio between 1945 and 1960. His works, heavily indebted to the impressionism of Ravel and Dukas, include a large number of film scores. His pupils included Olivier Alain, Garbis Aprikian, Raynald Arseneault, Jocelyne Binet, Jacques Castérède, Pierre Cochereau, Marius Constant, Ginette Keller, Talivaldis Kenins, Ron Nelson and Makoto Shinohara.

Works • • • •

Piano Sonata, 1930 Quatuor à cordes, 1930/1933 Prélude, Récitatif et Finale for piano, 1930/1933 Six poèmes de Verlaine, 1932/1933

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Cressida, Melodrama, 1934 1. Sinfonie "Romantique", 1935/1937 Le sommeil d'Iskender, 1936 Cantilène variée for cello and piano, 1937 La Chasse infernale (Le chevalier Pécopin), Scherzo Symphonique, 1941/1942 Jeanne d'Arc à Orléans, Oratorio, 1942 Suite danoise, 1942/1945 Athalie, 1943 Symphony No. 2, 1944 François Villon, 1945 Fourberies, Ballet, 1950/1952 Variations on a theme of Franz Schubert, Ballet, 1953 Grand pas on a theme of Johannes Brahms, Ballet, 1953 Suite éolienne for flute, clarinet, and orchestra, 1956 Périls, Lyrical drama, 1956/1958 La Source, 1960 Hymne à d'espérance, 1961 Concertinetto for violin and piano, 1964 Concertinetto del amicizia for flute and piano, 1965 Concertino della Brughiera for bassoon and piano, 1966/1975 Divertimento del incertezza for clarinet and piano or orchestra, 1967/ 1973 La jeunesse de Goya, Opera, 1968/1970 Concertino delle scoiattolo for oboe, piano and strings, 1970 Au fil de l'eau, 1970 Toccatrotta, 1972 Hidalgoyas for guitar, 1975 Passacaglia dell'addio for viola and piano (1977)

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Filmography • • • • • • • • • •

1941 : Le pavillon brûle (Jacques de Baroncelli) 1942 : À l'assaut des Aiguilles du Diable (Marcel Ichac) 1943 : Les Ailes blanches 1943 : Le Corbeau (Henri-Georges Clouzot) 1943 : Sondeurs d'abîmes (Marcel Ichac) 1943 : Ceux du rivage 1944 : La Collection Ménard 1952 : Groenland, 20 000 lieues sur les glaces (Marcel Ichac/Jean-Jacques Languepin) 1952 : Victoire sur l'Annapurna (Marcel Ichac) 1966 : Illusions perdues

References • Don Randel. The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music. Harvard, 1996, p. 31.

Georges Auric Georges Auric (15 February 1899 – 23 July 1983) was a French composer, born in Lodève, Hérault. He was a child prodigy and at age 15 he had his first compositions published. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Georges Caussade, and under the composer Vincent d'Indy at the Schola Cantorum. Before he turned 20 he had orchestrated and written incidental music for several ballets and stage productions. As a young student of at the Paris Conservatory in 1920, and, considered avant-garde, Auric became part of Satie and Cocteau's famous group, Les six, and was friends with the artist Jean Hugo. His participation led to writing settings of poetry and other texts as songs and musicals. In 1921, Cocteau asked him to write the music for his ballet, Les mariés de la tour Eiffel. He found himself short of time, so he asked his fellow composers of Les six to contribute some music. All Georges Auric except Louis Durey agreed. During this time, he wrote his one act opera Sous le masque (1927). (An earlier opera, La reine de coeur (1919), is lost.) It was also in 1927 that he contributed the Rondeau for the children's ballet L'éventail de Jeanne, a collaboration between ten French composers. In 1952 he participated in yet another collaboration, the set of orchestral variations La guirlande de Campra. When Jean Cocteau started making motion pictures, at the beginning of the 1930s Auric began writing film scores. He wrote soundtracks for a number of French and British films, and his success led to writing the music for Hollywood movies, too. Several times, Auric’s work made it onto the hit parade, notably The Song from Moulin Rouge.

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Especially notable among his film music is the lavishly impressionistic score that he wrote for Jean Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast (1946); other films include Passport to Pimlico (1948), Silent Dust (1949), The Lavender Hill Mob (1951), Moulin Rouge (1952), The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953), Roman Holiday (1953), The Wages of Fear (1953), The Divided Heart (1954), Lola Montes (1955), Rififi (1956), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956), Bonjour Tristesse (1958), The Night Heaven Fell (1958), Goodbye Again (1961), and Therese and Isabelle (1968). In 1960 he was a member of the jury at the 10th Berlin International Film Festival.[1]

Grave of Georges Auric

In 1962 he gave up writing for motion pictures when he became director of the Opéra National de Paris and then chairman of SACEM, the French Performing Rights Society. Auric continued to write classical chamber music, especially for winds, right up to his death. Auric died in Paris and was interred at Montparnasse Cemetery.

References [1] "10th Berlin International Film Festival: Juries" (http:/ / www. berlinale. de/ en/ archiv/ jahresarchive/ 1960/ 04_jury_1960/ 04_Jury_1960. html). berlinale.de. . Retrieved 2010-01-14.

External links • Georges Auric (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005952/) at the Internet Movie Database • Georges Auric biography and credits (http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/840536) at the British Film Institute's Screenonline • Georges Auric (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21584) at Find-A-Grave

Thomas Bangalter

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Thomas Bangalter Thomas Bangalter

Thomas Bangalter performing in 2007 as one-half of Daft Punk Background information Born

3 January 1975

Origin

Paris, France

Genres

House

Instruments

Guitar, bass guitar, synthesizer, keyboards, vocals, drum machine, vocoder, talk box

Years active

1992–present

Labels

Roulé

Associated acts Darlin' Daft Punk Stardust Together Da Mongoloids

Thomas Bangalter (born January 3, 1975)[1] is a French electronic musician best known as a member of the French house music duo Daft Punk. He has also recorded and released music as a member of the trio Stardust, the duo Together, and as a solo artist including compositions for the film Irréversible. Thomas Bangalter owns a music label called Roulé. Outside of music production, his credits include film director and cinematographer. Bangalter resides in Beverly Hills, California, with his wife, French actress Élodie Bouchez, and their two sons, Tara-Jay[2] [3] and Roxan.[4]

Early life and career Thomas Bangalter was born in Paris, France. He began playing the piano at the age of six.[5] Bangalter stated in a video interview [6] that his parents were strict in keeping up his practice, for which he later thanked them. His father, Daniel Vangarde was a famous songwriter and producer for such performers as the Gibson Brothers, Ottawan, and Sheila B. Devotion.[7] As expressed by Bangalter, "I never had any intention to do what my father was doing."[2] Bangalter met Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo while attending the Lycée Carnot school in 1987.[1] It was there that they discovered their mutual fascination of films and music of the 1960s and 70s, "very basic cult teenager things, from Easy Rider to the Velvet Underground."[8] They and Laurent Brancowitz eventually joined to form an indie rock trio called Darlin', in which Bangalter performed bass guitar. Bangalter felt that "It was still maybe more a teenage thing at that time. It's like, you know, everybody wants to be in a band."[8] A negative review from Melody Maker magazine referred to the act as "a bunch of daft punk", which inspired Bangalter and de Homem-Christo's new name.[9] Shortly before reaching the age of 18, Daft Punk grew interested in electronic music, which led Brancowitz to leave the group in pursuit of efforts with fellow Parisian band Phoenix.[8] [9] In 1993 Bangalter presented a demo of Daft Punk material to Stuart Macmillan of Slam that led to their first single "The New Wave". Daniel Vangarde provided

Thomas Bangalter valuable advice for the duo. "He helped us by presenting to us what the situation was with the record industry and how it worked. Knowing that, we made certain choices in order to achieve what we wanted."[10] Vangarde was thanked for his efforts in the liner notes of Homework. The title of the album is partially attributed to the fact that Homework was recorded in Bangalter's bedroom. As he remarked, "I had to move the bed into another room to make space for the gear."[7] In the years following the 1997 release, Bangalter focused on his own record label, Roulé ("rolled" in French). The label released singles by Romanthony, Roy Davis Jr., and Bangalter's own solo material among others. Bangalter's solo works were released on two vinyl-only EPs titled Trax on da Rocks in 1995 and 1998 respectively. The songs "Outrun", "Extra Dry" and "Turbo" from the EPs later appeared in the video game Midnight Club II. The track "On da Rocks" was featured in a "Da Funk" behind-the-scenes video included with D.A.F.T.: A Story About Dogs, Androids, Firemen and Tomatoes. Bangalter collaborated with Alan Braxe and Benjamin Diamond and in 1998 released the club hit "Music Sounds Better with You" under the name Stardust. Just as for Homework, the single was recorded in Bangalter's home studio.[7] [11] Around the same time of "Music Sounds Better with You", Bangalter co-produced Bob Sinclar's second single titled "Gym Tonic". The single caused a minor dispute as it contained samples from a Jane Fonda workout tape, which led Fonda herself to refuse permission for the single to be released officially.[12] A different act called Spacedust released an re-recorded version of the track, titled "Gym and Tonic" under East West Records to wider commercial success. "Gym and Tonic" became a number one single in the United Kingdom shortly after "Music Sounds Better with You" had peaked at number two in the same chart.[13] During 1998, Bangalter and de Homem-Christo collaborated with Romanthony in what would become the first of the Discovery sessions.[1] One of tracks produced, "One More Time" became Daft Punk's most successful single in 2000. Bangalter also performed on a Yamaha Cs-60 synthesizer on the track "Embuscade" in Phoenix's debut album United, which was released the same year.[14] He also teamed up with DJ Falcon under the name Together to release their eponymous 2000 single. Bangalter produced the score to the film Irréversible, released in 2002. A soundtrack album of the same name was later released featuring Bangalter's tracks as well as the works by Gustav Mahler, Étienne Daho and Beethoven used in the film. North American pressings of the album feature only the Bangalter tracks. Three of the tracks from the Trax on da Rocks EPs were released on the album: "Outrun", "Ventura" and "Extra Dry". 2002 also saw the release of the Bangalter produced track "113 Fout La Merde" for French hip hop group 113. Bangalter can be seen dancing in the music video, wearing his Daft Punk helmet. Together released the single "So Much Love to Give" in 2003. The Eric Prydz track "Call on Me" was initially thought to be a follow-up to the Together release due to the similarity between the two songs and DJ Falcon's use of "Call on Me" in DJ sets.[15] Bangalter was the sound effects director for the 2009 film Enter the Void, his second work with filmmaker Gaspar Noé following Irréversible.[16] He initially had been approached by Noé to compose the soundtrack of Enter the Void, but Bangalter was preoccupied with work on the Tron: Legacy score at the time. Bangalter instead provided various clips of drones and ambiance for the film to be accompanied by music by other artists from the 1960s and 70s.[17] In 2011 he directed and choreographed a short film featuring Élodie Bouchez that served as an advertisement for the fashion line Co.[18]

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Personal life In 2002, Bangalter fathered a son, Tara-Jay, with actress Élodie Bouchez.[3] In late 2004, Bangalter moved to his current home in Beverly Hills, California. The move is attributable to Bouchez's career in Hollywood and Bangalter's own interests in filmmaking.[2] [3] On 2 June 2008, Bouchez gave birth to Bangalter's second son, Roxan.[4] It was reported that Bangalter had quit DJing in clubs due to developing tinnitus in 2002, saying "I’ve given up because I want to protect my ears". Orde Meikle of Slam later stated that Bangalter had sufficiently recovered from the condition, stating that "he had a bit of a scare and thought he’d damaged his ear and had to take obviously reasonably drastic steps to see how bad the damage was."[19]

Discography Albums • Irréversible (2002)

EPs and singles • "Trax on da Rocks" (1995) • "Spinal Scratch" (1996) • "Trax on da Rocks Vol. 2" (1998) • "Outrage" (2003)

References [1] Daft Punk Musique Vol. 1 Official Website (http:/ / web. archive. org/ web/ 20060410194554/ http:/ / www. daft-musique. com/ ). Archived from 10 April 2006. [2] Suzanne Ely, "Return of the Cybermen" Mixmag (July 2006) [3] Élodie Bouchez (http:/ / www. imdb. com/ name/ nm0001965/ ) at the Internet Movie Database [4] Elodie Bouchez maman d'un petit Daft Punk (http:/ / www. purepeople. com/ 10223-PHOTOS-Elodie-Bouchez-maman-d-un-petit-Daft-Punk-reactualise-. html) purepeople.com. Retrieved on 24 July 2008. [5] Michael Hamersly, "Ask the DJ" (http:/ / www. miami. com/ mld/ miamiherald/ entertainment/ weekend/ 15967428. htm) Miami Herald (10 November 2006). [6] http:/ / video. google. ca/ videoplay?docid=8943495939887017057 [7] Chris Gill, "ROBOPOP" (http:/ / remixmag. com/ mag/ remix_robopop/ ) Remix Magazine Online (May 2001) [8] Matthew Collin, "Do You Think You Can Hide From Stardom?" Mixmag (August 1997) ( archived (http:/ / www. techno. de/ mixmag/ 97. 08/ DaftPunk. a. html) at techno.de) [9] Darlin' biography (http:/ / www. discogs. com/ artist/ Darlin') at Discogs. Retrieved on 20 February 2007. [10] Alan Di Perna, "We Are The Robots" Pulse! (April 2001). [11] Music Sounds Better With You (http:/ / www. discogs. com/ release/ 4087) at Discogs [12] James, Martin. French Connections: From Discotheque to Discovery. London, United Kingdom: Sanctuary Publishing Ltd., 2003. pg 201. (ISBN 1-8607-4449-4) [13] Discogs entry of Spacedust (http:/ / www. discogs. com/ artist/ Spacedust) Discogs. Retrieved on 1 October 2007. [14] United (http:/ / www. discogs. com/ release/ 20794) at Discogs. Retrieved on 7 April 2007 [15] Eric Prydz (http:/ / www. thedjlist. com/ djs/ ERIC_PRYDZ/ ) at thedjlist.com. Retrieved on 21 April 2007. [16] ENTER THE VOID (http:/ / www. festival-cannes. com/ en/ archives/ ficheFilm/ id/ 10905415/ year/ 2009. html) festival-cannes.com. Retrieved on 8 May 2009. [17] Barry, Robert (13 October 2010). "Suddenly The Maelstrom: Gaspar Noé On The Music Of Enter The Void" (http:/ / thequietus. com/ articles/ 05097-gaspar-no-interview-enter-the-void-soundtrack-daft-punk). The Quietus. . Retrieved 18 October 2010. [18] Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter Directs Short Film (http:/ / stereogum. com/ 810911/ daft-punks-thomas-bangalter-directs-short-film/ video/ ) [19] Tinnitus Trips Up Another Top DJ (http:/ / www. inthemix. com. au/ news/ intl/ 17910/ Tinnitus_trips_up_another_top_DJ) inthemix.com.au Retrieved on 14 May 2009.

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External links • • • •

Thomas Bangalter (http://www.discogs.com/artist/Thomas+Bangalter) discography at Discogs Daft Punk (http://www.discogs.com/artist/Daft+Punk) discography at Discogs Stardust (http://www.discogs.com/artist/Stardust) discography at Discogs Together (http://www.discogs.com/artist/Together+(2)) discography at Discogs

Jean-Pascal Beintus Jean-Pascal Beintus is a French composer. Born in Toulouse, France in 1966, he studied double bass and composition at the conservatories of Nice, Lyon and Paris during the 1980s. When John Eliot Gardiner created the Lyon Opéra Orchestra in 1983, he selected Beintus as a founding double bass player. His first work, Samskara, was for double bass and chamber orchestra. In 1996 Kent Nagano, then music director of the Opéra de Lyon, recognized Jean-Pascal Beintus' talents as composer and began to commission works from him. Since then, he has written music for nearly every type of ensemble, and for theatre, concert hall and film. Recent commissions have come from the Berlin Philharmonic (He's Got Rhythm: Homage to George Gershwin), the Russian National Orchestra (Wolf Tracks and Peter and the Wolf), the Hallé Orchestra (Couleurs Cuivres), the Berkeley Symphony (Berkeley Images, Luna Tree and Bremen Town Musicians), the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (Kobe Symphony, which was featured on David Benoit's 2005 release, Orchestral Stories, on Peak Records), Orchestre de Paris (Cordes et Lames), the State of California (Manzanar: An American Story), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Nature Suite), and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (Le Petit Prince). Jean-Pascal Beintus' film work includes the original score of the Leonardo DiCaprio film The 11th Hour, as well as orchestrating Alexandre Desplat’s scores for Syriana and Golden Globe-winning score of The Painted Veil and also The Queen, Chéri, Coco avant Chanel, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Twilight Saga: New Moon and Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer. As of 2010, the Internet Movie Database lists him as working on the following films: The Special Relationship, The Tree of Life, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and Part 2 and Tamara Drewe. A recording of Jean-Pascal Beintus' "Wolf Tracks" featuring Bill Clinton, Mikhail Gorbachev and Sophia Loren as narrators received a 2004 Grammy Award. Antonio Banderas narrated the Spanish version, released in 2007.

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External links • Official Website [1] • Jean-Pascal Beintus [2] at the Internet Movie Database

References [1] http:/ / www. beintus. com/ [2] http:/ / www. imdb. com/ name/ nm1738815/

Frédéric Botton Frédéric Botton (c.1937 – June 27, 2008) was a French lyricist and composer.

Songs (In alphabetical order) He has written many songs, in particular for: • Barbara : "Il me revient" • Mireille Darc : "Compartiment 23" (1968), "Où est mon zèbre ?" (1968) • France Gall : "Gare à toi Gargantua" (1967) • Juliette Gréco : "Les Pingouins" (1970), "Zanzibar" (1970), "Toi… je veux" (1970), "Petite correspondance" (1970), "Doux oiseaux de la jeunesse" (lyrics by Françoise Sagan, 1971), "Tout près de vous my love" (adaptation by Frédéric Botton from canticle "Plus près de toi mon Dieu", music by Lowell Mason, 1971) • Betty Mars : "Comé-comédie" (for the Eurovision Song Contest 1972) • Régine : "La Grande Zoa" (1966), "Raconte-moi dandy" (1967), "De toutes les manières". • Alice Sapritch : "Les hommes sont des poupées" (1975), "Milady" (1975) • Ann Sorel : "L'Amour à plusieurs" (1972)

Filmography He composed numerous film scores, notably: • • • • • • • •

1971 : Popsy Pop, directed by Jean Herman 1980 : Les Phallocrates, directed by Claude Pierson 1988 : L'Excès contraire, directed by Yves-André Hubert (TV) 1993 : Un crime, directed by Jacques Deray 2002 : Une femme de ménage, directed by Claude Berri 2005 : L'un reste, l'autre part, directed by Claude Berri 2006 : Camping, directed by Fabien Onteniente 2007 : Ensemble, c'est tout, de Claude Berri

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Television • Composer of the very jazzy theme music for the show Ce soir ou jamais presented by Frédéric Taddéi on France 3.

External links • Frédéric Botton [1] at the Internet Movie Database

References [1] http:/ / www. imdb. com/ name/ nm0998831/

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Michel Colombier

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Michel Colombier Michel Colombier Born

May 23, 1939 Lyon, France

Died

November 14, 2004 (aged 65) Santa Monica, California, USA

Genres

Film score

Occupations Composer, Conductor Years active 1962–2003 Website

[www.michelcolombier.com www.michelcolombier.com]

Michel Colombier (May 23, 1939 – November 14, 2004) was a French composer, songwriter, arranger, and conductor.

External links • Official website [1] • Michel Colombier [2] at the Internet Movie Database

References [1] http:/ / www. michelcolombier. com [2] http:/ / www. imdb. com/ name/ nm0006014/

Pascal Comelade

Pascal Comelade Pascal Paul Vincent Comelade (born June 30, 1955), is a French Catalan musician. Comelade born was in Montpellier, France. After living for several years in Barcelona, he made his first album, Fluences, influenced by electronic music and by the group Heldon. Subsequently, his music has become more acoustic and is characterised by the sounds of toy instruments, used as solo-instruments and as an integral part of the sound of his group, the Bel Canto Orquestra. In 2007 he did a Take-Away Show acoustic video session shot by Vincent Moon. He has collaborated with many singers and musicians from diverse genres of music including Robert Wyatt, Dani, Faust, Christophe Miossec, Toti Soler, Jac Berrocal, Pierre Bastien and P.J. Harvey to mention just a few.

Discography • 1975 : Fluence • 1978 : • Séquences Paiennes • Vertical Pianos • 1980 : • Paralelo • Ready-Made • 1981 : Slow Music • 1982 : • Sentimientos • Irregular Organs • 1983 : • Fall Of Saigon • Logique du Sens • 1984 : • • • • • •

La Dialectique Peut-Elle Casser des Briques ?(with Cathy claret's voice). Bel Canto Orquestra Milano Enharmonisto Précis de Décomposition Bruitiste Scénes de Musique Ralentie Détail Monochrome

un titre inclu dans le disque "cathy claret" delabel/virgin • 1986 : Bel Canto • 1987 : El Primitivismo • 1988 : • Impressionnismes • Rock Del Veneno • 1989 : • 33 Bars • Cent Regards • 1991 :

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Pascal Comelade • Ragazzin' The Blues • Pataphysical Polka • Haikus de Pianos • 1992 :

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• Traffic d'Abstraction • Topographie Anecdotique • El Ermitaño - with Bel Canto Orquestra 1993 : Yo Quiero Un Tebeo 1994 : Danses Et Chants de Syldavie 1995 : El Cabaret Galactic 1996 :

• Musiques Pour Films Vol.2 • Tango Del Rossello • Un samedi Sur la Terre - Soundtrack • 1997 : • Un Tal Jazz • Oblique Sessions - with Pierre Bastien, Jac Berrocal and Jaki Liebezeit • 1998 : • L'Argot du Bruit • ZumZum.Ka • Bel Canto Orquestra In Concerto • 1999 : • Musiques De Genre • Live In Lisbon and Barcelona • Oblique Sessions II - with Richard Pinhas • Swing Slang Song • 2000 : • Aigua de Florida Classes de Música a la Granja - with Llorenç Balsach • André Le Magnifique - Soundtrack (followed by 3 pieces written for the ballet "Spring man" by Ryohei Kondo and 6 pieces written for the ballet "Zumzum-ka" by Cesc Gelabert.) • September Song - with Robert Wyatt • Pop Songs Del Rossello - with Gérard Jacquet • Pastis Catalan - Music for the Musée d'Art moderne de Céret (Limited Edition of 50 copies signed and numbered.) • 2001 : • La Isla Del Holandés - with José Manuel Pagan • Pop Songs Del Rossello 2 - with Gérard Jacquet • 2002 : • Sense el Resso del Dring • Psicotic Music' Hall • 2003 : • Logicofobisme del Piano en Minuscul • Musica Pop (Danses de Catalunya Nord) • 2004 : • La Filosofia del Plat Combinat

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Pascal Comelade • Back to Schizo 1975-1983 • 2005 : Espace Détente - Soundtrack • 2006 • Espontex sinfonia • La Manera Més Salvatge - with Enric Casasses • Stranger In Paradigm • 2008 • Compassió pel dimoni • 2009 "A Freak Serenade" (Because / Discmedi)

External links • • • •

97 minutes live performance with Enric Casasses. MP3 [1] Four pieces by Pascal Comelade for Cave Canis number 9. MP3 [2] Illustrated and commented discography, from 2000 onwards (in English) [3] Video interview by Vilaweb 22/06/06, Catalan [4]

References [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Marius Constant Marius Constant (7 February 1925, Bucharest – 15 May 2004 in Paris) was a Romanian-born French composer and conductor. Known primarily for his television soundtracks, his most widely heard score was the iconic Twilight Zone theme song. [1] Constant studied piano and composition at the Bucharest conservatory, receiving the George Enescu Award in 1944. In 1946 he moved to Paris, studying at the conservatory with Olivier Messiaen, Tony Aubin, Arthur Honegger and Nadia Boulanger. His compositions earned several prizes. From 1950 on he was increasingly involved with electronic music and joined Pierre Schaeffer's Groupe de Recherche de Musique Concrète. From 1956 to 1966 Constant conducted at the Ballets de Paris, then directed by Roland Petit. To this period belong the numerous Ballet scores for Petit und Maurice Béjart, namely: Haut-voltage (1956), Contrepointe (1958), Cyrano de Bergerac (1959), Éloge de la folie (1966) and Paradis perdu (1967). For the 1957 Aix-en-Provence Festival 1957 he wrote a piano concerto, but won wider recognition for the premiere, conducted by Leonard Bernstein, of 24 Préludes pour Orchestre (1958). Turner (1961) was a tone poem inspired by the English painter William Turner. In 1963 Constant founded the pioneering Ensemble Ars Nova. In 1970 he took over the musical direction of the ORTF; from 1973 to 1978 he directed at the Paris Opera, and in 1988 and 1989 was Professor of Orchestration at the Paris Conservatory. Besides these appointments, he taught at Stanford University and in Hilversum. Later ballets include Septentrion (1975), Nana (1976) and L'ange bleu (1985). La tragédie de Carmen (1981), his adaptation of Bizet's opera for director Peter Brook, was an international success. In 1987 he arranged the orchestral music for the ballet Les mariés de la tour Eiffel for an ensemble of 15 instruments.

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References [1] Marius Constant's obituary at Filmmusicsociety.org (http:/ / www. filmmusicsociety. org/ news_events/ features/ 2004/ 061104. html)

External links • Marius Constant (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0176014/) at the Internet Movie Database

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Vladimir Cosma

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Vladimir Cosma Vladimir Cosma

Background information Birth name

Vladimir Cosma

Born

13 April 1940 Bucarest, Romania

Genres

Film score

Occupations Composer, conductor Years active 1968 until now

Vladimir Cosma was born April 13, 1940 in Bucharest, Romania, into a family of musicians. His father, Teodor Cosma, was a pianist and conductor, his mother a writer-composer, his uncle, Edgar Cosma, composer and conductor, and one of his grandmothers, pianist, a student of the renowned Ferrucio Busoni. After receiving first prizes for violin and composition at the Bucharest Conservatoire of Music, he arrived in Paris in 1963 and continued his studies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, working with Nadia Boulanger. As well as for classical music, he discovered early on a passion for jazz, film music and all forms of popular music. From 1964 he made a number of international tours as a concert violinist and began to devote himself more and more to composing. He wrote various compositions including: « Trois mouvements d’été » for symphony orchestra, « Oblique » for violoncello and string orchestra, music for theatre and ballet (« Volpone » for the Comédie Française, the opera « Fantômas»…). In 1968, Yves Robert entrusted him with his first film music for « Alexandre le Bienheureux ». Vladimir Cosma has since composed more than three hundred scores for feature films and TV series. His numerous successes in the cinema have notably been in collaboration with Yves Robert, Gérard Oury, Francis Veber, Claude Pinoteau, Jean-Jacques Beineix, Claude Zidi, Ettore Scola, Pascal Thomas, Pierre Richard, Yves Boisset, André Cayatte, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Edouard Molinaro, Jean-Marie Poiré… and among which: Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire, Diva, Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob, La Boum, le Bal, l’As des As, la Chèvre, Les Fugitifs, Les Zozos, Pleure pas la bouche pleine, Dupont Lajoie, Un éléphant ça trompe énormément, La Dérobade, Le Père Noël est une ordure, L'Étudiante, La Gloire de mon père, Le Château de ma mère, Le dîner de cons … Vladimir Cosma also featured in major French and American television productions: Michel Strogoff, Kidnapped, Mistral’s Daughter, Châteauvallon, Les Mystères de Paris, Les Cœurs Brûlés… Film music allowed him to approach and develop many different musical styles: jazz (with music written for famous soloists such as Chet Baker, Toots Thielemans, Don Byas, Stéphane Grappelli, Jean-Luc Ponty, Philip Catherine, Tony Coe, Pepper Adams, la chanson (pour Nana Mouskouri, Marie Laforêt, Richard Sanderson, Diane Dufresne,

Vladimir Cosma Herbert Léonard, Mireille Mathieu, Nicole Croisille, Lara Fabian, Guy Marchand, original compositions inspired by folk-music (for Gheorghe Zamfir, Stanciu Simion « Syrinx », pan-flute, Liam O'Flynn- pipes, Romane-guitar), as well as classical music (Berlin Concerto for violin and orchestra, Concerto for Euphonium and orchestra, Concerto Ibérique for trumpet and orchestra, Courts Métrages for brass quintet…) In 2006 he conducted the world premier of his composition « Eh bien ! Dansez maintenant», divertissement for narrator and symphony orchestra, from the Fables of Jean de la Fontaine, at the Victoria Hall in Geneva, with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and Lambert Wilson as narrator. Conducting the Orchestre National de France he gave a first performance in Paris of this work in December 2010 at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, featuring Eric Génovèse of the Comédie Française. Vladimir Cosma wrote the opera “Marius et Fanny”, adapted from Marcel Pagnol, for which the first production took place in September 2007 at the Opéra de Marseille with Roberto Alagna and Angela Gheorghiu in the title roles, as well as Jean-Philippe Lafont in the role of César. The performances were repeated several times on television on the channels ARTE and FR3. In 2008 he composed the music for the musical comedy « Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob » performed at the Palais des Congrès in Paris, with Eric Metayer, Marianne James, Spike, Julie Victor… In June 2009, Vladimir Cosma conducted the world premier in the Eglise Sainte-Madeleine de Béziers, of his cantata «1209», for soprano, narrator, children's choir and orchestra, written especially for the 8th centenary of the Sac de Béziers. He is dedicated to re-writing his film music with the intention of conducting performances in symphonic concerts, thus approaching a wider audience than at the cinema . Among others, he gave a concert in Geneva in 2003 with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, a series of concerts in 2003 with the Orchestre National de Lyon, three concerts in 2005 in Paris at the Grand Rex, a concert in 2010 with the Orchestre de l'Ile-de-France in the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. He has also appeared in many countries with major symphony orchestras and such prestigious soloists as Ivry Gitlis, Vadim Repin, Wilhelmenia Fernandez, Patrice Fontanarosa, Jean-Luc Ponty, Didier Lockwood, Stanciu Simion « Syrinx», Philip Catherine and others. A book of interviews with Vincent Perrot entitled « Vladimir Cosma comme au cinéma » was published in 2009 in the Editions Hors Collection and an anthology of his film music regrouping 91 complete original soundtracks in two volumes has just come out. Two evenings were devoted to him by FR3 in 2010, airing his concert at the Théâtre du Châtelet and a documentary «Vladimir Cosma intime ». Vladimir Cosma received two Césars for the best movie score, for Diva (1982) and Le Bal (1984), two Golden Sevens for the best music for television, as well as a number of prizes and awards in France and other countries. He has also obtained numerous gold and platinum records all over the world (France, Germany, Japan, England, Switzerland, Belgium, Italy, Holland, Scandinavia). Vladimir Cosma is Chevalier de l'ordre National la Légion d’Honneur, Grand Officier du Mérite Culturel Roumain, as well as Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres.

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Works Film soundtracks 1960s • 1966 : Le Plus Vieux Métier du monde de Jean-Luc Godard, Claude Autant-Lara, Philippe de Broca... – Film à sketches - Musique de Michel Legrand et Vladimir Cosma. • 1966 : Oum le dauphin blanc (Dessins animés – 52 épisodes) Musique co-composée avec Michel Legrand – arrangements et direction d’orchestre. • 1967 : But de Dominique Delouche – court métrage • 1967 : Alexandre le bienheureux de Yves Robert • 1967 : Du mou dans la gâchette de Louis Grospierre – arrangements • 1967 : L'Homme à la Buick de Gilles Grangier – arrangements • 1968 : Maldonne de Sergio Gobbi • 1968 : Les Prisonniers de la liberté (Prisonners of freedom – Aserei Hahofesh) de Yona Zaretsky • 1968 : Sayarim de Micha Shagrir – arrangements et direction d’orchestre • 1968 : Pour un amour lointain d’Edmond Séchan – arrangements et direction d’orchestre • • • •

1969 : Clérambard de Yves Robert 1969 : Appelez-moi Mathilde de Pierre Mondy – arrangements et direction d’orchestre 1969 : Le Miroir de la terre d’Edmond Séchan - court métrage 1969 : Les Aventures de Tom Sawyer de Wolfgang Liebeneimer – série TV

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1970 : Le Distrait de Pierre Richard 1970 : Térésa de Gérard Vergez 1970 : Caïn de nulle part de Daniel Daërt 1971 : Les Malheurs d'Alfred de Pierre Richard 1971 : Tang de André Michel – série TV, 13 x 26’ 1972 : Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire de Yves Robert 1972 : Les Zozos de Pascal Thomas 1972 : Les Félines de Daniel Daërt 1972 : Neither by Day Nor by Night (Lo B’Yom V’Lo B’Layla) de Steven Hilliard Stern 1973 : L’Affaire Crazy Capo de Patrick Jamain 1973 : Pleure pas la bouche pleine de Pascal Thomas 1973 : La Dernière bourrée à Paris de Raoul André 1973 : Les Grands Sentiments font les bons gueuletons de Michel Berny 1973 : Salut l'artiste de Yves Robert 1973 : La Raison du plus fou de François Reichenbach avec Raymond Devos 1973 : Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob de Gérard Oury 1973 : Le Dingue de Daniel Daërt 1973 : Les Grands Détectives série TV 6x52' de Jacques Nahum, Jean-Pierre Decourt, Jean Herman, Alexandre Astruc, etc.… • 1973 : La Main enchantée de Michel Subiela – téléfilm • 1974 : La Rivale de Sergio Gobbi • 1974 : Le Chaud Lapin de Pascal Thomas • 1974 : La Moutarde me monte au nez de Claude Zidi • 1974 : La Gueule de l’emploi de Jacques Rouland

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1974 : Le Retour du Grand Blond de Yves Robert 1974 : La Virée superbe de Gérard Vergez 1975 : Dupont Lajoie de Yves Boisset 1975 : La Course à l’échalote de Claude Zidi 1975 : Catherine et Cie de Michel Boisrond 1975 : Le Faux-cul de Roger Hanin 1975 : Le Téléphone Rose de Edouard Molinaro 1975 : Adios de André Michel – mini-série TV, 3 x 90’ 1975 : Hugues-le-Loup de Michel Subiela - téléfilm 1975 : Monty Python Sacré Graal (Monty Python and the Holy Grail) de Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones 1975 : TF1 (Indicatif de la chaîne et du journal télévisé.) 1975 : Cinéma du Dimanche (Indicatif) 1976 : Les Œufs brouillés de Joël Santoni 1976 : La Surprise du chef de Pascal Thomas 1976 : Le Jouet de Francis Veber 1976 : Un éléphant ça trompe énormément d'Yves Robert 1976 : Dracula père et fils d'Edouard Molinaro

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1976 : L'Aile ou la Cuisse de Claude Zidi 1976 : A chacun son enfer - Autopsie d’un monstre d'André Cayatte 1976 : Michel Strogoff de Jean-Pierre Decourt - série TV, 7 x 55’ 1976 : Le Collectionneur de cerveaux - Les Robots pensants de Michel Subiela- téléfilm 1976 : L’Assassinat de Concino Concini de Gérard Vergez - téléfilm 1976 : Les Mystères de Loudun de Gérard Vergez - téléfilm 1976 : Silence …on tourne de Roger Coggio 1977 : Le Chien de Monsieur Michel de Jean-Jacques Beineix - court métrage 1977 : Nous irons tous au paradis d'Yves Robert 1977 : Un Oursin dans la poche de Pascal Thomas 1977 : Animal de Claude Zidi 1977 : Vous n'aurez pas l'Alsace et la Lorraine de Coluche 1977 : La Mer promise de Jacques Ertaud - téléfilm 1977 : Les Confessions d’un enfant de Cœur de Jean L’Hôte - téléfilm 1977 : Vaincre à Olympie de Michel Subiela - téléfilm 1977 : Les Filles de Malemort de Daniel Daërt 1977 : Où vont les poissons rouges ? de André Michel - téléfilm 1977 : Richelieu de Jean-Pierre Decourt - série TV, 6 x 52’ 1977 : Enquête posthume sur un vaisseau fantôme de Michel Subiela - téléfilm 1977 : Les Jeunes Filles de Lazare Iglesis – mini-série TV, 2 x 90’ 1977 : Le Loup blanc de Jean-Pierre Decourt – mini-série TV, 3 x 55’ 1977 : L’Affaire des poisons de Gérard Vergez - téléfilm 1978 : La Zizanie de Claude Zidi 1978 : La Raison d’Etat d'André Cayatte 1978 : Je suis timide... mais je me soigne de Pierre Richard 1978 : Cause toujours... tu m’intéresses ! d'Edouard Molinaro 1978 : Confidences pour confidences de Pascal Thomas 1978 : L’Enlèvement du Régent - Le Chevalier d’Harmental de Gérard Vergez- téléfilm

• 1978 : Madame le Juge - Episode n°1 : Le Dossier Françoise Muller d'Edouard Molinaro - TV • 1978 : Les Grandes Conjurations – Episode : Le Connétable de Bourbon de Jean-Pierre Decourt - TV

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1978 : Histoires insolites. Episode 1 : La Stratégie du serpent d'Yves Boisset - TV 1978 : Plein les poches pour pas un rond de Daniel Daërt 1978 : L’Equipage d'André Michel - téléfilm 1978 : Médecins de nuit de Nicolas Ribowski, Bruno Gantillon, Jean-Pierre Prévost, Philippe Lefèbvre, Peter Kassovitz... - 6 séries TV, 44 x 55’ 1979 : La Dérobade de Daniel Duval 1979 : Courage fuyons d'Yves Robert 1979 : C’est pas moi c’est lui de Pierre Richard 1979 : Ils sont grands ces petits de Joël Santoni 1979 : Histoires de voyous : Les Marloupins de Michel Berny - TV 1979 : Histoires de voyous : La Belle Affaire de Louis Grospierre - TV 1979 : La Servante de Lazare Iglesis – téléfilm 1979 : La Belle vie de Lazare Iglesis – téléfilm 1979 : Duos sur canapé de Marc Camoletti 1979 : Les Aventures de David Balfour (Kidnapped) de Jean-Pierre Decourt - série TV, 6 x 55’ 1979 : La Fabrique, un conte de Noël de Pascal Thomas - téléfilm 1979 : Le Baiser au lépreux d'André Michel – téléfilm

• 1979 : Sam et Sally de Nicolas Ribowski, Jean Girault, Robert Pouret et Joël Séria -1ère série TV, 6 x 55’ • 1979 : Sam et Sally de Joël Santoni - 2ème série TV, 6 x 55’ 1980s • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

1980 : La Femme enfant - L’Ombre du loup de Raphaële Billetdoux 1980 : Inspecteur la Bavure de Claude Zidi 1980 : Diva de Jean-Jacques Beineix - César de la meilleure musique de film 1980 : Le Bar du téléphone de Claude Barrois 1980 : La Boum de Claude Pinoteau 1980 : Celles qu’on a pas eues de Pascal Thomas 1980 : Le Coup du parapluie de Gérard Oury 1980 : Laat de Dokter mar shuiven de Nikolai van der Heyde 1980 : L’Antichambre de Michel Bienvenu - court métrage 1980 : Petit déjeuner compris de Michel Berny - série TV, 6 x 52’ 1980 : Les Mystères de Paris d'André Michel - série TV, 6 x 52’ 1980 : Les Roses de Dublin de Lazare Iglesis - série TV, 6 x 52’ 1980 : Les Maîtres sonneurs de Lazare Iglesis - téléfilm 1981 : Les Sous-doués en vacances de Claude Zidi 1981 : Une Affaire d’hommes de Nicolas Ribowski 1981 : Pourquoi pas nous ? de Michel Berny 1981 : La Chèvre de Francis Veber 1981 : L’Année prochaine... si tout va bien de Jean-Loup Hubert 1981 : La Grande Pitié du Comte de Gruyère de Lazare Iglesis - téléfilm 1981 : La Double vie de Théophraste Longuet de Yannick Andreï - mini-série TV, 3 x 90’ 1981 : La Vie des autres - L’Ascension de Catherine Sarrazin de Jean-Pierre Prévost – téléfilm 1981 : Pollufission 2000 de Jean-Pierre Prévost - téléfilm 1981 : La Guerre des insectes de Peter Kassovitz - téléfilm 1982 : Jamais avant le mariage de Daniel Ceccaldi

• 1982 : Le Père Noël est une ordure de Jean-Marie Poiré • 1982 : La Boum 2 de Claude Pinoteau

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1982 : Tout le monde peut se tromper de Jean Couturier 1982 : L'As des as de Gérard Oury 1982 : L’Adieu aux As de Jean-Pierre Decourt - série TV, 6 x 52’ 1982 : Les Dames à la licorne de Lazare Iglesis – mini-série , 2 x 90’ 1982 : La Veuve rouge d'Edouard Molinaro – mini-série, 2 x 90’ 1982 : Un Adolescent d’autrefois d'André Michel - téléfilm 1983 : Le Bal d'Ettore Scola. César de la meilleure musique 1983 : Le Prix du danger d'Yves Boisset 1983 : Banzaï de Claude Zidi 1983 : Les Compères de Francis Veber 1983 : P’tit Con de Gérard Lauzier 1983 : L’Etincelle de Michel Lang 1983 : Retenez moi... ou je fais un malheur ! de Michel Gérard 1983 : Biniky le Dragon Rose - Serendipity monogatari pure to no nakamatachi – TV, dessins animés - Chanson du générique • 1983 : La Chambre des dames de Yannick Andreï - série TV, 10 x 52’ • 1983 : La Jeune femme en vert de Lazare Iglesis - téléfilm • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

1984 : La Septième Cible de Claude Pinoteau 1984 : Just The Way You Are d'Edouard Molinaro 1984 : Le Jumeau d'Yves Robert 1984 : La Tête dans le sac de Gérard Lauzier 1984 : Billet doux de Michel Berny - série TV, 6 x 60’ 1984 : L'Homme de Suez de Christian-Jaque - série TV, 6 x 52’ 1984 : L'Amour en héritage (Mistral's Daughter) de Douglas Hickox / Kevin Connor- série TV, 8 x 55’ 1984 : La Bavure de Nicolas Ribowski – mini-série TV, 3 x 55’ 1984 : Hello Einstein - Einstein de Lazare Iglesis - série TV, 6 x 55’ 1984 : Châteauvallon de Paul Planchon et Serge Friedman - série TV, 26 x 52’ 1985 : Les Rois du gag de Claude Zidi 1985 : Astérix et la surprise de César de Pierre et Gaëtan Brizzi - Film d'animation 1985 : Le Gaffeur de Serge Pénard 1985 : Drôle de samedi de Bay Okan 1985 : La Galette du roi de Jean-Michel Ribes 1985 : Les Mondes engloutis de Michel Gauthier - série animée TV 2 saisons 52 x 26’ 1986 : Mort un dimanche de pluie de Joël Santoni 1986 : Les Fugitifs de Francis Veber 1986 : Astérix chez les Bretons de Pino Van Lamsweerde - Film d'animation 1986 : Lévy et Goliath de Gérard Oury 1986 : L'Été 36 d'Yves Robert - mini série TV, 2 x 90’ 1986 : Claire de Lazare Iglesis - téléfilm 1986 : Le Tiroir secret de Michel Boisrond, Edouard Molinaro, Nadine Trintignant, Roger Guilloz... - série TV, 6 x 52’ • 1986 : Vive la Comédie de Jacques Fabbri, Jean-Luc Moreau, Paul Planchon, Jean-Pierre Bisson… - série TV, 10 x 90’ • 1986 : Tour de France de Philippe Monnier - mini-série TV, 2 x 52’ • 1987 : Le Moustachu de Dominique Chaussois • 1987 : Cœurs croisés de Stéphanie de Mareuil • 1987 : Promis… juré ! de Jacques Monnet

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1987 : La Petite Allumeuse de Danièle Dubroux 1987 : L’Or noir de Lornac de Tony Flaadt - série TV 1987 : Rahan, le fils des âges farouches de Alain Sion - série de dessins animés TV, 26 x 26’ 1987 : Nitwits de Nikolai van der Heyde 1988 : L'Etudiante de Claude Pinoteau 1988 : Corps z’à corps d'André Halimi 1988 : La Vouivre de Georges Wilson 1988 : Les Pique-assiettes de Dominique Giuliani, Gilles Amado, Jean-Luc Moreau... - série TV, 26 x 26’ 1988 : M'as-tu vu ? de Jean-Michel Ribes et Eric Le Hung - série TV, 6 x 52’ 1988 : Julien Fontanes Magistrat – Episode «La Bête noire» de Michel Berny –téléfilm 1989 : Il gèle en enfer de Jean-Pierre Mocky 1989 : Les Grandes Familles d'Edouard Molinaro – série TV, 4 x 84’ 1989 : L'Eté de la révolution de Lazare Iglesis - téléfilm 1989 : Till We Meet Again - Le Secret de Château Valmont– de Charles Jarrott- série TV, 3 x 100’ 1989 : Les Sœurs du Nord - SOS Disparus de Joël Santoni – téléfilm 1989 : Le Retour d'Arsène Lupin de Michel Wyn, Jacques Besnard, Philippe Condroyer, Michel Boisrond...- série TV, 12 x 56’

• 1989 : Mésaventures d'Elise Durupt - série TV, 161 x 26’ • 1989 : Intrigues de Maurice Dugowson et autres - série TV, 187 x 26’ 1990s • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

1990 : La Gloire de mon père d'Yves Robert 1990 : Le Château de ma mère d'Yves Robert 1990 : La Pagaille de Pascal Thomas 1990 : La Belle anglaise 2 de Jacques Besnard - série TV, 6 x 52’ 1990 : Night of the Fox - Le Complot du Renard de Charles Jarrott – téléfilms, 2 x 90’ 1990 : Edouard et ses filles de Michel Lang - série TV, 6 x 55’ 1990 : The Nighmare Years - Les Années infernales d'Anthony Page - série TV, 4 x 90’ 1990 : Le Gorille : Le Pavé du Gorille de Roger Hanin – téléfilm 1990 : Le Déjeuner de Sousceyrac de Lazare Iglesis – téléfilm 1990 : Passions - série TV, 57 x 26’ 1990 : Côté cœur - série TV, 68 x 26’ 1991 : La Neige et le Feu de Claude Pinoteau 1991 : Myster Mocky présente :La Méthode Barnol de Jean-Pierre Mocky - téléfilm 1991 : Myster Mocky présente :Dis-moi qui tu hais de Jean-Pierre Mocky – téléfilm 1991 : Myster Mocky présente :La Vérité qui tue de Jean-Pierre Mocky – téléfilm 1991 : La Totale! de Claude Zidi 1991 : La Montre, la croix et la manière - The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish de Ben Lewin 1992 : Ville à vendre de Jean-Pierre Mocky 1992 : Coup de jeune de Xavier Gélin 1992 : Le Souper d'Edouard Molinaro 1992 : Le Bal des casse-pieds d'Yves Robert 1992 : Les Coeurs brûlés de Jean Sagols - série TV 1992 : La Femme abandonnée d'Edouard Molinaro – téléfilm 1993 : Cuisine et Dépendances de Philippe Muyl

• 1993 : Le Mari de Léon de Jean-Pierre Mocky • 1993 : La Soif de l’or de Gérard Oury

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1993 : Mercedes mon amour de Bay Okan 1993 : Le Boeuf clandestin de Lazare Iglesis - téléfilm 1993 : Trois jours pour gagner de Michel Berny, Alain Nahum…- série TV, 13 x 27’ 1994 : Montparnasse-Pondichéry d'Yves Robert 1994 : Bonsoir de Jean-Pierre Mocky 1994 : Cache Cash de Claude Pinoteau 1994 : L’Affaire de Sergio Gobbi 1994 : Les Yeux d’Hélène de Jean Sagols - série TV, 9 x 90’ 1994 : Dazzle - Les Racines du Coeur de Richard A. Colla - mini-série TV, 2 x 90’ 1995 : Les Sables mouvants de Paul Carpita 1995 : Les Nouveaux exploits d’Arsène Lupin d'Alain Nahum, Nicolas Ribowski - série TV 1996 : Le Jaguar de Francis Veber 1996 : Le Plus Beau Métier du monde de Gérard Lauzier 1996 : Les Palmes de monsieur Schutz de Claude Pinoteau 1996 : Faisons un rêve de Jean-Michel Ribes – téléfilm 1996 : Le Cheval de coeur de Charlotte Brandstrom – téléfilm 1996 : Berjac : Coup de maître de Jean-Michel Ribes – téléfilm

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1996 : Berjac : Coup de théâtre de Jean-Michel Ribes - téléfilm 1997 : Soleil de Roger Hanin 1997 : Drôle de père de Charlotte Brandstrom – téléfilm 1997 : Maître da Costa – Episode : Le Doigt de Dieu de Bob Swaim - TV 1998 : Le Dîner de cons de Francis Veber 1998 : La Femme du Boulanger de Nicolas Ribowski - téléfilm 1999 : Le Schpountz de Gérard Oury 1999 : Le Fils du Français de Gérard Lauzier 1999 : Le Monde à l’envers de Charlotte Brandstrom – mini-série TV, 2 x 90’ 1999 : La Fiction des Guignols de Bruno Le Jean - téléfilm 1999 : Voleur de cœur de Patrick Jamain – téléfilm

2000s • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

2000 : La Vache et le Président de Philippe Muyl 2000 : La Trilogie Marseillaise : Marius, Fanny, César de Nicolas Ribowski – mini- série TV, 3 x 95’ 2001 : Le Placard de Francis Veber 2001 : Le Monde à l’envers – Episode 3 : Le Secret d’Alice de Michaël Perrotta- TV 2002 : Les Homards de l’utopie - Marche et rêve ! de Paul Carpita 2002 : Clémy de Nicolas Ribowski - téléfilm 2002 : Action justice - Episode 1 : Une mère indigne d'Alain Schwartzstein - TV 2003 : Le Furet de Jean-Pierre Mocky 2003 : Action justice - Episode 2 : Un mauvais médecin de Jean-Pierre Igoux – TV 2003 : Action justice - Episode 3 : Déclaré coupable d'Alain Nahum - TV 2004 : Albert est méchant d'Hervé Palud 2004 : Le Président Ferrare d'Alain Nahum - série TV 2004 : Touristes, Oh yes ! de Jean-Pierre Mocky 2005 : Grabuge de Jean-Pierre Mocky 2005 : Les Ballets écarlates de Jean-Pierre Mocky

• 2005 : Le Bénévole de Jean-Pierre Mocky • 2006 : Le Temps des porte-plumes de Daniel Duval

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Vladimir Cosma • 2006 : Le Deal de Jean-Pierre Mocky • 2007 : 13, French Street de Jean-Pierre Mocky • 2007 : Myster Mocky présente de Jean-Pierre Mocky - série TV: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Le Diable en Embuscade avec Jean-Hugues Anglade et B. Putzulu. Le Farceur avec Michel Galabru et Charles Berling. Un Eléphant dans un Magasin de Porcelaine avec Micheline Presle et Jean-Pierre Mocky. Service rendu avec Richard Bohringer et Smadi Wolfman. La Clinique Opale avec Didier Bourdon et Tom Novembre. La Cellule Insonorisée avec Claude Brasseur et Patricia Barzyk.

• 2008 : Myster Mocky présente de Jean-Pierre Mocky - série TV : 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Témoins de Choix avec Lorant Deutsch et Dominique Pinon. Le Jour de l’Exécution avec Michel Piccoli et Frédéric Diefenthal. Dans le Lac avec Arielle Dombasle, Stanislas Merhar, Aurélien Wiik. Morts sur commande avec Richard Bohringer et Jean-Pierre Mocky. Chantage à Domicile avec Laurent Gerra, Rufus et Henry Guibet. L’Energumène - Symbole d’autorité avec Régis Laspalès.

• 2008 : Climax de Frédéric Sojcher - court métrage • 2009 : Colère de Jean-Pierre Mocky – téléfilm • 2009 : Myster Mocky présente de Jean-Pierre Mocky - série TV: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Le Voisin de cellule avec Jean-Paul Rouve et Richard Bohringer. De Quoi Mourir de rire avec Louise Monot, Stanislas Merhar et Philippe Chevalier. Sauvetage avec Richard Anconina, Bernard Lecoq et Zinédine Soualem. Un Risque à courir avec Gaspard Ulliel, Elsa Zylberstein. Une si gentille serveuse avec Micheline Presle, Zoé Félix et Aurélien Wiik. Haine mortelle avec Pierre Mondy et Dominique Pinon.

• 2010 : Les Insomniaques de Jean-Pierre Mocky • 2010 : Crédit pour tous de Jean-Pierre Mocky • 2010 : Myster Mocky présente de Jean-Pierre Mocky - série TV: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

L’Aide avec Cristiana Reali, Bruno Todeschini et Patricia Barzyk. La Cadillac avec Arielle Dombasle et Frédéric Diefenthal. Martha in Memoriam avec Mathieu Demy, Virginie Ledoyen et François Vincentelli. Meurtre entre amies avec Victoria Abril et Dominique Lavanant. L’Ultime bobine avec Stomy Bugzy et Richard Gotainer. La Voix de sa conscience avec Michèle Bernier, Daniel Russo.

• 2011 : Le Dossier Toroto de Jean-Pierre Mocky • 2011 : Calomnies de Jean-Pierre Mocky • 2011 : Hitler à Hollywood (H/H) de Frédéric Sojcher

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Operas and stage works Fantômas, opéra de chambre d’après l’œuvre de Robert Desnos réalisé par Eve Griliquez (1970) Volpone, musique de scène et de ballet pour la Comédie-Française, mise en scène de Gérard Vergez (1971) Alcazar de Paris, musique et chansons de la revue du cabaret Alaczar de Frantz Salieri (1986) Election Miss France, musiques, ballets et chansons (2000, 2001, 2003, 2004) Marius et Fanny, opéra en deux actes d’après l’œuvre de Marcel Pagnol (2007) Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob, comédie musicale de Patrick Timsit (2008)

Symphonic works based on film soundtracks L’As des As - Ouverture (2001–2002) La Boum - suite d’orchestre (1991) La Gloire de mon Père, Le Château de ma mère - suite d’orchestre (1991–2006) Habanera, Les Vacances, Isabelle, Le Parc Borelli, Massalia Rag, Valse d’Augustine Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire - Danse Roumaine (1991) Michel Strogoff - suite d’orchestre (1995) - Thème de Nadia, Danse Tartare Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob - Danses Hassidiques (1996) Le Bal, pour trompette et orchestre (1994) La Course à l’échalote - suite d’orchestre (1995) La Dérobade (Solitude) (1995) Le Jaguar (Thème de l’Aventure) (1999) Les Aventures de David Balfour (La Légende de David) (2006) Le Placard (2001) La Chèvre (La Cabra) pour kena ou naï et orchestre (2002) Les Compères (1991) Les Fugitifs - suite d’orchestre (1991) La Boum 2 - suite d’orchestre (1998) Diva (Promenade sentimentale ) version orchestrale (2002) Un Eléphant, ça trompe énormément (Hello Marilyn) (1991) L’Eté 36 – suite d’orchestre (1995) L’Amour en héritage - version orchestrale (1996) Châteauvallon – version orchestrale (1999) Les Cœurs brûlés - version orchestrale (1996) Le Bal des casse-pieds (Les Casse-pieds) – pour solistes de jazz et orchestre (1999) Le Bal des casse-pieds (Les Casse-pieds) – version orchestrale (1999) Salut l’Artiste (Yves et Danièle) pour solistes de jazz et orchestre (1999) L’Aile ou la Cuisse (Concerto gastronomique) pour solistes de jazz et orchestre (2003) Le Père Noël au Paradis - suite basée sur les musiques des films : Le Père Noël est une ordure, Nous irons tous au Paradis, pour solistes de jazz et orchestre (1996–1999) Le Dîner de cons, pour solistes de jazz et orchestre (2002)

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Works for soloists and orchestra Oblique, pour violoncelle et orchestre à cordes (1969) Concerto pour Euphonium et orchestre (commande du Festival et Concours international de Tuba de Guebwiller, 1997) Concerto Ibérique, pour trompette et orchestre (création lors du Concours international de cuivres de la ville de Narbonne, 1998) Concerto de Berlin, pour violon et orchestre version du film La 7ème Cible (1984) – env. 9’ version intégrale (2001) – env.29’

Vocal, Choral and symphonic Eh bien ! Dansez maintenant, divertissement d’après Les Fables de Jean de La Fontaine pour Récitant et orchestre symphonique (2006) Cantate 1209 , pour Récitant, Soprano, Chœurs d’enfants et orchestre (2009) Reality du film La Boum, pour voix de ténor et orchestre (2001) L’Amour en héritage (Only Love), pour soprano et orchestre (1996) Your Eyes du film La Boum 2, pour soprano et orchestre (1998) Les Cœurs brûlés, pour soprano et orchestre (1996) Divine du film Diva pour soprano et orchestre (1996) Air de la Wally du film Diva (A.Catalani, argt.V.Cosma), pour soprano et orchestre (1980) You call it Love du film L’Etudiante pour soprano et orchestre (2002) Eternity du film La Vouivre pour soprano et orchestre (2002)

Military and Concert Band music with or whitout soloists Concerto pour Euphonium et orchestre d’harmonie (commande du Festival et Concours international de Tuba de Guebwiller, 1997) Concerto Ibérique, pour trompette et orchestre d’harmonie (création lors du Concours international de cuivres de la ville de Narbonne, 1998) La Boum - suite pour orchestre d’harmonie (2010) La Gloire de mon Père, Le Château de ma Mère - suite pour orchestre d’harmonie (2009) - Habanera, Les Vacances, Isabelle, Valse d’Augustine Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire - Danse Roumaine (2010) Michel Strogoff - suite pour orchestre d’harmonie (2008) - Thème de Nadia, Danse Tartare Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob - Danses Hassidiques (2007) L’Aile ou la Cuisse - Concerto gastronomique (2007) Les Saxs Brothers du film Nous irons tous au Paradis pour Quintette de saxophones, Piano, Contrebasse et Batterie (2008)

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Chamber music, Pianoforte reductions Courts métrages Quintette de cuivres (commande du Festival et Concours international de Narbonne , 1996) 9 Recueils de Musiques de Films, pour instruments solistes et accompagnement de piano - Flûte, Clarinette, Hautbois, Saxophone alto, Cor, Euphonium, Trompette, Trombone, Violon (2011) Concerto pour Euphonium et orchestre, réduction pour Euphonium et Piano (1997) 9 Recueils de Musiques de Films, pour instruments solistes et accompagnement de piano - Flûte, Clarinette, Hautbois, Saxophone alto, Cor, Euphonium, Trompette, Trombone, Violon (2011) Concerto Ibérique, réduction pour Trompette et Piano (1998) Concerto de Berlin, réduction pour Violon et Piano version du film La 7ème Cible – env. 9’ (1984 – rev.1999) version intégrale – env.29’ (2002) Eh bien ! Dansez maintenant – divertissement d’après des Fables de Jean de La Fontaine – partition pour Récitant et Piano (2006) Marius et Fanny, réduction pour Piano et Chant (2007) Cantate 1209, réduction pour Piano, Récitant, Soprano, Chœurs d’enfants (2009)

Pianoforte music Les Musiques de Films de Vladimir Cosma, Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4 (1982–1990) La Gloire de mon père – Le Château de ma mère, recueil pour piano (1990)

Vocal music and songs 2 Recueils pour voix et piano Vladimir Cosma – Les plus belles chansons Cinéma & Télévision – volume 1 (1996), : Vladimir Cosma – Les plus belles chansons Cinéma & Télévision – volume 2 (1996) Egalement une centaine de chansons parmi lesquelles : Reality, du film La Boum, interprétée par Richard Sanderson (1980) L’Amour en héritage (Only Love), interprétée par Nana Mouskouri (1984) Destinée, des films Le Père Noël est une ordure et Les Sous-doués en vacances, interprétée par Guy Marchand (1982) Puissance et Gloire, de la série TV Châteauvallon, interprétée par Herbert Léonard (1985) Your Eyes, du film La Boum 2, interprétée par Cook Da Books (1982) Le Ciel, La Terre et l’eau, du film Alexandre Le Bienheureux, interprétée par Isabelle Aubret (1968) Un Souvenir heureux de la série TV Le tiroir secret, interprétée par Diane Dufresne (1986) You call it Love, du film L’Etudiante , interprétée par Karoline Krüger (1988) My Life, de la série TV Till we meet again, interprétée par Mireille Mathieu (1989) Je n’ai pas dit mon dernier mot d’amour, du film La Dérobade, interprétée par Nicole Croisille (1979) L’Année prochaine si tout va bien, interprétée par Sofie Kremen (1981) Ballade de Clérambard, du film Clérambard , interprétée par Marie Laforêt (1969) Pour l’Amour, de la série TV La Chambre des Dames , interprétée par Annick Thoumazeau (1983) Les Cœurs brûlés, interprétée par Nicole Croisille (1992) Laisse-moi rêver, du film La Neige et le feu, interprétée par Lara Fabian (1991) Les Mondes Engloutis, interprétée par les Mini Star (1985)

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Vladimir Cosma Maybe you’re wrong, du film La Boum 2, interprétée par Freddie Meyer (1982) Go on for ever, du film La Boum, interprétée par Richard Sanderson et Chantal Curtis (1980) Get it together, du film Inspecteur La Bavure , interprétée par Chantal Curtis (1980)

Awards 1981 Disques d'Or et de Platine pour les B.O.F. : Diva, La Boum. César de la meilleure musique de film pour Diva. 1982 Prix du Festival de Moscou de la musique du film pour Diva. Disques d'Or et de Platine pour la B.O.F. : La Boum 2. 1983 Grand Prix du Disque de la Musique de films (Sacem) pour l’ensemble de son œuvre à Cannes. 1984 César de la meilleure musique de film pour Le Bal. 1985 Disques d’Or et de Platine pour les B.O.F.: L’Amour en Héritage, Les Mondes Engloutis, Châteauvallon. 1986 7 d’Or de la meilleure musique pour la télévision avec le film en deux parties : L’été 36. Nommé au grade de Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres. 1988 Disque d’Or pour la B.O.F. de L’Etudiante. 1990 Grand Prix Sacem de l’« Œuvre musicale audiovisuelle ». 1991 7 d’Or de la meilleure musique pour la télévision. 1995 Médaille d’honneur de la Ville de Beauvais. 2000 Médaille d’honneur du Conseil Général de l’Yonne. 2001 Prix Philip Award de Varsovie («Greatest Creation accomplishment in Europeen film music»). 2003 Grand Prix Sacem de la Musique de Film. 2004 Nommé Grand Officier du Mérite Culturel Roumain. Nommé Chevalier dans l’Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur. 2005 Lumière d’Honneur – Festival La Ciotat, Berceau du Cinéma. 2006

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Vladimir Cosma Médaille d’honneur de la Ville et Parrain de l’Ecole Municipale de Musique (Vandoeuvre les Nancy). 2007 Hommage et Médaille d'honneur de la Ville de Cabourg. 2008 Trophée «Phenix Award » saluant l’ensemble de sa carrière (Festival du Film à Spa en Belgique.) 2009 Hommage et Médaille d’honneur de la Ville de Béziers. 2010 Prix Henri Langlois de la Cinémathèque Française 2010.

Bibliography • Alain Lacombe et Claude Rocle, La Musique du Film – Vladimir Cosma (Editions Francis van de Velde, Paris, 1979) • Who is Who in Europe – Dictionnaire Biographique – Vladimir Cosma (Ed.Servi-Tech, 5ème éd., Belgique, 1983) • Steve Harris, Film and Television Composers : An International Discography – Vladimir Cosma (Mc Farland & Company Inc., Publishers, USA, 1992) • Théodore Baker, Nicolas Slonimsky, Dictionnaire Biographique des Musiciens – Vladimir Cosma (Ed.Robert Laffont, Paris, 1995) • Stéphane Lerouge, Cent ans de cinéma - Vladimir Cosma. Du Grand Blond à Diva, l’autre Cosma paru dans NOTES N° 14 (Ed.SACEM / SDRM, Paris, 1995) • Enciclopedia Români in stiinta si cultura occidentala – Vladimir Cosma (Los Angeles, CA90027 USA, 1992 ; 2ème éd., 1996) • Viorel Cosma, Muzicieni din România – Vladimir Cosma (Editura Muzicala, Bucuresti, 1999) • The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians – Vladimir Cosma (Macmillan Publishers Limited, 2nd éd., 2001) • Vincent Perrot, B.O.F. Musiques et compositeurs du cinéma français – Vladimir Cosma (Dreamland éditeur, Paris, 2002) • Lionel Pons, Le style de Vladimir Cosma, des studios à la scène, dans Marius et Fanny (Ed. Actes Sud, 2007) • Vladimir Cosma comme au cinéma, Entretiens avec Vincent Perrot (Ed.Hors Collection, Paris, 2009) ISBN 2848551011

• Lionel Pons, Vladimir Cosma l’imagier avec des analyses musicologiques incluses dans le coffret discographique Vladimir Cosma – 40 Bandes Originales pour 40 Films (Ed.Larghetto Music, Pays Bas, 2009) • Who is Who in France – Dictionnaire biographique – Vladimir Cosma (Ed.Laffitte-Hébrard, 41ème éd., Paris, 2010) • Lionel Pons, Vladimir Cosma, prima la musica, avec des analyses musicologiques incluses dans le coffret discographique Vladimir Cosma, vol.2, 51 Bandes Originales pour 51 Films (Ed.Larghetto Music, Pays Bas, 2010)

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References External links • • • •

Vladimir Cosma (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006019/) at the Internet Movie Database Interview with SCORE magazine (http://www.scoremagacine.com/Entrevistas_eng_det.php?Codigo=25) Interview with Vladimir Cosma (http://fgimello.free.fr/publications/cosma.htm) (French) Thème de Nadia (from Michel Strogoff) at YouTube — original recording (http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=yDeP_ADBBls&NR=1) • Thème de Nadia at YouTube — concert performance (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azRiFRXfGgE) • Guitar version of Thème de David (from Les Aventures de David Balfour) at YouTube (http://www.youtube. com/watch?v=LCfBuX5l8jc)

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Bruno Coulais

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Bruno Coulais Bruno Coulais

Bruno Coulais, July 2006. Background information Born

13 January 1954 Paris, Île-de-France, France

Genres

Film score

Occupations

Composer

Instruments

Piano

Years active

1978–present

Bruno Coulais (born 13 January 1954) is a French composer, most widely known for his music on film soundtracks. He recently composed the score for the animated film, The Secret of Kells, released 12 March 2010.

Life and career Coulais was born in Paris; his father is from Vendée and his mother was born in Paris. Coulais began his musical education on the violin and piano, aiming to become a composer of contemporary classical music. However, a series of acquaintances gradually re-oriented him towards film music. Coulais met François Reichenbach, who asked him in 1977 to sonorize his documentary México mágico and the producer Marie Bodin who permit to compose the first soundtracks for Jacques Davila . Until the end of the 1990s, he remained low-profile, composing mainly for television. His name can often be found from TV films by Gérard Marx and Laurent Heynemann. He also composed the soundtracks for Christine Pascal's 1992 film Le petit prince a dit, and Agnès Merlet's Le fils du requin in 1993. In 1994, he met the television producer Josée Dayan, who let him write a theme for the TV series La rivière esperance, aired on the France 2 network in autumn 1995. He worked with Dayan again with other major productions such as Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, Balzac, and Les nuiteux. The largest turning point of his career came in 1996, when he worked with directors Claude Nuridsany and Marie Pérennou of the documentary Microcosmos. This single film, which gave a great significance to the music in it, was a great success and made Coulais one of the most wanted composers of French film music. In 1997, he won the César award for the best musical score in a film, as well as a Victoire de la Musique. His reputation was confirmed

Bruno Coulais by the soundtracks to Himalaya (1999) and Les rivières pourpres (2000), and after that Bruno Coulais's name was to be found on most new French blockbusters, such as Belphégor and Vidocq. After producing the soundtrack to Winged Migration in 2001, Coulais announced that he wanted to significantly reduce his contributions to film music, and instead concentrate on other projects, such as the creation of an opera for children, and collaborations with Akhenaton, Akhenaton's group IAM and the Corsican group A Filetta, with whom he had worked since he had made the soundtrack for Jacques Weber's film Don Juan in 1998. In 2002, his name was found on the ending credits of the animation L'enfant qui voulait être un ours, and in 2004, on Frédéric Schoendoerffer's Agents secrets. The same year, he wrote the soundtrack to the film Les choristes by Christophe Barratier, which subsequently became an international hit. The music for this film received as great praise as the film itself, and it won Coulais his third César award. Since then, Coulais's collaborations in cinema seem to be limited to works by directors with whom he already shares some history, in particular Jacques Perrin, Frédéric Schoendoerffer, and James Huth. In 2009, he won the 37th Annie Awards in the "Music in a Feature Production" category for Coraline.[1] In 2009 he also collaborated with Irish band Kíla to produce the soundtrack for the beautifully and uniquely animated feature film, The Secret of Kells, which tells the story of a parentless boy, Brendan, and his involvement with The Book of Kells. The music is equally light and dark and the textures and sounds equally European and Irish. Bruno Coulais's musical style may vary significantly between different projects, but there are some constant factors visible: his taste for opera and for human voice (in particular that of children), for a search for original sonority, for world music and mixing different musical cultures, and finally, a certain tendency to give preference to the ambience created by lighting rather than the film's narration.

Filmography • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

La femme secrète, 1986, directed by Sebastien Grall Qui trop embrasse, 1986, directed by Jacques Davila Zanzibar, 1988, directed by Christine Pascal La campagne de Cicéron, 1990, directed by Jacques Davila Le jour des rois, 1991, directed by Marie-Claude Treilhou Le fils du requin, 1992, directed by Agnes Merlet Le retour de Casanova, 1992, directed by Edouard Niermans Les équilibristes, 1992, directed by Nico Papatakis Le Petit prince a dit, 1992, directed by Christine Pascal Vieille canaille, 1992, directed by Gérard Jourd'hui Waati, 1994, directed by Souleymane Cissé Adultère mode d'emploi, 1995, directed by Christine Pascal Microcosmos, 1995, directed by Claude Nuridsany La famille Sapajou (television), 1997, directed by Elisabeth Rappeneau Déjà mort, 1997, directed by Olivier Dahan Préférence, 1997, directed by Gregoire Delacourt Gaetan et Rachel en toute innocence, 1997, directed by Suzy Cohen Don Juan, 1998, directed by Jacques Weber Belle maman, 1998, directed by Gabriel Aghion The Count of Monte Cristo (1998 miniseries), 1998, directed by Josée Dayan Serial Lover, 1998, directed by James Huth

• Balzac (television series), 1999, directed by Josée Dayan • Épouse-moi, 1999, directed by Harriet Marin • La débandade, 1999, directed by Claude Berri

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Bruno Coulais • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Scènes de crimes, 1999, directed by Frédéric Schoendoerffer Le libertin, 1999, directed by Gabriel Aghion Un dérangement considérable, 1999, directed by Bernard Stora Zaide, un petit air de vengeance, 1999, directed by Josée Dayan Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef, 1999, directed by Éric Valli Comme un aimant (The Magnet), 2000, directed by Kamel Saleh and Akhenaton Les rivières pourpres (The Crimson Rivers), 2000, directed by Mathieu Kassovitz Harrison's Flowers, 2000, directed by Elie Chouraqui Belphégor, le fantôme du Louvre, 2000, directed by Jean-Paul Salomé De l'amour, 2000, directed by Jean-Francois Richet Un aller simple, 2000, directed by Laurent Heynemann Vidocq, 2000, directed by Pitof Origine océan quatre milliards d'annees sous les mers, 2001, directed by Gérald Calderon L'enfant qui voulait être un ours, 2001, directed by Jannick Astrup Le Peuple migrateur (Winged Migration), 2001, produced by Jacques Perrin Genesis, 2002, directed by Claude Nuridsany and Marie Pérennou Agents secrets , 2003, directed by Frédéric Schoendoerffer

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Les choristes, 2004, directed by Christophe Barratier Je préfère qu'on reste amis..., 2004, directed by Eric Toledano Brice de Nice, 2004, directed by James Huth Milady (television), 2004, directed by Josée Dayan Sometimes in April (television), 2005, directed by Raoul Peck Les Rois Maudits (television miniseries), 2005, directed by Josée Dayan Gaspard le bandit (television), 2006, directed by Benoît Jacquot La Planète Blanche, 2006, directed by Thierry Piantanida and Thierry Ragobert Truands (2007), directed by Frédéric Schoendoerffer Le Deuxième souffle (2007), directed by Alain Corneau Les Femmes de l'ombre (2008), directed by Jean-Paul Salomé Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders (2008), directed by Mark N. Hopkins MR 73 (2008), directed by Olivier Marchal Coraline (2009), directed by Henry Selick The Secret of Kells (2009), directed by Tomm Moore Océans (film), 2010, directed by Jacques Perrin Babies (Documentary), 2010, directed by Thomas Balmes [2] Turk's Head (2010), directed by Pascal Elbé The Chameleon (2010) directed by Jean-Paul Salomé

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References [1] "Coraline's Uesugi Wins Annie, But Not Miyazaki, Hisaishi" (http:/ / www. animenewsnetwork. com/ news/ 2010-02-07/ coraline-uesugi-wins-annie-but-not-miyazaki-hisaishi). Anime News Network. 7 February 2010. . Retrieved 8 February 2010. [2] http:/ / www. imdb. com/ name/ nm0050988/

External links • Official Site (http://www.brunocoulais.com/) • (French)+(English) non Official Site (http://bcoulais.free.fr/) • Bruno Coulais (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006020/) at the Internet Movie Database

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Dominique Dalcan

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Dominique Dalcan Dominique Dalcan

Background information Also known as

Snooze, Xarrax Becker

Origin

France, Lebanon

Genres

Electronic music

Occupations

electronic musician film composer

Years active

1991 - present

Labels

Ostinato (Crammed Discs)

Associated acts Hector Zazou, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Complot Bronswick Website

http:/ / www. dominiquedalcan. com [2] http:/ / www. snooze. fr

[1]

Dominique Dalcan (a.k.a. Snooze) is a French electronic musician and film composer. He was born in 1964 in Beirut, Lebanon. He collaborated with French musician Hector Zazou on his "Sahara Blue" album, alongside Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto.

Discography Dominique Dalcan • • • • • •

1991 : Entre l’étoile et le carré 1994 : Cannibale 1996 : Cheval de Troie 1997 : "Ma vie en rose" Soundtrack 1998 : Ostinato 2005 : Music-Hall

Dominique Dalcan

Discography Snooze • The Man In The Shadow - (1997, Crammed Discs) • Goingmobile - (2001, Crammed Discs) • Americana - (2005, Ostinato)

Filmography • Clueur - 1997 • My Life in Pink - 1997 • Stealth (2006 film) - 2006

External links • • • • •

Dominique Dalcan Official site [1] Snooze Official site [2] Dominique Dalcan [3] at the Internet Movie Database Dominique Dalcan at Discogs [4] Biography at RFI Musique [5]

References [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

http:/ / www. dominiquedalcan. com http:/ / www. snooze. fr http:/ / www. imdb. com/ name/ nm0197624/ http:/ / www. discogs. com/ search?q=dominique+ dalcan& btn=& type=all http:/ / www. rfimusique. com/ siteen/ biographie/ biographie_6139. asp

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Léo Daniderff

Léo Daniderff Léo Daniderff (born Gaston-Ferdinand Niquet in Angers, France 16 February 1878; died Rosny-sous-Bois, France 24 October 1943)[1] was a French composer of the pre-World War II area. His 1917 comical song, Je cherche après Titine (lyrics by Louis Mauban and Marcel Bertal), became world-famous due to Charlie Chaplin singing it in gibberish in Modern Times (1936), especially because it was the first time his character ever spoke in the movies. The title means I am looking for Titine, and Titine is the diminutive of some feminine first names like Martine and Clémentine. A few years later, in 1939, the song was (again) adapted into Wąsik, ach ten wąsik (Oh, what a moustache!) Polish cabaret number, performed by Ludwik Sempoliński and which tried to "decide" who was funnier and who brought more to the world, Chaplin or Hitler. After the outbreak of WWII, Gestapo tried to locate both Sempoliński and the lyricist, who was either Julian Tuwim or Marian Hemar, but failed for both. Chaplin, in his film The Great Dictator (1940), decided to parody Hitler himself. Around 1964 Jacques Brel also wrote a song named Titine, incorporating fragments of the melody and referencing both Daniderff's song and Chaplin. Other singers were Georgette Plana and Yves Montand. The song was parodied by Gary Muller in 1982 as "My Name Is Not Merv Griffin". The song's copyright belongs or belonged to Editions Léon Agel and Les Nouvelles Editions Méridian. Daniderff other hit song "Sur la Riviera" was used as theme for Jean Renoir's Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932).

References [1] Bertoldi, Sylvain and Olivier Gallard, L'Anjou, confluences d'histoire Angers : Gal'art éd., 2001. ISBN 9782914752008

External links • Léo Daniderff (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0199562/) at the Internet Movie Database • Source for birth/death dates (French) (http://www.evene.fr/celebre/biographie/leo-daniderff-18842.php)

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Marcel Delannoy

Marcel Delannoy Marcel Delannoy (9 July 1898 – 14 September 1962) was a French composer and critic.[1] He wrote operas, ballets, orchestral works, vocal and chamber works, and film scores.

Life and career Delannoy was born at La Ferté-Alais, Essonne, France. He initially studied painting and architecture and entered the École des Beaux-Arts, but at age 20 he took up music. Having been mobilised during the First World War, he then worked as an artist. However, he was initially self-taught and never attended a conservatory, but he did receive some encouragement from Arthur Honegger (whose biography he wrote in 1953) and some lessons from Alexis Roland-Manuel and André Gedalge. He made his name with the opera Le Poirier de misère (1927), which attracted favourable commentary from Maurice Ravel, among others. That same year, he was one of ten composers who collaborated on a children's ballet, L'éventail de Jeanne (contributing the 'Bourrée'). In 1932, Delannoy was one of five composers approached by the producers of the film Don Quichotte for a series of songs to be sung by its star, the Russian bass Feodor Chaliapin. The other composers invited were Ravel, Jacques Ibert, Manuel de Falla and Darius Milhaud. Ibert's setting was chosen for the film.[2] He wrote criticism for Les Nouveaux temps, where he reviewed the first Paris performance of Olivier Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time on 24 June 1941, in which he strongly objected to the written commentary accompanying the work.[3] [4] The Association de Musique Contemporaine (AMC), of which Delannoy was a committee member, included his works in its early concerts of 1940-41. He also became a member of the Groupe Collaboration.[4] Although showing the influence of Honegger, Delannoy carved his own separate path somewhat apart from contemporary trends.[1] Alice Swanson Esty commissioned and premiered his song cycle La Voix du Silence (1958).[5] The baroque oboist and recorder player Michel Piguet (1932-2004) studied with Delannoy.[6] Delannoy married the pianist Lisette Claveau. He died in Nantes. There is now a Rue Marcel Delannoy in his birthplace of La Ferté-Alais.[7]

Recordings Delannoy's Sérénade concertante for violin and orchestra (soloist Henri Merkel) and the 'Danse des Négrillons' and 'Apothéose' from La Pantoufle de vair were recorded by the Paris Conservatoire Orchestra conducted by Charles Munch in July 1941. [8] The Complainte de l'homme-serpent from the operetta Philippine was recorded by Hugues Cuénod.[9] Extracts from Ginèvra were recorded by the original cast of the Opéra-Comique conducted by Roger Désormière in June 1943.[10]

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Musical works Operas 1927: Le Poirier de misère, opéra-comique, 3 acts; 21 February 1927[11] 1937: Philippine, operetta, 2 acts 1942: Ginèvra, opéra-comique, 3 acts (Paris, 25 July 1942; title role created by Irène Joachim[10] ) 1946: Puck, opera, 3 acts, after A Midsummer Night's Dream (1949, Strasbourg[12] ; performed in Berlin in 1951[13] ) • 1953: Maria Goretti, radiophonic opera[12] • 1962: La Nuit du temps, chamber opera[12] • • • •

Ballets • 1927: Bourée from L'éventail de Jeanne (a ballet written in collaboration with Georges Auric, Pierre-Octave Ferroud, Jacques Ibert, Darius Milhaud, Francis Poulenc, Maurice Ravel, Alexis Roland-Manuel, Albert Roussel and Florent Schmitt) • 1930: La Fou de la dame, chanson de geste[12] • 1935: La Pantoufle de vair, also known as Cendrillon, ballet after Charles Perrault • • • •

1946: Les Noces fantastiques (Serge Lifar) 1952: Travesti [12] 1966: Venise seuil des eaux Au Royaume de la comète, ballet-cantate[12]

Orchestral works • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

1930: Figures sonores (chamber orchestra) 1933: Symphony No. 1 1936: Sérénade concertante, violin and orchestra 1940: Ballade, orchestra 1950: Concerto de mai, Op. 50, piano and orchestra 1954: Symphony No. 2, Op. 54, strings and celesta 1958: Ballade concertante, piano and 12 instruments 1958: Le Moulin de la Galette, orchestra Suite from Le Marchand de lunettes Suite from La Pantoufle de vair Intermezzo Esquisse symphonique L'Homme danse Rhapsody, piano and small ensemble

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Vocal works • • • • • • •

1933: Trois chansons de Don Quichotte, voice and orchestra (for the film Don Quichotte but not used) 1937: Les Trois Choux de Monsieur Patacaisse, scène lyrique[12] 1949: Tombeau d'amour, voice and strings 1949: Neige, voice and orchestra 1950: État de veille, Op. 48, voice and orchestra 1958: La Voix du Silence, song cycle[5] Suite à chanter, voice and piano

Instrumental works • String Quartet in E major • Diner sur l'eau, piano • Rapsodie for trumpet, alto saxophone, cello, and piano (1934)[14] [15]

Film scores • La terre est ronde (1960) (TV) • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

La Bande à papa (1956) Le guérisseur (1953) Malaire (1952) Due sorelle amano (1950) Le bateau à soupe (1947) La ferme du pendu (1945; aka Hanged Man's Farm) Monsieur des Lourdines (1943) Le marchand de notes (1942) Volpone (1941) Nuit de décembre (1941; aka Night in December) Tempête (1940; aka Thunder Over Paris) Une femme chipée (1934) Il était une fois (1933; aka Once Upon a Time) Les deux orphelines (1933; aka The Two Orphans)

Source: [16]

References [1] Hoérrée A. Marcel Delannoy. In: The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. Macmillan, London and New York, 1997. [2] Classical Archives (http:/ / www. classicalarchives. com/ work/ 73687. html#tvf=tracks& tv=about) [3] Rebecca Rischin: For the end of time – The story of the Messiaen quartet (http:/ / books. google. com. au/ books?id=ZJbMIzdnjoEC& pg=PA80& lpg=PA80& dq=marcel+ delannoy& source=bl& ots=ph5JJQIAXq& sig=v4IURatS7l4YuXmmoG4Zc75hWGg& hl=en& ei=SPoGS5LtG43o7APkrNWIDw& sa=X& oi=book_result& ct=result& resnum=9& ved=0CB0Q6AEwCDgU#v=onepage& q=marcel delannoy& f=false) [4] Messiaen Studies (http:/ / assets. cambridge. org/ 97805218/ 39815/ excerpt/ 9780521839815_excerpt. htm) [5] New World Records (http:/ / www. newworldrecords. org/ linernotes/ 80243. pdf) [6] Project Muse (http:/ / muse. jhu. edu/ login?uri=/ journals/ early_music/ v033/ 33. 2bailes. html) [7] (http:/ / fr. meilleursagents. com/ prix-immobilier/ m2/ rue-marcel-delannoy-2064663/ ) [8] Société des Concerts site (http:/ / hector. ucdavis. edu/ Sdc/ Recordings/ 41~030. htm) [9] Classical Archives (http:/ / www. classicalarchives. com/ work/ 96223. html#tvf=tracks& tv=music) [10] Massin B. Les Joachim – Une famille de musiciens. Fayard, Paris, 1999, p413. [11] Nicole Wild, David Charlton: Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique Paris – Repertoire 1762-1972 (http:/ / books. google. com. au/ books?id=xeYgW56rRdcC& pg=PA368& lpg=PA368& dq=marcel+ delannoy& source=bl& ots=Q0ol0FXQw2& sig=M0YZmKnod4EpsvdHgCfBxVTLYDo& hl=en& ei=wQsHS4nlFY7i7AOlp4GKDw& sa=X& oi=book_result& ct=result& resnum=7&

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ved=0CBkQ6AEwBjiCAQ#v=onepage& q=marcel delannoy& f=false) [12] Operaone (http:/ / www. operone. de/ komponist/ delannoy. html) [13] Allardyce Nicoll, Shakespeare Survey, Issue 16 (http:/ / books. google. com. au/ books?id=i0Y78qZMCZ0C& pg=PA120& lpg=PA120& dq=marcel+ delannoy& source=bl& ots=iiGPaqCw3J& sig=QidK9yp9inyVk8EjJMgtkHLZOno& hl=en& ei=rAAHS6X5MIuC7QPtx6GIDw& sa=X& oi=book_result& ct=result& resnum=9& ved=0CB4Q6AEwCDg8#v=onepage& q=marcel delannoy& f=false) [14] RadioM (http:/ / radiom. org/ detail. php?omid=SFC. 1977. 01. 10. A) [15] Båstad Chamber Music Festival (http:/ / www. bastadkammarmusik. com/ ?q=en/ node/ 95) [16] IMDB (http:/ / www. imdb. com/ name/ nm0216383/ )

Source • Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5th ed., 1954, Eric Blom, ed. • Operaone (http://www.operone.de/komponist/delannoy.html)

External links • Marcel Delannoy (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0216383/) at the Internet Movie Database

Georges Delerue Georges Delerue (March 12, 1925 – March 20, 1992), was a French film composer who composed over 350 scores for cinema and television.[1] He won numerous important awards including Rome Prize (1949), Emmy Award (1968 – Our World), Genie Award (1986 – Sword Of Gideon), ACE Award (1991 – The Josephine Baker Story) and Academy Award for Best Original Score in 1979 for A Little Romance and 4 other Academy Nominations (1969 – Anne of the Thousand Days, 1973 – The Day of the Dolphin, 1977 – Julia and 1985 – Agnes of God). Le Figaro (France, 1981) addressed him as "Mozart of Cinema" (Georges Delerue le Mozart des salles obscures). Delerue was the first composer to win 3 consecutive César Awards: 1979 – Get Out Your Handkerchiefs, 1980 – Love on the Run and 1981 – The Last Metro. Georges Delerue was a Commander of Arts and Letters, one of France's highest honours. Georges Delerue

Biography Delerue was born in Roubaix. His career was diverse and he composed frequently for major art house directors, most often François Truffaut (including Jules and Jim), but also for Jean-Luc Godard's film Contempt (Le Mépris), and for Alain Resnais, Louis Malle, and Bernardo Bertolucci, besides working on several Hollywood productions, including Oliver Stone's Platoon and Salvador. He composed the music for Flemming Flindt's ballet, Enetime (The Lesson), based on Ionesco's play, La Leçon. During his 42 years career he put his talent to the service of nearly 200 feature movies, 125 short ones, 70 TV films and 35 TV serials. The soundtrack for war docudrama by Pierre Schoendoerffer, Diên Biên Phu (1992), was one of the late notable works.

Georges Delerue According to many testimonies he would do and redo some cues to fit the new editing of a sequence without any protestation. He insisted on being allowed to orchestrate and conduct himself in order to polish every detail. Georges Delerue was extraordinarily gifted for melody and at creating surrounding overtones which encapsulated the spirit of the movies on which he collaborated, enhancing them often beyond the expectations of their directors. Georges Delerue died from a heart attack in Los Angeles at the age of 67, just after the recording of the last cue for the soundtrack to Rich In Love. He is buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.

Awards and nominations • Academy Awards • Best Original Score: 1969: Anne of the Thousand Days: Nominated • Best Original Score: 1973: The Day of the Dolphin:Nominated • Best Original Score: 1977: Julia: Nominated • Best Original Score: 1979: A Little Romance: Won • Best Original Score: 1985: Agnes of God: Nominated [2] • César Award • Best Music Written for a Film: 1979: Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (Préparez vos mouchoirs): Won • Best Music Written for a Film: 1980: Love on the Run (L'amour en fuite): Won • Best Music Written for a Film: 1981: The Last Metro (Le dernier métro): Won • Genie Award • Best Original Score: 1991: Black Robe: Won • Golden Globe Awards: • Best Original Score: 1969: Anne of the Thousand Days: Nominated • Best Original Score: 1979: A Little Romance: Nominated • Best Original Score: 1973: The Day of the Dolphin:Nominated

References [1] * Georges Delerue Soundtrack Guide Filmography (http:/ / www. soundtrackguide. net/ ?content=search& pattern=Delerue& column=composer) [2] Awards (http:/ / www. imdb. com/ name/ nm0000016/ awards) IMDB.

External links • Georges Delerue Official Web Site (http://www.georges-delerue.com) • Georges Delerue (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000016/) at the Internet Movie Database • Georges Delerue (http://www.soundtrackguide.net/?content=search&pattern=Delerue&column=composer) discography at Soundtrackguide.net • Biography in French (edited 1998) (http://fgimello.free.fr/publications/georges_delerue.htm)

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Éric Demarsan

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Éric Demarsan Éric Demarsan

Born

October 2, 1938 Paris, France

Other names

Éric de Marsan Jason Havelock

Occupation

Film score composer Website http:/ / www. demarsan. com

Éric Demarsan (aka Éric de Marsan), born on October 2, 1938 in Paris, is a French film score composer.

Short Biography After working as arranger for composers Michel Magne then François de Roubaix (including on Le Samouraï) he scored L'Armée des ombres (aka Army of Shadows) in 1969 then Le Cercle rouge (aka The red circle) in 1970 , both by director Jean-Pierre Melville. After that, he scored numerous movies for other great directors like Jean-Pierre Mocky, Costa-Gavras or Patrice Leconte. Éric Demarsan also composed many songs, the Pop Symphony album under pseudonym Jason Havelock, as well as some musics for sound and light shows. Since 2000 he works frequently with director Guillaume Nicloux and then Hervé Hadmar.

Selected filmography • • • • • • • •

1968 : Sébastien parmi les hommes (TV), by Cécile Aubry 1969 : L'Armée des ombres, by Jean-Pierre Melville 1970 : Le Cercle rouge, by Jean-Pierre Melville 1971 : L'Humeur vagabonde, by Édouard Luntz 1974 : Section spéciale, by Costa-Gavras 1983 : Un bon petit diable, by Jean-Claude Brialy 1983 : Debout les crabes, la mer monte !, de Jean-Jacques Grand-Jouan 1985 : Les Spécialistes, by Patrice Leconte

• 1985 : Moi vouloir toi, by Patrick Dewolf • 1988 : Juillet en septembre, by Sébastien Japrisot • 1998 : Vidange, by Jean-Pierre Mocky

Éric Demarsan • • • • • • • •

1993 : La Treizième voiture, by Alain Bonnot 2000 : La Candide madame Duff, by Jean-Pierre Mocky 2001 : La Bête de miséricorde, by Jean-Pierre Mocky 2002 : Une affaire privée, by Guillaume Nicloux 2003 : Cette femme-là, by Guillaume Nicloux 2006 : Le Concile de Pierre, by Guillaume Nicloux 2007 : Les Oubliées (TV), by Hervé Hadmar 2009 : Pigalle, la nuit (TV), by Hervé Hadmar

External links • Éric Demarsan official site [1] (in French only) • Éric Demarsan fan site [2] (in both French and English) • Éric Demarsan [3] on Internet Movie Database

References • Autobiography [4] at www.demarsan.com [1] • Interviews [5] at edemarsan.free.fr [2] • Universal CD booklets by Stéphane Lerouge and Éric Demarsan

References [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

http:/ / www. demarsan. com http:/ / edemarsan. free. fr http:/ / www. imdb. com/ name/ nm0006034 http:/ / www. demarsan. com/ 1514. html http:/ / edemarsan. free. fr/ Interv_e. htm#interv

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Jacques Denjean

Jacques Denjean Jacques Denjean is a French composer and arranger, active in the 1960s and 1970s. He worked with artists such as Dionne Warwick, Françoise Hardy, Nana Mouskouri, Johnny Hallyday, Baris Manco, Maria del Mar Bonet and Guy Béart, chiefly as an arranger. Denjean was also a member of the French vocal group, Les Double Six. He is also known for his film scores, including: • Morbo (1972) • Vive la vie (TV) (1966) • Adieu Philippine (1962)

Discography LPs • Jazz (1962) • Un disque à tout casser (1963) • The Tough Touch (1964) EPs • La route (1963) • Écoutez-moi (1965) Singles • "Névrose / Psychomaniac"

External links • Denjean performing as a member of Les Double Six [1]

References [1] http:/ / au. youtube. com/ watch?v=IneYvt57q5w

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Roger Désormière

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Roger Désormière Roger Désormière (French conductor.[1]

pronunciation: [ʁɔʒe

dezɔʁmjɛːʁ]; 13 September 1898 – 25 October 1963) was a French

Désormière was born in Vichy in 1898. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire, where his professors included Philippe Gaubert (flute), Xavier Leroux and Charles Koechlin (composition), and Vincent d'Indy (conducting). In 1922 he won the Prix Blumenthal and in 1923 became part of the Ecole d’Arcueil.[2] Désormière’s early conducting experience was largely with the Ballets suédois and Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. He was conductor of the Ballets suédois's premiere of Relâche (1924), a film and music presentation by Francis Picabia and Erik Satie, with the film segment, Entr'acte, directed by René Clair. He then worked for the Diaghilev company from 1925 until the impresario's death, conducting the premieres of Barabau by Vittorio Rieti, The Prodigal Son and Le pas d'acier by Sergei Prokofiev, and La Chatte by Henri Sauguet.[3] Beginning in 1932 he became closely involved in music for films with Pathé-Nathan, composing music for La Règle du jeu, Le Mariage de Chiffon, and Le Voyageur de la Toussaint. He also conducted the orchestra in over 20 other films, such as Partie de campagne, Remorques, La Belle et la bête, and La Beauté du diable. He conducted the first complete recording of Claude Debussy's opera Pelléas et Mélisande, the sessions taking place in the salle de l’ancien Conservatoire, Paris, from 24 April to 26 May 1941, during the Nazi occupation, with the 20-record set being issued in January 1942.[4] He also recorded excerpts from Chabrier’s L'étoile with Opéra-Comique forces during the war. During the occupation of Paris he was a member of the Front National des Musiciens; after Milhaud was forced to leave France, Désormière saved his paintings and personal possessions as well as paying the apartment rent during the Occupation.[5] He also won considerable fame as an enthusiastic champion of 20th-century repertoire; Satie, Olivier Messiaen, Pierre Boulez, Henri Dutilleux, and Maurice Duruflé all benefited from his advocacy of their pieces. At the other chronological extreme, Désormière edited and performed early music, reviving mostly forgotten compositions by the likes of François Couperin, Jean-Philippe Rameau, and Michel Richard Delalande. From 1937 he was a leading conductor for the Paris Opéra-Comique, conducting, in addition to the creations below and recordings above, Une éducation manquée, L'heure espagnole, Le médecin malgré lui, Don Quichotte and L’Enlèvement au Sérail.[6] He became an associate director of the Paris Opéra from 1945 to 1946. While driving in Rome during 1952, he suffered a massive paralytic stroke that ended all his musical activities. Aphasic for the rest of his life, he remained a recluse. He died in Paris in 1963.

Premieres Works whose premieres were conducted by Désormière include: • • • • • • • • •

Sergei Prokofiev - The Prodigal Son (1928) Igor Markevitch - Cantata and Concerto Grosso (1930) and L'Envol d'Icare (1933) Albert Roussel - Le Testament de Tante Caroline (Opéra-Comique, 11 March 1937) Darius Milhaud - Esther de Carpentras (Opéra-Comique 3 February 1938) Francis Poulenc - Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani (1939) Poulenc - Les animaux modèles (1942) Alexandre Tansman - Sixth Symphony 'In memoriam' (French Radio Choir and Orchestra, 1944) Olivier Messiaen - Trois petites liturgies de la présence divine Igor Stravinsky - Symphony in Three Movements (1946)

• Poulenc - Sinfonietta (1948) • Henri Dutilleux - Symphony No. 1 (1951)

Roger Désormière

Discography His discography includes: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Boulez - Le soleil des eaux Stravinsky - Concerto in D for strings Dallapiccola - Six chants d'Alcée Satie - Trois morceaux en forme de poire Bartók - Divertimento for strings Chabrier - L'étoile Debussy - Pelléas et Mélisande Debussy - La mer Ibert - Divertissement Ippolitov-Ivanov - Esquisses Caucasiennes, Suite No. 1, Op. 10 Tchaikovsky - The Sleeping Beauty suite Scarlatti arr. Tommasini - Les femmes de bonne humeur (ballet) Koechlin - Le Buisson ardent, Les Eaux vives. Poulenc - Les biches ballet suite Delibes - suites to Coppélia and Sylvia

References [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Goodwin N. Roger Désormière. New Grove Dictionary of Opera. Macmillan, London and New York, 1997. Roux M-A. Portrait. Note accompanying INA CD IMV041, 2001. Buckle R. Diaghilev. London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1979. Massin B. Les Joachim, une famille de musiciens. Fayard, 1999. Roux M-A. Portrait. Note accompanying INA CD IMV041, 2001. Wolff S. Un demi-siecle d'Opéra-Comique. André Bonne, Paris, 1953.

• Robert E. Benson (2003). "Desormiere/Wolff historic recordings" (http://classicalcdreview.com/rdaw.html). Classical CD Review. Retrieved 2008-05-05. "Roger Désormière" (http:/ / www. naxos. com/ person/ Roger_Desormiere_44870/ 44870. htm). 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-26.

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Alexandre Desplat

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Alexandre Desplat Alexandre Desplat Birth name

Alexandre Michel Gérard Desplat

Born

August 23, 1961 Paris, France

Occupations Composer, orchestrator, conductor Website

alexandredesplat.net

[1]

Alexandre Michel Gérard Desplat (born 23 August 1961) is a French film composer. He has received four Academy Award nominations, five BAFTA nominations, five Golden Globe nominations, winning a Golden Globe for his work on The Painted Veil in 2006, and two Grammy nominations. In 2011, Desplat won his first British Academy Film Award for his score for The King's Speech. Among various projects, Desplat has worked on a variety of Hollywood films including The Queen, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Golden Compass, New Moon, Fantastic Mr. Fox and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and Part 2.

Early life Desplat was born in Paris to a French father and a Greek mother who met at the University of California, Berkeley.[2] After their marriage, they moved back to France, where Alexandre was born. Alexandre is the younger brother of Vic Desplat. At the age of five, he began playing piano. He also became proficient on trumpet and flute. He studied with Claude Ballif, Iannis Xenakis in France and Jack Hayes in the U.S. Desplat's musical interests were wide, and he was also influenced by South American and African artists and teachers, among whom were Carlinhos Brown and Ray Lema. Desplat swiftly became skilled, both as a performer and a composer.

Career Desplat has composed extensively for French cinema, Hollywood, and incidental music for over 100 films including Lapse of Memory (1992), Family Express (1992), Regarde Les Hommes Tomber (1994), Les Péchés Mortels (1995), César-nominated Un Héros Très Discret (1996), Une Minute de Silence (1998), Sweet Revenge (1998), Le Château des Singes (1999), Home Sweet Home (2001), Reines d'un Jour (2001), the César-nominated Sur mes lèvres (2002), Rire et Châtiment (2003), Césars-Winning The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005), The Queen (2006), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010), The Ghost Writer (2010), Daniel Auteuil's remake of La Fille du Puisatier (2011), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011). Desplat has composed individual songs that have been sung in films by such artists as Akhenaton, Kate Beckinsale, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Valérie Lemercier, Miosotis, and Catherine Ringer. He has also written music for the theatre, including pieces performed at the Comédie Française. Desplat has conducted performances of his music played by the London Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Munich Symphony Orchestra. Desplat has also given Master Classes at La Sorbonne in Paris and the Royal College of Music in London. In 2007, he composed the scores for Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass; Zach Helm's directorial debut Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium with American composer Aaron Zigman; and the Ang Lee movie Lust, Caution. Prior to these break-out works, he contributed scores for The Luzhin Defence, Girl with a Pearl Earring, Syriana, Birth, Hostage, Casanova, The Nest and The Painted Veil, for which he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Music, and the 2006 World Soundtrack Award. He won the 2007 BMI Film Music Award, 2007 World Soundtrack Award, 2007 European Film Award, and received his first Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score for The Queen. He also won the Silver Berlin

Alexandre Desplat Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for Best Film Music in The Beat that My Heart Skipped. In 2008, Desplat received his second Oscar nomination for David Fincher's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Desplat received his third Oscar nomination and a BAFTA nomination for Fantastic Mr. Fox in 2010, both of which were won by Michael Giacchino for Up. Recently, Desplat has composed music for Largo Winch, based on the Belgian comic; Afterwards a French-Canadian psychological thriller film directed by Gilles Bourdos in English; Anne Fontaine's Coco avant Chanel based on the life of designer Coco Chanel; Robert Guédiguian's L'Armée du Crime; Cheri, reuniting him with director Stephen Frears, whom he collaborated with on The Queen; Un Prophète reuniting with director Jacques Audiard; Julie & Julia directed by Nora Ephron; Fantastic Mr. Fox, directed by Wes Anderson and based on the novel by Roald Dahl; New Moon, directed by Chris Weitz; Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer; Tamara Drewe; The Special Relationship; and The King's Speech which earned Desplat his fourth Oscar nomination. In early 2011, Desplat began to write the music to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2. He reunited with director David Yates, who offered Desplat the opportunity to score the second part after his work on the Part 1 soundtrack "enchanted everyone in the control room".[3] [4] Desplat's soundtrack sequel to the 2008 film Largo Winch was released in 2011 and was well received. Desplat's 2011 projects include The Tree of Life, directed by Terrence Malick (which he actually recorded in early 2010), A Better Life, La Fille du Puisatier, George Clooney's The Ides of March. 2012 will see Desplat's releases for Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, The Spider's House, Roman Polanski's Carnage, and Florent Emilio Siri-directed biopic Cloclo.

Filmography (English Language) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

The Revengers' Comedies (1998) The Luzhin Defence (2000) Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) Birth (2004) The Upside of Anger (2005) Hostage (2005) Casanova (2005) Syriana (2005) The Alibi (2006) Firewall (2006) The Queen (2006) The Painted Veil (2006) Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007) The Golden Compass (2007) Afterwards (2008) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) Julie & Julia (2009) Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009) The Ghost Writer (2010) The Special Relationship (2010) Tamara Drewe (2010) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010)

• The King's Speech (2010) • The Tree of Life (2011)

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A Better Life (2011) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011) The Ides of March (2011) Carnage (2011) My Week with Marilyn - [Marilyn's Theme] (2011) The Spider's House (2012) Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2012)

Filmography (selected – other language(s)) • • • • • • • •

Une autre femme [France (original title)] Tous les chagrins se ressemblent (2002) [French (original title)] Paroles d'étoiles (2002) [French (original title)] Rire et châtiment [France (original title)] Les baisers des autres (2003) [French (original title)] Le pacte du silence (2003) [French (original title)] Virus au paradis (2003) [French (original title)] Eager Bodies (2003) [Les corps impatients – France (original title)]

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Les beaux jours (2003) [French (original title)] A Sight for Sore Eyes (2003) [Inquiétudes – France (original title)] Le pays des enfants perdus (2004) [French (original title)] L'enquête Corse (2004) [French (original title)] À boire (2004)[French (original title)] Tu vas rire, mais je te quitte (2005) [French (original title)] The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005) [De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté – France (original title)] Une aventure (2005) Lies & Alibis (2006) [The Alibi – Netherlands (original title)] The Valet (2006) [La doublure – France (original title)] Quand j'étais chanteur (2006) [French (original title)] Michou d'Auber (2007) [French (original title)] Ségo et Sarko sont dans un bateau... (2007) [French (original title)] L'Ennemi Intime (2007) – French (original title) Lust, Caution (2007) Se, jie – Chinese (original title) Largo Winch (2008) Coco Before Chanel (2009) [Coco avant Chanel – France (original title)] A Prophet (2009) [Un prophète – France (original title)] The Army of Crime (2009) [L'armée du crime – France (original title)] La Fille du Puisatier (2011) Largo Winch 2 (2011) Cloclo (2012)

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Awards and nominations César Awards Year

Nominated work

Award

Result

1997

A Self-Made Hero

Best Music Written for a Film Nominated

2002

Sur mes lèvres

Best Music Written for a Film Nominated

2006

The Beat That My Heart Skipped Best Music Written for a Film

2008

L'ennemi intime

Best Music Written for a Film Nominated

2010

A Prophet

Best Music Written for a Film Nominated

2011

The Ghost Writer

Best Music Written for a Film

Won

Won

Academy Awards Year

Nominated work

Award

Result

2007

The Queen

Best Original Score Nominated

2009

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Best Original Score Nominated

2010

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Best Original Score Nominated

2011

The King's Speech

Best Original Score Nominated

Golden Globes Year

Nominated work

Award

Result

2004

Girl with a Pearl Earring (film)

Best Original Score Nominated

2006

Syriana (film)

Best Original Score Nominated

2007

The Painted Veil

Best Original Score

2009

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film) Best Original Score Nominated

2011

The King's Speech

Won

Best Original Score Nominated

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BAFTA Year

Nominated work

Award

Result

2003

Girl with a Pearl Earring (film)

Best Music Nominated

2006

The Queen (film)

Best Music Nominated

2009

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film) Best Music Nominated

2010

Fantastic Mr. Fox (film)

Best Music Nominated

2011

The King's Speech

Best Music

Won

Awards • 2005 Silver Berlin Bear for Best Film Music – The Beat That My Heart Skipped • 2006 César Award for Best Music Written for a Film (Meilleure musique écrite pour un film) – The Beat That My Heart Skipped • 2006 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Music – The Painted Veil and The Queen • 2007 Golden Globe for Best Original Score – Motion Picture – The Painted Veil • 2007 BMI Film Music Award – The Queen • 2007 European Film Award for Best Composer – The Queen • 2007 Golden Horse Award for Best Original Film Score – Lust, Caution • 2007 World Soundtrack Award for Film Composer of the Year – The Queen and The Painted Veil • 2008 Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Score – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button • 2009 BMI Film Music Award – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button • 2009 World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Score of the Year – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button • 2009 World Soundtrack Award for Film Composer of the Year – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Coco Before Chanel, Largo Winch and Chéri • 2010 Étoile d'Or for Best Music (Meilleure musique) – A Prophet, The Army of Crime, Afterwards, Coco Before Chanel and Chéri • 2010 IFMCA Award for Best Original Score for a Drama Film – The King's Speech • 2010 IFMCA Award for Film Composer of the Year • 2010 IFMCA Award for Best Original Score for an Action/Adventure/Thriller Film – The Ghost Writer • 2011 BAFTA Film Award for Best Film Music – The King's Speech • 2011 Sammy Film Music Award for Best New Film Score – The King's Speech • 2011 César Award for Best Music Written for a Film (Meilleure musique écrite pour un film) – The Ghost Writer • 2011 World Soundtrack Award for Film Composer of the Year • 2011 Étoile d'Or for Film Music Composer for The Ghost Writer

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Nominations • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

1997 César Award for Best Music Written for a Film (Meilleure musique écrite pour un film) – A Self-Made Hero 2002 César Award for Best Music Written for a Film (Meilleure musique écrite pour un film) – Sur mes lèvres 2004 Golden Globe for Best Original Score – Motion Picture – Girl with a Pearl Earring 2004 Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music – Girl with a Pearl Earring 2004 European Film Award for Best Composer – Girl with a Pearl Earring 2005 Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Score – Birth 2006 Étoile d'Or for Best Music (Meilleure musique) – The Beat That My Heart Skipped 2006 Golden Globe for Best Original Score – Motion Picture – Syriana 2006 Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Score – The Queen 2007 Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Score – Lust, Caution 2007 Academy Award for Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score – The Queen (film) 2007 Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music – The Queen (film) 2008 César Award for Best Music Written for a Film (Meilleure musique écrite pour un film) – L'Ennemi Intime 2008 Étoile d'Or for Best Music (Meilleure musique) – L'ennemi intime 2008 Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Score – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 2008 Critics Choice Award for Best Composer – Lust, Caution 2008 Asian Film Award for Best Composer – Lust, Caution 2008 World Soundtrack Award for Film Composer of the Year – The Golden Compass 2009 Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Score – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 2009 Golden Globe for Best Original Score – Motion Picture – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 2009 European Film Award for Best Composer – Coco Before Chanel 2009 Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Score – Fantastic Mr. Fox (film) 2009 Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Best Score – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 2009 Critic Choice Award for Best Composer – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 2009 Saturn Award for Best Music – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 2009 Academy Award for Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 2009 BAFTA Film Award for Best Music – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 2010 Academy Award for Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score – Fantastic Mr. Fox 2010 Grammy for Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 2010 BAFTA Film Award for Best Music – Fantastic Mr. Fox (film) 2010 César Award for Best Music Written for a Film (Meilleure musique écrite pour un film) – A Prophet 2010 Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Score – Fantastic Mr. Fox 2010 Satellite Award for Best Original Score – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 2011 Academy Award for Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score – The King's Speech 2010 IFMCA Award for Film Score of the Year – The King's Speech, The Ghost Writer 2010 IFMCA Award for Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 2010 IFMCA Award for Film Music Composition of the Year – Truth About Ruth from The Ghost Writer

• 2011 Hollywood Music in Media Award for Original Score-Feature Film- The Ides of March • 2011 World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Film Score of the Year- The King's Speech • 2011 Grammy for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media – The King's Speech

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2011 Grammy for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 2011 Satellite Award for Best Original Score – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 2011 Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Score - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2011 San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Score - The Tree of Life (film) 2011 San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Score - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 2011 San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Score - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

References [1] http:/ / www. alexandredesplat. net/ [2] Burlingame, Jon (7 January 2007). "Thinking in Colors and Textures, Then Writing in Music" (http:/ / www. nytimes. com/ 2007/ 01/ 07/ movies/ 07burl. html). The New York Times. . Retrieved 31 August 2011. [3] Herrera, Monica; Lipshutz, Jason; Mapes, Jillian (25 January 2011). "Reznor, Rahman, Zimmer & More React to Their Oscar Nominations" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ news/ reznor-rahman-zimmer-more-react-to-their-1005011812. story). Billboard. . Retrieved 31 August 2011. [4] David Yates: Desplat "enchanted" (http:/ / allsoundtracks. org/ blog/ 2010/ 11/ 02/ harry-potter-deathly-hallows-soundtrack-by-alexandre-desplat/ )

External links • Alexandre Desplat, official website (http://www.alexandredesplat.net/) (French) (English) • Alexandre Desplat, fan website (http://desplat.free.fr) (French) (English) • Alexandre Desplat (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm6035/) at the Internet Movie Database

Antoine Duhamel Antoine Duhamel (born 30 July 1925), is a French composer, orchestra conductor and music teacher. Born in Valmondois in the Val-d'Oise département of France, Antoine Duhamel came from a cinematic family and studied music at the Sorbonne. He wrote the score for his first film in 1960, going on to work with many of Europe's most outstanding film directors. In 2002 he was awarded the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for his music for the Bertrand Tavernier directed film, Laissez-passer. Antoine Duhamel has scored several of Jean Luc Godard's films, including Pierrot le Fou and Week End.

Antoine Duhamel in 2008.

Antoine Duhamel

References • Antoine Duhamel [1] at the Internet Movie Database

References [1] http:/ / www. imdb. com/ name/ nm0006051/

Bernard Gérard Bernard Gérard (26 April 1930 – 29 June 2000) was a French composer of film scores. He was one of Michel Magne's principal orchestrators, and worked as well with Georges Lautner and Jean-Pierre Melville. Films upon which he worked include Ne nous fâchons pas, La Grande Sauterelle, Le Deuxième souffle, and La Route de Salina.

References This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the French Wikipedia.

André Hossein André Hossein, born Aminoullah Husseinoff (Persian: ‫ ;ﺍﻣﻴﻦ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﺣﺴﻴﻦ‬Russian: Аминулла Гусейнов; Azerbaijani: Əminulla Hüseynov 1905, Samarkand – 9 August 1983, Paris) was a celebrated Iranian[1] composer of Neo-Romantic music and a tar soloist residing in France.[2] His mother was a Persian woman from Samarkand (present-day Uzbekistan) and his father was a merchant, originally from Azerbaijan. Aminollah Hossein lived for a few years in Persia (Iran) before he left the country for his academic studies.

Life and education His son, Robert Hossein, has written that André Hossein studied in Moscow, Russia and later in Germany where he attended a music academy in Stuttgart and the Berlin Conservatory from 1934 to 1937. His fascination with pre-Islamic Persia led him to convert to Zoroastrianism. His newfound religion immensely influenced his musical work in symphonies such as "Persian Miniature", "I love my Country" , and "Symphony Persepolis".[3] [4] He married Anna Minevskaya, a Jewish comedy actress from Kiev,[5] who had immigrated to Paris, France, with her parents after the October Revolution.[6] [7] He spent the rest of his life in France. He also studied privately under Paul Antoine Vidal in Conservatoire de Paris. An Iranian-Canadian music historian and student of the elder Hossein, Farya Pirbizari, has written that Mr. Hossein actually arrived in Moscow as a very young child, leaving for Berlin after the First World War to complete his secondary education and attending the Conservatoire de Paris in the 1920s under Artur Schnabel.[8]

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Works In 1935 he wrote his first ballet, Towards the Light. He also composed numerous pieces for the piano, including some études. Aminollah's love for his native Iran is evident in many of his works, especially The Symphony of Persepolis (also known as The Rubble of the Forgotten Empire), which he finished in 1947. Aminollah Hossein also made a symphony on Khayyám poems in 1951. Other works by him include three piano concertos, Persian Miniature, Scheherezade (Shahrzad), and Arya Symphony. He also composed some film scores, including films directed by his son Robert Hossein, the Paris-born actor and director.

References [1] (Persian) Life and works of Aminollah Hossein (Taken from Web Archive) (http:/ / web. archive. org/ web/ 20090422052134/ http:/ / www. kalam. se/ kalam-aminollah. html)}} [2] (Persian) Life and works of Aminollah Hossein (http:/ / www. kalam. se/ kalam-aminollah. html) [3] Hollywood and its influence on Iranian society and Film Industry (http:/ / www. rozanehmagazine. com/ MarchApril03/ adkadivar. html) [4] French-Iranian director Robert Hossein to revive Epic Tale of Ben Hur in 2006 (http:/ / www. payvand. com/ news/ 05/ nov/ 1126. html) [5] According to the program Le Plus Grand Cabaret du Monde, presented by Patrick Sébastien on 22 September 2007 [6] (Russian) A Pessimist Full of Optimism (http:/ / www. vremya. ru/ 2002/ 47/ 13/ 20912. html): An interview with Robert Hossein. Pyotr Rozvarin. Vremya novostei, #47. 19 March 2002. Retrieved 22 December 2007 [7] Information on Anna Minevski's brother — resistance fighter Lova Minevski (http:/ / poeme-connu. jepoeme. com/ discussion-89014-La_derniere_nuit_de_Robet_HOSSEIN/ 1. html) [8] Farya Pirbizari (http:/ / pirbazari. blogspot. com/ 2006/ 02/ hossein. html) on André Hossein. Retrieved 30 January 2008.

External links • Pooyan Azadeh performed Aminollah Hosseins Piano Concerto Nr. 2 - Germany (http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=PwbwhDycS_Q), European premiere of the performance of that piece, YouTube • André Hossein article (http://www.iranica.com/articles/hossein-andr) at Encyclopædia Iranica • (Persian) Aminollah Hossein's memorial (http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/arts/story/2006/02/ 060224_pm-aminollah-hossein.shtml) • (Persian) 100th anniversary of Aminollah Hossein (http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/arts/story/2005/10/ 051008_mf_js_recital.shtml) • Pianist Tara Kamangar plays Aminollah Hossein (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zMXX3gUmm4), U.S. premiere of the piece, YouTube

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Jacques Ibert Jacques François Antoine Ibert (15 August 1890 – 5 February 1962) was a French composer. Having studied music from an early age, he studied at the Paris Conservatoire and won its top prize, the Prix de Rome at his first attempt, despite studies interrupted by his service in World War I. Ibert pursued a successful composing career, writing (sometimes in collaboration with other composers) seven operas, five ballets, incidental music for plays and films, songs, choral works, and chamber music. He is probably best remembered for his orchestral works including Divertissement (1930) and Escales (1922). As a composer, Ibert did not attach himself to any of the prevalent genres of music of his time, and has been described as an eclectic. This is seen even in his best-known pieces: Divertissement, for small orchestra is lighthearted, even frivolous, and Escales (1922) is a ripely romantic work for large orchestra.

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In tandem with his creative work, Ibert was the director of the Académie de France at the Villa Medici in Rome. During World War II he was proscribed by the pro-Nazi government in Paris, and for a time he went into exile in Switzerland. Restored to his former eminence in French musical life after the war, his final musical appointment was in charge of the Paris Opera and the Opéra-Comique.

Biography Early years Ibert was born in Paris. His father was a successful businessman and his mother was a talented pianist who had studied with Antoine François Marmontel and encouraged the young Ibert's musical interests. From the age of four, he began studying music, first learning the violin and then the piano. After leaving school, he earned a living as a private teacher, as an accompanist, and as a cinema pianist. He also started composing songs, sometimes under the pen name William Berty. In 1910 he became a student at the Paris Conservatoire, studying with Emile Pessard (harmony), André Gedalge (counterpoint) and Paul Vidal (composition). Gédalge also gave him private lessons in orchestration; Ibert's fellow-students at these private classes included Arthur Honegger and Darius Milhaud.[1] Ibert's musical studies were interrupted by the outbreak of World War I, in which he served as a naval officer. After the war he married Rosette Veber, daughter of the painter Jean Veber. Resuming his studies, he won the Conservatoire's top prize, the Prix de Rome at his first attempt, in 1919.[1] The prize gave him the opportunity to pursue further musical studies in Rome. In the course of these, Ibert composed his first opera, Persée et Andromède (1921), to a libretto by his brother-in-law, the author Michel Veber, writing under the pen name "Nino".[2]

Composer and administrator Among Ibert's early orchestral compositions were La Ballade de la geôle de Reading, inspired by Oscar Wilde's poem, and Escales (Ports of call), inspired by his experiences of Mediterranean ports while he was serving in the navy.[3] The first of these works was played at the Concerts Colonne in October 1922, conducted by Gabriel Pierné; the second was performed in January 1924 with Paul Paray conducting the Orchestre Lamoureux. The two works made Ibert an early reputation both at home and abroad. His publisher Alphonse Leduc commissioned two collections of piano music from him, Histoires and Les Rencontres, which enhanced his popularity.[1] Rencontres. In

Jacques Ibert 1927 his opéra-bouffe Angélique was produced; it was the most successful of his operas, a musical farce, displaying eclectic style and flair.[2] In addition to composing, Ibert was active as a conductor and in musical administration. He was a member of professional committees, and in 1937 he was appointed director of the Académie de France at the Villa Medici in Rome. Ibert, with the enthusiastic support of his wife "threw himself wholeheartedly into his administrative role and proved an excellent ambassador of French culture in Italy."[1] He held the post until the end of 1960, except for an enforced break while France and Italy were at war during World War II.

Later years The war years were difficult for Ibert. In 1940 the Vichy government banned his music and he retreated to Antibes, in the south of France, and later to Switzerland and the Haute-Savoie. In August 1944, he was readmitted to the musical life of the country when General de Gaulle recalled him to Paris. In 1955 Ibert was appointed administrator of the Réunion des Théâtres Lyriques Nationaux, which ran both the Paris Opera and the Opéra-Comique. After less than a year, his health obliged him to retire. Shortly afterwards he was elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts.[1] Ibert died in Paris aged 71, and is buried at Passy Cemetery in the city's 16th arrondissement.

Music Ibert refused to ally himself to any particular musical fashion or school, maintaining that "all systems are valid", a position that has caused many commentators to categorise him as "eclectic".[2] His biographer, Alexandra Laederich, writes, "His music can be festive and gay … lyrical and inspired, or descriptive and evocative … often tinged with gentle humour…[A]ll the elements of his musical language bar that of harmony relate closely to the Classical tradition."[1] The early orchestral works, such as Escales, are in "a lush Impressionist style",[4] but Ibert is at least as well-known for lighthearted, even frivolous, pieces, among which are the Divertissement for small orchestra and the Flute Concerto.[4] Ibert's stage works similarly embrace a wide variety of styles. His first opera, Persée et Andromède, is a concise, gently satirical piece. Angélique displays his "eclectic style and his accomplished writing of pastiche set pieces".[2] Le roi d'Yvetot is written, in part in a simple folklike style. The opéra bouffe Gonzague is another essay in the old opera bouffe style. L'Aiglon, composed jointly with Honegger, employs commedia dell'arte characters and much musical pastiche in a style both accessible and sophisticated.[1] For the farcical Les petites Cardinal the music is in set pieces in the manner of an operetta. By contrast Le chevalier errant, a choreographic piece incorporating chorus and two reciters, is in an epic style.[2] Ibert's practice of collaborating with other composers extended to his works for the ballet stage. His first work composed expressly for the ballet was a waltz for L'éventail de Jeanne (1929) to which he was one of ten contributors, others of whom were Ravel and Poulenc. He was the sole composer of four further ballets between 1934 and 1954.[1] For the theatre and cinema, Ibert was a prolific composer of incidental music. His best-known theatre score was music for Eugéne Labiche's Un chapeau de paille d'Italie, which Ibert later reworked as the suite Divertissement. Other scores ranged from music for farce to that for Shakespeare productions. His cinema scores covered a similarly broad range. He wrote the music for more than a dozen French films, and for American directors he composed a score for Orson Welles's 1948 film of Macbeth, and the Circus ballet for Gene Kelly's Invitation to the Dance in 1952.[1]

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Works Operas • • • • • • •

Persée et Andromède, 1929 Angélique, 1927 Le roi d'Yvetot, 1930 Gonzague, 1931 L'Aiglon (Acts 1 and 5, the rest by Arthur Honegger), 1937 Les petites cardinal (operetta, with Honegger), 1938 Barbe-bleue, 1943

Ballets • Le chevalier errant, épopée choréographique (1951)

Orchestral • Escales (1924; composed 1922)

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• Roma-Parleme • Tunis-Nefta • Valencia Valse (1927; for the children's ballet L'éventail de Jeanne, to which ten French composers each contributed a dance) Bacchanale Divertissement Suite symphonique (1930) Ouverture de fête Symphonie marine La ballade de la geôle de Reading Louisville-concert (1953)

Concertos • • • •

Concerto for Cello and Wind Instruments (1925) Flute Concerto, (1934) Concertino da camera for alto saxophone and eleven instruments (1935–1936) Oboe Concerto

Vocal/Choral Orchestral • Le poète et la fée

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Chamber/Instrumental • • • • • • • • • • • •

Six pièces for harp solo (1916–1917) Deux mouvements for 2 flutes (or flute and oboe), clarinet and bassoon (1921) Jeux, Sonatine for flute and piano (1923) Le Jardinier de Samos for flute, clarinet, trumpet, violin, cello and percussion (1924) Arie (Vocalise) for flute, violin and piano (1927) Aria for flute (or other instrument) and piano (1927, 1930) Trois pièces brèves for wind quintet (1930) Cinq pièces en trio for oboe, clarinet and bassoon (1935) Entr'acte for flute (or violin) and harp (or guitar) (1935) Pièce for flute solo (1936) String Quartet (1937–1942) Capriccio pour dix instruments for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, harp, 2 violins, viola, and cello (1936–1938) • Trio for violin, cello and harp (1944) • Deux interludes for flute, violin and harpsichord (or harp) (1946) • Étude-caprice pour un Tombeau de Chopin for cello solo (1949) • • • • •

Ghirlarzana for cello solo (1950) Caprilena for violin solo (1950) Impromptu for trumpet and piano (1950) Carignane for bassoon and piano (1953) Arabesque for bassoon and piano

Piano • Histoires, ten pieces for piano

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• 1. La meneuse de tortues d'or (D minor) • 2. Le petit âne blanc (F♯ major) • 3. Le vieux mendiant (E major) • 4. A Giddy Girl (G major) • 5. Dans la maison triste (C♯ minor) • 6. Le palais abandonné (B minor) • 7. Bajo la mesa (A minor) • 8. La cage de cristal (E minor) • 9. La marchande d'eau fraiche (F♯ minor) • 10. Le cortège de Balkis (F major) Toccata (D major) Escales (arr. for piano by the composer) Le vent dans lesruines (En Champagne) Les rencontres (Petite suite en forme de ballet) Matin sur l'eau Noel en Picardie Petite suite en 15 images (1944) • 1. Prélude • 2. Ronde • 3. Le gai vigneron • 4. Berceuse aux étoiles

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Film music • S.O.S. Foch (director, Jean Arroy), 1931 • Les cinq gentlemen maudits (Julien Duvivier), 1931 • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Don Quichotte (Georg Wilhelm Pabst), 1932 Les Deux Orphelines (Maurice Tourneur), 1933 Maternité (Jean Choux), 1934 Justin de Marseille (Tourneur), 1935 Golgotha (Duvivier), 1935 Le coupable (Raymond Bernard), 1936 Feu Mathias Pascal (Marcel L'Herbier), 1937 Conflit (Léonide Moguy), 1939 Le héros de la Marne (André Hugon), 1939 Les petites du quai au fleurs (Marc Allégret), 1944 Macbeth (Orson Welles), 1948 Circus (ballet for Invitation to the Dance, Gene Kelly), 1952; Marianne de ma jeunesse (Duvivier), 1954

References [1] Laederich, Alexandra, "Ibert, Jacques." (http:/ / www. oxfordmusiconline. com/ subscriber/ article/ grove/ music/ 13675) Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online, accessed 18 September 2010 (subscription required) [2] Langham Smith, Richard, "Ibert, Jacques." (http:/ / www. oxfordmusiconline. com/ subscriber/ article/ grove/ music/ O902302) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, Grove Music Online, accessed 18 September 2010 (subscription required) [3] Kuhn, Laura (ed.) Ibert, Jacques (François Antoine) (http:/ / bakr. alexanderstreet. com/ View/ 670790/ ), Student Encyclopedia of Music, vol. 2, Schirmer Reference New York, published 1999, accessed 18 September 2010 (subscription required) [4] Griffiths, Paul and Richard Langham Smith "Ibert, Jacques (François Antoine Marie)." (http:/ / www. oxfordmusiconline. com/ subscriber/ article/ opr/ t114/ e3377) The Oxford Companion to Music, Oxford Music Online, accessed 18 September 2010 (subscription required)

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Maurice Jarre

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Maurice Jarre Maurice Jarre Born

13 September 1924 Lyon, France

Died

28 March 2009 (aged 84) Los Angeles, California, United States

Occupations Composer, conductor Years active 1958–2001

Maurice-Alexis Jarre (13 September 1924 – 28 March 2009)[1] [2] [3] was a French composer and conductor. Although he composed several concert works, he is best known for his film scores, and is particularly known for his collaborations with film director David Lean. Jarre composed the scores to all of Lean's films since Lawrence of Arabia (1962). Other notable scores include The Train (1964), Mohammad, Messenger of God (1976), Witness (1985) and Ghost (1990). Jarre was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[4] Three of his compositions spent a total of forty-two weeks on the U.K. singles chart chart; the biggest hit was 'Somewhere My Love' (to his tune Lara's Theme, with lyrics by Paul Francis Webster) by the Michael Sammes Singers, which reached number fourteen in 1966 and spent thirty-eight weeks on the chart. Jarre was a three time Academy Award winner, for Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Doctor Zhivago (1965), and A Passage to India (1984), all of which were directed by David Lean. He was Oscar nominated a total of eight times. His son is the electronic composer Jean Michel Jarre.

Early life Jarre was born in Lyon, France, in 1924, the son of Gabrielle Renée (née Boullu) and André Jarre, a radio technical director.[5] He first enrolled in the engineering school at the Sorbonne, but decided to pursue music courses instead. He left the Sorbonne, against his father's will, and enrolled at the Conservatoire de Paris to study composition and harmony, and chose percussion as his major instrument.[3] He became director of the Théâtre National Populaire and recorded his first film score in France in 1951.[6]

Film scoring In 1961 Jarre's music career experienced a major change when British film producer Sam Spiegel asked him to write the score for the 1962 epic Lawrence of Arabia, directed by David Lean.[7] The acclaimed score won Jarre his first Academy Award and he would go on to compose the scores to all of Lean's subsequent films. He followed with The Train (1964) and Grand Prix (1966), the iconic racing film for director John Frankenheimer, and in between had another great success in Doctor Zhivago, which included the lyricless tune "Lara's Theme" (later the tune for the song "Somewhere My Love"), and which earned him his second Oscar. He worked with Alfred Hitchcock on Topaz (1969); though Hitchcock's experiences on the film were unhappy, he was satisfied with Jarre's score, telling him "I have not given you a great film, but you have given me a great score." His score for David Lean's Ryan's Daughter (1970), set in Ireland, completely eschews traditional Irish music styles, owing to Lean's preferences. The song "It was a Good Time," from Ryan's Daughter went on to be recorded by musical stars such as Liza Minnelli who used it in her critically acclaimed television special Liza with a Z as well as by others during the 1970s. He contributed the music for Luchino Visconti's The Damned (1969) and John Huston's The Man Who Would Be King (1975). He was again nominated for an Academy award for scoring The Message in 1976 for the director and producer Moustapha Akkad. He followed with Witness (1985) and Dead Poets Society (1989), for which he won a British

Maurice Jarre Academy Award. In the 1970s and 1980s, Jarre turned his hand to science fiction, with scores for The Island at the Top of the World (1974), Enemy Mine (1985) and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985). The latter is written for full orchestra, augmented by a chorus, four grand pianos, a pipe organ, digeridoo, fujara, a battery of exotic percussion and three ondes Martenot (which feature in several of Jarre's other scores, including Lawrence of Arabia, Jesus of Nazareth, The Bride) and Prancer (1989). In 1990 Jarre was again nominated for an Academy Award scoring the supernatural love story / thriller Ghost. His music for the final scene of the film is based on "Unchained Melody" composed by fellow film composer Alex North.[3] Other films for which he provided the music include his passionate love theme from Fatal Attraction (1987), and the moody electronic soundscapes of After Dark, My Sweet (1990). He was well respected by other composers including John Williams, who stated on Jarre's passing, "(He) is to be well remembered for his lasting contribution to film music...we all have been enriched by his legacy."[8] His television work includes the score for the miniseries Jesus of Nazareth (1977), directed by Franco Zeffirelli, Shōgun (1980), and the theme for PBS's Great Performances.[3] Jarre scored his last film in 2001, a television film about the Holocaust entitled Uprising.[3]

Music style Jarre wrote mainly for orchestras, but began to favour synthesized music in the 1980s. Jarre pointed out that his electronic score for Witness was actually more laborious, time-consuming and expensive to produce than an orchestral score. Jarre's electronic scores from the 80s also include Fatal Attraction, The Year of Living Dangerously, Firefox and No Way Out. A number of his scores from that era also feature electronic/acoustic blends, such as Gorillas in the Mist, Dead Poets Society, The Mosquito Coast and Jacob's Ladder.

Awards Jarre received three Academy Awards and was nominated a total of eight times, all in the category of Best Original Score. He also won three Golden Globes and was nominated for ten. The American Film Institute ranked Jarre's score for Lawrence of Arabia #3 on their list of the greatest film scores. His scores for the following films were also nominated for the list: • Doctor Zhivago (1965) • A Passage to India (1984) • Ryan's Daughter (1970)

Family Jarre was married four times, the first three marriages ending in divorce. His marriage to Francette Pejot (in the 1940s, after World War II), produced a son, Jean Michel Jarre, a French composer who is one of the pioneers in electronic music. In 1965, he married French actress Dany Saval. Together they had a daughter, Stephanie Jarre. Jarre next married American actress Laura Devon (1967–1984), resulting in him adopting her son, Kevin Jarre, a screenwriter, with credits on such films as Tombstone and Glory. From 1984 to his death[9] he was married to Fong F. Khong (1984–2009).

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Death Maurice Jarre died on 28 March 2009 after a battle with cancer.[10]

Filmography and awards Year

Title

Notes

1958

Head Against the Wall

1959

Eyes Without a Face

1962

Lawrence of Arabia

Academy Award for Best Original Score Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score

1963

Sundays and Cybele

Nominated - Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment

Judex 1964

The Train

1965

The Collector

1966

Doctor Zhivago

Academy Award for Best Original Score Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (1967)

Is Paris Burning?

Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score

Gambit Grand Prix The Professionals 1968

Isadora Villa Rides

1969

Topaz

1970

Ryan's Daughter

1971

Plaza Suite

1972

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

Nominated - Academy Award for Best Original Song ("Marmalade, Molasses & Honey")

The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds 1973

Ash Wednesday / The Mackintosh Man

1974

The Island at the Top of the World

1975

The Man Who Would Be King

1976

The Last Tycoon

1977

Mohammad, Messenger of God Jesus of Nazareth (miniseries)

1979

The Magician of Lublin

1980

Shōgun

1981

Lion of the Desert

Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score

Nominated - Academy Award for Best Original Score

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1982

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Firefox The Year of Living Dangerously

1984

A Passage to India

Academy Award for Best Original Score Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score

Dreamscape Top Secret! 1985

Witness

Nominated - Academy Award for Best Original Score Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome Enemy Mine 1986

The Mosquito Coast

Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score

Solarbabies 1987

No Way Out Fatal Attraction Gaby: A True Story

1988

1989

Cocktail Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey

Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Nominated - Academy Award for Best Original Score

Dead Poets Society

BAFTA Award for Best Film Music

Prancer 1990

Jacob's Ladder Ghost

1993

Nominated - Academy Award for Best Original Score

Fearless Mr. Jones

1994

The River Wild

Unused music for the main title sequence, Jarre was replaced by Jerry Goldsmith

1995

A Walk in the Clouds

Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score

1996

The Sunchaser

1999

Sunshine

2000

I Dreamed of Africa

2001

Uprising

Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score

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References [1] McLellan, Dennis (March 31, 2009). "Maurice Jarre dies at 84; composer for 'Lawrence of Arabia'" (http:/ / www. latimes. com/ news/ obituaries/ la-me-maurice-jarre31-2009mar31,0,4263401. story). Los Angeles Times. . Retrieved March 31, 2009. [2] Weber, Bruce (March 31, 2009). "Maurice Jarre, Hollywood Composer, Dies at 84" (http:/ / www. nytimes. com/ 2009/ 03/ 31/ arts/ music/ 31jarre. html). The New York Times. . Retrieved March 31, 2009. [3] allmusic Biography (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ artist/ p1154/ biography) [4] Maurice Jarre (I) - Biography (http:/ / www. imdb. com/ name/ nm0003574/ bio) [5] Maurice Jarre at FilmReference.com (http:/ / www. filmreference. com/ film/ 94/ Maurice-Jarre. html) [6] Maurice Jarre: Information and Much More from Answers.com (http:/ / www. answers. com/ topic/ maurice-jarre) [7] MovingPictureBlog.blogspot.com, March 30, 2009 (http:/ / movingpictureblog. blogspot. com/ 2009/ 03/ rip-maurice-jarre-1924-2007. html) [8] Award Winning Musical Film Composer Maurice Jarre Dies From Cancer At 84 (http:/ / www. allheadlinenews. com/ articles/ 7014669890) [9] Oscar-winning movie legend Maurice Jarre dies (http:/ / www. cnn. com/ 2009/ SHOWBIZ/ Movies/ 03/ 30/ maurice. jarre. composer. obit/ index. html) [10] Obituary at Time.com (http:/ / www. time. com/ time/ arts/ article/ 0,8599,1888336,00. html)

External links • Maurice Jarre (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3574/) at the Internet Movie Database • NYTimes filmography (http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=95896) • Filmography, soundtrack reviews, capsule biography (http://www.moviemusicuk.us/jarre.htm) • Obituary (http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?page=LifeStory&personId=125615554) by the Associated Press on Legacy.com • O'Connor, Patrick (31 March 2009). "Obituary" (http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/mar/31/ maurice-jarre-obituary). The Guardian. • Maurice Jarre (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=35342102) at Find a Grave

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Joseph Kosma

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Joseph Kosma Joseph Kosma Birth name

József Kozma

Born

22 October 1905

Origin

Budapest, Hungary

Died

7 August 1969 (aged 63) France

Occupations Composer

Joseph Kosma (22 October 1905 – 7 August 1969) was a Hungarian-French composer, of Jewish background.

Biography Kosma was born József Kozma in Budapest, where his parents taught stenography and typing. He had a brother, Akos. A maternal relative was the photographer László Moholy-Nagy, and another relative was the conductor Georg Solti. He started to play the piano at age 5, and later took piano lessons. At the age of 11, he wrote his first opera, Christmas in the Trenches. After completing his education at the Gymnasium Franz-Josef, he attended the Academy of Music in Budapest, where he studied with Leo Weiner. He also studied with Béla Bartók at the Liszt Academy, receiving diplomas in composition and conducting. He won a grant to study in Berlin in 1928, where he met Lilli Apel, another musician, whom he later married. Kosma also met and studied with Hanns Eisler in Berlin. He also became acquainted with Bertolt Brecht and Helene Weigel. Kosma and his wife emigrated to Paris in 1933. Eventually, he met Jacques Prévert, who introduced him to Jean Renoir. During World War II and the Occupation of France, Kosma was placed under house arrest in the Alpes-Maritimes region, and was banned from composition. However, Prévert managed to arrange for Kosma to contribute music for films, with other composers fronting for him. Under this arrangement he wrote the music for Les Enfants du Paradis (1945), made under the occupation, but released after the liberation. Among his other credits are the scores to La Grande Illusion (1937), The Rules of the Game (1939) and Le Testament du docteur Cordelier (The Doctor's Horrible Experiment; telefilm, 1959). He was also known for writing the standard classical-jazz piece "Les feuilles mortes" ("Autumn Leaves"), with French lyrics by Jacques Prévert, and later English lyrics by Johnny Mercer, which was derived from music in Marcel Carné's film Les Portes de la Nuit (1946). Kosma's mother and brother were killed by the Arrow Cross Nazi auxiliaries in 1944. Kosma himself was wounded in an explosion in August 1944 in France. His father survived the war, and died in 1957. Joseph Kosma died outside Paris in 1969 and was buried in the Montmartre Cemetery.

External links • Joseph Kosma [1] at the Internet Movie Database

References [1] http:/ / www. imdb. com/ name/ nm0006158/

Kraked Unit

Kraked Unit Kraked Unit is a French based music production company founded in 2000 by french composer and DJ Loïc Dury in collaboration with other musicians and composers. They focus on the creation of music for films, including films by Cédric Klapisch: L'auberge espagnole (2001), The Russian Dolls (2004), Paris (2008). They also compose music for catwalk shows by Karl Lagerfeld, Paco Rabanne and Kenzo.

Releases, Appearances • 2002 - remix of "The Man With The Drum" by Allenko Brotherhood Ensemble appeared on their album Brotherhood and on Eclectic Asthetic compilation • 2005 - Les poupées russes (The Russian Dolls) OST, Up Music/WM France • 2008 - Paris La Bande Originale du Film de Cédric Klapisch OST, Up Music/WM France • 2009 - La Face Cachée des Fesses Arte [1]

References [1] http:/ / www. artevod. com/ detailFiche. html?ficheId=4880

External links • (http://www.last.fm/music/Kraked+Unit) at LastFM • Loik Dury on MySpace (http://www.myspace.com/loikdury)

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Francis Lai

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Francis Lai Francis Lai Born

Francis Albert Lai April 6, 1932 Nice, France

Occupation Film score composer

Francis Lai (born April 26, 1932, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France) is a French accordionist, and composer noted for his film scores. While in his twenties, Francis Lai left home and went to Paris where he became part of the lively Montmartre music scene. In 1965 he met filmmaker Claude Lelouch and was hired to help write the score for the film, Un homme et une femme (A Man and A Woman). Released in 1966, the film was a major international success, earning a number of Academy Awards, and for the young Francis Lai, a Golden Globe Award nomination for "Best Original Score". This initial success brought more opportunities to work for the film industry both in his native France as well as in Great Britain and the United States. He is known for his support of Mireille Mathieu in many compositions and recordings. In 1969, he wrote the score for director René Clément's film, Rider On The Rain ("Le Passager de la Pluie"). It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc in September 1971.[1] In 1970 Francis Lai won the Academy Award for Best Music, Original Score and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score for the film Love Story. In the United States, the soundtrack album went to No. 2 in the Billboard album charts and the film's theme, "Where Do I Begin" was a hit single with lyrics by Carl Sigman for traditional pop singer Andy Williams. The song would also be recorded successfully by Lai himself with a full orchestra and by Henry Mancini and Shirley Bassey. Francis Lai also wrote the music for the 1978 Love Story sequel titled Oliver's Story. Lai has also had success with music written for softcore erotic films like Emmanuelle 2 (1975) and Bilitis (1977). His composition "Aujourd'hui C'est Toi" (Today it's You) is probably best known in the UK as the theme music for the long-running BBC television current affairs documentary series Panorama. He also earned high praise for his score of the David Hamilton movie "Bilitis", a sound-track that sold over a million copies throughout the world. In a career spanning forty years, Lai has also written music for television programs and alone or in collaboration with others has composed music for more than one hundred films and has personally written more than six hundred songs.

Awards • Academy Award for Best Music, Original Score for Love Story (1970) • Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score for Love Story (1970) • César Award for Best Music Written for a Film for Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté (1988) Award nominations: • • • • • •

Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score for Un homme et une femme (1966) BAFTA Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music for Vivre pour vivre (1967) Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score for Vivre pour vivre (1967) Grammy Award for Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture for Love Story (1970) BAFTA Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music for La Bonne année (1973) César Award for Best Music Written for a Film for Bilitis (1977)

Francis Lai • César Award for Best Music Written for a Film for Les Uns et les autres (1981) • César Award for Best Music Written for a Film for Hasards ou coïncidences (1998)

References [1] Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. pp. 281–282. ISBN 0-214-20512-6.

francis lai 1984-canicule

External links • • • • •

Francis Lai (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006162/) at the Internet Movie Database Official Site (http://www.francis-lai.com/) Vivre pour la Musique - Unofficial Site (http://www.soundtrackfan.com/frlai/) Francis Lai Yahoo Group (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/francis_lai) Francis Lai (http://www.epdlp.com/compbso.php?id=588) at Epdlp

Marcel Landowski Marcel François Paul Landowski (18 February 1915 – 23 December 1999) was a French composer, biographer and arts administrator. Born at Pont-l'Abbé, Finistère, Brittany, he was the son of French sculptor Paul Landowski and great-grandson of the composer Henri Vieuxtemps. As an infant he showed early musical promise, and studied piano under Marguerite Long. He entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1935 where one of his teachers was Pierre Monteux. Landowski's greatest musical influence was Arthur Honegger. His entire output (including four symphonies, several concertos, operas and a Mass) bears testimony to Honegger's impact. Landowski went on to write a biography of his mentor. Between the 1940s and the 1960s, Landowski composed the scores for several dozen films, most notably Gigi (1949). Landowski eschewed the avant-garde approaches to music of his contemporaries, preferring a more conservative style. In 1966, France's Cultural Affairs minister André Malraux appointed Landowski as the ministry's director of music, a controversial appointment made in the teeth of opposition from the then ascendant modernists, led by Pierre Boulez.[1] One of his first acts was the establishment, in 1967, of the Orchestre de Paris. He also championed France's regional orchestras at a time when interest in them appeared to be waning.[2] He died in hospital in Paris in 1999, aged 84.

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References [1] Goodbye to All That - TIME (http:/ / www. time. com/ time/ magazine/ article/ 0,9171,835806,00. html) [2] Obituary (http:/ / www. findarticles. com/ p/ articles/ mi_qn4196/ is_19991225/ ai_n10560795)

External links • Catalogue of works (in French and English)(.pdf file) (http://www.durand-salabert-eschig.com/formcat/actuel/ LANDOWSKI_2000.pdf) • Marcel Landowski (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0484972/) at the Internet Movie Database

Alain Lanty Alain Lanty (born in Auray, France on 28 November 1961) is a French singer, composer and pianist. He has composed songs for a great number of French artists including Renaud, Florent Pagny, Marc Lavoine, Dani, Régine, Maurane, Hélène Ségara, Jean-Luc Lahaye. Alain Lanty is also a renowned pianist and has played the piano on a number of albums, for Pascal Obispo, Calogero, Johnny Hallyday, Raphaël, Isabelle Boulay, Emmanuel Moire, La Grande Sophie, Grand Corps Malade and many others. He accompanied Renaud in the latter's tour "Une guitare, un piano et Renaud". He composed music for the songs "Coeur perdu", "Baltique", "Mon nain de jardin" and "Mal barrés" for the Renaud album Boucan d'enfer. In 2009, he was a judge in the first ever series of the singing competition show X Factor in France.[1] Alain Lanty has composed many theme music for television series and shows, feature films and various short films, musicals like the 2000 hit Les mille et une vies d'Ali Baba (The Thousand and One Lives of Ali Baba). He has taken part in many charity events including long-running support for charity projects Restaurants du Cœur, Sol En Si, Sidaction. He also has a series of jingles for advertisements, most notably for France Télécom, La Redoute, E.Leclerc and the French La Poste.

References [1] Interview: X-Factor, les confidences d'Alain Lanty (http:/ / www. purepeople. com/ article/ interview-exclu-x-factor-les-confidences-d-alain-lanty-sur-une-ex-candidate-qui-l-a-subjugue-et-sur-le-jeu-je-vais-me-cerroniser_a46534/ 1)

Discography • • • • •

1984: Pourquoi t'es pas là' 1985: Mozart / Québec: 3 heures du matin 1986: Shangaï au crépuscule 1990: Vous voudriez vivre à ma place 1990: Tant bien que mal

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Michel Legrand

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Michel Legrand Michel Legrand

Michel Legrand (left) Born

Michel Jean Legrand 24 February 1932 Paris, France

Occupation

Film score composer Jazz pianist

Years active

1955–present

Michel Jean Legrand (born 24 February 1932, in Bécon-les-Bruyères in the Paris suburbs) is a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, and pianist. His father Raymond Legrand was a conductor and composer renowned for hits such as Irma la douce and his mother, Marcelle Der Mikaëlian (sister of conductor Jacques Hélian), who married Legrand Senior in 1929, was descended from the Armenian bourgeoisie.[1] Legrand is a prolific composer, having written over 200 film and television scores in addition to many memorable songs.[2] He is best known for his often haunting film music and scores, such as The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) and The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) featuring the song "The Windmills of Your Mind" for which he won his first Academy Award.[3]

Career Legrand has composed more than two hundred film and television scores and several musicals and has made well over a hundred albums. He has won three Oscars (out of 13 nominations) and five Grammys and has been nominated for an Emmy. He was twenty-two when his first album, I Love Paris, became one of the best-selling instrumental albums ever released. He is a virtuoso jazz and classical pianist and an accomplished arranger and conductor who performs with orchestras all over the world. He studied music at the Paris Conservatoire from 1943-50 (ages 11–18), working with, among others, Nadia Boulanger, who also taught many other composers, including Aaron Copland and Philip Glass, and Ástor Piazzolla. Legrand graduated with top honors as both a composer and a pianist.[1]

Michel Legrand

Jazz recordings Legrand has also contributed significant work in jazz.[4] While on a visit to the U.S. in 1958, Legrand collaborated with such musicians as Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Phil Woods, Ben Webster, Hank Jones, and Art Farmer in an album of inventive orchestrations of jazz standards titled Legrand Jazz. The following year, back in Paris with bassist Guy Pedersen and percussionist Gus Wallez, he recorded an album of Paris-themed songs arranged for jazz piano trio, titled Paris Jazz Piano. Nearly a decade later he recorded At Shelly's Manne-Hole (1968), an exciting live trio session with bassist Ray Brown and drummer Shelly Manne, in which four of the compositions were improvised on the spot. Legrand also provided an odd scat vocal on "My Funny Valentine." Legrand returned to his role as jazz arranger for the Stan Getz album Communications '72 and resumed his collaboration with Phil Woods on Jazz Le Grand (1979) and After the Rain (1982); then, he collaborated with violinist Stephane Grappelli on an album in 1992. Not as well received as his earlier work in the field of jazz was a 1994 album for LaserLight titled Michel Plays Legrand. More recently, in 2002, he recorded a masterful solo jazz piano album reworking fourteen of his classic songs, Michel Legrand by Michel Legrand. His jazz piano style is virtuosic and eclectic, drawing upon such influences as Art Tatum, Erroll Garner, Oscar Peterson, and Bill Evans. A number of his songs, including "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?," "Watch What Happens," "The Summer Knows," and "You Must Believe in Spring," have become jazz standards covered frequently by other artists.

Eclecticism During various periods of creative work, Legrand became a conductor for orchestras in St. Petersburg, Vancouver, Montreal, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, and Denver. He recorded more than one hundred albums with international musical stars (spanning the genres of jazz, variety, and classical) and worked with such diverse musicians as Phil Woods, Ray Charles, Claude Nougaro, Perry Como, Neil Diamond, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Lena Horne, James Ingram, Jack Jones, Kiri te Kanawa, Tamara Gverdciteli, Frankie Laine, Tereza Kesovija, Johnny Mathis, Jessye Norman, Diana Ross, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Sarah Vaughan, Shirley Bassey, Regine Velasquez, and Natalie Dessay. Legrand has also recorded classical piano pieces by Erik Satie and American composers such as Amy Beach, George Gershwin, Aaron Copland, John Cage, and Conlon Nancarrow. He is a prolific recorder of jazz, popular and classical music albums, have released over one hundred.[5] His sister, Christiane Legrand, was a member of the Swingle Singers, and his niece Victoria Legrand is a member of the indie rock duo Beach House.[6]

Film scores Legrand is known principally as a composer of innovative music for films, composing film scores (about two hundred to date) for directors Jean-Luc Godard, Richard Brooks, Claude Lelouch, Clint Eastwood, Robert Altman, Joseph Losey, and many others. Legrand himself appears and performs in Agnès Varda's French New Wave classic, Cleo from 5 to 7 (1961). After his songs appeared in Jacques Demy's films The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) and The Young Girls of Rochefort (1966), Legrand became famous worldwide. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg was a sung-through musical in which all the dialogue was set to music, a revolutionary concept at the time. Hollywood soon became interested in Legrand after The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, bombarding him with requests to compose music for films. Having begun to collaborate with Hollywood, Legrand continued to work there for many years. Among his best-known scores are those for The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), which features the hit song "The Windmills of Your Mind", and Summer of '42 (1971), which features another hit song, "The Summer Knows." Legrand also wrote the score for Orson Welles's last-completed film, F for Fake (1974).

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Music charts Legrand's instrumental version of the theme from Brian's Song charted for eight weeks in 1972, peaking at #56.[7] Currently, Legrand divides his time between America and France.

Selected discography • • • • • • • • • • •

1954 I Love Paris 1955 Holiday in Rome 1956 Castles in Spain 1957 Bonjour Paris 1957 C'est magnifique 1958 Legrand in Rio 1958 The Columbia Album of Cole Porter 1959 Paris Jazz Piano 1959 The New I Love Paris 1959 Legrand Jazz 1967 Plays for Dancers

• 1968 At Shelly's Manne-Hole • 1982 After the Rain • 1995 Michel Legrand Big Band

Filmography • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Beau fixe (short) (1953) Lovers Net (Les amants du Tage) (1954) Charmants garçons (1958) Le Triporteur (1958) L'Amérique insolite (1958) L'Americain se détend (1958) Lola (1960) Terrain vague (co-composer) (1960) A Woman Is a Woman (Une femme est une femme) (1960) The French Game (Le cœur battant) (1960) Les Portes claquent (1960) Cléo from 5 to 7 (Cléo de 5 à 7) (1961) The 7 Capital Sins (Les Sept péchés capitaux) (co-composer) (1961) The Winner (Un cœur gros comme ça) (1961) Retour a New York (1962) Comme un poisson dans l'eau (1962) Eva (1962) Une grosse tete (1962) My Life to Live (Vivre sa Vie: Film en Douze Tableaux) (1962) Bay of Angels (La baie des anges) (1962) L'Amerique lunaire (1962) Histoire d'un petit garcon devenu grand (1962)

• Le joli mai (1962) • Illuminations (1963) • Le grand escroc (1963)

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L'Empire de la nuit (1963) Love Is A Ball (1963) The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Les Parapluies de Cherbourg) (1964) A Ravishing Idiot (Une ravissante idiote) (1964) Band of Outsiders (Bande à part) (1964) Fascinante amazonie (1964) Les amoureux du France (1964) La Douceur du village (1964) A Matter of Resistance (La vie de château) (1965) Quand passent les faisans (1965) Tender Scoundrel (Tendre voyou) (1965) Monnaie de singe (1965) The Young Girls of Rochefort (Les Demoiselles de Rochefort) (1966) Who Are You, Polly Magoo? (Qui êtes-vous, Polly Maggoo?) (1966) The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean (1966) L'an 2000 (1966) Gold and Lead (L'or et le plomb) (1966)

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A Matter of Innocence (also known as Pretty Polly) (1967) L'homme à la Buick (1967) How to Save a Marriage — And Ruin Your Life (1967) Sweet November (1968) The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) The Swimming Pool (La piscine) (1968) Play Dirty (1968) The Appointment (rejected) (1968) Ice Station Zebra (1968) Michel's Mixed Up Musical Bird (1968) Castle Keep (1969) The Happy Ending (1969) Picasso Summer (1969) Pieces of Dreams (1969) The Go-Between (1970) The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart (1970) Wuthering Heights (1970) The Swashbuckler (Les mariés de l'an II) (1970) Donkey Skin (Peau d'Âne) (1970) The Lady in the Car With Glasses And a Gun (La dame dans l'auto avec des lunettes et un fusil) (1970) Un peu de soleil dans l'eau froide (1970) Le Mans (1970) Summer of '42 (1971) La vieille Fille (1971) A Time for Loving (Also: Paris Was Made For Lovers) (1971) Lady Sings the Blues (1972) Portnoy's Complaint (1972) Les feux de la Chandeleur (1972)

• The Impossible Object (1972) • One Is a Lonely Number (1972)

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A Doll's House (1973) The Nelson Affair (Also: A Bequest to the Nation) (1973) The Outside Man (Un homme est mort) (1973) The Hostages (Le gang des otages) (1973) Forty Carats (1973) Cops and Robbers (1973) Breezy (1973) The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (rejected) (1973) The Three Musketeers (1973) Our Time (1974) The Four Musketeers (1974) The Most Important Event Since Man Walked on the Moon (L'Evenement le plus important depuis que l'homme marche sur la lune) (1974) F for Fake (1974) The Savage (Le sauvage) (1975) Gulliver's Travels (1975) Sheila Levine is Dead — and Living in New York (1975)

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Gable and Lombard (1976) Ode to Billy Joe (1976) Le voyage de noces (1976) The Smurfs and the Magic Flute (La flute a six schtroumpfs) (1976) The Other Side of Midnight (1977) Routes to the South (Les routes du sud) (1978) Mon premier amour (1978) Lady Oscar (1978) The Phoenix (1978) The Fabulous Adventures of Baron Munchhausen (1979) Atlantic City (1980) The Hunter (1980) The Mountain Men (1980) Les Uns et les Autres (also known as Bolero) (1980) Hinotori (co-composer) (1980) Falling in Love Again (1981) What Makes David Run? (Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David?) (1981) La cadeau (1981) Chu Chu and the Philly Flash (1981) Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid (1982) Slapstick of Another Kind (1982) (1982 cut) La revanche des humanoides (1982) Best Friends (1982) The Gift (1982) Yentl (1983) Never Say Never Again (1983) A Love in Germany (Un amour en Allemagne) (1983) Secret Places (1984)

• Micki and Maude (1984) • Love Songs (Paroles et musique) (1984)

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Palace (1985) Partir, revenir (1985) Train to Hell (Train d'enfer) (1985) Parking (1985) Crossings (1986) Sins (1986) Casanova (1987) Social Club (Club de recontres) (1987) Spirale (1987) Switching Channels (1988) Three Seats For the 26th (Trois places pour le 26) (1988) Five Days in June (Cinq jours en juin) (1989) Escape from Paradise (Fuga dal Paradiso) (1990) Predator 2 (1990) Dingo with Miles Davis (1991) Gaspard et Robinson (1991) Pure Luck (1991)

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The Burning Shore (1991) The Pickle (1993) Ready to Wear (Prêt-à-Porter) (1994) Angels in the Outfield (1994) Operation Dumbo Drop (1995) Les enfants de lumiere (1995) Gone Fishin' (1997) Aaron's Magic Village (1997)

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Brian's Song (1970) Oum le Dauphin Blanc (1971) The Adventures of Don Quixote (1973) It's Good To Be Alive (1974) Cage Without a Key (1975) Once Upon a Time... Space (1982) A Woman Named Golda (1982) The Jesse Owens Story (1984) Promises to Keep (1985) As Summers Die (1986) Once Upon a Time... Life (1987) Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less (1990) La Montagna dei Diamanti (1991) Once Upon a Time... The Discoverers (1994) The Ring (1995) Once Upon a Time... The Explorers (1996)

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Musical theatre Legrand composed the score for the musical Amour, which premiered in 2002 on Broadway and was translated into English by Jeremy Sams and was directed by James Lapine.[8] This musical was his Broadway debut, and while it ran for only 17 performances and 31 previews, it garnered a loyal fan base due to its much-praised cast album on Ghostlight Records, and subsequent multiple Tony Award nominations (2003), including Best Score for Michel Legrand and Best Actress for its leading actress Melissa Errico.[9] Legrand continued his collaboration with Errico to the present day, appearing at such jazz venues as Dizzy's at Lincoln Center. Though he has rarely done this for any solo artist, Michel Legrand arranged, conducted and accompanied Errico with a 100-piece symphony on her CD "Legrand Affair" (released in October 2011 on Ghostlight Records) featuring his songs, hidden French gems, as well as one new song with lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman.[10] The CD was produced by Phil Ramone[11] and is featured in Ramone's biography "Making Records." The world premiere of the new musical Marguerite from Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg, the creators of Les Misérables and Miss Saigon, included music by Michel Legrand and lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer. Marguerite is set during World War II in occupied Paris, and was inspired by the romantic novel La Dame aux camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils. It premiered in May 2008 at the Haymarket Theatre, London and was directed by Jonathan Kent.[12] [13]

Awards Legrand has won three Oscars (out of 13 nominations), five Grammys, and has been nominated for an Emmy. The following are some of the awards and nominations with which Legrand's works have been honored:

Academy Award Nominations • • • • • •

Best Original Score, Substantially Original Score: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1965) Best Original Score for a Motion Picture (not a Musical): The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) Best Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score: The Young Girls of Rochefort (1968) Best Original Dramatic Score: Summer of '42 (1971) (won) Best Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score: Yentl (1983) (won) Best Original Song: • • • • • •

"I Will Wait For You" from The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1965) "The Windmills of Your Mind" (won) from The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" from The Happy Ending (1969) "Pieces of Dreams" from Pieces of Dreams (1970) "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" from Best Friends (1982) "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" and "The Way He Makes Me Feel" both from Yentl. (1983)

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Golden Globe Nominations • Original Score: • The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) • The Happy Ending (1969) • Wuthering Heights (1970) • Le Mans (1971) • Summer of '42 (1971) • Lady Sings the Blues (1972) • Breezy (1973) • Yentl (1983) • Original Song: • • • • • •

"The Windmills of Your Mind" from The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) (won) "What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" from The Happy Ending (1969) "Pieces of Dreams" from Pieces of Dreams (1970) "Breezy's Song" from Breezy (1973) "Yesterday's Dreams" from Falling in love again (1980) "The Way He Makes Me Feel" from Yentl (1983)

Grammy Award Nominations • • • • • • • •

Best arrangement accompanying vocalist: Happy Ending (Sarah Vaughn) (1972) Song of the year: "The Summer Knows" from Summer of '42 (1972) Best instrumental composition: "Brian's Song" [TV] (1972) Best original score written for a motion picture or television special: The Three Musketeers (1974) Best instrumental composition: "Images" (1982) Best jazz performance by a Big Band: "Images" (1982) Best original score album: Yentl (1983) Best instrumental arrangement accompanying vocals: Yentl (Barbra Streisand) (1983)

Theatre Nominations • Tony Award for Best Original Score: Amour (2002) • Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Original Score: Amour (2002)

Emmy Award Nominations • Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Limited Series or a Special (Dramatic Underscore): "A Woman Called Golda" [TV] (1982)

Fennecus Nominations • Song score, original or adaptation: Yentl (1983) • Original song: "The Way He Makes Me Feel" from Yentl (1983)

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Apex Nominations • Original score, comedy: Best Friends (1982) • Original song, drama: "The Way He Makes Me Feel" from Yentl (1983) • Original song score/adaptation/compilation, drama: Yentl (1983)

Australian Film Institute Award nominations • Best Original Music Score: Dingo (1991)

Prix Moliere Award (France) • Best musical: Le Passe-Muraille

ASCAP (The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) • Henry Mancini Award for Le Passe-Muraille

Golden Eagle Award • Outstanding contribution to world cinema (2002)

References [1] Biography of Michel Legrand (http:/ / www. rfimusique. com/ siteen/ biographie/ biographie_7467. asp) Radio France Internationale, retrieved December 26, 2009 [2] Chinen, Nate (March 10, 2007). "Music in Review; Michel Legrand" (http:/ / query. nytimes. com/ gst/ fullpage. html?res=9F00E7D91331F933A25750C0A9619C8B63& ref=michellegrand). New York Times. . Retrieved December 9, 2011. [3] "Michel Legrand" (http:/ / www. songwritershalloffame. org/ exhibits/ C143). Songwriters Hall of Fame. . Retrieved December 9, 2011. [4] Yanow, Scott. "Michel Legrand" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ artist/ legrand-p6967). allmusic. . Retrieved December 9, 2011. [5] Shelokhonov, Steve. "Michel Legrand" (http:/ / www. imdb. com/ name/ nm0006166/ bio). imdb. . Retrieved December 9, 2011. [6] Paste Magazine :: Feature :: Band of the Week: Beach House (http:/ / www. pastemagazine. com/ action/ article/ 6618/ feature/ music/ band_of_the_week_beach_house) [7] Whitburn, Joel (2000). Top Pop Singles 1955-1999. Record Research (Menomonee Falls, WI). p.371. ISBN 0-89820-193-X [8] Brantley, Ben. "Theater Review: A French Milquetoast's Talent Lights the Fuse of Mischief" (http:/ / theater2. nytimes. com/ mem/ theater/ treview. html?pagewanted=print& res=9C04E0D91E3DF932A15753C1A9649C8B63) The New York Times, October 21, 2002 [9] "'Amour' Broadway Listing" (http:/ / www. ibdb. com/ production. asp?id=13406)Internet Broadway Database, accessed December 9, 2011 [10] Gans,Andrew. It's a "Legrand Affair" for Melissa Errico: New CD Due in Stores Oct. 18; Plus EXCLUSIVE Video" (http:/ / www. playbill. com/ news/ article/ 155522-Its-a-Legrand-Affair-for-Melissa-Errico-New-CD-Due-in-Stores-Oct-18-Plus-EXCLUSIVE-VIDEO)playbill.com, October 18, 2011 [11] Suskin, Steven. ON THE RECORD: Melissa Errico's "Legrand Affair," Michael Feinstein's "Sinatra Project," Plus "Carols for a Cure" (http:/ / www. playbill. com/ features/ article/ 156936-ON-THE-RECORD-Melissa-Erricos-Legrand-Affair-Michael-Feinsteins-Sinatra-Project-Plus-Carols-for-a-Cure)playbill.com, November 27, 2011 [12] "New Musical From ‘Les Miz’ Team" (http:/ / www. nytimes. com/ 2007/ 07/ 10/ theater/ 10arts-NEWMUSICALFR_BRF. html)The New York Times, July 10, 2007 [13] Billington, Michael. "People Thought We Were Mad" (http:/ / arts. guardian. co. uk/ print/ 0,,330163833-123425,00. html) The Guardian (London), 10 July 2007

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External links • Biography of Michel Legrand (http://www.rfimusique.com/siteen/biographie/biographie_7467.asp), from Radio France Internationale • Michel Legrand (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006166/) at the Internet Movie Database • Michel Legrand (http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=12036) at the Internet Broadway Database • non official website of Michel Legrand (http://michlegrand.free.fr) (French)+(English)

Pierre Yves Lenik Pierre Yves Lenik (born 27 July 1958) is a French composer, known for his work in French documentaries. His work included the scores for TV series :Régis l'éventreur [1]' by Georges Combe and TV documentaries : Le juste NON [2] Documentary by Caroline Buffard (2000), La vie en question [3] Documentary by Caroline Puig-Grenetier (2009), Entre désir et incertitude Documentary by Abdelkader Lagtaâ (2010). He is now working on English language films : Prediction [4] Short film directed by John Jennissen (2010). He won two (Best musical awards) at (Le Creusot film festival) for his work on : (La formation en quatre actes) by Olivier Xueref (1992) and (L'esprit et la matiere)' by Arielle Mémery (2000).

Biography Pierre Yves Lenik obtained a degree in history at Lumière University Lyon 2. In 1981, he attended the SERAV film course directed by Ange Casta (French director). He previously attended the Lyon Conservatory of Music teacher's course Charles Montaland and learned the rules of harmony, but his formal musical education really began when he met Gabriel Yared in 1984, and learned the rules of music composition and counterpoint from Julien Falk.

Advertising Since 1984, he had collaborations with folk music and classical musicians, and also contributed to many radio and TV jingles, such as ANPE (from 2004 to 2009) and Société Générale (since 2005) jingles.

Selected filmography • Prediction Short film by John Jennissen (2010) original score (uk) • Entre désir et incertitude [5] Documentary by Abdelkader Lagtaâ (2010) original score • La vie en question (Bioethics) Documentary by Caroline Puig-Grenetier (2009) original score

Awards • Best Film Music : La formation en quatre actes (1992) by Le Creusot film festival • Best Film Music : L'esprit et la matiere (2000) by Le Creusot film festival

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References [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

http:/ / www. imdb. fr/ name/ nm3659493/ http:/ / www. fipa. tm. fr/ en/ programmes/ 2000/ scf_00977. htm http:/ / www. ktotv. com/ videos-chretiennes/ emissions/ documentaire/ documentaire-la-vie-en-question/ 00043536/ http:/ / www. imdb. com/ title/ tt1754372/ fullcredits#cast http:/ / web. me. com/ pylcomposer/ Lagtaa/ Theaters. html

• Le juste NON (http://www.fipa.tm.fr/en/programmes/2000/scf_00977.htm) • La vie en question (http://www.ktotv.com/videos-chretiennes/emissions/documentaire/ documentaire-la-vie-en-question/00043536/) • L'esprit et la matière (http://www.festival-du-creusot.com/old/article.php3?id_article=17/) • Régis l'éventreur (http://www.imdb.fr/name/nm3659493/)

External links • Official Site (http://www.pylcomposer.com/) • Pierre Yves Lenik (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3659493/) at the Internet Movie Database • French Wikipedia

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Jérôme Leroy

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Background information Born

September 2, 1981 Paris, France

Genres

Classical, film music

Occupations Composer, conductor, orchestrator Years active 1995-present

Jérôme Leroy (born on September 2, 1981) is a film composer, orchestrator and conductor currently living in Los Angeles, California, U.S..

Early life and family Jérôme Leroy was born on September 2, 1981, in Paris, France. He was first introduced to music as a young child playing the piano. He started serious study and practice at age five and at age fourteen turned to composition. Leroy attended high school at Lycée Claude Monet in Paris, where he took traditional music history classes with Annick Chartreux, a French conductor and composer, and performed in numerous concerts as a pianist and singer. The growth of the Internet in these years pushed him to keep in touch with new technologies, giving him useful technical skills early on. After having written various chamber pieces in his teens (his minimalist duology, 2017, was premiered at the Conservatoire Municipal de Paris Maurice Ravel and at Lycée Claude Monet in 1999), he applied in 2001 for the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, for which he was awarded the Berklee Entering Student Scholarship.

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Berklee College of Music At Berklee, his Invention in G was selected by the Berklee Composition Faculty to be premiered by pianist Marti Epstein, and, in 2004, his string quartet Triage was selected to be performed by the world-class Esterhazy Quartet at Berklee's David Friend Recital Hall. Leroy used his experience as orchestra manager to found the first student-run classical orchestra[1] at Berklee, which produced its first recording in April 2004. In fact, Leroy carefully planned out the orchestra's structure so that it would continue after his graduation. Jérôme Leroy rehearsing the College Repertory Orchestra at Berklee.

While in Boston, he also joined a community theater company, The Longwood Players. In the Spring of 2004, he was Orchestra Manager and Arranger on their production of Stephen Sondheim's Company, and was appointed conductor in Spring 2005 on their production of La Cage aux Folles.[2]

Hollywood In May 2005, Jérôme Leroy graduated from Berklee College of Music. Encouraged by his peers and teachers, he decided to move to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the field. Once on the West Coast of the United States, he started working as a technician for various composers. This led him to meet John Frizzell, who eventually gave him his first orchestration opportunity on a TV film (A Little Thing Called Murder), and a few weeks later on a feature film (Stay Alive). In April 2006, Leroy started working for composer and orchestrator William Ross, (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Ladder 49, Tuck Everlasting), and did music preparation on a score composed by Alan Silvestri. Around the same period, he also re-orchestrated a suite from Conan The Barbarian (Basil Poledouris), to be performed under the composer's direction in July 2006, at the second International Film Music Conference in Ubeda, Spain. Leroy attended Summer conducting courses at UCLA Extension in 2006, where he studied with Eimar Noone. He is also the creator of CreateFilmScores.net, an independent weblog which provides daily Film Scoring technical news to its readers, started in October 2006.[3] Since then, Leroy focused his work on movie music orchestration with First Born in 2006, Primeval and The Reaping, composed by John Frizzell, and Feast and Finding Rintintin composed by Steve Edwards in 2007. The same year Leroy orchestrated the movie music Say It in Russian composed by Pinar Toprak.

79th Academy Awards In 2007 Jérôme Leroy worked as orchestrator and assistant to music director William Ross for the 79th Academy Awards.

Notable works Film Music Orchestrations • Conan The Barbarian (Suite for Orchestra, partial re-orchestration, 2006) • A Little Thing Called Murder (2006) • Stay Alive (2006) • First Born (2006) • Feast (2006) • Primeval (2007)

Jérôme Leroy • • • • •

Finding Rintintin (2007) The Reaping (2007) Say It in Russian (2007) Our Lady of Victory (post-production) (2008) Order of Redemption (post-production) (2008)

Short Films • Mille balles à gratter (directed by Matthieu Santelli, France, 2004) • Heures Sup (directed by Matthieu Santelli, France, 2006)

Notes [1] "Creation of the College Repertory Orchestra at Berklee College of Music" (http:/ / www. croboston. org/ aboutcro/ briefhistory. html). . Retrieved April 2, 2007. [2] "Theatermirror.com: Reviews of Current Productions" (http:/ / www. theatermirror. com/ CRlacagelongwood. htm). . Retrieved April 21, 2007. [3] "Announce of the creation of CreateFilmScores.net on Createdigitalmusics.com" (http:/ / createdigitalmusic. com/ tag/ scoring/ ). . Retrieved April 21, 2007.

References • "Jérôme Leroy Biography on the official website" (http://www.jeromeleroy.com/biography.php). Retrieved September 5, 2005. • "Leroy Biography on the Hollywood.com" (http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Jerome_Leroy/3487990). Retrieved April 21, 2007. • "Biography on Yahoo!Movies" (http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1809692667). Retrieved April 21, 2007. • Jérôme Leroy (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2108688/) at the Internet Movie Database

External links • Jeromeleroy.com (http://www.jeromeleroy.com) • CreateFilmScores.net (http://www.createfilmscores.net)

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Laurent Levesque Laurent Levesque (born January 28, 1970 in Lyon, France) is a film score composer. He started the piano at 4 and graduated at 17 from the French national music school academy with 5 first prizes. He then became a teacher, played the piano in several symphonic orchestras and was an accompanist for the singers at the Opéra National de Lyon. When he went to perform in New York, he met Philip Glass who introduced him to orchestral writing and allowed him to stay in his home for several months. His first experience in composition for a movie was with the director Costa-Gavras in 2001 for his controversial movie Amen. He has since composed more than 30 soundtracks.

External links • Laurent Levesque [1] on Internet Movie Database • Laurent Levesque, official website [2] (French and English)

References [1] http:/ / french. imdb. com/ name/ nm1600916 [2] http:/ / www. levebox. com

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Krishna Levy Krishna Levy Born

May 27, 1964 New Delhi, India

Occupation Film score composer Website http:/ / krishnalevy. free. fr

Krishna Levy, born on May 27, 1964, in New Delhi (India), is a French film score composer.

External links • Krishna Levy fan site [1] (in both French and English) • Krishna Levy [2] on Internet Movie Database

References • Interviews [3] at krishnalevy.free.fr [1] • CD booklets

References [1] http:/ / krishnalevy. free. fr [2] http:/ / french. imdb. com/ name/ nm0506500 [3] http:/ / krishnalevy. free. fr/ Interv_e. htm#interv

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Background information Birth name

Mehdi Favéris-Essadi

Born

20 January 1977 Hauts-de-Seine, France

Died

13 September 2011 (aged 34) Paris, France

Genres

hip hop, electro

Occupations musician Labels

Ed Banger Records

Website

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Mehdi Favéris-Essadi (20 January 1977 – 13 September 2011[2] ), better known by his stage name DJ Mehdi, was a French hip hop and electro producer of mixed French and Tunisian origin.

Biography Mehdi was born of Tunisian background in Hauts-de-Seine, the northwestern suburbs of Paris. He was a former disc jockey of the groups Different Teep (ex-group of Manu Key & Lil Jahson), Ideal J and former member of the collective the Mafia K'1 Fry. He was also a long time the quasi-appointed producer of the group 113 and carried out the nearly all the production of the albums for Different Teep and Karlito. Amid his work, Mehdi had remixed various electronic acts and composition soundtracks for many French and international films. After having been recognized for his efforts and budding into one of the French underground hip hop music scene’s premier producers, DJ Mehdi henceforth pushed boundaries by mixing hip hop and electronic music. He collaborated with such notable artists as Daft Punk, Cassius, MC Solaar, Futura 2000, Asian Dub Foundation and Chromeo among others.[3] “Coming from a rap music background, it’s always nice to collaborate within other music genres…Paris is very inspiring because a lot of people are making great stuff, music and in other arts related fields also. My music and philosophies revolve around beats and blues, that’s how I would try to describe it.” Signing to cross-genre label Ed Banger Records, Mehdi and Pedro Winter (aka Busy P) were working on various disco-hop sounds the two as far back as 1997. Together they hosted a very successful monthly night at former Paris nightspot Pulp. “I like to be the DJ, I love it so much. I love to try new things. You would never get into this business to be bored, or you would hope not.” Mehdi released his first full-length LP in 2002 The Story of Espion, followed by his second album, Lucky Boy, in August 2006. With the popularity of cross genre hip hop into such areas as indie and electronic music, popularization by Timbaland and other labels from the United States in more recent years had assisted to bridge the gap between dance genres.

DJ Mehdi Mehdi's single "I Am Somebody" was used in a 2007 American commercial for XM radio. More recently, DJ Mehdi was part of a group of friends and DJ's collectively known as "Club 75" which includes Cassius, Busy P and Xavier de Rosnay (Justice). He launched a project together with Riton in 2010 that was titled "Carte Blanche". Mehdi died on September 13, 2011, when the roof of his Paris home collapsed while he was celebrating Riton's birthday with a group of friends on the roof. Mehdi was the only fatality, while three others were injured.[4] [5]

Discography Albums Ideal J • Original Mc's Sur Une MIssion (1996) • Le Combat Continue (1998) 113 • Ni barreaux, ni barrières, ni frontières (1998) • Les Princes De La Ville (1999) • Fout La Merde (2002) Karlito • Contenu Sous Pression (2001) Mapei • Cocoa Butter Diaries (2009) Solo work • • • •

The Story Of Espion (2002) Des Friandises Pour Ta Bouche (2005) Lucky Boy (2006) Lucky Boy at Night (2007)

Singles • • • • • • •

"Wonderbra" ("Paradisiaque", Mc Solaar) (1997) "Classik" / "Au Fond De Mon Cœur" / "Esclave 2000" ("Touche D'Espoir", Assassin) (2000) "A L'Anciene" / "Les Points Sur Les I Remix" ("Les Points Sur Les I", Intouchable) (2000) "Le Ssem" / "Le Jeu de La Mort" ("La Vie Avant La Mort", Rohff) (2001) "Couleur Ebène" ("Ouest Side", Booba) (2006) "I am Somebody" ("I am Somebody", DJ Mehdi, real: So_Me) (2007) "Signatune" (2007)

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1997 Koma – "Realite Rap" (DJ Mehdi RMX) 1998 113 – "Les Evadés" (Remix) 1999 Cassius – "Feeling for You" (Cambridge Circus Mix) 2000 Joakim Lone Octet – "Oleg Dans Les Bois" (DJ Mehdi Remix) 2000 Manu Key – "Si Tu Savais" (Remix) 2001 Akhenaton – "K (AKH)" (DJ Mehdi Remix/DJ Mehdi Instrumental Remix) 2002 Next Evidence – "Dance On" (DJ Mehdi Remix/DJ Mehdi's Dub) 2002 Etienne de Crécy – "Out of My Hands" (DJ Mehdi Remix) 2003 Asian Dub Foundation – "Fortress Europe" (Techno Organisation Remix) 2004 Wayne Shorter – "Footprints" (Dub aka DJ Mehdi Remix) 2006 Architecture in Helsinki – "In Case We Die" 2006 New Young Pony Club – "Ice Cream" (DJ Mehdi Remix) 2007 Outlines- "Just a Lil' Lovin" (album) 2008 Sam Sparro – "21st Century Life"" (DJ Mehdi Secret Disco Dub) 2009 Erol Alkan & Boys Noize – "Death Suite" (DJ Mehdi's Simple Acid Edit) 2009 Miike Snow – "Burial" (DJ Mehdi Remix)

• 2009 Miike Snow – ANDY FING P. • 2010 Zombie Nation – Overshoot (DJ Mehdi Remix)

References [1] http:/ / www. myspace. com/ djmehdi [2] "Le producteur de hip-hop Dj Mehdi est décédé" (http:/ / www. ouest-france. fr/ ofdernmin_-Le-producteur-de-hip-hop-Dj-Mehdi-est-decede_6346-1988751-fils-tous_filDMA. Htm). Ouest-France. 13 September 2011. . Retrieved 13 September 2011. [3] InTheMix: DJ Mehdi - We're lucky boys and girls (http:/ / www. inthemix. com. au/ features/ 32131/ DJ_Mehdi_Were_lucky_boys_and_girls) [4] Huffingtonpost.com (http:/ / www. huffingtonpost. com/ 2011/ 09/ 13/ dj-mehdi-dead_n_959902. html) [5] DJmag.com (http:/ / www. djmag. com/ news/ detail/ 2986)

External links • DJ Mehdi (http://www.myspace.com/djmehdi) on Myspace • Discogs.com: DJ Mehdi (http://www.discogs.com/artist/DJ+Mehdi)

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Paul Misraki

Paul Misraki Paul Misraki (January 28, 1908 – October 29, 1998) was a French composer of popular music and film scores. Over the course of over 60 years, Misraki wrote the music to 130 films,[1] scoring works by directors like Jean Renoir, Claude Chabrol, Jacques Becker, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jean-Luc Godard, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Orson Welles, Luis Buñuel and Roger Vadim. For his work, he was made a Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur.

Biography and Film Career Born Paul Misrachi[2] in Constantinople, Turkey (now Istanbul) into a French Jewish family of Italian descent, Misraki showed an early aptitude for music. He went to Paris to study classical composition, and by the 1930s had become an established jazz pianist, arranger and writer of popular songs; around this time he began composing film scores, with his first known work being for Jean Renoir's first sound film, On purge bébé, for which he was uncredited. Like Renoir, Misraki fled France during the World War II German occupation. After a brief stay in Argentina, Misraki ended up in Hollywood, where he composed the music to all of Renoir's American films. After the war, Misraki returned to France, working busily throughout the 1950s, a period when he was routinely scoring half a dozen or more films a year. These included numerous films by Yves Allégret and Jean Boyer, as well as two films by Jacques Becker (Ali Baba et les quarante voleurs and Montparnasse 19) and Orson Welles' Mr. Arkadin. The 1960s saw Misraki slow down slightly, writing only 2-3 scores a year. During this period, he worked with many of the leading French directors of the period, including Jean-Luc Godard (on Alphaville), Jean-Pierre Melville (on Le Doulos) and Claude Chabrol, for whom he scored several films. Misraki composed intermittently throughout the last two decades of his life. He composed his last score at age 85;[3] by this point he had been working almost exclusively in television for several years. He died on natural causes at age 90 in Paris.

Career as Composer of Popular Songs Misraki first found acclaim as a composer and lyricist of popular songs. His first hit was 1934's "Tout va tres bien," and during his careers in France, America and Argentina he wrote successful songs in French, English and Spanish. In 1998,at the age of 90 years old,Mister Misraki collaborates with Singer Raquel Bitton on her American tribute to his songs in a CD entitled "In a Jazzy mood".

Other interests Outside of music, Misraki was interested in religion, Ufology and extraterrestrial life. Misraki was an early proponent of the ancient astronaut hypothesis. In 1962 Misraki published his book Les Extraterrestres in France[4] which was later reprinted in English under the title of Flying Saucers Through The Ages in 1965,[5] he first published the book under the pen name of Paul Thomas as he believed that if his real identity was revealed his reputation as a musician may of been damaged, however he later revealed his identity and the book was published under his real name under a number of American editions of the book. In the book Misraki claimed that angels from the Bible were aliens, that the Bible and other ancient texts are filled with many UFO flying saucer sightings, and that throughout human history there was intervention with extraterrestrial aliens. Misraki was also one of the first authors to suggest that apparitions may be UFO related phenomena.[6] The Ufologist Jacques Vallée studied some of Misraki's UFO theories and visited Misraki in Paris in September 1962 to discuss them with him, in his journals Vallée described Misraki as a "deeply reflective man" and a "religious scholar".[7]

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Paul Misraki Misraki was also a supporter of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and his theory of omega point, and wrote a number of papers on his work.[8]

References [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Paul Misraki (http:/ / www. imdb. com/ name/ nm0006201/ ) Paul Misraki: 1908-1998 (http:/ / www. jazzhouse. org/ gone/ lastpost2. php3?edit=920543541) Vérité en face, La (1993) (TV) (http:/ / www. imdb. com/ title/ tt0227760/ ) Profile of Paul Misraki in UFOs in the 1980s by Jerome Clark, Apogee Books, 1990 Flying Saucers Through the Ages, Paul Misraki (Paul Thomas), Tandem, G. Gibbons (Translator), new edition 1973, ISBN 9780426127222 Profile for Paul Misraki at UFO updates (http:/ / ufoupdateslist. com/ 1998/ nov/ m06-012. shtml) Jacques Vallee, Forbidden science: journals, 1957-1969, 1993, p. 60 INITIATION A "LA PENSEE DE TEILHARD" (http:/ / www. teilhard. org/ panier/ 1_fichiers/ formation1. MISRAKI. pdf)

External links • Maria from Bahia on Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Vtt_Hxjhc4)

Mister Bark Mister Bark (March 19, 1985), born Florian Lavoux, is a French film music composer. He is also a nude model.

Biography Mister Bark was born in Lyon, France. He discovered music at the age of two, by improvising on synthesizers and using samplers. Now Mister Bark composes and produces film music scores and albums.

Filmography • Objective Beauty - 2009 (release date unconfirmed) • L'aimante - 2005

External links • Mister Bark: official website [1] • Mister Bark: nude model [2]

References [1] http:/ / misterbark. com [2] http:/ / www. canadamodel. ca

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Georges Van Parys

Georges Van Parys Georges Van Parys (born Paris, 7 June 1902 – died there 27 January 1971) was a French composer of film music and operettas. Among his musical influences were the group Les Six, Maurice Ravel, and Claude Debussy. Later in his career he served as vice-president of the Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique. He is buried in the cemetery at Villiers-sur-Marne.

Partial filmography • • • • • • • •

Zouzou (1927) A Certain Mister (1950) Le Secret d'Hélène Marimon (1954) Escalier de service (1954) Les Intrigantes (1954) Mam'zelle Nitouche (1954) Scènes de ménage (1954) Les Impures (1954)

• • • • •

Les Diaboliques (1955) Papa, maman, ma femme et moi (1955) Comme un cheveu sur la soupe (1956) La Tour, prends garde ! (1958) Le Capitaine Fracasse (1961)

References This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the French Wikipedia.. The source given there was:

Further reading • Georges van Parys, Les jours comme ils viennent, Paris, Plon, 1969

External links • Georges Van Parys [1] at the Internet Movie Database

References [1] http:/ / www. imdb. com/ name/ nm0006330/

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Bernard Peiffer

Bernard Peiffer Bernard Peiffer (pie-fer) (October 23, 1922 – September 7, 1976) was a French jazz pianist, composer, and teacher. His nickname was "Le Most", for his piano skills.

Life Born in Épinal, France, Peiffer was raised in a musical family, with his father and uncle playing the violin and the organ, respectively. Starting piano at age nine, he studied under Pierre Maire, a student of Nadia Boulanger, and quickly demonstrated his brilliance by being able to play back long sections of classical music by ear. After winning the 1st Prize in Piano at the Paris Conservatory, Peiffer began his professional career at the age of twenty, playing with Andre Ekyan and Django Reinhardt. During World War II, he joined the French resistance after he witnessed the execution of a friend by the Gestapo in the streets of Paris. Soon afterward he was captured, and was incarcerated for over a year[1] . In the early 1950s he began a successful career, playing with Django[2] , leading his own quintet, composing film soundtracks, and essentially achieving celebrity status among the clubs of Paris, Monte Carlo and Nice, and eventually becoming nationally renowned. He released recordings on the EmArcy, Decca and Laurie Records labels. He moved to Philadelphia in 1954[3] with his wife Corine and daughter Rebecca. The subsequent loss of his third daughter (his first was from a previous marriage with singer Monique Dozo) profoundly affected him, resulting in the beautiful "Poem for a Lonely Child"[1] . The year 1962 saw the birth of his first son (and final child), Stephen. During his first years in America he achieved considerable success, performing at Carnegie Hall, Birdland, and the Newport Jazz Festival. During this time, critic Leonard Feather compared his playing to that of Art Tatum[1] . He released his last commercial album in 1965 and, after having kidney surgery a few years later, restricted himself to performing and teaching, mainly in Philadelphia. His students included Uri Caine[4] , Sumi Tonooka, Tom Lawton, and Don Glanden[5] . His last major appearance was at the 1974 New York/Newport Festival at Carnegie Hall[1] . He died on September 7, 1976, aged 53. A posthumous release, entitled Formidable...!, that spans twenty years of his career was released in 2006, produced by his student Don Glanden and son Stephen.

References [1] Glanden, Don (2006-04-04). "Bernard Peiffer: Formidable" (http:/ / www. allaboutjazz. com/ php/ article. php?id=21009). All About Jazz. . Retrieved 2010-12-19. [2] Dregni, Michael; Antonietto, Alain; Legrand, Anne (2007). Django Reinhardt and the Illustrated History of Gypsy Jazz. Trafford Publishing. pp. 30–36. ISBN 9781425118488. [3] Fox, Arnie (2006). Compendium of Over 2000 Jazz Pianists. Speck Books. p. 204. ISBN 9781933108100. [4] Schermer, Vic. "Meet Uri Caine" (http:/ / www. allaboutjazz. com/ iviews/ ucaine_1. htm). All About Jazz. . Retrieved 2010-12-19. [5] Schermer, Victor (2006-06-02). "The Bernard Peiffer Legacy" (http:/ / www. allaboutjazz. com/ php/ article. php?id=21669). All About Jazz. . Retrieved 2010-12-20.

External links • Peiffer web site (http://www.bernardpeiffer.com/home.html)

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Jean-Claude Petit

Jean-Claude Petit Jean-Claude Petit (born 14 November 1943) is a French composer and arranger, born in Vaires-sur-Marne. After accompanying jazzmen in his childhood, Petit went to the Conservatoire de Paris, where he studied harmony and counterpoint. He did the string arrangements for Mink DeVille's Le Chat Bleu album, as well as orchestrating the backing parts to some French pop singles in the mid- to late 1960s, including those of Erick Saint-Laurent and yé-yé girls Christine Pilzer and Monique Thubert. In 1973 he composed La leçon de Michette, a delicious, short song: it was so famous in Italy, because it had been used for a soundtrack of a well-known Carosello (the Italian TV spot broadcast) from 1973 to 1976. 1979 saw his first major film soundtrack commission (Alexandro Jodorowsky's Tusk), but he had been releasing solo records at least a decade earlier, including at least four for the Chappell Music Library, as well as his album Chez Jean-Claude Petit, released in the early 1970s. In addition, he was a frequent collaborator with French film music composer Jack Arel: the pair's most well-known production, "Psychedelic Portrait", was featured in an episode of the cult TV series The Prisoner. His highly acclaimed score for Cyrano de Bergerac remains perhaps his best known work internationally. In 1995 he was nominated for a Victoires de la Musique award in soundtrack of the year for L'Etudiante Etranger.[1]

Filmography • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

1979: Tusk 1982: Lively Social Life 1985: Billy-Ze One-Kick 1986: Jean de Florette 1986: Manon des Sources (US title: Manon of the Spring) 1987: Fucking Fernand 1988: Savannah 1990: Cyrano de Bergerac 1990: Uranus 1991: Always Alone 1991: Mayrig 1992: 588, Street Paradises 1992: The Zebra 1992: The Playboys 1994: In Antonin Company Artaud 1995: The Horseman on the Roof 1996: Beaumarchais The Insolent One 1997: Sirs, The Rock Children 1998: Paddy 2000: Lumumba 2002: Like Your Father 2004: Podium 2007: Dance With Him

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References [1] "The Nominees" (http:/ / books. google. com/ books?id=sgsEAAAAMBAJ& pg=PA46& dq="Jean-Claude+ Petit"& hl=en& ei=xP2XTMuIKsO78gb6m52dDA& sa=X& oi=book_result& ct=result& resnum=3& ved=0CC4Q6AEwAg#v=onepage& q="Jean-Claude Petit"& f=false). Billboard. 28 January 1995. p. 46. . Retrieved 21 September 2010.

External links • IMDb entry (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006223/) • Jean-Claude Petit discography at Rateyourmusic.com (http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/jean_claude_petit)

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Michel Portal

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Michel Portal Michel Portal

Background information Born

25 November 1935 Bayonne, France

Genres

Jazz Classical

Occupations

Musician, composer

Instruments

Saxophone, clarinet

Years active

1969 - present

Michel Portal (born 25 November 1935 in Bayonne, France) is a composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist. Portal studied clarinet at the Conservatoire de Paris. He also studied conducting with Pierre Dervaux.[1] During August 1969, Portal played on several of the recordings in Stockhausen's cycle of intuitive works, Aus den sieben Tagen. Portal might be noted most for scoring music to film, and has won the César Award for Best Music Written for a Film three times. His first win was for the music to The Return of Martin Guerre. He plays both jazz and classical music and is considered to be one of the architects of modern European jazz. In 1969, Portal co-founded the free improvisation group New Phonic Art with Vinko Globokar, Jean-Pierre Drouet and Carlos Roque Alsina.

References [1] Free Improvisation: New Phonic Art 1973, Deutsche Grammophon, 1974, p. 4

External links • Michel Portal (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006233/) at the Internet Movie Database • Michel Portal - All About Jazz (http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=18096) • Michel Portal Official Website, Dreyfus Records (http://www.dreyfusrecords.com/discs_ns.php?a=17&l=0)

Roger Roger

Roger Roger Roger Roger (5 August 1911 - 12 June 1995) was a French film composer and bandleader.[1] His aliases included: Eric Swan, Cecil Leuter, the last being a pseudonym he used for his electronic productions. He was one of the first with Pierre Henry and Jean-Jacques Perrey to experiment with the Moog synth; his Pop Electronique album was released in 1969,[2] five years after Bob Moog put his synth on the market. Roger died in Paris in 1995. Since his death, renewed interest in light music has seen several CD albums released, both in dedicated albums and in compilations, including memorable test card music that was used by the BBC in the 1970s. He is listed as the composer for two episodes of the 1954 Flash Gordon series, and for series incidental music at: • http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0140738/combined • http://www.classicthemes.com/50sTVThemes/themePages/flashGordon.html One episode of which MAY be • http://www.liketelevision.net/liketelevision/tuner.php?channel=248&format=tv&theme=guide

Footnotes [1] Bio @ http:/ / www. spaceagepop. com/ (http:/ / www. spaceagepop. com/ roger. htm) [2] Review @ http:/ / www. vadimmusic. com (http:/ / www. vadimmusic. com/ fiche. php?id=32)

External links • Roger Roger (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0736680/) at the Internet Movie Database • Roger Roger (composer) (http://www.discogs.com/artist/Roger+Roger) discography at Discogs • List Of Works At SPPF (http://www.sppf.com/bddphp/rech12.php?varArtiste=11063&total=356&tri=1& sens=&page=2&PHPSESSID=a922e2d8ff24b279bec5e5713ae693c6) • List Of Works At ASCAP (http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results& searchstr=7962000&search_in=c&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=10&start=1)

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Philippe Rombi

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Philippe Rombi Philippe Rombi Born

3 April 1968 Pau, France

Occupation Film composer Website http:/ / prombi. free. fr

Philippe Rombi, born on 3 April 1968 in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, is a French film score composer. His score for Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis was nominated for best original score for a comedy film at the fifth International Film Music Critics Association (IFCMA) Awards for Excellence in 2008.[1]

Filmography Music Score Year

Film

Director

2011

Rien à déclarer

Dany Boon

2010

Potiche

François Ozon

2009

Ricky

François Ozon

2008

Un homme et son chien

Francis Huster

La fille de Monaco

Anne Fontaine

Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis

Dany Boon

Du jour au lendemain

Philippe Le Guay

Angel

François Ozon

2006

La Maison du Bonheur

Dany Boon

2005

Joyeux Noël

Christian Carion

2004

Mensonges et trahisons et plus si affinités... Laurent Tirard

2007

The Role of Her Life

François Favrat

Comme une image

Agnès Jaoui

Swimming pool

François Ozon

Le coût de la vie

Philippe Le Guay

Jeux d'enfants

Yann Samuell

Une hirondelle a fait le printemps

Christian Carion

Oui, mais...

Yves Lavandier

2000

Sous le sable

François Ozon

1999

Les Amants Criminels

François Ozon

2003

2001

Other notes

Philippe Rombi

External links • Philippe Rombi fan site [2] (in both French and English) • Philippe Rombi [3] on Internet Movie Database

References [1] IFMCA announces its 2008 nominees for scoring excellence (http:/ / filmmusiccritics. org/ 2009/ 01/ ifmca-announces-its-2008-nominees-for-scoring-excellence/ ), International Film Music Critics Association. Retrieved 2008-07-05. [2] http:/ / prombi. free. fr [3] http:/ / french. imdb. com/ name/ nm0739151

• Interviews (http://prombi.free.fr/Interv_e.htm#interv) at prombi.free.fr (http://prombi.free.fr) • CD booklets

Hubert Rostaing Hubert Rostaing (September 17, 1918 – June 10, 1990) was a jazz clarinetist and tenor saxophonist. He also did film composition and classical music. He began in Algiers with the "Red Hotters" and later moved to Paris. He might be best known for playing clarinet or saxophone in Django Reinhardt's quintet. His most known performance in that role might be his playing clarinet on Nuages. He later led a band, but after 1962 left jazz for film composing and classical music. He was orchestrator, conductor, or arranger for over 20 French films.

External links • Hubert Rostaing [1] at Allmusic • Hubert Rostaing [2] at the Internet Movie Database

References [1] http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ artist/ p120492 [2] http:/ / www. imdb. com/ name/ nm0744556/

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François de Roubaix

François de Roubaix François de Roubaix (April 3, 1939, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine – November 22, 1975, Tenerife, Canary Islands) was a French film score composer. Roubaix did not receive any formal education in music, but began studying jazz on his own at age 15, forming a band and learning trombone as an autodidact. His father, filmmaker Paul de Roubaix, made educational films, and offered to let François compose scores for them. His first film score was for a 1961 film by Robert Enrico; through the late 1960s and early 1970s he scored films for Enrico, Jose Giovanni, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jean-Pierre Mocky, and Yves Boisset. Notable in his style is his use of folk elements, as well as electronic musical instruments such as synthesizers and early drum machines. Roubaix had a home studio where he would overdub parts until he was satisfied with the result. He died in 1975 in a diving accident; in 1976, his score for Le Vieux Fusil was awarded a César Award.

Scores • 1961 : Thaumeatopoea, la vie des chenilles processionnaires du pin et de leur extermination controlée by Robert Enrico • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

1962 : Montagnes magiques by Robert Enrico 1964 : Contre-point by Robert Enrico 1964 : Strip-teaseuses ou ces femmes que l'on croit faciles by Jean-Claude Roy 1965 : Théâtre de la jeunesse : La redevance du fantôme (TV) by Robert Enrico 1965 : Les Survivants (TV series) by Dominique Genée 1966 : Les Chats by Philippe Durand 1966 : Elles by Alain Magrou 1966 : Les Combinards by Jean-Claude Roy 1966 : Les Grandes Gueules by Robert Enrico 1967 : La loi du survivant by José Giovanni 1967 : Les Poneyttes by Joel Lemoigne 1967 : Contacts by Dolorès Grassian 1967 : Des terrils et des Turcs by Jean-Michel Barjol 1967 : Les aventuriers (1967 film) by Robert Enrico 1967 : Rue barrée (TV series) by René Versini 1967 : La vie commence à minuit (TV series) by Yvan Jouannet 1967 : Les Chevaliers du ciel or Les Aventures de Michel Tanguy - Les aventures de Tanguy et Laverdure (TV series) by François Villiers 1967 : La Blonde de Pékin by Nicolas Gessner 1967 : Le Samouraï by Jean-Pierre Melville 1967 : Diaboliquement vôtre by Julien Duvivier 1968 : Le Paradis terrestre (TV series) 1968 : Tante Zita by Robert Enrico 1968 : Le Rapace by José Giovanni 1968 : Les Teenagers by Pierre Roustang 1968 : Les Secrets de la Mer Rouge (TV series) by Pierre Lary 1968 : Adieu l'ami by Jean Herman

• 1968 : Ho ! by Robert Enrico • 1968 : La Grande Lessive by Jean-Pierre Mocky • 1968 : Le Témoin

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1969 : Pépin la bulle (TV series) by Italo Bettiol, Stefano Lonati 1969 : Les Oiseaux sauvages (TV series) 1969 : Jeff by Jean Herman 1969 : 48 heures d'amour by Cécil Saint-Laurent 1969 : Que ferait donc Faber ? (TV series) by Dolorès Grassian 1969 : Les Étrangers by Jean-Pierre Desagnat 1970 : Les Amis by Gérard Blain 1970 : Une infinie tendresse by Pierre Jallaud 1970 : L'Étalon by Jean-Pierre Mocky 1970 : Dernier domicile connu by José Giovanni 1970 : Pour un sourire by François Dupont-Midy 1970 : La Peau de Torpedo by Jean Delannoy 1970 : Teva : Opération Gauguin (TV series) by Adolphe Sylvain 1970 : L'homme orchestre by Serge Korber 1970 : Les Novices by Guy Casaril 1971 : Où est donc passé Tom ? by José Giovanni 1971 : Un peu, beaucoup, passionnément by Robert Enrico

• 1972 : La Scoumoune by José Giovanni • 1974 : Chapi Chapo (TV series) • 1975 : Le Vieux Fusil by Robert Enrico

References • Roubaix [1] at Allmusic

References [1] http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ artist/ p211851

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Kamil Rustam

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Kamil Rustam Kamil Rustam

Background information Born

January 28, 1972

Origin

Amsterdam, Holland

Occupations

musician, record producer

Instruments

guitar, keyboards, bass

Years active

1979 – Present

Website

kamilrustam.com.com

[1]

Kamil Rustam is a French guitarist, composer, arranger, songwriter and producer whose musical career has made known as a prolific musician in many different styles. Rustam was born in Amsterdam, Holland, and moved at an early age to Paris, France where he worked extensively for most of the top pop French artists, earning the 1985 "Les Victoires De La Musique [2]" for Producer of the Year with his fellow producing partners Manu Katché and Gabriel Yared. He was also nominated as Best Studio Musician at the 1986 and 1987 "Les Victoires De La Musique [3]". He then moved to Los Angeles, California in 1996, where he has been busy working in the American entertainment industry.

Early life Growing up, Kamil Rustam had always been listening to the sounds of the guitar; his father, a student of Alexandre Lagoya and Ida Presti, would always play at home . But it was only when he discovered bands like The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Pink Floyd and Jimi Hendrix that he decided he wanted to become a guitar player. At seven years old, he enrolled in the "Conservatoire municipal du 14eme arrondissement" and studied classical guitar for 10 years while playing modern rock music with local bands.

Kamil Rustam

Career Session musician Kamil Rustam made himself famous for being able to play whatever style required and quickly became one of the most sought-after session guitarists in France in the 1980s and 1990s, earning him 2 nominations for Best Session Musician at the 1986 and 1987 "Les Victoires De La Musique". Producing / arranging career Kamil Rustam started his producing career when schoolmate Patrick Bruel asked him in 1984 to produce his first single "Marre de cette nana la" which sold over a million copies. He then produced numerous albums for best-selling French artists like Florent Pagny, Patricia Kaas and Phil Barney, and eventually got awarded Best Producer at the 1985 "Les Victoires De La Musique" for Michel Jonasz's Album "Unis Vers L'Uni" Band Preface From 1985 to 1988 Kamil Rustam was full-time member of the band Preface. The band included Manu Katché on drums and lead vocal.

Artists collaboration List of Artists Kamil Rustam has recorded written or performed with: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Gabriel Yared B. B. King Michael Brecker Yael Naïm Charles Aznavour Zazie Johnny Halliday Patrick Bruel Serge Gainsbourg Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Michel Berger Jean-Jacques Goldman Michel Jonasz Romano Musumarra Maurane Manu Katché MC Solaar David Foster Gabrial McNair Guy Roche Shy'm Cory Rooney David Halliday Humberto Gatica Patricia Kaas Lââm Bonnie Tyler

• Ben Vereen • Florent Pagny

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Francis Cabrel Celine Dion Jennifer Lopez Amel Bent Barbra Streisand Peter Gabriel Alejandro Sanz Shaggy Christophe Maé Charlotte Church Josh Groban Tony Braxton Enrique Iglesias Cher Merwan Rim Nolwenn leroy Vince Gill

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Leslie (singer) Youssou N'Dour Kelly Clarkson Bruce Willis Snoop Dogg Vitaa Anastacia Chrissie Hynde Sinéad O'Connor Jessica Simpson Aaron Neville France Gall James Ingram En Vogue Oleta Adams Vanessa Paradis Chimene Badi Francis Cabrel Deniece Williams Stephanie Mills Peabo Bryson Jeffrey Osborne

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Music and performances for films List ncludes songs and soundtrack) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

1988: Preuve d’amour [4] 1998: Black Mic Mac 2 [5] 1995: Les Truffes fr:Les Truffes 1997: La vérité si je mens [6] 1998: Taxi 1999: The Bone Collector 2000: Rugrats In Paris [7] 2000: Under Suspicion 2002: The Wild Thornberry's Movie [8] 2003: Rugrats Go Wild [9] 2006: Blood Diamond 2007: The Neighbor [10] 2008: Dark Streets [11] 2009: The Ministers [12] 2010: Lullaby for pi [13]

Awards • Best Co-Producer (winner): 1985 "Les Victoires De La Musique [2]" • Best Session Musician (nominee): 1986 "Les Victoires De La Musique [3]" • Best Session Musician (nominee): 1987 "Les Victoires De La Musique [3]"

External links • • • •

Official website [14] Kamil Rustam on Myspace [15] Kamil Rustam on YouTube [16] Kamil Rustam on All Music [17] Preface

Jean Yves d'Angelo | Manu Katche | Kamil Rustam Discography Studio Albums: Palace Hotel heure

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soundtracks: Black Mic Mac 2

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Kamil Rustam

References [1] http:/ / kamilrustam. com [2] http:/ / lesvictoires. com/ Victoires/ palmares/ palmares1985. html [3] http:/ / lesvictoires. com/ Victoires/ index. php [4] http:/ / us. imdb. com/ title/ tt0095898/ [5] http:/ / www. imdb. com/ title/ tt0094751/ [6] http:/ / www. imdb. com/ title/ tt0120471/ [7] http:/ / www. nick. com/ all_nick/ movies/ rugrats_paris/ ?_requestid=1799091 [8] http:/ / www. nick. com/ all_nick/ movies/ wildthornberrys/ [9] http:/ / www. imdb. com/ title/ tt0337711/ [10] http:/ / imdb. com/ title/ tt0978670/ [11] http:/ / imdb. com/ title/ tt0772165/ [12] http:/ / imdb. com/ title/ tt0880570/ [13] http:/ / www. imdb. com/ title/ tt1352380/ [14] http:/ / www. kamilrustam. com/ [15] http:/ / www. myspace. com/ kamilrustam [16] http:/ / www. youtube. com/ results?search_query=kamil+ rustam& search_type=& aq=f/ [17] http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ artist/ p280459/ credits [18] http:/ / www. bide-et-musique. com/ song/ 982. html

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Philippe Sarde

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Philippe Sarde Philippe Sarde Born

June 21, 1945 Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France

Genres

Film score

Occupations Composer Years active 1970 - present

Philippe Sarde (born 21 June 1945) is a French composer.

Biography Philippe Sarde was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France. He is the brother of Alain Sarde. He was a member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1988.

Selected filmography • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Touche pas à la femme blanche (Don't Touch The White Woman!) (1974) Lancelot du Lac (Lancelot of the Lake) (1974) Barocco (1976) The Tenant (1976) Tess (1979) Ghost Story (1981) Quest for Fire (La Guerre du feu) (1981) Harem (1985) Joshua Then and Now (1985) Mon beau-frère a tué ma soeur (1986) Pirates (1986) The Manhattan Project (1986) The Bear (L'Ours) (1988) Music Box (1989) Lord of the Flies (1990) Eve of Destruction (1991) Ponette (1996) Le Bossu (1997) Les témoins (2007)

External links • Philippe Sarde [1] at the Internet Movie Database

References [1] http:/ / www. imdb. com/ name/ nm0006271/

Éric Serra

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Éric Serra Éric Serra Birth name

Éric Serra

Born

9 September 1959 near Paris, France

Origin

Paris

Genres

Pop, dance, electronic

Occupations Songwriter, record producer, composer, President of EuroVoice European Music Contest Instruments Guitar, percussion, drums Years active 1970–present Labels

RXRA

Website

www.ericserra.com

[1]

Éric Serra (born on 9 September 1959) is a French composer. He has often worked on the movies of Luc Besson.

Biography Éric Serra's father Claude was a famous French songwriter in the 1950s and '60s, and, as such, Éric was exposed to music and its production at a young age. His mother died when he was just seven years old. In the early '80s, Serra met director Luc Besson and was asked to score his first movie Le Dernier Combat (1983). Serra has scored all of Besson's directed movies to date, except Angel-A (2005) (scored by Anja Garbarek), and several that Besson has written such as Wasabi. In 1995, Éric Serra was chosen to compose the score to the James Bond film GoldenEye, and produced a much more modern-sounding avant-garde soundtrack compared to previous Bond films. It met with mixed reviews from film critics. Serra's score is often criticized by Bond fans, and is considered the farthest departure from a traditional Bond score and the most inappropriate in the series history. The producers later hired John Altman to provide the music for the tank chase in St. Petersburg. Serra's original track for that sequence can still be found on the soundtrack as "A Pleasant Drive In St. Petersburg". Occasionally, and mainly due to his album released by this name, he is known in credits as RXRA (pronounced like his name, in French). An example is "Little Light of Love" on The Fifth Element soundtrack, which is credited to RXRA.

Other projects From 1980 to 1988, Éric Serra played bass guitar for French singer Jacques Higelin. Éric Serra is also a songwriter, notably having written "It's Only Mystery" for the film Subway and "My Lady Blue" for Le Grand Bleu. In 1988, Éric Serra released an album of rock music titled RXRA which resembles the artist's name when pronounced as initial letters in French. Most recently he composed the music for the new Criss Angel/Cirque Du Soleil show 'Criss Angel: Believe' to open at the Luxor Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, in October 2008.

Éric Serra

Onscreen appearances Serra has spent little time in front of the camera, choosing to work behind the scenes instead. However, on French television he has made a number of appearances performing music, and notably appeared in the Luc Besson movie Subway in which he plays 'Enrico the bassist'.

Film scores Éric Serra has created the scores for the following movies: • • • • • • • • •

Arthur and the War of the Two Worlds (2010) The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010) Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard (2009) Arthur and the Invisibles (2006) Bandidas (2006) Bulletproof Monk (2003) Rollerball (2002) Décalage horaire (2002) Wasabi (2001)

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L'Art (délicat) de la séduction (2001) The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) The Fifth Element (1997) (collaborating on its famous "Diva Dance" with opera singer Inva Mulla Tchako) GoldenEye (1995) Léon a.k.a The Cleaner a.k.a. The Professional (1994) Atlantis (1991) Nikita a.k.a. La Femme Nikita (1990) The Big Blue a.k.a. Le Grand Bleu (1988) (European version; a separate soundtrack composed by Bill Conti was created for the US version) Kamikaze (1986) Subway (1985) La Nuit du flingueur (1984) (TV) Le Dernier Combat (1983) L'Avant dernier (1981) (short film)

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External links • • • •

Official website [2] (English)(French) Éric Serra [3] at the Internet Movie Database Fan Site [4] Official Criss Angel Believe show website [5]

References [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

http:/ / www. ericserra. com http:/ / www. ericserra. com/ http:/ / www. imdb. com/ name/ nm0785385/ http:/ / www. swi. com. br/ asr/ serrae. shtml http:/ / www. cirquedusoleil. com/ believe/ en/ show/ creators. asp

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William Sheller

William Sheller William Sheller (born 9 July 1946) is a French classical composer and singer.

Biography William Sheller was born William Hand in Paris. He left school at 16 to study composition with teacher Yves Margat (himself a student of Gabriel Fauré) and later harmony, fugue and counterpoint at the Paris conservatoire. He turned to pop music after hearing the Beatles. Since then, he has had a successful career both as a classical composer and as a pop singer. His works often mix both genres. For example, some of his songs include carefully crafted orchestral passages (the Baroque introduction to Le nouveau monde) as well as instruments that are seldom found in pop music (such as a horn in Les miroirs dans la boue and a clarinet in Fier et fou de vous). On the other hand, his Lux æterna is written for orchestra, choir and rock band. He has toured several times with transcriptions of his songs for voice and orchestra as well as for voice and piano quintet. Additionally, he has also written film music and songs or arrangements for other artists (Dalida, Barbara... etc.).[1] [2] The "Introit" from his Lux æterna (1972) was heavily sampled for the title track from Deltron 3030 (2000), produced by Dan the Automator.

Music Classical Works • • • • • • • • • • •

1972: Lux æterna 1984: String quartets "Book 1 and 2" by "Quatuor Pasquier" 1985: Suite française 1990: Cello concerto 1992: Symphonie pour un jeune orchestre 1993: Trumpet concerto 1994: Symphonie alternative 1995: Symphonie de poche 2003: New recording of the string quartets "Book 1&2"+"Les Viennois" by "Quatuor Parisii" 2004: Symphony in three movements "Sully" 2006: Recording of symphonic works in Ostinato

Albums • • • • • • • • •

1975: Rock'n dollars 1976: Dans un vieux rock'n'roll 1977: Symphoman 1980: Nicolas 1981: J'suis pas bien 1982: Olympia 82 (live) 1983: Simplement 1984: Wiliam Sheller et le quatuor Halvenalf (live) 1986: Univers

• 1989: Ailleurs • 1991: Sheller en solitaire (live)

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William Sheller • • • • • • • • •

1993: Le nouveau monde 1994: Albion 1995: Olympiade (live) 2000: Les machines absurdes 2001: Live au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (live) 2004: Épures 2005: Parade au Cirque Royal (live – filmed concert, available on DVD) 2005: Chemin de traverse (totalling his 30 years of songs) 2008: Avatars

Singles • • • • • •

1968: Couleurs 1968: Les 4 saisons 1968: My year is a day (interpreted by Les Irrésistibles) 1969: Adieu Kathy 1969: Leslie Simone 1970: Living east, dreaming west

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1970: She opened the door 1976: Saint-Exupery airway 1976: Fier et fou de vous 1976: J'me gênerai pas pour dire que j't'aime encore 1976: La toccatarte (with Catherine Lara) 1976: Les petites filles modèles 1982: Message urgent 1982: Rosanna Banana 1983: Chanson lente 1983: Mon dieu que j'l'aime 1984: I keep movin'on 1993: Vienne 1998: Centre ville 2008: Tout ira bien

Compilations • • • •

1987: Master série 1993: Carnet de notes 1998: Tu devrais chanter 2004: Promenade française

Film Music • • • • •

1968: Soundtrack from the film Érotissimo 1980: Soundtrack from the film Retour en force 1981: Soundtrack from the film Ma femme s'appelle reviens 1993: Soundtrack from the film L'écrivain public 1997: Soundtrack from the film Arlette

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References [1] "William Sheller" (http:/ / www. rfimusique. com/ siteEn/ biographie/ biographie_6162. asp) RFI Musique. December 2008. Retrieved 14 December 2010. [2] Duboc, Olivier. "William Sheller" (http:/ / allmusic. com/ artist/ william-sheller-p141635/ biography). Allmusic. Retrieved 14 December 2010.

Martial Solal Martial Solal (born August 23, 1927, Algiers, French Algeria) is a French jazz pianist and composer, who is probably most widely known for the music he wrote for Jean-Luc Godard's debut feature film À bout de souffle (1960).

Biography Solal was the son of an opera singer and piano teacher, who learned the instrument from the age of six. After settling in Paris in 1950, he soon began Martial Solal in 2006, with his Newdecaband working with leading musicians including Django Reinhardt and expatriates from the United States like Sidney Bechet and Don Byas. He formed a quartet (occasionally also leading a big band) in the late 1950s, although he had been recording as a leader since 1953. Solal then began composing film music, eventually providing over twenty scores.[1] In 1963 he made a much admired appearance at the Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island; the Newport '63 album purporting to be a recording of this gig is actually a studio recreation. At this time, his regular trio featured bassist Guy Pedersen and drummer Daniel Humair. From 1968 he regularly performed and recorded with Lee Konitz in Europe and the United States of America. In recent years, Martial Solal has continued to perform and record with his trio. Throughout his career he has performed solo, and during 1993-94 he gave thirty solo concerts for French Radio, a selection of performances from which were subsequently released in a 2-CD set Improvise Pour Musique France by JMS Records. Solal has also written a piano method book entitled Jazz Works. Recently, the Gruppen review [2] published in its issue of January 2011 an exceptional "Interview" of a dozen pages in which Martial Solal returns on his work as eternal "researcher in jazz. "

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Martial Solal

Discography • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

1953 : The Complete Vogue Recordings, Vol. 1 – Trios And Quartet (Vogue/BMG, 1953–56) 1954 : The Complete Vogue Recordings, Vol. 2 – Trios And Solos (Vogue/BMG, 1954–56) 1955 : The Complete Vogue Recordings, Vol. 1 – Trio And Big Band (Vogue/BMG, 1955–58) 1965 : Solal Series – Zo-Ko-So (MPS) with Hans Koller and Attila Zoller 1970 : Sans Tambour Ni Trompette (RCA) 1971 : En Solo (RCA) 1974 : Jazz A Juan with Lee Konitz (Steeplechase) 1975 : Duo In Paris (Musica Records) with Joachim Kühn 1975 : Plays Ellington (Musica) 1976 : Movability (Pausa Records) with (Niels Pedersen) 1979 : Four Keys (Pausa Records) with (Lee Konitz) (John Scofield) and (Niels Pedersen) 1981 : Martial Solal Big band (Gaumont) 1983 : Bluesine (Soul Note) 1984 : Plays Hodeir (OMD) 1990 : Tryptique (Adda) 1993 : Solal-Lockwood (JMS)

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1993 : Improvisie Pour France Musique (JMS) 1994 : Triangle (JMS) with Marc Johnson and Peter Erskine 1997 : Just Friends (Dreyfus) with Gary Peacock and Paul Motian 1998 : Ballade du 10 Mars (Soul Note) 1998 : Jazz’n (e)motion (BMG/RCA) 2001 : Live at the Village Vanguard with François Moutin and Bill Stewart 2006 : Exposition sans tableau Martial Solal Newdecaband (Nocturne) 2007 : Solitude 2008 : Longitude with François Moutin and Louis Moutin 2008 : Live at the Village Vanguard

References [1] "Martial Solal filmography" (http:/ / www. imdb. com/ name/ nm0812606/ ). IMDb. . Retrieved 2007-12-30. [2] http:/ / www. revuegruppen. com/

External links • "A Half Century of Martial Solal" (http://www.jazz.com/dozens/the-dozens-a-half-century-of-martial-solal) by Thierry Quénum] (Jazz.com) • Martial Solal unreleased recordings, including Robert Kaddouch - Gruppen review (http://www.revuegruppen. com/gruppen/?p=403)

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Germaine Tailleferre

Germaine Tailleferre Germaine Tailleferre (19 April 1892 - 7 November 1983) was a French composer and the only female member of the famous composers' group Les Six.

Biography Born Marcelle Taillefesse at Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France, as a young woman she changed her last name to "Tailleferre" to spite her father who had refused to support her musical studies. She studied piano with her mother at home, composing short works of her own, after which she began studying at the Paris Conservatory where she met Louis Durey, Francis Poulenc, Darius Milhaud, Georges Auric and Arthur Honegger. At the Paris Conservatory her skills were awarded with prizes in several categories. Most notably Tailleferre wrote 18 short works in the Petit livre de harpe de Madame Tardieu for Caroline Tardieu, the Conservatory’s Assistant Professor of Harp. With her new friends, she soon was associating with the artistic crowd in the Paris districts of Montmartre and Montparnasse including the sculptor Emmanuel Centore who would eventually marry her sister Jeanne. It was in the Montparnasse atelier of one of her painter friends where the initial idea for Les Six began. The publication of Jean Cocteau's manifest Le coq et l'Arlequin resulted in Henri Collet's media articles that led to instant fame for the group, of which Tailleferre was the only female member. In 1923, Tailleferre began to spend a great deal of time with Maurice Ravel at his home in Monfort-L'Amaury. Ravel encouraged her to enter the Prix de Rome Competition. In 1925, she married Ralph Barton, an American caricaturist, and moved to Manhattan, New York. She remained in the United States until 1927 when she and her husband returned to France. They divorced shortly thereafter. Tailleferre wrote many of her most important works during the 1920s, including her 1st Piano Concerto, The Harp Concertino, the Ballets "Le marchand d'oiseaux" (the most frequently performed ballet in the repertoire of the Ballets Suédois during the 1920s) and "La nouvelle Cythère" which was commissioned by Diaghilev for the ill-fated 1929 season of the famous Ballets Russes, and "Sous le ramparts d'Athènes" in collaboration with Paul Claudel, as well as several pioneering film scores, including "B'anda" in which she used African themes. The 1930s was even more fruitful, with the Concerto for Two Pianos, Choeurs, Saxophones and Orchestra, the Violin Concerto, The Operas "Zoulaïna" and "Le marin de Bolivar",and her masterwork, "La cantate de Narcisse" in collaboration with Paul Valéry. Her work in film music included "Le petit chose" by Maurice Cloche and a series of documentaries. At the outbreak of World War II, she was forced to leave the majority of her scores at her home in Grasse, with the exception of her recently completed Three Études for Piano and Orchestra. Escaping across Spain to Portugal, she found passage on a boat that brought her to America where she lived the war years in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After the war, in 1946, she returned to her home in France where she composed orchestral and chamber music, plus numerous other works including the ballets "Paris-Magie" (with Lise Delarme) and "Parisiana" (for the Royal Ballet of Copenhaugen), The Operas "Il était un petit navire" (with Henri Jeanson), "Dolores", "La petite sirène" (with Philip Soupault, based on Hans Christian Andersen's story "The Little Mermaid") and "Le maître" (to a libretto by Ionesco), The Musical Comedy "Parfums", The Concerto des vaines paroles, for baritone voice, piano and orchestra, the Concerto for Soprano and Orchestra, the Concertino for Flute, Piano and Orchestra, the Second Piano Concerto, the Concerto for Two Guitars and Orchestra, her Second Sonata for Violin and Piano, her Sonata for Harp as well as an impressive number of film and television scores. The majority of this music was not published until after her death. In 1976, she accepted the post of accompanist for a children's music and movement class at the École alsacienne, a private school in Paris. During the last period of her life, she concentrated mainly on smaller forms, due to increasing

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Germaine Tailleferre problems with arthritis in her hands. She nevertheless produced the Sonate champêtre for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and piano, The Sonata for Two Pianos, Choral and Variations for Two Pianos or Orchestra, a series of children's songs (on texts by Jean Tardieu) and pieces for young pianists. Her last major work was the Concerto de la fidelité pour coloratura soprano and orchestra, which was premièred at the Paris Opera the year before her death. Germaine Tailleferre continued to compose right up until a few weeks before her death, on 7 November 1983 in Paris. She is buried in Quincy-Voisins, Seine-et-Marne, France.

Works See List of compositions by Germaine Tailleferre.

Selected bibliography • Janelle Gelfand "Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983) Piano and Chamber works", Doctoral Dissertation, 1999 University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music • Laura Mitgang "Germaine Tailleferre : Before, During and After Les Six" in The Musical Woman, Vol. 11 Judith Lang Zaimont, editor (Greenwood Press 1987) • Caroline Potter/Robert Orledge : Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983) : A Centenary Appraisal" Muziek & Wetenshap 2 (Summer 1992) pp. 109-130 • Robert Shapiro "Germaine Tailleferre : a bio-Bibliography" (Greenwood Press 1994) • Samuel Anthony Silva "In Her Own Voice: Exploring the Role of the Piano in the Deuxieme Sonate pour Violine et Piano by Germaine Taillferre", Doctoral Dissertation, 2008 University of Memphis Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music

External links • Suite Burlesque for piano duet (1981) [1] in Youtube

References [1] http:/ / www. youtube. com/ watch?v=15mzZj69wyE

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Frédéric Talgorn

Frédéric Talgorn Frédéric Talgorn (born July 2, 1961 in Toulouse, France) is a French composer for film and television. He studied music at the Paris Conservatoire where his teachers included Sabine Lacoraet and Yvonne Loriod, but he completed his studies on his own. In 1987 he moved to the United States where be began to compose film music[1] . He also wrote the official music to accompany the Olympic flame for the 1992 Winter Olympic Games. Notable film scores include Robot Jox, Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection, Heavy Metal 2000, and Fortress. He also has an extensive catalogue of concert music, and has often conducted his own works in concert and recording sessions. He has also conducted and recorded film scores of others with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.

Selected Works Concert Scores • Petite suite dans les idées for orchestra (Radio France commission) • Mandala for solio violin and orchestra • Concerto for Trumpet (1990, published Editions Leduc) • • • • •

Olympus, for brass and percussion ensemble Elegy for solo double bass and strings Vinum et Sanguinem (1993, cantata for choir, soloists, and small orchestra) Concerto for Percussion (1997) Wind Octet (1983)

Film Scores • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Intouchables (2011) Tellement Proches (2009) Les Enfants de Timpelbach (2009) Astérix at the Olympic Games (2008) Molière (2007) Président (2007) Les Aiguilles Rouges (2007) Anthony Zimmer (2005) RRRrrr!!! (2004) Leave your hands on my hips (2003) Young Indiana Jones (2000) The Devil's Arithmetic (2000) Heavy Metal 2000 Fortress (1998) Angels in the Endzone (1997) A Rat's Tale (1997) Robot Jox (1993) Le Brasier (1993) The Temp (1993) Delta Force 2 (1990)

• Robot Jox (1990) • Edge of Sanity (1989)

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External links • Frédéric Talgorn [2] at the Internet Movie Database • Official Frédéric Talgorn website [3] • Works published by the Dewolfe Music library [4] [1] [2] [3] [4]

Vinum et sanguinem (liner notes). France: Pierre Verany. 1995. http:/ / www. imdb. com/ name/ nm0848055/ http:/ / www. frederictalgorn. com http:/ / www. dewolfe. co. uk/ musicsearch/ search_1. php?fastfind_to_tracks%40fastfind_id=& keyword_to_track%40keyword=& tracks%40tracktitle=& tracks%40tempo=& tracks%40composer=Talgorn& tracks%40cdnumber=& tracks%40tracktype=m& composer_text=& submit=search

Alexandre Tansman Alexandre Tansman (12 June 1897, Łódź – 15 November 1986, Paris) was a Polish-born composer and virtuoso pianist. He spent his early years in his native Poland, but lived in France for most of his life. His music is primarily neoclassical, drawing on his Polish and Jewish heritage as well as his French musical influences.[1]

Early life and heritage Tansman was born and raised in the Polish city of Łódź during the era when Poland did not exist as an independent state, being part of Tsarist Russia. The composer wrote the following about his childhood and heritage in a 1980 letter to an American researcher: "... my father's family came from Pinsk and I knew of a famous rabbi related to him. My father died very young, and there were certainly two, or more branches of the family, as ours was quite wealthy: we had in Lodz several domestics, two governesses (French and German) living with us etc. My father had a sister who settled in Israel and married there. I met her family on my [concert] tours in Israel. ... My family was, as far as religion is concerned, quite liberal, not practicing. My mother was the daughter of Prof. Leon Gourvitch, quite a famous man."

Career Though he began his musical studies at the Łódź Conservatory, his doctoral study was in law at the University of Warsaw. Shortly after completing his studies, Tansman moved to Paris, where his musical ideas were accepted and encouraged by mentors and musical influences Igor Stravinsky and Maurice Ravel, as opposed to the more conservative musical climate in his native Poland. While in Paris, Tansman associated with a crowd of foreign-born musicians known as the École de Paris; though Honegger and Milhaud tried to persuade him to join Les Six, he declined, stating a need for creative independence. (Tansman later wrote a biography of Stravinsky that was extremely well received.) Tansman always described himself as a Polish composer, though he spoke French at home and married a French pianist, Colette Cras. In 1941, fleeing Europe as his Jewish background put him in danger with Hitler's rise to power, he moved to Los Angeles (thanks to the efforts of his friend Charlie Chaplin in getting him a visa), where he made the acquaintance of Arnold Schoenberg. Tansman composed the score for at least two Hollywood movies: Flesh and Fantasy, starring Barbara Stanwyck, and a biopic of the Australian medical researcher Sister Elizabeth Kenny, starring Rosalind Russell. He scored six films in all. He was nominated for an Academy Award in 1946 for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture, for Paris Underground (there was a huge field of 21 nominations, and the winner was Miklós Rózsa for Spellbound).

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Alexandre Tansman Though Alexandre Tansman returned to Paris after the war, his disappearance from the European musical scene left him behind the musical currents of the time, and no longer fresh in the minds of the public, which slowed his previously fast-rising career. No longer in tune with the French fashions, which had moved on to the avant-garde style, Tansman returned to his musical roots, drawing on his Jewish and Polish background to create some of his greatest works. During this time he began to reestablish connections to Poland, though his career and family kept him in France, where he lived until his death in 1986. According to the Paris-based Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs, Tansman used the name "Stan Alson" when he composed jazz music. Today the Alexandre Tansman Competition for promising musicians is held in his honor every other year in his birthplace of Łódź, in order to promote his music and the local culture.

Music Tansman was not only an internationally recognized composer, but was also a virtuoso pianist. From 1932-33 Tansman performed worldwide for audiences including Emperor Hirohito of Japan and Mahatma Gandhi; he was regarded as one of the greatest Polish musicians. Later he performed five concert tours in the United States, including as a soloist under Serge Koussevitsky with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, as well as having a thriving career in France as a concert performer. Tansman's music is written in the French neoclassical style of his adopted home, and the Polish styles of his birthplace, drawing on his Jewish heritage. Already on the edge of musical thought when he left Poland (critics questioned his chromatic and sometimes polytonal writing), he adopted the extended harmonies of Ravel in his work and later was compared to Alexander Scriabin in his departure from conventional tonality. One of Tansman's letters states that "it is obvious that I owe much to France, but anyone who has ever heard my compositions cannot have doubt that I have been, am and forever will be a Polish composer." After Chopin, Tansman may be the leading proponent of traditional Polish forms such as the polonaise and the mazurka; they were inspired by and often written in homage to Chopin. For these pieces, which ranged from lighthearted miniatures to virtuoso showpieces, Tansman drew on traditional Polish folk themes and adapted them to his distinctive neoclassical style. However, he did not write straight settings of the folk songs themselves, as he states in a radio interview: "I have never used an actual Polish folk song in its original form, nor have I tried to reharmonize one. I find that modernizing a popular song spoils it. It must be preserved in its original harmonization." He is perhaps best known for his guitar pieces, mostly written for Andrés Segovia—in particular the Suite in modo polonico (1962), a collection of Polish dances. Segovia frequently performed the work in recordings and on tour; it is today part of the standard repertoire. Tansman's music has been performed by musicians such as Segovia, Walter Gieseking, José Iturbi, Jane Bathori, Joseph Szigeti, Pablo Casals, Gregor Piatigorsky, and Igor Zubkovsky and most recently Chandos Records has increased his profile, with the start of a series of his orchestral works, recorded by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Oleg Caetani.

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Selected works Tansman's many hundreds of compositions include: • • • • • • • • • •

8 mélodies japonaises, voice and orchestra (1918) Le jardin du paradis, ballet, (1922) Légende, orchestra (1923) La nuit kurde, opera (1927) Piano Concerto no.2 (1927) Rapsodie hébraïque, orchestra (1933) Orchestration of Federico Mompou's piano suite Scènes d'enfants (1936) Violin Concerto (1937) Rapsodie polonaise, orchestra (1940) "Adam and Eve", Part 3 of Genesis Suite, for narrator and orchestra, collaboration with Arnold Schoenberg, Darius Milhaud, Igor Stravinsky, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Ernst Toch and Nathaniel Shilkret, after Genesis (1944) • Isaïe le prophète, choir and orchestra (1950) • Cavatine, guitar (1951) • Concerto for Orchestra (1954) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

4 mouvements symphoniques, orchestra (1956) Sabbataï Zévi, le faux messie, opera, (1957–8) Psaumes, tenor solo, choir, and orchestra (1960–61) Suite in modo polonico, guitar (1962) Cello Concerto (1963) Fantaisie pour Cello & Orchestre ou Piano Hommage à Chopin, guitar (1966) Stèle in memoriam Igor Stravinsky, orchestra (1972) Les dix Commandements, orchestra (1978–9) Hommage à Lech Walesa, guitar (1982) film music: Poil de Carotte (1932), Flesh and Fantasy (1942), Paris Underground (1945), Destiny (1945), Sister Kenny (1946), The Bargee (1964) 9 symphonies (1917, 1926, "Symphonie concertante" 1931, 1939, 1942, "In memoriam" 1944, "Lyrique" 1944,"Musique pour orchestre" 1948, 1957–8) 8 string quartets (1917, 1922, 1925, 1935, 1940, 1944, 1947, 1956) 7 Novelettes, piano Variations on a Scriabin Theme, Guitar

and his 2 works for solo bassoon and piano: • • • • • •

Sonatine Suite (1960) 24 Intermezzi for piano (1939-1940) Petite Suite for piano (1917-1919) Valse-Impromptu for piano (1940) La Toison d'or (The Golden Fleece), opera, 1938

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Selected recordings • Symphonies No.4, 5, 6. Melbourne Symphony Orchestra . Oleg Caetani. Chandos.

References [1] Pierre Guillot Hommage au compositeur Alexandre Tansman: (1897-1986)

Bibliography • Caroline Rae: "Alexandre Tansman". Grove Music Online, ed. L Macy, accessed 21 Mar 05. (subscription access) (http://www.grovemusic.com) • Anne Girardot, Richard Langham Smith: "Alexandre Tansman". Grove Music Online (OperaBase), ed. L Macy, accessed 21 Mar 05. (subscription access) (http://www.grovemusic.com) • usc.edu Polish composers: Tansman (http://www.usc.edu/dept/polish_music/composer/tansman.html) • Tansman competition biography (http://www.tansman.lodz.pl/alex.html)

External links • • • • •

Tansman Competition home page (http://www.tansman.lodz.pl/) Alexandre Tansman (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0849820/) at the Internet Movie Database Free scores by Alexandre Tansman at the International Music Score Library Project Irina Khovanskaia, Igor Zubkovski - cello/piano CD (http://kmt.pl/pozycja.asp?DZ=&KsID=4943&kstr=3) Alexandre Tansman String Quartett (http://www.tansman.art.pl/index.php?lang=en)

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Yann Tiersen

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Yann Tiersen Yann Tiersen

Background information Birth name

Guillaume Yann Tiersen

Born

23 June 1970

Origin

Brest, Brittany, France

Genres

Minimalist, Avant-Garde,

Occupations Musician, Songwriter Instruments Piano, Violin, Accordion, Guitar, Toy piano, Voice and various others. Years active 1995–present Labels

Virgin ANTIMute Records

Website

Official website

[1]

Yann Tiersen (born 23 June 1970) is a musician from France.[2] [3] His musical career is split between studio albums, collaborations and film soundtracks with a distinctive sound that is always involved. It can be recognized by its use of a large variety of instruments; primarily the guitar, synthesizer or violin together with instruments like the melodica, xylophone, toy piano, harpsichord, accordion and typewriter. Tiersen is often mistaken as a composer of soundtracks, himself saying "I'm not a composer and I really don't have a classical background,"[4] but his real focus is on touring and studio albums which just happen to often be suitable for film; his most famous soundtrack for the film Amélie was primarily made up of tracks taken from his first studio albums.[5]

Yann Tiersen

Biography Tiersen was born in Brittany, France, in 1970 and received classical training at several musical academies, including those in Rennes, Nantes, and Boulogne.[6] In the early 1980s as a teenager he was influenced by the post-punk culture of bands like The Stooges and Joy Division.[7] He has Belgian and Norwegian origins.[8] Before releasing scores under his own name, Tiersen recorded background music for a number of plays and short films, such as La Vie Rêvée des Anges (1998, Erick Zonca), Alice et Martin (1998, André Téchiné), Qui Plume la Lune? (Christine Carrière, 1999). He rose to domestic fame upon the release of his third album, Le Phare, but remained relatively unknown outside France until the release of his score for the film Amélie in 2001, which was a mixture of both new and previously released material. Tiersen favors the piano, accordion, and violin, but is also known for his experimentation and use of obscure and found instruments like the ondes martenot and the typewriter. Yann Tiersen's list of collaborators continues to grow album after album (see discography below for details). While composing his fifth album, L'absente, Tiersen lent his musical talent to Françoiz Breut and Les Têtes Raides for their own albums. His 2005 album, Les Retrouvailles, featured vocals from Stuart Staples of Tindersticks, Jane Birkin, and Elizabeth Fraser, formerly of Cocteau Twins. Tiersen also played piano on Staples' solo album, Lucky Dog Recordings 03-04. In 2004 he also released a collaborative CD with American singer-songwriter Shannon Wright. His live performances vary greatly. Sometimes he is accompanied by an orchestra and many guest collaborators, like Dominique A. Other times, he offers the more frequent minimalistic sessions, usually accompanied only by a drummer/bassist and a guitarist, with Tiersen switching seamlessly between piano, accordion, and violin for his lighter songs, and electric guitar for his louder pieces (where his Avant-Garde Music meet some rock sonorities). Lately, however, he has almost banished piano, accordion and violin and focused more on his electric guitar instead, as visible in his 2009-2010 Live Tours.[9] Yann Tiersen was married to Belgian actress Natacha Régnier, but they have since been divorced. They have a daughter, Lise born in 2002.

Dust Lane 2010 October 2010 saw the release of Tiersen’s sixth studio album titled Dust Lane.[10] The album was two years in the making and was largely recorded in Ushant, France.[10] Further parts were recorded in the Philippines. The album is preoccupied with mortality; during the recording sessions Tiersen lost his mother and a close friend.[10] The recordings started out as simple song based tracks with Tiersen playing acoustic guitar, mandolin and bouzouki.[10] New layers were added to the recordings creating a more complex sound. Then an array of vintage synthesisers and electric guitars were added to create further textures.[10] The album was released by Mute Records in Europe and Anti- Records in the US. The record was promoted in a tour beginning in October 2010, starting in New York.[11] Tiersen has been chosen by Jeff Mangum of Neutral Milk Hotel to perform at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival that he will curate in December 2011 in Minehead, England.[12]

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Discography Studio albums • La Valse des Monstres (1995) • Rue des Cascades (1996) • featured performer: Claire Pichet. • Le Phare (1998) • featured performers: Claire Pichet, Dominique A. • L'Absente (2001) • featured performers: orchestral group Synaxis, Lisa Germano, Sacha Toorop, Dominique A, Neil Hannon, Natacha Régnier, Têtes Raides • Les Retrouvailles (2005) • featured performers: Stuart Staples of Tindersticks, Jane Birkin, Elizabeth Fraser of Cocteau Twins, Christophe Miossec, Dominique A. • Dust Lane (2010) • Skyline (2011)

Soundtracks • Amélie Original Soundtrack (2001) • Good Bye Lenin! Original Soundtrack (2003) • featured performer: Claire Pichet. • Tabarly (2008)

Live albums • Black Session: Yann Tiersen (1999) • Black Session radio performance • featured performers: Neil Hannon (of The Divine Comedy), Bertrand Cantat (of Noir Désir), Françoiz Breut, The Married Monk, Têtes Raides and a string quartet. • C’était ici (2002) • live compilation album • featured performers: 35-member orchestral group Synaxis, conducted by Guillaume Bourgogne. Claire Pichet, Christine Ott, Christian Quermalet, Marc Sens, Nicholas Stevens, Jean-François Assy, Renaud Lhoest, Oliver Tilkin, Ronan le bars, Têtes Raides, Dominique A, Lisa Germano. • On Tour (2006) • featured performers: Elizabeth Fraser of Cocteau Twins, Diam's, Katel, DD la Fleur

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Singles and EPs • 3 titres inédits au profit de la FIDH (part of the On Aime, On Aide collection, composed to raise funds for the FIDH, sold exclusively at Fnac) (2003) • PALESTINE (vinyl EP) (2010)

Collaborations • Bästard (EP) (1999) • collaboration with Bästard • Tout est Calme (1999) • collaboration with The Married Monk • other featured performers: the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Lisa Germano, Neil Hannon (of The Divine Comedy), Dominique A, Françoiz Breut, Têtes Raides, Sacha Toorop (of Zop Hopop), the actress Natacha Regnier, Christian Quermalet (of The Married Monk), Marc Sens (a Serge Tessot-Gay collaborator), Christine Ott and a string quartet. • Yann Tiersen & Shannon Wright (2004) • collaboration with Shannon Wright. • This Immortal Coil - The Dark Age of Love (2010) • a tribute album to Coil • other members: Yaël Naim, Bonnie Prince Billy, Matt Elliott, DAAU, Chapelier Fou, Sylvain Chauveau, Christine Ott, Oktopus, Nightwood, David Donatien, and Nicolas Jorio.

Contributions • One Trip, One Noise (by Noir Désir) (1997) • "A ton étoile" (arrangements, strings, vibraphone, bell, mandolin, electric guitar and bass) • Vingt à Trente Mille Jours (by Françoiz Breut) (2000) • "Porsmouth" (vibraphone), "Vingt à trente mille jours" (vibraphone), "L'heure bleue" (violin), "Le verre pilé" (vibraphone); arrangements • Gratte-poil (by Têtes Raides) (2001) • "Cabaret des nues" (violin) • The Married Monk (by The Married Monk) (2001) • "Roma Amor" (strings, vibraphone), "Holidays" (strings) and "Cyro's Request" (vibraphone) • Les oiseaux de passage (tribute to Georges Brassens) • cover of "Le parapluie" with Natacha Régnier • Absent Friends (by The Divine Comedy) (2004) • "Sticks & Stones" (accordion); "Anthem for Bored Youth" (accordion), a track appearing only on the French limited edition • The Endless Rise of the Sun (by Smooth) (2006) • "The Endless Rise of the Sun" (keyboards) • Raides à la ville (by Katel) (2006) • "La Vielle" (violin) • 13m² (by David Delabrosse) (2006) • production and arrangements • Solitude Nomade (by Christine Ott) (2009) • "Pensées sauvages" (violin)

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DVDs • La Traversée (2005) (by Aurélie du Boys, about the recording and composition of Les Retrouvailles in Ouessant) • On Tour (2006) (by Aurélie du Boys, about the tour)

References [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

http:/ / www. yanntiersen. com Article in CafeBabel (http:/ / www. cafebabel. com/ de/ article. asp?T=T& Id=10595) (Deutsch) Yann Tiersen interview (http:/ / www. musicomh. com/ interviews/ yann-tiersen. htm) Yann Tiersen Quote (http:/ / thegauntlet. ca/ a/ story/ 15292) Yanntiersen.com (http:/ / www. yanntiersen. com/ albums) Artist biography at Everything2.com (http:/ / everything2. com/ index. pl?node=Yann+ Tiersen) Michael Hubbard (24 February 2002). "Composer Tiersen serenades Amelie" (http:/ / news. bbc. co. uk/ 2/ hi/ entertainment/ 1839313. stm). BBC News. . Retrieved 2009-06-05.

[8] Interview (http:/ / www. lagazettedeberlin. de/ 6137. html) (en Français) [9] Yanntiersen.com (http:/ / www. yanntiersen. com) [10] “Mute Records – Yann Tiersen Biography” (http:/ / www. mute. com/ artists/ publicArtistLoad. do?id=9163899& forward=longBio). Retrieved 20 November 2010. [11] "Yann Tiersen – Official Site" (http:/ / www. yanntiersen. fr). Retrieved 20 November 2010. [12] ATP curated by Jeff Mangum (http:/ / www. atpfestival. com/ events/ jeffmangum. php)

External links • • • • • • • • • • •

Yann Tiersen's official homepage (http://www.yanntiersen.com) Yann Tiersen (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0862961/) at the Internet Movie Database Yann Tiersen Sheet Music Archive (http://tiersen.vladtepesdrac.com/) compiled by Vladimir Yatsina Concert photos (http://lorseau.hinah.com/gallery.php?c=pzic&s=session&g=tiersen) by Laurent Orseau (Black Session) Concert photos (http://lorseau.hinah.com/gallery.php?c=pzic&s=rdr98&g=tier) by Laurent Orseau (La Route du Rock 1998) Music Video for La Noyée (http://thepianonotes.blogspot.com/) from the Amelie soundtrack Music Video for Comptine d'un autre été: l'après midi (http://www.aniboom.com/Player.aspx?v=258) from the Amelie soundtrack Article on Yann Tiersen at Everything2.com (http://everything2.com/index.pl?node=Yann+Tiersen) Article on Yann Tiersen and piano at Scribd (http://www.scribd.com/doc/26180232/ Yann-Tiersen-Piano-Music-Create-it-Easily-Yourself) Yann Tiersen in Lebanon Event Review (http://www.lebmetal.com/2009/11/14/ brfday2-eileenkhatchadourian-yanntiersen/) Red Alert - Live Review (http://theredalert.com/reviews/tiersen.php)

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Régis Wargnier

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Régis Wargnier Régis Wargnier Born 18 April 1948 Metz, France

Régis Wargnier (born 18 April 1948) is a French film director, film producer, screenwriter, actor and film score composer.

Filmography Director • • • • • • • • • • •

1986 : La Femme de ma vie starring Jane Birkin 1988 : Sueurs froides (television series) 1989 : Je suis le seigneur du château starring Dominique Blanc 1992 : Indochine starring Catherine Deneuve 1995 : Une femme française starring Emmanuelle Béart 1995 : Lumière et compagnie 1999 : Est-Ouest starring Sandrine Bonnaire 2003 : Cœurs d'Athlètes starring Haile Gebrsellasie 2005 : Man to Man starring Joseph Fiennes and Kristin Scott Thomas 2007 : Pars vite et reviens tard starring José Garcia, Lucas Belvaux and Marie Gillain 2011 : La Ligne droite

Assistant director • • • • • • • • • •

1973 : La Femme en bleu 1974 : Nada 1978 : Mon premier amour 1979 : L'École est finie 1980 : La Banquière 1981 : Viens chez moi, j'habite chez une copine 1982 : Le Grand Patron 1982 : Le Grand Frère 1984 : Le Bon Plaisir 1984 : Souvenirs, souvenirs

Régis Wargnier

Screenwriter • • • • • • • •

1986 : La Femme de ma vie avec Jane Birkin 1989 : Je suis le seigneur du château avec Dominique Blanc 1992 : Indochine avec Catherine Deneuve 1992 : L'échange 1995 : Une femme française 1999 : Est-Ouest 2005 : Man to man 2007 : Pars vite et reviens tard

Actor • 1973 : La Femme en bleu • 1984 : Souvenirs, souvenirs • 2002 : Femme fatale

Composer • 2002 : Femme fatale

Special effects • 2001 : Who is Bernard Tapie

Producer • 1983 : Heller Wahn • 1983 : La palombière

External links • Régis Wargnier [1] at the Internet Movie Database

References [1] http:/ / www. imdb. com/ name/ nm0912224/

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Jean Wiener

Jean Wiener Jean Wiener (or Wiéner) (19 March 1896, Paris – 8 June 1982, Paris) was a French pianist and composer.

Life Wiener was trained at the Conservatoire in Paris, where he studied alongside Darius Milhaud, and worked with Erik Satie. He then embarked on a career as concert impresario, composer and pianist. He was the house pianist at the Gaya bar, and later at Le Boeuf sur le Toit. In 1924 a chance encounter with Clement Doucet (who succeeded him at Le Boeuf) brought him into the world of popular music. Already a jazz enthusiast, Wiener found fame with Doucet in the music hall s of Europe as a piano duet, under the name "Wiener and Doucet" in which they performed classical music, hot dance and jazz. The two friends recorded many duets between 1925 and 1937. After the end of the war in 1945, Wiener devoted himself fully to composition, notably film music (working on more than 300), as well as the opening theme music for ORTF's film history program "History speechless" (History without words). He was of some significance in the promotion of new music, both by his friends in the Les Six (Milhaud, Poulenc, etc.), and by composers such as Schoenberg, Berg and Webern. His compositions involve the use of jazz informed by French wit and elegance. His daughter Elizabeth Wiener is an actress, singer and singer-songwriter. Jean Wiener published his memoirs in 1978 as Allegro Appassionato.

Compositions Film scores 1920s • La Femme de nulle part (1922) 1930s • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

L'Âne de Buridan (1932) L'Homme à l'Hispano (1933) Une Vie perdue (1933) Knock ou le triomphe de la médecine (1933) Le Paquebot Tenacity (1934) Runaway Ladies (1934) Les Affaires publiques (1934) Le Voyage imprévu (1934) L'Aventurier (1934) Maria Chapdelaine (1934) Le Clown Bux (1935) Quand minuit sonnera (1935) La Bandera (1935) L'Équipage (1935) L'Homme sans cœur (1936) Le Crime de Monsieur Lange (1936)

• La Garçonne (1936) • Klokslag twaalf (1936) • Les Bas-fonds (1936)

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Vive la vie (1937) La Femme du bout du monde (1937) L'Homme du jour (1937) Nuits de feu (1937) De Man zonder hart (1937) Le Dernier tournant (1939)

1940s • • • • • • • • •

L'Or de Cristobal (1940) L'Épouvantail (1943) Les Passagers de la Grande Ourse (1943) Untel père et fils (1943) Le Voyageur de la Toussaint (1943, non crédité) Madame et le mort (1943) Le Voleur de paratonnerres (1944) Le Père Goriot (1945) La Fille aux yeux gris (1945)

• • • • • • • • • • •

Le Capitan (1946) Impasse (1946) Il suffit d'une fois (1946) Macadam (1946) Panique (1947) Pour une nuit d'amour (1947) Le Diable souffle (1947) Les Frères Bouquinquant (1948) La Carcasse et le tord-cou (1948) Le Point du Jour (1949) Rendez-vous de juillet (1949)

1950s • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Maître après Dieu (1951) Ein Lächeln in Sturm (1951) Sous le ciel de Paris (1951) Les Poussières (1953) Je suis un mouchard (1953) Paris mon copain (1954) Paris (1954) Station 307 (1954) Touchez pas au grisbi (1954) La Rafle est pour ce soir (1954) Futures vedettes, directed by Marc Allégret, (1955), composer and actor (playing a piano teacher) Le Rendez-vous des quais (1955) Le Comte de Monte-Cristo (1954) La Soupe à la grimace (1955) Sur le banc (1955)

• Voici le temps des assassins (1956) • La Vie est belle (1956)

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Les Lumières du soir (1956) Notre-Dame - Cathédrale de Paris (1957) Pot-Bouille (1957) Le Septième ciel (1958) Ni vu, ni connu (1958) Sois belle et tais-toi (1958) La Femme et le Pantin (1959) La Création du monde (1959) Ein Engel auf Erden (1959) Arrêtez le massacre (1959)

1960s • • • • •

Au voleur! (1960) La Revenante (1960) Pantalaskas (1960) Les Bras de la nuit (1961) Les Démons de Minuit (1961)

• • • • • • • • •

Quatre-vingt-treize (1962, TV) Le Match (1964, TV) Le Tigre se parfume à la dynamite (1965) Merlusse (1965, TV) A la belle étoile (1966) Au hasard Balthazar (1966) Mouchette (1967) Le Golem (1967, TV) Une Femme douce (1969)

1970s • • • • • • • • •

Reportages sur un squelette ou Masques et bergamasques (1970, TV) La Faute de l'abbé Mouret (1970) Le petit théâtre de Jean Renoir (1970, TV) La Cavale (1971) Les Gens de Mogador (1972, TV) Féminin-féminin (1973) Les Roses de Manara (1976, TV) Duelle - une quarantaine(1976) Inutile d'envoyer la photo (1977)

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Jean Wiener 1980s • Square X (1981) • Lettres d'amour en Somalie (1982) • Le Crime d'amour (1982)

Stage works • Olive chez les nègres (1926 opera)

External links • Jean Wiener [1] at the Internet Movie Database • fr:Élisabeth Wiener

References [1] http:/ / www. imdb. com/ name/ nm0927484/

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