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Georges Delerue

Georges Delerue

1925–1992 · Roubaix, Nord, France

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Georges Delerue (12 March 1925 – 20 March 1992) was a French composer who composed over 350 scores for cinema and television. Delerue won numerous important film music awards, including an Academy Award for A Little Romance (1980), three César Awards (1979, 1980, 1981), two ASCAP Awards (1988, 1990), and one Gemini Award for Sword of Gideon (1987). He was also nominated for four additional Academy Awards for Anne of the Thousand Days (1969), The Day of the Dolphin (1973), Julia (1977), and Agnes of God (1985), four additional César Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and one Genie Award for Black Robe (1991). The French newspaper Le Figaro named him "the Mozart of cinema." Delerue was the first composer to win three consecutive César Awards for Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1979), Love on the Run (1980), and The Last Metro (1981). Georges Delerue was named Commander of Arts and Letters, one of France's highest honours. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sound 242

2010s

  1. 2018

    Jean-Luc Godard and Anne-Marie Miéville on Google StreetView

    Music

  2. The Apparition

    Music

  3. 2013

    Tours du monde, tours du ciel 2009

    Music

2000s

  1. 2003

    Day for Night: An Appreciation

    Music

  2. 2002

    The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later

    Original Music Composer

1990s

  1. 1996

    Remember Me

    Music

  2. 1992

    Rich in Love

    Original Music Composer

  3. Man Trouble

    Original Music Composer

  4. Memento Mori

    Music

  5. Céline

    Original Music Composer

  6. Dien Bien Phu

    Original Music Composer

  7. 1991
  8. The White Queen

    Original Music Composer

  9. Mister Johnson

    Original Music Composer

  10. American Friends

    Original Music Composer, Music

  11. The Josephine Baker Story

    Original Music Composer

  12. 1990
  13. A Show of Force

    Original Music Composer

1980s

  1. 1989
  2. Seven Minutes

    Original Music Composer

  3. Paris by Night

    Original Music Composer

  4. 1988
  5. Heartbreak Hotel

    Original Music Composer

  6. To Kill a Priest

    Music, Conductor

  7. A Summer Story

    Original Music Composer

  8. Chouans !

    Music

  9. 1987

    The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

    Original Music Composer

  10. Maid to Order

    Original Music Composer

  11. Queenie

    Music

  12. A Man in Love

    Original Music Composer

  13. Her Secret Life

    Music

  14. 1986
  15. Women of Valor

    Original Music Composer

  16. Descent Into Hell

    Music

  17. Sword of Gideon

    Original Music Composer

  18. Sin of Innocence

    Music

  19. Family Business

    Original Music Composer

  20. 1985
  21. A Time to Live

    Original Music Composer

  22. Amos

    Original Music Composer

  23. Maxie

    Original Music Composer

  24. Deadly Intentions

    Music

  25. 1984
  26. Love Thy Neighbor

    Original Music Composer

  27. The Vultures

    Original Music Composer

  28. Aurora

    Original Music Composer

  29. Le Bon Plaisir

    Original Music Composer

  30. 1983
  31. The African

    Original Music Composer

  32. Liberty Belle

    Original Music Composer

  33. Man, Woman and Child

    Original Music Composer

  34. 1982

    The Escape Artist

    Original Music Composer

  35. Partners

    Original Music Composer

  36. The Passerby

    Original Music Composer

  37. Guy de Maupassant

    Music

  38. A Little Sex

    Original Music Composer

  39. 1981

    The Borgias

    Music

  40. The Inquisitor

    Original Music Composer

  41. Rich and Famous

    Original Music Composer

  42. La vie continue

    Music

  43. Le Rescapé de Tikeroa

    Music

  44. Nana

    Music

  45. Le Mythomane

    Music

  46. 1980

    Richard's Things

    Original Music Composer

  47. Arsène Lupin joue et perd

    Music

  48. Les Chevaux du soleil

    Music

  49. Willie & Phil

    Original Music Composer

  50. Fantômas

    Music

  51. The Visitors

    Music

1970s

  1. 1979

    Joséphine, ou la comédie des ambitions

    Sound

  2. An Almost Perfect Affair

    Original Music Composer

  3. My Friend, or The Hidden Life of Jules Depraeter

    Music

  4. Pierrot mon ami

    Original Music Composer

  5. Simone de Beauvoir

    Original Music Composer

  6. 1978

    Little Girl in Blue Velvet

    Music

  7. Your Turn, My Turn

    Original Music Composer

  8. Get Out Your Handkerchiefs

    Original Music Composer

  9. 1977

    Banlieue Sud-Est

    Music

  10. Bloodthirsty Hawk

    Music

  11. Egy őrült naplója

    Sound

  12. Julie pot-de-colle

    Original Music Composer

  13. 1976

    The Big Operator

    Original Music Composer

  14. Boomerang

    Original Music Composer

  15. Police Python 357

    Original Music Composer

  16. Nevermore, Forever

    Music

  17. Milady

    Music

  18. 1975

    Incorrigible

    Original Music Composer

  19. Les Compagnons d'Eleusis

    Original Music Composer

  20. Paul Gauguin

    Music

  21. 1974

    La Cloche tibétaine

    Music

  22. The Slap

    Original Music Composer

  23. 1973

    The Day of the Dolphin

    Original Music Composer

  24. Molière pour rire et pour pleurer

    Music

  25. Angela – Love Comes Quietly

    Music

  26. L'Éducation sentimentale

    Music

  27. 1972

    The Accursed Kings

    Original Music Composer

  28. L'Homme qui revient de loin

    Music

  29. Dear Louise

    Original Music Composer

  30. Malpertuis

    Original Music Composer

  31. 1971
  32. The Horsemen

    Original Music Composer

  33. The Most Gentle Confessions

    Original Music Composer

  34. 1970

    Lancelot of the Lake

    Music

  35. Promise at Dawn

    Original Music Composer

  36. Mauregard

    Original Music Composer

  37. La mort de Danton

    Sound

  38. Give Her the Moon

    Music

  39. Countdown to Vengeance

    Original Music Composer

1960s

  1. 1969
  2. A Walk with Love and Death

    Original Music Composer, Music Director

  3. Jacquou le Croquant

    Original Music Composer

  4. Women in Love

    Original Music Composer

  5. The Erasers

    Original Music Composer

  6. The Brain

    Original Music Composer

  7. The Devil by the Tail

    Music

  8. 1968

    Thibaud ou les Croisades

    Original Music Composer

  9. Nobody Runs Forever

    Original Music Composer

  10. Interlude

    Original Music Composer

  11. 1967
  12. Our Mother's House

    Original Music Composer

  13. Our World

    Music

  14. The Two of Us

    Music

  15. The Sunday of Life

    Original Music Composer

  16. On Sunday Afternoon

    Original Music Composer

  17. 1966

    The Nameless Star

    Music

  18. Paris au temps des cerises

    Music

  19. 1965
  20. The Moment of Peace

    Original Music Composer

  21. Bestiary of Love

    Original Music Composer

  22. Rapture

    Original Music Composer

  23. The Uninhibited

    Original Music Composer

  24. Le Bonheur conjugal

    Original Music Composer

  25. Tight Skirts, Loose Pleasures

    Original Music Composer

  26. A

    Music

  27. 1964

    The Black Indies

    Music

  28. That Tender Age

    Original Music Composer

  29. Lucky Jo

    Music

  30. Male Companion

    Music, Original Music Composer

  31. The Unvanquished

    Music

  32. Valparaiso

    Conductor

  33. The Pumpkin Eater

    Original Music Composer

  34. Let the Shooters Shoot

    Original Music Composer

  35. The Big Hit

    Music

  36. Trouble Among Widows

    Original Music Composer

  37. French Dressing

    Original Music Composer, Conductor

  38. Èves futures

    Music

  39. 1963

    Highway Pick-Up

    Original Music Composer

  40. Portuguese Vacation

    Original Music Composer

  41. Magnet of Doom

    Original Music Composer

  42. Nothing Ever Happens

    Music

  43. Hitler - Never Heard of Him

    Music

  44. Till the End of the World

    Original Music Composer

  45. 1962

    Vive Le Tour

    Original Music Composer

  46. The Immoral Moment

    Music

  47. Crime Does Not Pay

    Music

  48. Antoine and Colette

    Original Music Composer

  49. Cartouche

    Music

  50. 1961

    Over the Wall

    Music

  51. The Nina B. Affair

    Original Music Composer

  52. Le bonheur est pour demain

    Original Music Composer

  53. The Long Absence

    Original Music Composer

  54. The Passion of Slow Fire

    Original Music Composer

  55. Five Day Lover

    Original Music Composer

  56. Playtime

    Original Music Composer

  57. Women and War

    Original Music Composer

  58. The Joker

    Original Music Composer

  59. 1960
  60. The Love Game

    Original Music Composer

  61. Le Sourire

    Original Music Composer

  62. Do or Die!

    Original Music Composer

  63. A Mistress for the Summer

    Original Music Composer

  64. Love Exists

    Original Music Composer

  65. Le Bel Âge

    Original Music Composer

1950s

  1. 1959
  2. 1958

    Along the Coast

    Original Music Composer

  3. Diary of a Pregnant Woman

    Original Music Composer

  4. The First Night

    Music

  5. The Overworked

    Music

  6. The Sea and the Days

    Music

  7. 1957

    Le Corbusier, l'architecte du bonheur

    Music

  8. A Girl in a Pocket

    Original Music Composer

  9. Letter from Siberia

    Orchestrator

  10. 1956

    All the World's Memory

    Conductor

  11. Sunday in Peking

    Conductor

Wrote 4

2010s

  1. 2013

    Tours du monde, tours du ciel 2009

    Musical

1980s

  1. 1980

    Fantômas

    Musical

1960s

  1. 1964

    Bosphore

    Musical

  2. Golden Horn

    Musical

Acted in 3

1970s

  1. 1974

    Les Musiciens de la pellicule

    lui-même · 1 episode

  2. 1973
  3. 1971

Other crew 2

1980s

  1. 1982

    Josepha

    Compositor

1960s

  1. 1967

    Thursday We Shall Sing Like Sunday

    Compositor

Appearances7

2020s

  1. 2020

    In The Tracks Of - Special Edition

    Self

1990s

  1. 1995

    Music for the Movies: Georges Delerue

    Self

1960s

  1. 1966

    Don’t Shoot the Composer

    Himself