Georges
Delerue
1925
- 1992 |
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The filmcomposer Georges Delerue was a modest artist all his life whose
musical works distinguish by dreamlike sure atmosphreic quality. He displayed
an exceptional flair when a movie called for a specific mood or to contrast
or to create a feeling for the time of the story.
He began his music education at the conservatory in 1941. In the morniing
he workes with his father in a factory, in the afternoon he hurried to
school.
At the age of 19 he published his first composition. In order to finance
his study he played piano in bars, dancing halls, theaters and even at
funerals.
In 1952 followed his first work for television and in 1957 he realised
his first opera "Le chevalier de neige" together with Boris Vian.
The name Georges Delerue became a concept for the film business from
1955. He attracted huge attention with his waltz for „Hiroshima mon amour“
(59) at the latest.
With his composition to „Tirez sur le pianiste - Schiessen Sie auf den
Pianisten“ (60) he met director Francois Truffaut
and they formed one of the most successful pair director/composer of film
history. They realised the movies „Jules und Jim“ (61) with a bittersweet
music by Delerue, „L'amour à vignt ans: Antoine et Colette - Liebe
mit Zwanzig“ (62), „La peau douce“ (64), „Les deux anglaises et le continent“
(71), „La nuit américaine - Die amerikanische Nacht“ (73), „L‘amour
en fuite“ (79), „Le dernier métro - Die letzte Metro“ (80), „La
femme d'à côté“ (81) and „Vivement dimanche! (83).
It began a very intensive time from the 60's where Georges Delerue committed
countless filmcomposition to paper. To his well-known movies of the 60's
belong "Les yeux de l'amour" (60), "L'affaire Nina B." (61), "Cartouche"
(62), "L'homme de Rio" (64), "Cent mille dollars au soleil" (64), "Mata-Hari"
(64), "Viva Maria" (65), "A Man for All Seasons" (66) and "Anna of the
Thousand Days" (69).
The fullness of his work continued in the 70's. Georges Delerue contributed
his music to popular productions like "Heureux qui comme Ulysse" (70),
"Malpertuis" (71), "The Day of the Jackal" (73), "La gifle" (74), "Le jeu
du solitaire" (76), "Julia" (77), "A Little Romance" (79) - for which he
was awarded with an Oscar - and "An Almost Perfect Affair" (79).
Like in the decades before he continued his career in the 80's smoothly,
it followed more often compositions for American movies.
To his last works belong "Willie and Phil" (80), "La chute de la maison
Usher" (81), "La passante du Sans-Souci - Die Spaziergängerin von
Sans-Souci" (82), "Silkwood" (83), "Silence of the Heart" (84), "Agnes
of God" (85), "Maxie" (85), "Salvador" (86), "Platoon" (86), "The Lonely
Passion of Judith Hearne" (87), "Biloxi Blues" (88), "Twins" (88), "Her
Alibi" (89), "Georg Elser - Einer aus Deutschland" (89), "Steel Magnolias"
(89), "Mister Johnson" (90), "Curly Sue" (91) and "Memento Mori" (92).
Georges Delerue was nominated for four other Oscars besides the one
he won in his impressive career, on the other hand he was nominated for
a total of seven César and won three of them.
He wasn't very demanding to the world, his imagination of relaxation
was to be alone with his wife Colette, to make music with his two daughters,
to work in the garden, to listen to operas, to read biographhies of other
famous composers or to eat with friends. But with this his life became
capacity.
Other movies from Georges Delerue:
Le mystère du quai de Conti (50) Ingénieurs
de la mer (51) Les techniciens en pompons rouges (52) Princes du sang (52)
L'aventure et ses Terras-Nuevas (52) Le largage à six heures du
matin (53) Berre, cité du pétrole (53) Regards sur l'Indochine
(54) Première croisière (54) Madagascar (54) La grande cité
d'Angkor (54) Au rythme du siècle (54) Au pays de Guillaume le Conquérant
(54) Ames d'argile (55) Tu enfanteras sans douleur (56) Sur l'Arroyo (56)
La rue chinoise (56) Marche française (56) La nuit des rois (57)
Un amour de poche (57) Les marines (57) Le corbusier, l'architecte du bonheur
(57) Les surmenés (58) La première nuit (58) L'opéra
mouffe (58) La mer et les jours (58) Du côté de la côte
(58) Macbeth (59) Le montreur d'0mbres (59) Images pour Baudelaire (59)
Images des mondes perdus (59) Fleuve invisible (59) Escale (59) Entre la
terre et le ciel (59) Le bel âge (59) Une fille pour l'été
(60) Classe tous risques (60) Marche ou crève (60) La française
et l'amour: La femme seule" (60) Une question d'assurance (60) La récréation
(60) La morte saison des amours (60) Merci Natercia! (60) Le farceur (60)
Arrêtez les tambours (60) L'amour existe (60) L'amant de cinq jours
(61) La mort de Belle (61) Une aussi longue absence (61) Par-dessus le
mur (61) La reine morte (61) Sahara an IV (61) Le petit garçon de
l'ascenseur (62) Le crime ne paie pas (62) La dénonciation (62)
Le Monte-Charge (62) Vive le tour (62) Un coeur gros comme ça (62)
Du rififi à Tokyo (62) Le cousin de Callao (62) Le bureau des mariages
(62) L'abominable homme des douanes (63) L'immortelle (63) L'honorable
Stanislas, agent secret (63) L'aîné des Ferchaux (63) Lektionen
(63) Le mépris (63) Vacances portugaises (63) Nunca pasa nada (63)
Hitler, connais pas (63) La contrebasse (63) Chair de poule (63) L'autre
femme (63) Du grabuge chez les veuves (64) French Dressing (64) Des pissenlits
par la racine (64) The Pumpkin Eater (64) L'insoumis (64) Lâge ingrat
(64) Lucky Jo (64) Laissez tirer les tireurs (64) Eves futures (64) L'amour
à la chaine (64) Le corniaud (65) Los pianos mecanicos - Die Versuchung
heisst Jenny (65) Rapture (65) Les tribulations d'un chinois en Chine (65)
Les rideaux blancs - Der Augenblick des Friedens (65) Pleins feux sur Stanislas
- Rendezvous mit einem Killer (65) Gaspard des montagnes (65) Un monsieur
de compagnie (65) Mona, l'étoile sans nom (65) Le bestiaire d'amour
(65) "A" (65) Don't Shoot the Composer (66) Le roi de coeur (66) La vingt-cinqui!me
heure (67) Le vieil homme et l'enfant (67) Our Mother's House (67) Oscar
(67) Le violon de Crémone (67) Jeudi on chantera comme dimanche
(67) La dimance de la vie (67) Interlude (68) Nobody Runs Forever (68)
Serie "Thibaud" (68) La petite vertu (68) Les cracks (68) Le cerveau (69)
Le diable par la queue (69) Hibernatus (69) Women in Love (69) Serie "Jacquou
le croquant" (69) A Walk with Love and Death (69) Les gommes (69) Il conformista
(70) Serie "Mauregard" (70) Les caprices de Marie (70) Un otage (70) Promise
at Dawn (70) Serie "Les cousins de la Constance" (70) Lancelot du lac (70)
Au verre de l'amitié (70) Crime et châtiment (71) Comptes
à rebours (71) Serie "Une autre vie" (71) Mira (71) Yvette (71)
Serie "Adieu mes quinze ans" (71) Les aveux les plus doux (71) The Horsemen
(71) L'ingénu (72) Chère Louise (72) Serie "L'homme qui revient
de loin" (72) Une belle fille comme moi (72) Quelque part quelqu'un (72)
Serie "Les rois maudits" (72) L'éducation sentimentale" (73) Serie
"Là-haute, les quatre saisons" (73) Love Comes Quietly (73) Serie
"Molière pour rire et pour pleurer" (73) The Day of the Dolphin
(73) Alien Thunder (74) Entre toutes les femmes (74) La femme de Jean (74)
Serie "Paul et Virginie" (74) L'important c'est d'aimer (75) Serie "Paul
Gauguin" (75) Pourquoi la robe d'Anna ne veut pas redescendre (75) Serie
"Les compagnons d'Eleusis" (75) L'incorrigible - Der Unverbesserliche (75)
Calmos (76) Oublie-moi-Mandoline (76) Jamais plus toujours (76) Police
Python 357 (76) Comme un boomerang (76) Le grand escogriffe (76) Julie
pot de colle (77) Serie "Bergeval père et fils" (77) Le naufrage
de Monte-Cristo (77) Le point de mire (77) Le chandelier (77) Serie "Banlieue
Sud-Est" (77) Serie "Madame le juge: Autopsie d'un témoignage (77)
Préparez vos mouchoirs (78) Tendre poulet (78) Va voir maman, papa
travaile (78) Photo-souvenir (78) Histoires de voyous: La saison des voleurs
(78) Histoires de voyous: Le casse des rois mages (78) La petite fille
en velours (78) Simone de Beauvoir (79) Le cavaleur (79) Pierrot mon ami
(79) Pourquoi Patricia? (79) Mijn vriend (79) Serie "Le jeune homme vert"
(79) Le mouton noir (79) Le cadran solaire (79) Histoires de voyous: Le
concierge reviert tout de suite (79) Serie "Joséphine ou la comédie
des ambitions" (79) Barbe bleue (79) Premier voyage (80) Serie "Les visiteurs"
(80) Richard's Things (80) Serie "Fantômas" (80) Serie "Les chevaux
du soleil" (80) Lundi (80) Serie "Le mythomane" (81) Serie "Nana" (81)
Documenteur (81) La vie continue (81) Rich and Famous (81) Garde à
vue (81) True Confessions (81) Serie "The Borgias" (81) L'oiseau bleu (81)
Broken English (81) Josepha (82) A Little Sex (82) Guy de Maupassant (82)
Partners - Zwei irre Typen auf heisser Spur (82) The Escape Artist (82)
L'africain (83) The Black Stallion Returns (83) Exposed (83) L'été
meurtrier (83) Liberty belle (83) Man, Woman and Child (83) Le bon plaisir
(84) Mademoiselle Julie (84) Femmes de personne (84) Les morfalous (84)
Love Thy Neighbor (84) Qualcosa di biondo (84) The Execution (85) Deadly
Intentions (85) Arch of Triumph (85) Carné, l'homme à la
caméra (85) Amos (85) Serie "Amazing Stories: Dorothy and Ben" (85)
Serie "Amazing Stories: The Doll" (85) Serie "Amazing Stories: Without
Diana" (85) A Time to Live (85) Stone Pillow (85) Conseil de famille (86)
Sin of Innocence (86) Descente aux enfers (86) Touch and Go (86) Crimes
of the Heart (86) Women of Valor (86) Sword of Gideon (86) Mesmerized (86)
Her Secret Life (87) Escape from Sobibor (87) Un homme amoureux (87) Queenie
(87) Maid to Order (87) The Pick-up Artist (87) Chouans! (88) The House
on Carroll Street (88) To Kill a Priest (88) Memories of Me (88) Heartbreak
Hotel (88) Beaches (88) A Summer Story (88) Paris by Night (88) Der Atem
(89) La révolution française (89) Joe Versus the Volcano
(90) Serie "Les cadavres eyquis de Patricia Highsmith" (90) A Show of Force
(90) Cadence (90) The Josephine Baker Story (91) La reine blanche (91)
Without Warning: The James Brady Story (91) Black Robe (91) American Friends
(91) Serie "Tours du Monde, Tours du Ciel" (91) Diên Biên Phu
(92) Man Trouble (92) |