Georges Delerue

Georges Delerue March 12 1925 Roubaix - 20 March 1992 Los Angeles Was A Renowned French Film Composer Who Composed Over 500 Scores For Cinema And Television. 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 In 1979 For A Little Romance And 4 Other Academy Nominations 1969 - Anne Of 1000 Days 1973 - The Day Of The Dolphin 1977 - Julia And 1985 - Agnes Of God . Le Figaro Magazine France 1981 Addressed Him As "Mozart Of Cinema" Georges Delerue Le Mozart Des Salles Obscures And He Marks France History That Delerue's The First And Perhaps The Only Composer Won 3 Cesar Awards Consecutively 1979 - Get Out Your Handkerchiefs 1980 - Love On The Run And 1981 - The Last Metro Plus 5 Other Cesar Nominations 1977 - Le Grand Escogriffe And Police Python 357 1983 - La Passante 1984 - L'ete Meurtrier And 1993 - Dien Bien Phu . Georges Delerue Was A Commander Of Arts And Letters One Of France's Highest Honours. His Career Was Diverse And He Composed Frequently For Major Avant-Garde Directors Most Often François Truffaut But Also For Jean-Luc Godard's Film Contempt And For Alain Resnais Louis Malle And Bernardo Bertolucci Besides Working On Several Hollywood Productions. 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. According To Many Testimonies He Would Do And Redo Some Cues To Fit The New Editing Of A Sequence Without Any Protestation. He Insisted To Be 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 For Which He Collaborated Enhancing Them Often Beyond The Expectations Of Their Directors. He's A True Giant Among Giants. Georges Delerue Died From A Heart Attack 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. read less