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Gabriel Yared

Born 7 Oct 1949 in Beirut, Lebanon77 years110 credits

Gabriel Yared (born 7 October 1949) is a Lebanese-French composer, best known for his work in French and American cinema. Born in Beirut, Lebanon, Yared scored the French films Betty Blue and Camille Claudel. He later worked on English-language films, particularly those directed by Anthony Minghella. He won an Academy Award for Best Original Score and a Grammy Award for his work on The English Patient (1996) and was nominated for both The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) and Cold Mountain (2003). When Yared was 7, his father sent him to an accordion teacher. Two years later Yared stopped his accordion lessons and started music theory and piano lessons. Although he was not necessarily a gifted pianist, Yared was interested in reading music. When Yared was 14, his piano teacher died and Yared replaced him as the organist of Université Saint-Joseph. Yared used the university's library to read the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, Robert Schumann, and many other composers. This extensive reading inspired his first original composition, a piano waltz. Yared gained a degree in law and did not formally study music at the university level until he traveled to France in 1969 to attend the École Normale de Musique de Paris as a non-registered student. There he learned the rules of music composition from Henri Dutilleux. At the end of 1971, Yared went to Brazil to visit his uncle and was asked by the president of the World Federation of Light Music Festivals to write a song to represent the Lebanese in the Rio de Janeiro Song Festival. The song he composed went on to win first prize. While in Brazil, he also performed with a small orchestra. Yared subsequently said that his time in Brazil greatly influenced his work. In 1975, he arranged the album Minacantalucio for the popular Italian singer Mina. He then went back to France, where he met and collaborated with the Costa Brothers, Jacques Dutronc, Françoise Hardy, Charles Aznavour, Mireille Mathieu, and numerous other musicians. This was a prolific period for the composer and he wrote nearly 3,000 pieces over a span of about six years. His contributions included a number of radio and TV jingles, such as TF1 news jingles and an episode on the series In the Tracks of. Yared is best known for his collaborations with the late Anthony Minghella. His first collaboration with Minghella was the 1996 film The English Patient, which was highly acclaimed and won him an Oscar for Best Original Score. He composed the scores for all of Minghella's subsequent films and the music for the television series The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, co-created by Minghella and Richard Curtis. Aside from his work with Minghella, Yared scored a number of other films, including Betty Blue (1986), Map of the Human Heart (1992), City of Angels (1998), Message in a Bottle (1999), Autumn in New York (2000), The Next Best Thing (2000), Possession (2002), and Bon Voyage (2003). He had a notable collaboration with René Laloux in the late 1980es on Gandahar and How Wang-fo was saved produced at the SEK Studio in North Korea. Cassandra Clare reported in August 2012 that Yared was tapped to compose the score for The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones. However, he was eventually replaced on the project by Atli Örvarsson. ... Source: Article "Gabriel Yared" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Gabriel Yared (né le 7 octobre 1949 à Beyrouth au Liban) est un compositeur et arrangeur français d'origine libanaise. Il écrit de la musique de films depuis le début des années 1980. En 1993, il reçoit le César de la meilleure musique de film pour L'Amant, et en 1997, il obtient l'Oscar de la meilleure musique de film pour Le Patient anglais. Il a écrit des musiques de ballet pour Carolyn Carlson et Roland Petit, dont le ballet Clavigo, créé à l'Opéra de Paris en 2002. Il a également composé la musique de générique des journaux télévisés de TF1 diffusés depuis 1990 jusqu'à ce jour. Après des études de droit qu'il abandonne en 1970, cet autodidacte étudie à l'École normale de musique de Paris avec Henri Dutilleux et Maurice Ohana puis, après un séjour de 18 mois au Brésil, il commence sa carrière à Paris en 1973 en devenant compositeur, arrangeur ou producteur pour des artistes tels que Michel Jonasz, Charles Aznavour, Johnny Hallyday, Mireille Mathieu, Sylvie Vartan, Gilbert Bécaud ou Françoise Hardy. Grâce à Jacques Dutronc, il rencontre Jean-Luc Godard et compose la musique du film Sauve qui peut (la vie) (1980) qui marque le retour de Godard au cinéma. C'est à la fois le premier long métrage de Yared et le dernier film de Godard avec une musique originale. Il travaille aussi pour Christian de Chalonge pour le film Malevil. Son travail rencontre la reconnaissance du public après les succès populaires que sont 37°2 le matin de Jean-Jacques Beineix en 1986 et L'amant de Jean-Jacques Annaud en 1992. Avec ce dernier, Yared collaborera une nouvelle fois en 1995 à travers Guillaumet, les ailes du courage, film diffusé au parc du Futuroscope. Il entame alors une carrière outre-atlantique qui sera consacrée par un Oscar de la meilleure musique en 1997 avec le film Le Patient anglais (The English Patient) d'Anthony Minghella. Pour ce dernier, il composera également les partitions de Le Talentueux Mr Ripley en 1999 et de Retour à Cold Mountain en 2003. En 2004, sa partition pour le film Troie de Wolfgang Petersen est rejetée par le studio à la suite de commentaires défavorables du public lors d'une projection-test à Sacramento (Californie). Il est remplacé par James Horner. Ce remplacement déplaît énormément au compositeur, qui n'a même pas eu la possibilité de retravailler ses partitions. À la suite de cette déconvenue, le compositeur préfère s'éloigner du cinéma américain pour se concentrer davantage sur le cinéma européen, qu'il juge plus proche de sa sensibilité musicale. En 2012, la cinémathèque française lui consacre une rétrospective. La même année il devient président d'honneur de l'association des Amis de Maurice Ravel. Il compose les chansons de l'album Indéfiniment de Yara Lapidus, sorti en 2018 et réédité en 2019. Il reprend dans la dernière chanson un thème de la musique du film 37°2 le matin. En 2017, il est membre du jury des longs métrages au Festival de Cannes 2017. Source: Article "Gabriel Yared" de Wikipédia en français, soumis à la licence CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Scarlet
Scarlet2023 · Original Music Composer
Just the Two of Us
Just the Two of Us2023 · Original Music Composer
Broadway
Broadway2022 · Original Music Composer
Broken Keys
Broken Keys2021 · Original Music Composer
The Life Ahead
The Life Ahead2020 · Original Music Composer
Judy
Judy2019 · Original Music Composer
Paradise War: The Story of Bruno Manser
Paradise War: The Story of Bruno Manser2019 · Original Music Composer
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan2019 · Original Music Composer
Dilili in Paris
Dilili in Paris2018 · Original Music Composer
The Happy Prince
The Happy Prince2018 · Original Music Composer
The Promise
The Promise2016 · Original Music Composer
It's Only the End of the World
It's Only the End of the World2016 · Original Music Composer
It's Only the End of the World
It's Only the End of the World2016 · Orchestrator
Born in Syria
Born in Syria2016 · Original Music Composer
Chocolat
Chocolat2016 · Original Music Composer
By the Sea
By the Sea2015 · Original Music Composer
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet2014 · Original Music Composer
Tom at the Farm
Tom at the Farm2014 · Original Music Composer
Tom at the Farm
Tom at the Farm2014 · Musician
In Secret
In Secret2014 · Original Music Composer
A Promise
A Promise2013 · Original Music Composer
Tous cobayes?
Tous cobayes?2012 · Original Music Composer
Belle du Seigneur
Belle du Seigneur2012 · Original Music Composer
Haute Cuisine
Haute Cuisine2012 · Original Music Composer
A Royal Affair
A Royal Affair2012 · Original Music Composer
In the Land of Blood and Honey
In the Land of Blood and Honey2011 · Original Music Composer
Amelia
Amelia2009 · Original Music Composer
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky2009 · Original Music Composer
The Hedgehog
The Hedgehog2009 · Original Music Composer
All About Actresses
All About Actresses2009 · Original Music Composer
Food Beware: The French Organic Revolution
Food Beware: The French Organic Revolution2008 · Original Music Composer
Adam Resurrected
Adam Resurrected2008 · Original Music Composer
1408
14082007 · Original Music Composer
Breaking and Entering
Breaking and Entering2006 · Original Music Composer
Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest
Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest2006 · Original Music Composer
The Lives of Others
The Lives of Others2006 · Original Music Composer
The Plane
The Plane2005 · Original Music Composer
Underexposure
Underexposure2005 · Original Music Composer
Shall We Dance?
Shall We Dance?2004 · Original Music Composer
Troy
Troy2004 · Additional Music
Bon Voyage
Bon Voyage2003 · Original Music Composer
Lost Seamen
Lost Seamen2003 · Original Music Composer
Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain2003 · Original Music Composer
Sylvia
Sylvia2003 · Original Music Composer
The One and Only
The One and Only2002 · Original Music Composer
L'idole
L'idole2002 · Original Music Composer
Possession
Possession2002 · Original Music Composer
Not Afraid, Not Afraid
Not Afraid, Not Afraid2001 · Original Music Composer
Lisa
Lisa2001 · Original Music Composer
The Next Best Thing
The Next Best Thing2000 · Original Music Composer
Autumn in New York
Autumn in New York2000 · Original Music Composer
The Talented Mr. Ripley
The Talented Mr. Ripley1999 · Original Music Composer
Message in a Bottle
Message in a Bottle1999 · Original Music Composer
City of Angels
City of Angels1998 · Orchestrator
City of Angels
City of Angels1998 · Original Music Composer
Tonka
Tonka1997 · Original Music Composer
The English Patient
The English Patient1996 · Original Music Composer
Wings of Courage
Wings of Courage1995 · Original Music Composer
Black for Remembrance
Black for Remembrance1995 · Original Music Composer
Poorly Extinguished Fires
Poorly Extinguished Fires1994 · Original Music Composer

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