Vladimir Cosma
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- April 13, 1940 (age 86)
- Birthplace
- Bucharest, Romania
Biography
Vladimir Cosma (born 13 April 1940) is a Romanian composer, conductor and violinist. He was born 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 Ferruccio 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, 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...). ... Source: Article "Vladimir Cosma" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
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Filmography
Life Lessons
Movie · Music
Tous flics !
Movie · Original Music Composer
Piano Cinéma
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Red Scarf
Movie · Original Music Composer
Let the Girls Play
Movie · Original Music Composer
Mr. Stein Goes Online
Movie · Original Music Composer
Vénéneuses
Movie · Original Music Composer
Le Cabanon rose
Movie · Original Music Composer
Rouges étaient les lilas
Movie · Original Music Composer
Les Compagnons de la pomponnette
Movie · Original Music Composer
Agafia
Movie · Music
Le Magicien et les Siamois
Movie · Music
Le Rustre et le Juge
Movie · Music
Calomnies
Movie · Original Music Composer
Le Mentor
Movie · Original Music Composer
À votre bon cœur, mesdames
Movie · Original Music Composer
Hitler in Hollywood
Movie · Original Music Composer
Crédit pour tous
Movie · Music
Les Insomniaques
Movie · Music
Colère
Movie · Original Music Composer
Un risque à courir
Movie · Music
Climax
Movie · Music
13 French Street
Movie · Original Music Composer
Les Ballets écarlates
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Touristes? Oh Yes!
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Year in My Life
Movie · Original Music Composer
Grabuge!
Movie · Original Music Composer
Albert est méchant
Movie · Original Music Composer
Le Furet
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The Closet
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor
The News Puppets
Movie · Original Music Composer
La femme du boulanger
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The Frenchman's Son
Movie · Music
The Dinner Game
Movie · Original Music Composer
Soleil
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Pierre and Marie
Movie · Original Music Composer
Jaguar
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Best Job in the World
Movie · Music
Dazzle
Movie · Original Music Composer
Dazzle
TV · Original Music Composer · 2 eps
Bonsoir
Movie · Original Music Composer
L'Affaire
Movie · Music
Cache Cash
Movie · Original Music Composer
Kitchen with Apartment
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Thirst for Gold
Movie · Original Music Composer
Ville à vendre
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Supper
Movie · Original Music Composer
Le Bal des casse-pieds
Movie · Original Music Composer
La Femme abandonnée
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish
Movie · Original Music Composer
Snow and Fire
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Jackpot!
Movie · Original Music Composer
La Méthode Barnol
Movie · Music Director
My Mother's Castle
Movie · Original Music Composer
My Father's Glory
Movie · Original Music Composer
Night of the Fox
Movie · Original Music Composer
Il gèle en enfer
Movie · Original Music Composer
La Vouivre
Movie · Music
Le Retour d'Arsène Lupin
TV · Sound · 12 eps
Les Grandes Familles
TV · Original Music Composer · 4 eps
Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again
TV · Music · 2 eps
The Student
Movie · Original Music Composer
Nitwits
Movie · Music
Levy & Goliath
Movie · Music
Promised... sworn!
Movie · Original Music Composer
Le Moustachu
Movie · Original Music Composer
Rahan, fils des ages farouches
TV · Music Director · 26 eps
Asterix in Britain
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Fugitives
Movie · Original Music Composer
Death on a Rainy Sunday
Movie · Original Music Composer
La Galette du roi
Movie · Original Music Composer
L'Été 36
Movie · Original Music Composer
Le Tiroir secret
TV · Music · 6 eps
Asterix vs. Caesar
Movie · Original Music Composer
Drôle de samedi
Movie · Music
Le Gaffeur
Movie · Music
Edgar et sa bonne - Voyage autour de ma marmite
Movie · Music
La Poudre aux yeux
Movie · Sound
Châteauvallon
TV · Original Music Composer · 26 eps
Just the Way You Are
Movie · Original Music Composer
Petit Con
Movie · Music
The Seventh Target
Movie · Original Music Composer
L'Étincelle
Movie · Music
The Twin
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Defective Detective
Movie · Original Music Composer
Mistral's Daughter
TV · Music · 8 eps
Billet doux
TV · Original Music Composer · 6 eps
L'Homme de Suez
TV · Original Music Composer · 6 eps
The ComDads
Movie · Original Music Composer
Tout le monde peut se tromper
Movie · Music
Banzaï
Movie · Original Music Composer
Le Bal
Movie · Music, Music Director
Un adolescent d'autrefois
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Prize of Peril
Movie · Original Music Composer
La Chambre des dames
TV · Original Music Composer · 10 eps
The Party 2
Movie · Original Music Composer
Ace of Aces
Movie · Original Music Composer
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
Movie · Original Music Composer
صورة عائلية
Movie · Sound
Law and Disorder
Movie · Music
Diva
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Business of Men
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Ones That Got Away
Movie · Music
Next Year If All Goes Well
Movie · Music
The Collector of Brains
Movie · Music
Secrets of the Satin Blues
Movie · Music
Why Not Us?
Movie · Original Music Composer
La Chèvre
Movie · Original Music Composer
Les Roses de Dublin
TV · Music · 6 eps
The Party
Movie · Original Music Composer
Inspector Blunder
Movie · Original Music Composer
Umbrella Coup
Movie · Original Music Composer
Laat de dokter maar schuiven
Movie · Music
Les Maîtres sonneurs
Movie · Music
Les Mystères de Paris
TV · Music · 6 eps
Petit déjeuner compris
TV · Original Music Composer · 6 eps
Courage fuyons
Movie · Original Music Composer
Les Jeunes Filles
Movie · Music
Memoirs of a French Whore
Movie · Original Music Composer
Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses
Movie · Original Music Composer
Heart to Heart
Movie · Original Music Composer
These Kids Are Grown-Ups
Movie · Original Music Composer
Kidnapped
TV · Original Music Composer · 13 eps
The Discord
Movie · Original Music Composer
State Reasons
Movie · Music
Plein les poches pour pas un rond...
Movie · Original Music Composer
Too Shy to Try
Movie · Original Music Composer
Animal
Movie · Original Music Composer
Le Loup blanc
Movie · Music
We Will All Meet in Paradise
Movie · Music
To Each His Hell
Movie · Original Music Composer
Mr. Michel's Dog
Movie · Music
Richelieu
TV · Music · 6 eps
Le Loup blanc
TV · Original Music Composer · 3 eps
The Wing or the Thigh?
Movie · Original Music Composer
Dracula and Son
Movie · Original Music Composer
La Surprise du chef
Movie · Music
The Toy
Movie · Original Music Composer
Pardon Mon Affaire
Movie · Original Music Composer
Scrambled Eggs
Movie · Original Music Composer
Adios
TV · Original Music Composer · 3 eps
The Common Man
Movie · Original Music Composer
Callaghan : Un rendez-vous dans les ténèbres
Movie · Original Music Composer
Sherlock Holmes - Le Signe des quatre
Movie · Original Music Composer
Catherine & Co.
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Phoney
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The Wild Goose Chase
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Pink Telephone
Movie · Original Music Composer
Michael Strogoff
TV · Original Music Composer · 4 eps
The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Movie · Original Music Composer
My Husband, His Mistress and I
Movie · Original Music Composer
I'm Losing My Temper
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Girl's Dead, Man
Movie · Original Music Composer
La Gueule de l’emploi
Movie · Original Music Composer
Le Chaud Lapin
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
Movie · Original Music Composer
Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac
Movie · Original Music Composer
Don't Cry with Your Mouth Full
Movie · Original Music Composer
La Dernière Bourrée à Paris
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein
Movie · Music
Hail the Artist
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Crazy Capo Affair
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Madman
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Adulteress
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Right of the Maddest
Movie · Original Music Composer
Les Zozos
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Felines
Movie · Music
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Movie · Original Music Composer
Neither by Day Nor by Night
Movie · Original Music Composer
Chaleurs
Movie · Original Music Composer
Distracted
Movie · Original Music Composer
Misdeal
Movie · Original Music Composer
Clerambard
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Death of Joe the Indian
Movie · Original Music Composer
Very Happy Alexander
Movie · Original Music Composer
But
Movie · Music