Armand Amar

Armand Amar

Known for
Sound
Born
January 1, 1953 (age 73)
Birthplace
Jerusalem, Israel

Biography

Armand Amar (born 1953) is a French composer, who grew up in Morocco. He won the 2010 César Award for Best Music for Le Concert (Radu Mihăileanu). Armand Amar is a French composer living in Paris. In 1968, he began playing the congas. He also practiced the tabla and the zarb in the following years. In 1976 he met South African choreographer Peter Goss, who introduced him to dance. In the subsequent years, he worked with a number of choreographers in contemporary dance. His works are focused particularly on Eastern music. He is the author of several ballets and soundtracks films such as The Trail, Days of Glory, Live and Become, The First Cry, Earth from Above, Bab'Aziz and Home. Since Amen., he has also collaborated with Costa-Gavras scoring all of his subsequent films. He founded the label Long Distance in 1994 with his partners Alain Weber and Peter Gabriel. Source: Article "Armand Amar" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

Filmography

2026
Nature: The Call for Reconciliation poster

Nature: The Call for Reconciliation

Movie · Music

2025
Before What Comes After poster

Before What Comes After

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
If An Owl Calls Your Name poster

If An Owl Calls Your Name

Movie · Music

2025
The Eternal Song poster

The Eternal Song

Movie · Music

2025
Paradiso in vendita poster

Paradiso in vendita

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
It's Winter poster

It's Winter

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
Zéphyr poster

Zéphyr

Movie · Original Music Composer

2024
Barbès, little Algérie poster

Barbès, little Algérie

Movie · Music

2024
Where Olive Trees Weep poster

Where Olive Trees Weep

Movie · Music

2024
Black Tea poster

Black Tea

Movie · Original Music Composer

2024
Living With Wolves poster

Living With Wolves

Movie · Original Music Composer

2023
Vibrant poster

Vibrant

Movie · Original Music Composer

2023
The Blond Boy from the Casbah poster

The Blond Boy from the Casbah

Movie · Music

2023
Collision poster

Collision

Movie · Music

2023
Renouer avec le vivant poster

Renouer avec le vivant

Movie · Original Music Composer

2023
Off Track poster

Off Track

TV · Sound · 6 eps

2021
Lynx poster

Lynx

Movie · Music

2021
Legacy poster

Legacy

Movie · Original Music Composer

2021
Ocean Souls poster

Ocean Souls

Movie · Music Sound Design and Processing

2021
The Wolf and the Lion poster

The Wolf and the Lion

Movie · Music

2021
Heliopolis poster

Heliopolis

Movie · Music

2021
Vicky and Her Mystery poster

Vicky and Her Mystery

Movie · Music

2021
Runaway poster

Runaway

TV · Music · 6 eps

2020
Woman poster

Woman

Movie · Original Music Composer

2020
Où sont passées les hirondelles ? poster

Où sont passées les hirondelles ?

Movie · Music

2019
Spread Your Wings poster

Spread Your Wings

Movie · Original Music Composer

2019
Leonardo Da Vinci: The Universal Man poster

Leonardo Da Vinci: The Universal Man

Movie · Music

2019
Escape from Raqqa poster

Escape from Raqqa

Movie · Original Music Composer

2019
Newcomers poster

Newcomers

Movie · Original Music Composer

2018
Before Winter Comes poster

Before Winter Comes

Movie · Original Music Composer

2018
Prêtes à tout poster

Prêtes à tout

Movie · Music

2018
Mia and the White Lion poster

Mia and the White Lion

Movie · Original Music Composer

2018
Whispering Sands poster

Whispering Sands

Movie · Original Music Composer

2018
Belle and Sebastian 3: The Last Chapter poster

Belle and Sebastian 3: The Last Chapter

Movie · Music

2018
Mother Is Wrong poster

Mother Is Wrong

TV · Music · 6 eps

2017
School of Life poster

School of Life

Movie · Original Music Composer

2017
Human's Music poster

Human's Music

Movie · Music Director

2017
La vallée des loups poster

La vallée des loups

Movie · Original Music Composer

2017
The Climb poster

The Climb

Movie · Music, Original Music Composer

2017
A Bag of Marbles poster

A Bag of Marbles

Movie · Music

2017
Morocco from Above poster

Morocco from Above

Movie · Original Music Composer

2017
Burning Crimes poster

Burning Crimes

TV · Original Music Composer · 2 eps

2016
One Man and his Cow poster

One Man and his Cow

Movie · Music

2016
The History of Love poster

The History of Love

Movie · Original Music Composer

2015
Human poster

Human

Movie · Music

2015
Terra poster

Terra

Movie · Original Music Composer

2015
Belle and Sebastian: The Adventure Continues poster

Belle and Sebastian: The Adventure Continues

Movie · Music

2015
Algeria from Above poster

Algeria from Above

Movie · Music

2015
The Scent of Mandarin poster

The Scent of Mandarin

Movie · Original Music Composer

2015
No Second Chance poster

No Second Chance

TV · Original Music Composer · 6 eps

2014
The Nightingale poster

The Nightingale

Movie · Music

2014
24 Days poster

24 Days

Movie · Original Music Composer

2014
My Son's Murderer Will Die Tonight poster

My Son's Murderer Will Die Tonight

Movie · Original Music Composer

2014
Pixel poster

Pixel

Movie · Music

2014
A Family Secret poster

A Family Secret

TV · Music · 6 eps

2013
For a Woman poster

For a Woman

Movie · Original Music Composer

2013
A Thousand Times Good Night poster

A Thousand Times Good Night

Movie · Original Music Composer

2013
Jusqu'au bout du monde poster

Jusqu'au bout du monde

Movie · Original Music Composer

2013
Belle and Sebastian poster

Belle and Sebastian

Movie · Music

2013
State Crime poster

State Crime

Movie · Original Music Composer

2012
Planet Ocean poster

Planet Ocean

Movie · Music

2012
What the Day Owes the Night poster

What the Day Owes the Night

Movie · Original Music Composer

2012
Capital poster

Capital

Movie · Music

2012
My Sweet Orange Tree poster

My Sweet Orange Tree

Movie · Original Music Composer

2012
A Thirsty World poster

A Thirsty World

Movie · Music

2012
Eternal Amazonia poster

Eternal Amazonia

Movie · Original Music Composer

2012
Here and the Great Elsewhere poster

Here and the Great Elsewhere

Movie · Music

2011
You Will Be My Son poster

You Will Be My Son

Movie · Original Music Composer

2011
The Source poster

The Source

Movie · Original Music Composer

2011
Free Men poster

Free Men

Movie · Original Music Composer

2010
Comme les 5 doigts de la main poster

Comme les 5 doigts de la main

Movie · Original Music Composer

2010
Ao: The Last Hunter poster

Ao: The Last Hunter

Movie · Original Music Composer

2010
Outside the Law poster

Outside the Law

Movie · Original Music Composer

2009
Van Gogh: Brush with Genius poster

Van Gogh: Brush with Genius

Movie · Original Music Composer

2009
Home poster

Home

Movie · Original Music Composer

2009
Welcome poster

Welcome

Movie · Music

2009
Eden Is West poster

Eden Is West

Movie · Original Music Composer

2009
The Concert poster

The Concert

Movie · Original Music Composer

2009
London River poster

London River

Movie · Original Music Composer

2008
Sagan poster

Sagan

Movie · Original Music Composer

2007
Summer of '62 poster

Summer of '62

Movie · Music

2007
Le Premier Cri poster

Le Premier Cri

Movie · Original Music Composer

2006
Days of Glory poster

Days of Glory

Movie · Original Music Composer

2006
The Colonel poster

The Colonel

Movie · Original Music Composer

2006
The Trail poster

The Trail

Movie · Music

2006
Bab'Aziz poster

Bab'Aziz

Movie · Original Music Composer

2006
Earth from Above poster

Earth from Above

TV · Original Music Composer · 15 eps

2005
The Ax poster

The Ax

Movie · Original Music Composer

2005
Live and Become poster

Live and Become

Movie · Original Music Composer

2004
Earth from Above: Stunning Water poster

Earth from Above: Stunning Water

Movie · Music Director

2004
Tabous (Zohre & Manouchehr) poster

Tabous (Zohre & Manouchehr)

Movie · Music

2002
Amen. poster

Amen.

Movie · Original Music Composer