Paul Misraki
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- January 28, 1908
- Died
- October 29, 1998 (aged 90)
- Birthplace
- Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]
Biography
Paul Misraki (28 January 1908 – 29 October 1998) was a French composer of popular music and film scores. Over the course of over 60 years, Misraki wrote the music to 130 films, scoring works by directors like Jean Renoir, Claude Chabrol, Jacques Becker, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jean-Luc Godard, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Orson Welles, Luis Buñuel and Roger Vadim. For his work, he was made a Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur. Born Paul Misrachi in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (now Istanbul, Turkey) into a French Jewish family of Italian descent, Misraki showed an early aptitude for music. He went to Paris to study classical composition, and by the 1930s had become an established jazz pianist, arranger, and writer of popular songs; around this time he began composing film scores, with his first known work being for Jean Renoir's first sound film, On purge bébé (Baby's Laxative, 1931), for which he was not credited. Like Renoir, Misraki fled France during the World War II German occupation. After a brief stay in Argentina, Misraki ended up in Hollywood, where he composed the music to all of Renoir's American films. After the war, Misraki returned to France, working busily throughout the 1950s, a period when he was routinely scoring half a dozen or more films a year. These included numerous films by Yves Allégret and Jean Boyer, as well as two films by Jacques Becker, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (Ali Baba et les 40 voleurs, 1954) and Montparnasse 19 (1958) and Orson Welles' Mr. Arkadin (1955). The 1960s saw Misraki slow down slightly, writing only 2–3 scores a year. During this period, he worked with many of the leading French directors of the period, including Jean-Luc Godard on Alphaville (1965), Jean-Pierre Melville on Le Doulos (1963) and Claude Chabrol, for whom he scored several films. Misraki composed intermittently throughout the last two decades of his life. He composed his last score at age 85; by this point he had been working almost exclusively in television for several years. He died of natural causes at age 90 in Paris. Misraki first found acclaim as a composer and lyricist of popular songs. His first hit was 1935's "Tout va très bien madame la marquise," and during his careers in France, America and Argentina he wrote successful songs in French, English and Spanish. In 1998, at the age of 90 years, Misraki collaborates with Singer Raquel Bitton on her American tribute to his songs in a CD entitled In a Jazzy mood. ... Source: Article "Paul Misraki" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
Filmography
Stress
Movie · Original Music Composer
Un si joli village...
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Toilets Were Closed from the Inside
Movie · Original Music Composer
The arrest
Movie · Music
Bloody Murder
Movie · Original Music Composer
Closed Shutters
Movie · Music
A Murder Is a Murder
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Day the Hot Line Got Hot
Movie · Original Music Composer
Attack of the Robots
Movie · Music
Alphaville
Movie · Original Music Composer
L'assassin connaît la musique...
Movie · Original Music Composer
Jack and Jenny
Movie · Original Music Composer
Le Doulos
Movie · Original Music Composer
Ladies' Man
Movie · Original Music Composer
We Will Go to Deauville
Movie · Music
Vengeance of the Three Musketeers
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Fighting Musketeers
Movie · Music
Les Bonnes Femmes
Movie · Original Music Composer
Love and the Frenchwoman
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Cousins
Movie · Original Music Composer
À double tour
Movie · Original Music Composer
Women Are Weak
Movie · Original Music Composer
Fever Mounts at El Pao
Movie · Original Music Composer
Way of Youth
Movie · Original Music Composer
Dangerous Games
Movie · Music
Maigret Sets a Trap
Movie · Music
The Lovers of Montparnasse
Movie · Original Music Composer
Sans famille
Movie · Music
The Irony of Money
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Bomb for a Dictator
Movie · Original Music Composer
Sénéchal the Magnificent
Movie · Original Music Composer
On Foot, on Horse, and on Wheels
Movie · Music
Young Girls Beware
Movie · Original Music Composer
...And God Created Woman
Movie · Original Music Composer
Plucking the Daisy
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Death in the Garden
Movie · Original Music Composer
Thunderstorm
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Lebanese Mission
Movie · Original Music Composer
Fernandel the Dressmaker
Movie · Music
Oasis
Movie · Original Music Composer
Fortune carrée
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Little Rebels
Movie · Original Music Composer
Mr. Arkadin
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Best Part
Movie · Music
Obsession
Movie · Original Music Composer
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Movie · Original Music Composer
Le Fil à la patte
Movie · Original Music Composer
Queen Margot
Movie · Original Music Composer
Other Side of Paradise
Movie · Music
The Proud and the Beautiful
Movie · Original Music Composer
Crazy for Love
Movie · Original Music Composer
Desperate Decision
Movie · Music
The Moment of Truth
Movie · Original Music Composer
Robinson Crusoeland
Movie · Original Music Composer
Monte Carlo Baby
Movie · Original Music Composer
Young Love
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Dr. Knock
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No Pity for Women
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The Gamblers
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We Will All Go to Paris
Movie · Original Music Composer
Thirst of Men
Movie · Music
Manon
Movie · Original Music Composer
All Roads Lead to Rome
Movie · Music
Mademoiselle Has Fun
Movie · Music
Passport to Rio
Movie · Songs
Navidad de los pobres
Movie · Original Music Composer
Heartbeat
Movie · Original Music Composer
El fin de la noche
Movie · Original Music Composer
Siete mujeres
Movie · Music
La importancia de ser ladrón
Movie · Music
¡Delirio!
Movie · Music
Eclipse de sol
Movie · Original Music Composer
Stella
Movie · Music
Beating Heart
Movie · Original Music Composer
Return at Dawn
Movie · Original Music Composer
I Was an Adventuress
Movie · Original Music Composer
Beautiful Star
Movie · Music
Claudine at School
Movie · Original Music Composer
The House Across the Street
Movie · Original Music Composer
Baby's Laxative
Movie · Original Music Composer