Georges Delerue

Georges Delerue

Known for
Sound
Born
March 12, 1925
Died
March 20, 1992 (aged 67)
Birthplace
Roubaix, Nord, France

Biography

Georges Delerue (12 March 1925 – 20 March 1992) was a French composer who composed over 350 scores for cinema and television. Delerue won numerous important film music awards, including an Academy Award for A Little Romance (1980), three César Awards (1979, 1980, 1981), two ASCAP Awards (1988, 1990), and one Gemini Award for Sword of Gideon (1987). He was also nominated for four additional Academy Awards for Anne of the Thousand Days (1969), The Day of the Dolphin (1973), Julia (1977), and Agnes of God (1985), four additional César Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and one Genie Award for Black Robe (1991). The French newspaper Le Figaro named him "the Mozart of cinema." Delerue was the first composer to win three consecutive César Awards for Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1979), Love on the Run (1980), and The Last Metro (1981). Georges Delerue was named Commander of Arts and Letters, one of France's highest honours. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Known For

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Filmography

2018
Jean-Luc Godard and Anne-Marie Miéville on Google StreetView poster

Jean-Luc Godard and Anne-Marie Miéville on Google StreetView

Movie · Music

2018
The Apparition poster

The Apparition

Movie · Music

2013
Tours du monde, tours du ciel 2009 poster

Tours du monde, tours du ciel 2009

Movie · Music

2005
Hiroshima: The Time of Return

Hiroshima: The Time of Return

Movie · Music

2003
Day for Night: An Appreciation poster

Day for Night: An Appreciation

Movie · Music

2002
The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later poster

The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later

Movie · Original Music Composer

2001
Cinéma, de notre temps: Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub - cinéastes

Cinéma, de notre temps: Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub - cinéastes

Movie · Original Music Composer

1996
Remember Me poster

Remember Me

Movie · Music

1992
Dien Bien Phu poster

Dien Bien Phu

Movie · Original Music Composer

1992
Man Trouble poster

Man Trouble

Movie · Original Music Composer

1992
Rich in Love poster

Rich in Love

Movie · Original Music Composer

1992
Céline poster

Céline

Movie · Original Music Composer

1992
Memento Mori poster

Memento Mori

Movie · Music

1991
Curly Sue poster

Curly Sue

Movie · Original Music Composer

1991
Black Robe poster

Black Robe

Movie · Original Music Composer

1991
Mister Johnson poster

Mister Johnson

Movie · Original Music Composer

1991
The White Queen poster

The White Queen

Movie · Original Music Composer

1991
The Josephine Baker Story poster

The Josephine Baker Story

Movie · Original Music Composer

1991
Without Warning: The James Brady Story poster

Without Warning: The James Brady Story

Movie · Music

1991
American Friends poster

American Friends

Movie · Original Music Composer

1990
Joe Versus the Volcano poster

Joe Versus the Volcano

Movie · Original Music Composer

1990
Cadence poster

Cadence

Movie · Original Music Composer

1990
A Show of Force poster

A Show of Force

Movie · Original Music Composer

1989
The French Revolution poster

The French Revolution

Movie · Original Music Composer

1989
Steel Magnolias poster

Steel Magnolias

Movie · Original Music Composer

1989
Her Alibi poster

Her Alibi

Movie · Original Music Composer

1989
Seven Minutes poster

Seven Minutes

Movie · Original Music Composer

1989
Paris by Night poster

Paris by Night

Movie · Original Music Composer

1988
Beaches poster

Beaches

Movie · Original Music Composer

1988
To Kill a Priest poster

To Kill a Priest

Movie · Music, Conductor

1988
A Summer Story poster

A Summer Story

Movie · Original Music Composer

1988
Twins poster

Twins

Movie · Original Music Composer

1988
Biloxi Blues poster

Biloxi Blues

Movie · Original Music Composer

1988
Heartbreak Hotel poster

Heartbreak Hotel

Movie · Original Music Composer

1988
The House on Carroll Street poster

The House on Carroll Street

Movie · Original Music Composer

1988
Chouans ! poster

Chouans !

Movie · Music

1988
Memories of Me poster

Memories of Me

Movie · Original Music Composer

1987
Maid to Order poster

Maid to Order

Movie · Original Music Composer

1987
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne poster

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

Movie · Original Music Composer

1987
Her Secret Life poster

Her Secret Life

Movie · Music

1987
A Man in Love poster

A Man in Love

Movie · Original Music Composer

1987
Escape from Sobibor poster

Escape from Sobibor

Movie · Original Music Composer

1987
The Pick-up Artist poster

The Pick-up Artist

Movie · Original Music Composer

1987
Queenie poster

Queenie

TV · Music · 2 eps

1986
Platoon poster

Platoon

Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor

1986
Salvador poster

Salvador

Movie · Original Music Composer

1986
Descent Into Hell poster

Descent Into Hell

Movie · Music

1986
Sin of Innocence poster

Sin of Innocence

Movie · Music

1986
Crimes of the Heart poster

Crimes of the Heart

Movie · Original Music Composer

1986
Sword of Gideon poster

Sword of Gideon

Movie · Original Music Composer

1986
Family Business poster

Family Business

Movie · Original Music Composer

1986
Women of Valor poster

Women of Valor

Movie · Original Music Composer

1985
Mesmerized poster

Mesmerized

Movie · Original Music Composer

1985
Stone Pillow poster

Stone Pillow

Movie · Original Music Composer

1985
Amos poster

Amos

Movie · Original Music Composer

1985
Agnes of God poster

Agnes of God

Movie · Original Music Composer

1985
The Execution poster

The Execution

Movie · Original Music Composer

1985
Deadly Intentions poster

Deadly Intentions

Movie · Music

1985
A Time to Live poster

A Time to Live

Movie · Original Music Composer

1985
Maxie poster

Maxie

Movie · Original Music Composer

1985
Amazing Stories poster

Amazing Stories

TV · Music · 3 eps

1984
Le Bon Plaisir poster

Le Bon Plaisir

Movie · Original Music Composer

1984
Aurora poster

Aurora

Movie · Original Music Composer

1984
Love Thy Neighbor poster

Love Thy Neighbor

Movie · Original Music Composer

1984
Silence of the Heart poster

Silence of the Heart

Movie · Original Music Composer

1984
Arch of Triumph poster

Arch of Triumph

Movie · Original Music Composer

1984
The Vultures poster

The Vultures

Movie · Original Music Composer

1983
Confidentially Yours poster

Confidentially Yours

Movie · Original Music Composer

1983
Silkwood poster

Silkwood

Movie · Original Music Composer

1983
One Deadly Summer poster

One Deadly Summer

Movie · Original Music Composer

1983
The African poster

The African

Movie · Original Music Composer

1983
Liberty Belle poster

Liberty Belle

Movie · Original Music Composer

1983
Exposed poster

Exposed

Movie · Original Music Composer

1983
The Black Stallion Returns poster

The Black Stallion Returns

Movie · Original Music Composer

1983
Man, Woman and Child poster

Man, Woman and Child

Movie · Original Music Composer

1982
The Passerby poster

The Passerby

Movie · Original Music Composer

1982
Guy de Maupassant poster

Guy de Maupassant

Movie · Music

1982
Documenteur poster

Documenteur

Movie · Original Music Composer

1982
Partners poster

Partners

Movie · Original Music Composer

1982
The Escape Artist poster

The Escape Artist

Movie · Original Music Composer

1982
A Little Sex poster

A Little Sex

Movie · Original Music Composer

1981
The Inquisitor poster

The Inquisitor

Movie · Original Music Composer

1981
True Confessions poster

True Confessions

Movie · Original Music Composer

1981
The Woman Next Door poster

The Woman Next Door

Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor

1981
Rich and Famous poster

Rich and Famous

Movie · Original Music Composer

1981
Le Rescapé de Tikeroa poster

Le Rescapé de Tikeroa

Movie · Music

1981
La vie continue poster

La vie continue

Movie · Music

1981
La Lettre Volèe

La Lettre Volèe

Movie · Music

1981
The Borgias poster

The Borgias

TV · Music · 10 eps

1981
Le Mythomane poster

Le Mythomane

TV · Music · 6 eps

1981
Nana poster

Nana

TV · Music · 4 eps

1980
The Last Metro poster

The Last Metro

Movie · Original Music Composer

1980
Toine

Toine

Movie · Music

1980
First Voyage poster

First Voyage

Movie · Original Music Composer

1980
Richard's Things poster

Richard's Things

Movie · Original Music Composer

1980
Willie & Phil poster

Willie & Phil

Movie · Original Music Composer

1980
The Visitors poster

The Visitors

TV · Music · 6 eps

1980
Les Chevaux du soleil poster

Les Chevaux du soleil

TV · Music · 12 eps

1980
Arsène Lupin joue et perd poster

Arsène Lupin joue et perd

TV · Music · 6 eps

1980
Fantômas poster

Fantômas

TV · Music · 4 eps

1979
Love on the Run poster

Love on the Run

Movie · Original Music Composer

1979
Les Insulaires

Les Insulaires

Movie · Music

1979
A Little Romance poster

A Little Romance

Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor

1979
Bluebeard

Bluebeard

Movie · Music

1979
My Friend, or The Hidden Life of Jules Depraeter poster

My Friend, or The Hidden Life of Jules Depraeter

Movie · Music

1979
The Cousteau Odyssey: The Nile Part 1

The Cousteau Odyssey: The Nile Part 1

Movie · Music, Original Music Composer

1979
The Cousteau Odyssey: The Nile Part 2

The Cousteau Odyssey: The Nile Part 2

Movie · Music, Original Music Composer

1979
Pierrot mon ami poster

Pierrot mon ami

Movie · Original Music Composer

1979
An Almost Perfect Affair poster

An Almost Perfect Affair

Movie · Original Music Composer

1979
Simone de Beauvoir poster

Simone de Beauvoir

Movie · Original Music Composer

1979
Joséphine, ou la comédie des ambitions poster

Joséphine, ou la comédie des ambitions

TV · Sound · 5 eps

1978
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs poster

Get Out Your Handkerchiefs

Movie · Original Music Composer

1978
Little Girl in Blue Velvet poster

Little Girl in Blue Velvet

Movie · Music

1978
Dear Inspector poster

Dear Inspector

Movie · Original Music Composer

1978
Your Turn, My Turn poster

Your Turn, My Turn

Movie · Original Music Composer

1977
Egy őrült naplója poster

Egy őrült naplója

Movie · Sound

1977
Julia poster

Julia

Movie · Original Music Composer

1977
Bloodthirsty Hawk poster

Bloodthirsty Hawk

Movie · Music

1977
Julie pot-de-colle poster

Julie pot-de-colle

Movie · Original Music Composer

1977
Banlieue Sud-Est poster

Banlieue Sud-Est

TV · Music · 3 eps

1976
Femmes Fatales poster

Femmes Fatales

Movie · Original Music Composer

1976
Nevermore, Forever poster

Nevermore, Forever

Movie · Music

1976
Milady poster

Milady

Movie · Music

1976
Police Python 357 poster

Police Python 357

Movie · Original Music Composer

1976
Boomerang poster

Boomerang

Movie · Original Music Composer

1976
The Big Operator poster

The Big Operator

Movie · Original Music Composer

1975
That Most Important Thing: Love poster

That Most Important Thing: Love

Movie · Original Music Composer

1975
Incorrigible poster

Incorrigible

Movie · Original Music Composer

1975
Paul Gauguin poster

Paul Gauguin

TV · Music · 7 eps

1975
Les Compagnons d'Eleusis poster

Les Compagnons d'Eleusis

TV · Original Music Composer · 30 eps

1974
The Slap poster

The Slap

Movie · Original Music Composer

1974
Alien Thunder poster

Alien Thunder

Movie · Original Music Composer

1974
La Cloche tibétaine poster

La Cloche tibétaine

TV · Music · 7 eps

1973
Day for Night poster

Day for Night

Movie · Original Music Composer

1973
The Day of the Jackal poster

The Day of the Jackal

Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor

1973
The Day of the Dolphin poster

The Day of the Dolphin

Movie · Original Music Composer

1973
Angela – Love Comes Quietly poster

Angela – Love Comes Quietly

Movie · Music

1973
L'Éducation sentimentale poster

L'Éducation sentimentale

TV · Music · 5 eps

1973
Molière pour rire et pour pleurer poster

Molière pour rire et pour pleurer

TV · Music · 6 eps

1972
Malpertuis poster

Malpertuis

Movie · Original Music Composer

1972
Dear Louise poster

Dear Louise

Movie · Original Music Composer

1972
A Gorgeous Kid Like Me poster

A Gorgeous Kid Like Me

Movie · Original Music Composer

1972
L'Homme qui revient de loin poster

L'Homme qui revient de loin

TV · Music · 6 eps

1972
The Accursed Kings poster

The Accursed Kings

TV · Original Music Composer · 6 eps

1971
The Most Gentle Confessions poster

The Most Gentle Confessions

Movie · Original Music Composer

1971
The Conformist poster

The Conformist

Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor

1971
Mira poster

Mira

Movie · Original Music Composer

1971
Two English Girls poster

Two English Girls

Movie · Original Music Composer

1971
The Horsemen poster

The Horsemen

Movie · Original Music Composer

1971
Adieu mes quinze ans

Adieu mes quinze ans

TV · Music · 19 eps

1970
Promise at Dawn poster

Promise at Dawn

Movie · Original Music Composer

1970
Lancelot of the Lake poster

Lancelot of the Lake

Movie · Music

1970
Give Her the Moon poster

Give Her the Moon

Movie · Music

1970
Countdown to Vengeance poster

Countdown to Vengeance

Movie · Original Music Composer

1970
La mort de Danton poster

La mort de Danton

Movie · Sound

1970
Mauregard poster

Mauregard

TV · Original Music Composer · 6 eps

1969
Hibernatus poster

Hibernatus

Movie · Original Music Composer

1969
The Erasers poster

The Erasers

Movie · Original Music Composer

1969
Anne of the Thousand Days poster

Anne of the Thousand Days

Movie · Original Music Composer

1969
Women in Love poster

Women in Love

Movie · Original Music Composer

1969
The Devil by the Tail poster

The Devil by the Tail

Movie · Music

1969
A Walk with Love and Death poster

A Walk with Love and Death

Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Director

1969
The Brain poster

The Brain

Movie · Original Music Composer

1969
Jacquou le Croquant poster

Jacquou le Croquant

TV · Original Music Composer · 6 eps

1968
Nobody Runs Forever poster

Nobody Runs Forever

Movie · Original Music Composer

1968
Interlude poster

Interlude

Movie · Original Music Composer

1968
Thibaud ou les Croisades poster

Thibaud ou les Croisades

TV · Original Music Composer · 26 eps

1967
Our Mother's House poster

Our Mother's House

Movie · Original Music Composer

1967
Oscar poster

Oscar

Movie · Original Music Composer

1967
Our World poster

Our World

Movie · Music

1967
The Secret of Wilhelm Storitz

The Secret of Wilhelm Storitz

Movie · Original Music Composer

1967
The 25th Hour poster

The 25th Hour

Movie · Original Music Composer

1967
On Sunday Afternoon poster

On Sunday Afternoon

Movie · Original Music Composer

1967
Huckleberry Finn

Huckleberry Finn

Movie · Original Music Composer

1967
The Two of Us poster

The Two of Us

Movie · Music

1967
The Sunday of Life poster

The Sunday of Life

Movie · Original Music Composer

1966
A Man for All Seasons poster

A Man for All Seasons

Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor

1966
The Nameless Star poster

The Nameless Star

Movie · Music

1966
King of Hearts poster

King of Hearts

Movie · Original Music Composer

1966
Paris au temps des cerises poster

Paris au temps des cerises

Movie · Music

1965
Viva Maria! poster

Viva Maria!

Movie · Original Music Composer

1965
The Sucker poster

The Sucker

Movie · Original Music Composer

1965
Up to His Ears poster

Up to His Ears

Movie · Original Music Composer

1965
Rapture poster

Rapture

Movie · Original Music Composer

1965
A poster

A

Movie · Music

1965
The Uninhibited poster

The Uninhibited

Movie · Original Music Composer

1965
Bestiary of Love poster

Bestiary of Love

Movie · Original Music Composer

1965
The Moment of Peace poster

The Moment of Peace

Movie · Original Music Composer

1965
Tight Skirts, Loose Pleasures poster

Tight Skirts, Loose Pleasures

Movie · Original Music Composer

1965
Le Bonheur conjugal poster

Le Bonheur conjugal

TV · Original Music Composer · 13 eps

1964
The Soft Skin poster

The Soft Skin

Movie · Original Music Composer

1964
That Man from Rio poster

That Man from Rio

Movie · Original Music Composer

1964
French Dressing poster

French Dressing

Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor

1964
Valparaiso poster

Valparaiso

Movie · Conductor

1964
That Tender Age poster

That Tender Age

Movie · Original Music Composer

1964
The Unvanquished poster

The Unvanquished

Movie · Music

1964
Mata Hari, Agent H21 poster

Mata Hari, Agent H21

Movie · Original Music Composer

1964
Lucky Jo poster

Lucky Jo

Movie · Music

1964
Let the Shooters Shoot poster

Let the Shooters Shoot

Movie · Original Music Composer

1964
The Black Indies poster

The Black Indies

Movie · Music

1964
Trouble Among Widows poster

Trouble Among Widows

Movie · Original Music Composer

1964
The Pumpkin Eater poster

The Pumpkin Eater

Movie · Original Music Composer

1964
Èves futures poster

Èves futures

Movie · Music

1964
Male Companion poster

Male Companion

Movie · Music, Original Music Composer

1964
Greed in the Sun poster

Greed in the Sun

Movie · Original Music Composer

1964
The Big Hit poster

The Big Hit

Movie · Music

1964
Dandelions by the Roots poster

Dandelions by the Roots

Movie · Original Music Composer

1963
Contempt poster

Contempt

Movie · Original Music Composer

1963
Magnet of Doom poster

Magnet of Doom

Movie · Original Music Composer

1963
The Immortal One poster

The Immortal One

Movie · Original Music Composer

1963
Nothing Ever Happens poster

Nothing Ever Happens

Movie · Music

1963
Highway Pick-Up poster

Highway Pick-Up

Movie · Original Music Composer

1963
Portuguese Vacation poster

Portuguese Vacation

Movie · Original Music Composer

1963
Till the End of the World poster

Till the End of the World

Movie · Original Music Composer

1963
Hitler - Never Heard of Him poster

Hitler - Never Heard of Him

Movie · Music

1963
Palissades

Palissades

Movie · Music

1962
Antoine and Colette poster

Antoine and Colette

Movie · Original Music Composer

1962
Jules and Jim poster

Jules and Jim

Movie · Original Music Composer

1962
Vive Le Tour poster

Vive Le Tour

Movie · Original Music Composer

1962
The Immoral Moment poster

The Immoral Moment

Movie · Music

1962
Paris Pick-Up poster

Paris Pick-Up

Movie · Original Music Composer

1962
Cartouche poster

Cartouche

Movie · Music

1962
Simon

Simon

Movie · Music

1962
Le bureau des mariages

Le bureau des mariages

Movie · Original Music Composer

1962
Love at Twenty poster

Love at Twenty

Movie · Original Music Composer

1962
Crime Does Not Pay poster

Crime Does Not Pay

Movie · Music

1961
The Long Absence poster

The Long Absence

Movie · Original Music Composer

1961
Women and War poster

Women and War

Movie · Original Music Composer

1961
The Joker poster

The Joker

Movie · Original Music Composer

1961
The Passion of Slow Fire poster

The Passion of Slow Fire

Movie · Original Music Composer

1961
Over the Wall poster

Over the Wall

Movie · Music

1961
Playtime poster

Playtime

Movie · Original Music Composer

1961
The Nina B. Affair poster

The Nina B. Affair

Movie · Original Music Composer

1961
Le bonheur est pour demain poster

Le bonheur est pour demain

Movie · Original Music Composer

1961
Five Day Lover poster

Five Day Lover

Movie · Original Music Composer

1960
Shoot the Piano Player poster

Shoot the Piano Player

Movie · Original Music Composer

1960
The Big Risk poster

The Big Risk

Movie · Original Music Composer

1960
Do or Die! poster

Do or Die!

Movie · Original Music Composer

1960
Love and the Frenchwoman poster

Love and the Frenchwoman

Movie · Original Music Composer

1960
The Love Game poster

The Love Game

Movie · Original Music Composer

1960
A Mistress for the Summer poster

A Mistress for the Summer

Movie · Original Music Composer

1960
Le Sourire poster

Le Sourire

Movie · Original Music Composer

1960
Le Bel Âge poster

Le Bel Âge

Movie · Original Music Composer

1960
Love Exists poster

Love Exists

Movie · Original Music Composer

1959
Hiroshima Mon Amour poster

Hiroshima Mon Amour

Movie · Original Music Composer

1958
Along the Coast poster

Along the Coast

Movie · Original Music Composer

1958
The Overworked poster

The Overworked

Movie · Music

1958
The Sea and the Days poster

The Sea and the Days

Movie · Music

1958
Diary of a Pregnant Woman poster

Diary of a Pregnant Woman

Movie · Original Music Composer

1958
The First Night poster

The First Night

Movie · Music

1957
Chères vieilles choses

Chères vieilles choses

Movie · Original Music Composer

1957
A Girl in a Pocket poster

A Girl in a Pocket

Movie · Original Music Composer

1957
Le Corbusier, l'architecte du bonheur poster

Le Corbusier, l'architecte du bonheur

Movie · Music

1957
Letter from Siberia poster

Letter from Siberia

Movie · Orchestrator

1956
Night and Fog poster

Night and Fog

Movie · Orchestrator, Conductor

1956
All the World's Memory poster

All the World's Memory

Movie · Conductor

1956
Sunday in Peking poster

Sunday in Peking

Movie · Conductor