Gabriel Yared
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- October 7, 1949 (age 77)
- Birthplace
- Beirut, Lebanon
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Cinema of Francis Lai
Movie · Original Music Composer
Scarlet
Movie · Original Music Composer
Tempo
Movie · Original Music Composer
Just the Two of Us
Movie · Original Music Composer
Broken Keys
Movie · Original Music Composer
Broadway
Movie · Music
L'OMBRE
Movie · Music
The Life Ahead
Movie · Original Music Composer
Paradise War: The Story of Bruno Manser
Movie · Music
Judy
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
Movie · Original Music Composer
Dilili in Paris
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Happy Prince
Movie · Original Music Composer
It's Only the End of the World
Movie · Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
The Promise
Movie · Original Music Composer
Chocolat
Movie · Original Music Composer
By the Sea
Movie · Original Music Composer
In Secret
Movie · Original Music Composer
Tom at the Farm
Movie · Original Music Composer, Musician
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
Movie · Original Music Composer
Blue Notes and Bungalows
Movie · Music
A Promise
Movie · Original Music Composer
Belle du Seigneur
Movie · Original Music Composer
Haute Cuisine
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Royal Affair
Movie · Original Music Composer
In the Land of Blood and Honey
Movie · Original Music Composer
All About Actresses
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Hedgehog
Movie · Original Music Composer
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
Movie · Original Music Composer
Amelia
Movie · Original Music Composer
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
TV · Original Music Composer · 6 eps
Adam Resurrected
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Room with a View
TV · Original Music Composer · 2 eps
1408
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Room with a View
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Lives of Others
Movie · Original Music Composer
Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest
Movie · Original Music Composer
Breaking and Entering
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Airplane
Movie · Original Music Composer
Shall We Dance?
Movie · Original Music Composer
Cold Mountain
Movie · Original Music Composer
Sylvia
Movie · Original Music Composer
Lost Seamen
Movie · Original Music Composer
Bon Voyage
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Idol
Movie · Original Music Composer
The One and Only
Movie · Original Music Composer
Possession
Movie · Original Music Composer
Not Afraid, Not Afraid
Movie · Music
Lisa
Movie · Original Music Composer
Autumn in New York
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Next Best Thing
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Movie · Original Music Composer
Clavigo
Movie · Original Music Composer
Message in a Bottle
Movie · Original Music Composer
First On The Rope
TV · Music · 2 eps
City of Angels
Movie · Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
Tonka
Movie · Music
The English Patient
Movie · Original Music Composer
Black for Remembrance
Movie · Original Music Composer
Arthur Rimbaud, l'homme aux semelles de vent
Movie · Music
Wings of Courage
Movie · Original Music Composer
Fall from Grace
Movie · Original Music Composer
Poorly Extinguished Fires
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Groundhogs
Movie · Original Music Composer
Map of the Human Heart
Movie · Original Music Composer
Low Profile
Movie · Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
The Ark and the Deluge
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Lover
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Girl in the Air
Movie · Original Music Composer
The First Circle
Movie · Original Music Composer
IP5: The Island of Pachyderms
Movie · Original Music Composer
Auntie Danielle
Movie · Original Music Composer
Vincent & Theo
Movie · Original Music Composer
1001 Nights
Movie · Original Music Composer
The King's Whore
Movie · Original Music Composer
Tennessee Nights
Movie · Music
Romero
Movie · Original Music Composer
Ernest the Vampire
TV · Original Music Composer · 15 eps
Camille Claudel
Movie · Original Music Composer
Le Testament d'un poète juif assassiné
Movie · Original Music Composer
Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Seasons of Pleasure
Movie · Original Music Composer
Clean and Sober
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Roman
TV · Original Music Composer · 3 eps
Agent trouble
Movie · Original Music Composer
Gandahar
Movie · Original Music Composer
How Wang-Fo Was Saved
Movie · Original Music Composer
Beyond Therapy
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Veiled Man
Movie · Original Music Composer
Disorder
Movie · Original Music Composer
Betty Blue
Movie · Original Music Composer
Zone Red
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Captive
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Telephone Always Rings Twice
Movie · Original Music Composer
Adieu Bonaparte
Movie · Original Music Composer
Dream One
Movie · Original Music Composer
Dangerous Moves
Movie · Original Music Composer
Fire on Sight
Movie · Original Music Composer
Scarlet Fever
Movie · Music
Sarah
Movie · Music
Hanna K.
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Moon in the Gutter
Movie · Original Music Composer
Shadow Dance
Movie · Original Music Composer
Lucie sur Seine
Movie · Music
The Little Wars
Movie · Original Music Composer
Malevil
Movie · Original Music Composer
Every Man for Himself
Movie · Original Music Composer
Miss O'Gynie and the Flower Men
Movie · Music