Georges Delerue

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Georges Delerue

Georges Delerue (born March 12, 1925 in Roubaix , † March 20, 1992 in Los Angeles ) was a French composer . Among other things, he created the film music for more than 300 feature films.

Career

Delerue studied at the Conservatory of Paris under the guidance of Darius Milhaud . In 1949 he was awarded the Prix ​​de Rome . In 1952 he was appointed composer and head of the French radio orchestra. At the end of the 1950s, Delerue increasingly devoted himself to composing film music. During his work he covered a wide range of film genres. At the beginning of his career he worked closely with François Truffaut ( The Sweet Skin , The American Night ) , but other directors of the French Nouvelle Vague also sought collaboration with him, such as Jean-Luc Godard for his film The Contempt , Alain Resnais , Louis Malle and Bernardo Bertolucci .

The success of the directors gave Delerue his own international breakthrough, and in 1969 the composer received his first Oscar nomination for the score for Charles Jarrott's historical drama Queen for a Thousand Days . In 1972 he began working on various Hollywood productions. In 1983, the film Silkwood was directed by Mike Nichols . In 1986 Delerue conducted the piece Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber for Oliver Stones Platoon and in 1991 composed the score for the film Black Robe . In 1980, Delerue won the Oscar for best music for his music for George Roy Hill's film I Love You - I Love You - Je t'aime . He was nominated for an Oscar another four times. From 1979 to 1981 he won the French César film award three times in a row . Delerue has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award twice during his career .

Delerue's main work was film music, but was not limited to this. In addition, he also composed orchestral works and chamber music for the concert hall as well as stage works, e.g. E.g. the operas Ariane (1954), Le chevalier de neige (1961), Medis et Alysio (1974) and the music for the ballet La Leçon by Flemming Flindt (1963). Georges Delerue died on March 20, 1992 in Los Angeles eight days after his 67th birthday.

Awards named after Georges Delerue

The Georges Delerue Award , an award for the best film music that has been presented at the Film Fest Gent since 1992 , and the George Delerue Memorial Scholarship Award , an award given by the Berklee College of Music for outstanding performance in the field of film music, were named after Delerue . The award is endowed with US $ 6,000.

Filmography (selection)

Awards

Oscar

  • 1969: nominated for best film music ( Queen for a thousand days )
  • 1973: nominated for best film music ( The Day of the Dolphin )
  • 1977: nominated for best film music ( Julia )
  • 1979: awarded for best film music ( A Little Romance )
  • 1985: nominated for best film music ( Agnes - Engel im Feuer )

César

  • 1977: nominated for best best film music ( Police Python )
  • 1979: awarded for the best film music ( woman to be given away )
  • 1980: awarded for the best film music ( love on the run )
  • 1981: awarded for the best film music ( The Last Metro )

Golden Globe Award

  • 1973: nominated for best film music ( The Day of the Dolphin )
  • 1979: nominated for best film music ( A Little Romance )

literature

  • Georges Delerue , Interview with Jean-Claude Kuner, in: Filmharmonische Blätter . Issue 3 / Summer 1986, pp. 28-33

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ George Delerue Memorial Scholarship Award, 2016 , accessed September 14, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Delerue, Georges
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French film composer
DATE OF BIRTH March 12, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Roubaix
DATE OF DEATH March 20, 1992
Place of death Los Angeles , California , United States