- Known For
- Sound
- Born
- June 10, 1950
- Place of Birth
- Paris, France
Laurent Petitgirard
Laurent Petitgirard (born 10 June 1950, in Paris) is a French classical composer and conductor. Laurent Petitgirard was born in Paris on 10 June 1950. He studied piano with his father Serge Petitgirard, a pupil of Alfred Cortot and Yves Nat, and composition with his older brother Alain Kremski (Kremski being their mother’s name). He has composed over twenty works of symphonic music, operas, ballets, chamber music and nearly one hundred and forty scores for film and television, in a style that is “always refined, dramatic and precisely tailored to the images”. He notably wrote the music for several films by Francis Girod and the 1991 Maigret television series. He also composes lyrical works. His first opera, Joseph Merrick dit Elephant man, with a libretto by Éric Nonn, premiered in 2002 at the Prague State Opera, under the direction of Daniel Mesguich. A new production of this opera wa…
Filmography
movieThe Keys to Freedom
2025 · Original Music Composer
movieSigné Dumas
2021 · Original Music Composer
movieJohn Rabe
2009 · Music Arranger, Original Music Composer
movieCoraline
2009 · Conductor
movieHunting Down the Nazis
2007 · Original Music Composer
movieA Perfect Friend
2006 · Original Music Composer
movieComedy of Power
2006 · Conductor
movieAvenue Montaigne
2006 · Le chef d'orchestre
movieNightcap
2000 · Conductor
movieQuasimodo d'el Paris
1999 · Original Music Composer
movieThe Color of Lies
1999 · Conductor
movieTerminale
1998 · Original Music Composer
movieThe Busy World of Richard Scarry: Summer Picnic
1996 · Music
movieThe Busy World of Richard Scarry: Mr. Frumble's New Cars
1995 · Music
movieLa Cérémonie
1995 · Conductor
movieBonjour Tristesse
1995 · Original Music Composer
Belle Époque
tvBelle Époque
1995 · Original Music Composer
tvThe Busy World of Richard Scarry
1994 · Original Music Composer
movieTorment
1994 · Conductor
movieLa Classe américaine
1993 · Original Music Composer
movieThe Drummer of Ravel's Boléro
1992 · Le chef d'orchestre
movieLest We Forget
1991 · Music
movieThe Elegant Criminal
1990 · Original Music Composer
Le Billard écarlate
movieLe Billard écarlate
1990 · Original Music Composer
tvChillers
1990 · Original Music Composer
tvLe monde est à vous
1987 · Self
tvSacrée soirée
1987 · Self
tvSoftly from Paris
1986 · Original Music Composer
movieAsphalt
1981 · Original Music Composer
movieNight of Death!
1980 · Original Music Composer
movieThe Devil in the Heart
1976 · Original Music Composer
movieRosebud
1975 · Original Music Composer
movieA Police Officer Without Importance
1973 · Original Music Composer
tvLe Grand Échiquier
1972 · Self
Samedi soir
tvSamedi soir
1971 · Self