- Known For
- Sound
- Born
- April 10, 1930
- Place of Birth
- Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France
- Died
- December 29, 2020
Claude Bolling
Claude Bolling (10 April 1930 – 29 December 2020) was a French jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and occasional actor. He was born in Cannes, France, and studied at the Nice Conservatory, and then in Paris. A child prodigy, by the age of 14 he was playing jazz piano professionally, with Lionel Hampton, Roy Eldridge, and Kenny Clarke. Bolling's books on jazz technique show that he did not delve far beyond bebop into much avant-garde jazz. He was a major part of the traditional jazz revival in the late 1960s, and he became friends with Oscar Peterson. He wrote music for over one hundred films, including a 1957 documentary about the Cannes Film Festival, and films such as The Hands of Orlac (1960), World in My Pocket (1961), Me and the Forty Year Old Man (1965), Atlantic Wall (1970), Borsalino (1970), To Catch a Spy (1971), Le Magnifique (1973), Enuff Is Enuff (J'ai mon voyage!), Borsalin…
Filmography
movieLa TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
2022 · Self (archive footage)
movieBelmondo, itinéraire...
2011 · Self
movieThe Life Before Us
2010 · Original Music Composer
movieBrigitte Bardot : Divine B.B.
2004
movieLetter from an Unknown Woman
2002 · Original Music Composer
movieChance or Coincidence
1998 · Original Music Composer
movieMaintenant ou jamais
1997 · Sound, Music
movieLe Veilleur de nuit
1996 · Original Music Composer
movieThe Pleasure of Love
1991 · Original Music Composer
movieNetchayev is Back
1991 · Original Music Composer
movieWant to Stay Alive
1990 · Original Music Composer
movieHave a Nice Night
1990 · Original Music Composer
movieTry This One for Size
1989 · Original Music Composer
movieLa Garçonne
1988 · Original Music Composer
tvLe monde est à vous
1987 · Self
tvSacrée soirée
1987 · Self
movieLa Rumba
1987 · Original Music Composer
movieUn métier de seigneur
1986 · Original Music Composer
tvVictoires de la musique
1985 · Self
movieHe Died with His Eyes Open
1985 · Original Music Composer
movieThe Bay Boy
1984 · Original Music Composer
movieThe Leopard
1984 · Original Music Composer
movieLouisiana
1984 · Original Music Composer
movieLucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose
1983 · Original Music Composer
movieThe Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan
1982 · Original Music Composer
tvChamps-Elysées
1982 · Self
Le calvaire d'un jeune homme impeccable
movieLe calvaire d'un jeune homme impeccable
1981 · Compositor
movieThree Men to Kill
1980 · Original Music Composer
movieWillie & Phil
1980 · Original Music Composer
movieThe Awakening
1980 · Original Music Composer
movieLa pitié dangereuse
1979 · Original Music Composer
movieThe Other One's Mug
1979 · Original Music Composer
movieLe Plus Heureux des trois
1979 · Original Music Composer
tvL'Étrange Monsieur Duvallier
1979 · Original Music Composer
movieL'Homme en colère
1979 · Original Music Composer
movieHoroscope
1978 · Original Music Composer
movieButterfly on the Shoulder
1978 · Original Music Composer
tvClaudine
1978 · Musical, Original Music Composer
movieCalifornia Suite
1978 · Original Music Composer
movieLucky Luke: The Ballad of the Daltons
1978 · Music Director, Original Music Composer
movieThe Centipede Is Tap Dancing
1977 · Original Music Composer
movieSilver Bears
1977 · Original Music Composer
movieThe Passengers
1977 · Original Music Composer
movieThe Probability Factor
1976 · Original Music Composer
movieThe Gypsy
1975 · Original Music Composer
movieFlic Story
1975 · Original Music Composer
tvLes Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Self
tvLes Brigades du Tigre
1974 · Original Music Composer
movieTell Me You Love Me
1974 · Music, Original Music Composer
movieBorsalino and Co.
1974 · Original Music Composer
movieSay it with Flowers
1974 · Original Music Composer
movieThe Magnificent One
1973 · Original Music Composer
movieLe Solitaire
1973 · Original Music Composer
movieLa Mandarine
1972 · Original Music Composer
tvLe Grand Échiquier
1972 · Self
movieThe Day the Clown Cried
1972 · Circus Band Conductor
tvCadet Rousselle
1971 · Self
movieDaisy Town
1971 · Original Music Composer
movieLa Grande Maffia
1971 · Original Music Composer
movieEasy Down There!
1971 · Original Music Composer
Christa
tvChrista
1971 · Original Music Composer
movieAtlantic Wall
1970 · Original Music Composer
movieThe Sensuous Assassin
1970 · Original Music Composer
movieBorsalino
1970 · Original Music Composer
movieLove in the Night
1968 · Original Music Composer
movieShow Bardot
1968 · Self
movieElectra One
1967 · Original Music Composer
movieConstance aux enfers
1964 · Original Music Composer
movieThe Day and the Hour
1963 · Original Music Composer
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
movieOn Friday at Eleven
1961 · Original Music Composer
movieThe Hands of Orlac
1960 · Original Music Composer
movieThat Night
1958 · (uncredited)
movieAs Long as You Get Drunk...
1958 · Original Music Composer
movie14 juillet 1953
1954 · Original Music Composer