Georges Delerue

Known For: Sound
Born: March 12, 1925
Place of Birth: Roubaix, Nord, France
Died: March 20, 1992

Georges Delerue

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, on…

Filmography

In The Tracks Of - Special Edition

2020 · Self

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

2018 · Music

The Apparition

2018 · Music

Tours du monde, tours du ciel 2009

2013 · Music, Musical

Hiroshima: The Time of Return

Hiroshima: The Time of Return

2005 · Music

Day for Night: An Appreciation

2003 · Music

The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later

2002 · Original Music Composer

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

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

2001 · Original Music Composer

Remember Me

1996 · Music

Music for the Movies: Georges Delerue

1995 · Self

Rich in Love

1992 · Original Music Composer

Man Trouble

1992 · Original Music Composer

Memento Mori

1992 · Music

Céline

1992 · Original Music Composer

Dien Bien Phu

1992 · Original Music Composer

Curly Sue

1991 · Original Music Composer

Black Robe

1991 · Original Music Composer

Without Warning: The James Brady Story

1991 · Music

The White Queen

1991 · Original Music Composer

Mister Johnson

1991 · Original Music Composer

American Friends

1991 · Original Music Composer

The Josephine Baker Story

1991 · Original Music Composer

Cadence

1990 · Original Music Composer

A Show of Force

1990 · Original Music Composer

Joe Versus the Volcano

1990 · Original Music Composer

Steel Magnolias

1989 · Original Music Composer

Seven Minutes

1989 · Original Music Composer

The French Revolution

1989 · Original Music Composer

Paris by Night

1989 · Original Music Composer

Her Alibi

1989 · Original Music Composer

Beaches

1988 · Original Music Composer

Twins

1988 · Original Music Composer

Heartbreak Hotel

1988 · Original Music Composer

Memories of Me

1988 · Music

To Kill a Priest

1988 · Music, Conductor

A Summer Story

1988 · Original Music Composer

Biloxi Blues

1988 · Original Music Composer

Chouans !

1988 · Music

The House on Carroll Street

1988 · Original Music Composer

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

1987 · Original Music Composer

The Pick-up Artist

1987 · Music

Maid to Order

1987 · Original Music Composer

Queenie

1987 · Music

A Man in Love

1987 · Original Music Composer

Her Secret Life

1987 · Music

Escape from Sobibor

1987 · Original Music Composer

Platoon

1986 · Original Music Composer, Conductor

Crimes of the Heart

1986 · Original Music Composer

Women of Valor

1986 · Original Music Composer

Descent Into Hell

1986 · Music

Sword of Gideon

1986 · Original Music Composer

Salvador

1986 · Original Music Composer

Sin of Innocence

1986 · Music

Family Business

1986 · Original Music Composer

Mesmerized

1985 · Original Music Composer

Stone Pillow

1985 · Original Music Composer

A Time to Live

1985 · Original Music Composer

Amos

1985 · Original Music Composer

Amazing Stories

1985 · Music

Maxie

1985 · Music

Agnes of God

1985 · Original Music Composer

Deadly Intentions

1985 · Music

The Execution

1985 · Original Music Composer

Arch of Triumph

1984 · Original Music Composer

Silence of the Heart

1984 · Original Music Composer

Love Thy Neighbor

1984 · Original Music Composer

The Vultures

1984 · Original Music Composer

Aurora

1984 · Original Music Composer

Le Bon Plaisir

1984 · Original Music Composer

Silkwood

1983 · Original Music Composer

The African

1983 · Original Music Composer

Liberty Belle

1983 · Original Music Composer

Confidentially Yours

1983 · Original Music Composer

One Deadly Summer

1983 · Original Music Composer

Exposed

1983 · Original Music Composer

Man, Woman and Child

1983 · Music

The Black Stallion Returns

1983 · Original Music Composer

The Escape Artist

1982 · Original Music Composer

Partners

1982 · Original Music Composer

The Passerby

1982 · Original Music Composer

Guy de Maupassant

1982 · Music

A Little Sex

1982 · Original Music Composer

Documenteur

1982 · Original Music Composer

Champs-Elysées

1982 · Self

The Borgias

1981 · Music

The Woman Next Door

1981 · Original Music Composer, Conductor

True Confessions

1981 · Original Music Composer

The Inquisitor

1981 · Original Music Composer

Rich and Famous

1981 · Original Music Composer

La vie continue

1981 · Music

Le Rescapé de Tikeroa

1981 · Music

La Lettre Volèe

La Lettre Volèe

1981 · Music

Nana

1981 · Music

Le Mythomane

1981 · Music

Richard's Things

1980 · Original Music Composer

Arsène Lupin joue et perd

1980 · Music

Les Chevaux du soleil

1980 · Music

The Last Metro

1980 · Original Music Composer

Willie & Phil

1980 · Original Music Composer

Fantômas

1980 · Musical

The Visitors

1980 · Music

First Voyage

1980 · Original Music Composer

Toine

1980 · Music

Joséphine, ou la comédie des ambitions

1979 · Sound

The Cousteau Odyssey: The Nile Part 2

The Cousteau Odyssey: The Nile Part 2

1979 · Music, Original Music Composer

Bluebeard

1979 · Music

A Little Romance

1979 · Original Music Composer, Conductor

An Almost Perfect Affair

1979 · Original Music Composer

The Cousteau Odyssey: The Nile Part 1

The Cousteau Odyssey: The Nile Part 1

1979 · Music, Original Music Composer

My Friend, or The Hidden Life of Jules Depraeter

1979 · Music

Pierrot mon ami

1979 · Original Music Composer

Les Insulaires

1979 · Music

Love on the Run

1979 · Original Music Composer

Simone de Beauvoir

1979 · Original Music Composer

Little Girl in Blue Velvet

1978 · Music

Your Turn, My Turn

1978 · Original Music Composer

Dear Inspector

1978 · Original Music Composer

Get Out Your Handkerchiefs

1978 · Original Music Composer

Banlieue Sud-Est

1977 · Music

Julia

1977 · Original Music Composer

Bloodthirsty Hawk

1977 · Music

Egy őrült naplója

1977 · Sound

The Big Operator

1976 · Original Music Composer

Boomerang

1976 · Original Music Composer

Police Python 357

1976 · Original Music Composer

Nevermore, Forever

1976 · Music

Femmes Fatales

1976 · Original Music Composer

30 millions d'amis

1976 · Self

Milady

1976 · Music

Incorrigible

1975 · Original Music Composer

Les Compagnons d'Eleusis

1975 · Original Music Composer

Paul Gauguin

1975 · Music

That Most Important Thing: Love

1975 · Original Music Composer

La Cloche tibétaine

1974 · Music

The Slap

1974 · Original Music Composer

Les Musiciens de la pellicule

1974 · lui-même

Alien Thunder

1974 · Original Music Composer

The Day of the Dolphin

1973 · Original Music Composer

Molière pour rire et pour pleurer

1973 · Music

Angela – Love Comes Quietly

1973 · Music

Day for Night

1973 · Georges, the Composer (narration) (uncredited), Original Music Composer

The Day of the Jackal

1973 · Original Music Composer, Conductor

L'Éducation sentimentale

1973 · Music

The Accursed Kings

1972 · Original Music Composer

L'Homme qui revient de loin

1972 · Music

A Gorgeous Girl Like Me

1972 · Original Music Composer

Dear Louise

1972 · Original Music Composer

Malpertuis

1972 · Original Music Composer

Le Grand Échiquier

1972 · Self

Two English Girls

1971 · Claude's Business Agent, Original Music Composer

The Horsemen

1971 · Original Music Composer

The Most Gentle Confessions

1971 · Original Music Composer

Adieu mes quinze ans

Adieu mes quinze ans

1971 · Music

Mira

1971 · Original Music Composer

The Conformist

1971 · Original Music Composer, Conductor

Lancelot of the Lake

1970 · Music

Promise at Dawn

1970 · Original Music Composer

Mauregard

1970 · Original Music Composer

La Mort de Danton

La Mort de Danton

1970 · Musical

Give Her the Moon

1970 · Music

Countdown to Vengeance

1970 · Original Music Composer

Anne of the Thousand Days

1969 · Original Music Composer

A Walk with Love and Death

1969 · Original Music Composer, Music Director

Jacquou le Croquant

1969 · Original Music Composer

Women in Love

1969 · Original Music Composer

Hibernatus

1969 · Original Music Composer

The Erasers

1969 · Original Music Composer

The Brain

1969 · Original Music Composer

The Devil by the Tail

1969 · Music

Thibaud ou les Croisades

1968 · Original Music Composer

Nobody Runs Forever

1968 · Original Music Composer

Interlude

1968 · Original Music Composer

The Secret of Wilhelm Storitz

The Secret of Wilhelm Storitz

1967 · Original Music Composer

Oscar

1967 · Original Music Composer

Our Mother's House

1967 · Original Music Composer

Our World

1967 · Music

The 25th Hour

1967 · Original Music Composer

The Two of Us

1967 · Music

Huckleberry Finn

Huckleberry Finn

1967 · Original Music Composer

The Sunday of Life

1967 · Original Music Composer

On Sunday Afternoon

1967 · Original Music Composer

Thursday We Shall Sing Like Sunday

1967 · Compositor

The Nameless Star

1966 · Music

King of Hearts

1966 · Original Music Composer

A Man for All Seasons

1966 · Original Music Composer, Conductor

Don’t Shoot the Composer

1966 · Himself

Paris au temps des cerises

1966 · Music

Up to His Ears

1965 · Original Music Composer

The Moment of Peace

1965 · Original Music Composer

Viva Maria!

1965 · Original Music Composer

Bestiary of Love

1965 · Original Music Composer

Rapture

1965 · Original Music Composer

The Uninhibited

1965 · Original Music Composer

Le Bonheur conjugal

1965 · Original Music Composer

The Sucker

1965 · Original Music Composer

Tight Skirts, Loose Pleasures

1965 · Original Music Composer

A

1965 · Music

The Black Indies

1964 · Music

That Tender Age

1964 · Original Music Composer

Lucky Jo

1964 · Music

Male Companion

1964 · Music, Original Music Composer

The Unvanquished

1964 · Music

Valparaiso

1964 · Conductor

The Pumpkin Eater

1964 · Original Music Composer

Let the Shooters Shoot

1964 · Original Music Composer

The Big Hit

1964 · Music

Dandelions by the Roots

1964 · Original Music Composer

The Soft Skin

1964 · Original Music Composer

Greed in the Sun

1964 · Original Music Composer

Trouble Among Widows

1964 · Original Music Composer

French Dressing

1964 · Original Music Composer, Conductor

That Man from Rio

1964 · Original Music Composer

Mata Hari, Agent H21

1964 · Original Music Composer

Bosphore

1964 · Musical

Golden Horn

1964 · Musical

Èves futures

1964 · Music

Highway Pick-Up

1963 · Original Music Composer

Contempt

1963 · Original Music Composer

Portuguese Vacation

1963 · Original Music Composer

Magnet of Doom

1963 · Original Music Composer

Nothing Ever Happens

1963 · Music

Hitler - Never Heard of Him

1963 · Music

The Immortal One

1963 · Original Music Composer

Till the End of the World

1963 · Original Music Composer

Vive Le Tour

1962 · Original Music Composer

The Immoral Moment

1962 · Music

Crime Does Not Pay

1962 · Music

Antoine and Colette

1962 · Original Music Composer

Love at Twenty

1962 · Original Music Composer

Paris Pick-Up

1962 · Original Music Composer

Le bureau des mariages

Le bureau des mariages

1962 · Original Music Composer

Cartouche

1962 · Music

Jules and Jim

1962 · Original Music Composer

Simon

1962 · Music

Over the Wall

1961 · Music

The Nina B. Affair

1961 · Original Music Composer

Le bonheur est pour demain

1961 · Original Music Composer

The Long Absence

1961 · Original Music Composer

The Passion of Slow Fire

1961 · Original Music Composer

Five Day Lover

1961 · Original Music Composer

Playtime

1961 · Original Music Composer

Women and War

1961 · Original Music Composer

The Joker

1961 · Original Music Composer

Shoot the Piano Player

1960 · Original Music Composer

Love and the Frenchwoman

1960 · Original Music Composer

The Love Game

1960 · Original Music Composer

Le Sourire

1960 · Original Music Composer

Do or Die!

1960 · Original Music Composer

The Big Risk

1960 · Original Music Composer

A Mistress for the Summer

1960 · Original Music Composer

Love Exists

1960 · Original Music Composer

Le Bel Âge

1960 · Original Music Composer

Hiroshima Mon Amour

1959 · Original Music Composer

Discorama

1959 · Self

Along the Coast

1958 · Original Music Composer

Diary of a Pregnant Woman

1958 · Original Music Composer

The First Night

1958 · Music

The Overworked

1958 · Music

The Sea and the Days

1958 · Music

Le Corbusier, l'architecte du bonheur

1957 · Music

A Girl in a Pocket

1957 · Original Music Composer

Letter from Siberia

1957 · Orchestrator

Chères vieilles choses

Chères vieilles choses

1957 · Original Music Composer

All the World's Memory

1956 · Conductor

Sunday in Peking

1956 · Conductor

Night and Fog

1956 · Orchestrator, Conductor

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