Vladimir Cosma

Vladimir Cosma , is a type-setter, violonist of formation and Leader, born the April 13rd 1940 with Bucharest, in Romania.

Biography

Vladimir Cosma is resulting from a family of musicians: Téodor Cosma, his/her father, is pianist and leader, his mother is composer-songwriter, Edgar Cosma, one of his uncles, was also type-setter, leader and his/her grandmother was pianist.

In 1963, it settles with Paris and continues its musical training with Nadia Boulanger, with the Teacher training school of music of Paris. In 1966, does Michel Legrand, taken by his work on the young ladies of Rochefort , ask him to undertake arrangements of his songs ( Oum the dolphin , Where go the balloons? ) and proposes to him, the following year, to take its place to compose the music of Alexandre the Happy which Yves Robert carries out.

Then begin for Cosma a career of type-setter of film musics, of which those of the Aventures of Rabbi Jacob or fair Grand with a black shoe , with its topic interpreted with the Panpipes, which are among most known. Its work was preceded with the Cannes festival and it gains two Césars of the best film music for the films Diva of Jean-Jacques Beineix in 1982 and the Ball of Ettore Scola in 1984.

It composes also the credits of opening and closing of antenna of TF1 which were diffused between 1975 and 1976, then new versions of 1976 with 1984. After more than 300 melodies and film musics, it now devotes to the writing of symphonic continuations based on the famous melodies which it wrote for the cinema. He also worked several years with a Opéra according to the work of Marcel Pagnol: the “Marseilles Trilogy” whose creation took place with the Opéra of Marseilles in September 2007.

Original soundtracks

Film musics with its credit:

2003/2007

2000/2001

1999

1996/1997

1993/1994

1992

1991

1990

1988

1986/1987

1984/1985

1983

1982

1981

  • Under-gifted on vacation the, Claude Zidi
  • the Goat, Francis Veber
  • the next Year… If all is well, Jean-Wolf Hubert
  • a business of men, Nicolas Ribowski
  • Why not us?, Michel Berny and Maurice Biraud

1980

1979

  • the Child wife, Raphaelle Billetdoux
  • Courage, let us flee, Yves Robert
  • They are large, these small, Joel Santoni
  • Cause always… you interest me, Edouard Molinaro
  • the Evasion, Daniel Duval
  • Duos on settee, Marc Camoletti

1977/1978

  • Confidences for confidences, Pascal Thomas
  • the Reason of State, Andre Full Cayatte
  • the pockets for step a round…, Daniel Daert
  • I am timid but I look after myself, Pierre Richard
  • the Discord, Claude Zidi
  • We will go all to the paradise, Yves Robert
  • a sea urchin in the pocket, Pascal Thomas
  • the Animal, Claude Zidi
  • has each one his hell, André Cayatte
  • the Dog of Mr Michel

1975/1976

  • the Toy, Francis Veber
  • the Wing or the thigh, Claude Zidi
  • the thinking robots, Michel Subiela
  • an elephant that enormously misleads, Yves Robert
  • Dracula father and wire, Edouard Molinaro
  • the Surprise of the chief, Pascal Thomas
  • the Race with the shallot, Claude Zidi
  • Catherine and company, Michel Boisrond
  • Dupont Lajoie, Yves Boisset
  • the pink Telephone, Edouard Molinaro
  • the Scrambled eggs, Joel Santoni
  • It False-bottom, Roger Hanin

1974

  • the Heat Rabbit, Pascal Thomas
  • the Return of large fair the, Yves Robert
  • Mustard assembles me to the nose, Claude Zidi
  • a couple, among so much of others… but so perverse
  • Transfered superb the
  • the Rival

1972/1973

Before 1971

  • Misfortunes of Alfred (1971) Pierre Richard
  • Caïn of nowhere (1970)
  • Inattentive the (1970) Pierre Richard
  • Teresa (1970) Gerald Vergez
  • the Traveller (1970)
  • Clérambard (1969) Yves Robert
  • The Death off Joe the Indian (1968)
  • Aserei Hahofesh (1968)
  • Maldonne, Sergio Gobbi (1968)
  • Goal (1968)
  • Alexandre the Happy (1967) Yves Robert

Opera

Vladimir Cosma put nearly 3 years to write his opera “Marius and Fanny”, according to the work of Marcel Pagnol. This opera in two act was played for the first time at the Opéra of Marseilles on September 4th, 2007, with Roberto Alagna and Angela Gheorghiu in the principal roles.

External bonds

  • Cosma presented on Traxzone, site devoted to the film music
  • Discussion with Vladimir Cosma on Runmovies.be

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