Philippe Sarde
Sound
Philippe Sarde (born 21 June 1948) is a French film composer. Considered among the most versatile and talented French film composers of his generation, Sarde has scored over two hundred films, film shorts, and television mini-series. He received an Academy Award nomination for Tess (1979), and twelve César Award nominations, winning for Barocco (1976) and The Judge and the Assassin (1976). In 1993, Sarde received the Joseph Plateau Music Award. Philippe Sarde was born 21 June 1948 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France. His mother, Andrée Gabriel, was a singer in the Paris Opera. Through his mother's encouragement, he became interested in music from the early age of three. When he was four years old, he conducted a brief section of Carmen at the Paris Opera. At the age of five, he began experimenting with sound recording and made his first short films. Sarde loved both music and film, and had trouble deciding on his career direction. Sarde entered the Paris Conservatory, where he studied harmony, counterpoint, fugue, and composition under Noël Gallon. At the age of seventeen, he directed a short 35-mm film in black and white, for which he composed the music, asking Vladimir Cosma to help him with the orchestration. At the age of eighteen, after writing songs for Régine, Sarde met Claude Sautet, who asked him to write the music for his film The Things of Life (1969). The experience established his career direction and initiated a long partnership with Sautet that spanned twenty-five years and eleven films. Sarde also established close associations with directors Bertrand Tavernier, Pierre Granier-Deferre, Georges Lautner, André Téchiné, and Jacques Doillon. Sarde also collaborated with Roman Polanski on The Tenant and Tess, which garnered an Academy Award nomination, Bertrand Blier's on Beau-Père, Alain Corneau on Fort Saganne, and Marshall Brickman on Lovesick, The Manhattan Project, and Sister Mary Explains It All. In 1988, Sarde was a member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival. Film director Georges Lautner once observed that he was constantly amazed by the composer's ability to find a unique approach to each film that he scored. According to Yuri German, writing in the All Music Guide, Sarde's soundtracks are "masterfully and unconventionally arranged" and are often performed by such world-class musicians as Chet Baker, Stan Getz, Stéphane Grappelli, and Maurice Vander." In April 1990, Sarde married Nave Florence, but they divorced the following year. In 1994, he married Clotilde Burre. They have two daughters, Ponette (born 1998) and Liza (born 1999). Both are enrolled in the seventeenth arrondissement of Paris. Sarde is the brother of producer Alain Sarde. Source: Article "Philippe Sarde" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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movieThe One I Loved
2025
Original Music Composer
movieBorgo
2024
Original Music Composer
movieAndré Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema
2019
Original Music Composer
movieA Faithful Man
2018
Original Music Composer
movieRodin
2017
Original Music Composer
movieTwo Friends
2015
Original Music Composer
movieThe French Minister
2013
Original Music Composer
movieAnd They Call It Summer
2012
Original Music Composer
movieThe Princess of Montpensier
2010
Original Music Composer
movieThe Three-way Wedding
2010
Original Music Composer
movieThe Girl on the Train
2009
Original Music Composer
movieMarco Ferreri: The Director Who Came from the Future
2007
Original Music Composer
movieThe Witnesses
2007
Original Music Composer
movieCall Me Elisabeth
2006
Original Music Composer
movieThe Perfume of the Lady in Black
2005
Original Music Composer
movieMe and My Sister
2004
Original Music Composer
movieA Less Bad World
2004
Original Music Composer
movieFilming 'Tess'
2004
Original Music Composer
movieTess: The Experience
2004
Original Music Composer
movieTess: From Novel to Screen
2004
Original Music Composer
movieRaja
2003
Original Music Composer
movieStrayed
2003
Original Music Composer
movieThe Mystery of the Yellow Room
2003
Original Music Composer
movieBreak of Dawn
2002
Original Music Composer
movieSister Mary Explains It All
2001
Original Music Composer
movieMademoiselle
2001
Original Music Composer
moviePrincesses
2000
Original Music Composer
tvVictoire, ou la douleur des femmes
2000
Original Music Composer
movieAlice and Martin
1998
Original Music Composer
movieThe Red and the Black
1997
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tvThe Red and the Black
1997
Original Music Composer
movieOn Guard
1997
Original Music Composer
movieA Brother...
1997
Original Music Composer
movieK
1997
Original Music Composer
movieLucie Aubrac
1997
Original Music Composer
moviePonette
1996
Original Music Composer
movieThieves
1996
Original Music Composer
movieNelly and Monsieur Arnaud
1995
Original Music Composer
movieThe Little Boy
1995
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movieUncovered
1995
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movieLe fils préféré
1994
Original Music Composer
movieD'Artagnan's Daughter
1994
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movieNight Taxi
1993
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movieSunfish
1993
Music
movieMy Favorite Season
1993
Original Music Composer
movieYoung Werther
1993
Original Music Composer
movieThe Little Apocalypse
1993
Original Music Composer
movieMax & Jeremie
1992
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movieL.627
1992
Original Music Composer
movieRoom Service
1992
Original Music Composer
movieI Don't Kiss
1991
Original Music Composer
Iran: Days of Crisis
1991
Original Music Composer
movieThe Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea
1991
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movieJealousy
1991
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movieFor Sasha
1991
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movieThe Tribe
1991
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movieEve of Destruction
1991
Original Music Composer
movieThe Little Gangster
1990
Original Music Composer
movieForgery and the Use of Forgeries
1990
Original Music Composer
movieLord of the Flies
1990
Original Music Composer
movieLa fille des collines
1990
Original Music Composer
movieC'est La Vie
1990
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movieMusic Box
1989
Original Music Composer
movieSeparate Bedrooms
1989
Original Music Composer
movieHiver 54, l'abbé Pierre
1989
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movieL'Invité surprise
1989
Original Music Composer
movieReunion
1989
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movieLost Angels
1989
Original Music Composer
movieThe House of Jade
1988
Original Music Composer
movieThe Bear
1988
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tvL'Argent
1988
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movieA Few Days with Me
1988
Original Music Composer
movieLa Travestie
1988
Original Music Composer
movieThe Murdered House
1988
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movieThe Innocents
1987
Original Music Composer
movieEnnemis intimes
1987
Original Music Composer
movieWidow's Walk
1987
Original Music Composer
movieThe Two Crocodiles
1987
Original Music Composer
movieComédie !
1987
Original Music Composer
movieFunny Boy
1987
Original Music Composer
movieState of Grace
1986
Original Music Composer
movieThe Prude
1986
Original Music Composer
movieEvery Time We Say Goodbye
1986
Original Music Composer
moviePrivate Tuition
1986
Original Music Composer
movieDevil in the Flesh
1986
Original Music Composer
movieThe Manhattan Project
1986
Original Music Composer
movieScene of the Crime
1986
Original Music Composer
movieI Love You
1986
Original Music Composer
moviePirates
1986
Original Music Composer
movieMy Brother-in-law Killed My Sister
1986
Original Music Composer
movieL'Homme aux yeux d'argent
1985
Original Music Composer
movieHarem
1985
Original Music Composer
movieThe Temptation of Isabelle
1985
Original Music Composer
movieJoshua Then and Now
1985
Original Music Composer
movieRendez-vous
1985
Original Music Composer
movieOutlaws
1985
Original Music Composer
movieThe Cowboy
1985
Music, Original Music Composer
movieSincerely Charlotte
1985
Original Music Composer
movieÇa n'arrive qu'à moi
1985
Original Music Composer
movieNext Summer
1985
Original Music Composer
movieHappy Easter
1984
Original Music Composer
movieThe Bitch
1984
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movieLa Pirate
1984
Original Music Composer
movieFort Saganne
1984
Original Music Composer
movieA Sunday in the Country
1984
Original Music Composer
movieFirst Desires
1983
Original Music Composer
movieWaiter!
1983
Original Music Composer
movieA Friend of Vincent
1983
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movieMy Other Husband
1983
Original Music Composer
movieLovesick
1983
Original Music Composer
movieI Married a Shadow
1983
Original Music Composer
movieThe Story of Piera
1983
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movieA Captain's Honor
1982
Original Music Composer
movieWill the High Salaried Workers Raise Their Hands!
1982
Original Music Composer
movieThe Shock
1982
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movieThe North Star
1982
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movieA Thousand Billion Dollars
1982
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movieStrange Affair
1981
Original Music Composer
movieGhost Story
1981
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movieQuest for Fire
1981
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movieHotel America
1981
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movieCoup de Torchon
1981
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movieBeau Pere
1981
Original Music Composer
movieTales of Ordinary Madness
1981
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movieBirgit Haas Must Be Killed
1981
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movieChoice of Arms
1981
Original Music Composer
movieThe Carousel
1981
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movieThe Wings of the Dove
1981
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movieIs This Reasonable?
1981
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movieThe Boy Soldier
1981
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movieA Bad Son
1980
Original Music Composer
movieI Sent a Letter to My Love
1980
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movieLe Guignolo
1980
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movieLa Femme flic
1980
Original Music Composer
movieBuffet Froid
1979
Original Music Composer
movieThe Medic
1979
Original Music Composer
movieSeeking Asylum
1979
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movieTess
1979
Original Music Composer
movieCop or Hood
1979
Original Music Composer
movieThe Adolescent
1979
Original Music Composer
movieA Simple Story
1978
Original Music Composer
movieMountain Pass
1978
Original Music Composer
movieSugar
1978
Original Music Composer
movieBye Bye Monkey
1978
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movieDeath of a Corrupt Man
1977
Original Music Composer
movieDrummer-Crab
1977
Original Music Composer
movieMadame Rosa
1977
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movieSpoiled Children
1977
Original Music Composer
movieAs the Moon
1977
Original Music Composer
movieThe Devil, Probably
1977
Original Music Composer
movieViolette & Francois
1977
Original Music Composer
movieJudge Fayard Called the Sheriff
1977
Original Music Composer
movieBarocco
1976
Original Music Composer
movieMado
1976
Original Music Composer
movieMarie, the Doll
1976
Original Music Composer
movieThe Bottom Line
1976
Original Music Composer
movieThe Tenant
1976
Original Music Composer
movieThe Last Woman
1976
Original Music Composer
movieThe Judge and the Assassin
1976
Original Music Composer
movieThe French Detective
1975
Original Music Composer
movieA Bag of Marbles
1975
Original Music Composer
movieSeven Deaths by Prescription
1975
Original Music Composer
movieFrench Provincial
1975
Original Music Composer
movieCookies
1975
Original Music Composer
movieMad Enough to Kill
1975
Original Music Composer
movieNo Problem!
1975
Original Music Composer
movieThe Cage
1975
Original Music Composer
tvLa Confession d'un enfant du siècle
1974
Original Music Composer
movieVincent, Francois, Paul and the Others
1974
Original Music Composer
movieIcy Breasts
1974
Original Music Composer
movieDorothea's Revenge
1974
Original Music Composer
movieLancelot of the Lake
1974
Original Music Composer
movieCreezy
1974
Original Music Composer
movieDon't Touch the White Woman!
1974
Original Music Composer
movieThe Watchmaker of St. Paul
1974
Original Music Composer
movieCharlie and His Two Chicks
1973
Original Music Composer
movieThe Last Train
1973
Original Music Composer
movieTwo Men in Town
1973
Original Music Composer
movieMarriage a la Mode
1973
Original Music Composer
movieLa Grande Bouffe
1973
Original Music Composer
movieThe Son
1973
Original Music Composer
movieCesar and Rosalie
1972
Original Music Composer
movieThe Right to Love
1972
Original Music Composer
movieLiza
1972
Original Music Composer
movieHellé
1972
Original Music Composer
movieThe Widow Couderc
1971
Original Music Composer
movieThe Cat
1971
Original Music Composer
movieMax and the Junkmen
1971
Original Music Composer
movieLa Liberté en croupe
1970
Original Music Composer
movieThe Things of Life
1970
Original Music Composer
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movieThe Tenant
1976
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movieThe Cowboy
1985
Compositor