Georges Delerue

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Georges Delerue from Roubaix studied at the Paris Conservatoire, among others with Darius Milhaud. He became the most important composer of the nouvelle vague. For François Truffaut he wrote Tirez sur le pianiste (1960), Jules et Jim (1962) and La nuit américaine (1973). For Jean-Luc Godard he made Le mépris (1963). The theme of Camille in that film is a slow, repeating string melody that Godard used again and again. Delerue wrote lyrically and melodiously, often for a small ensemble or string orchestra, sometimes in Baroque style. From the 1980s he also worked a great deal in Hollywood. In 1980 he won an Oscar for A Little Romance.

Listening

• 
  Brouillard · London Sinfonietta & Hugh Wolff, 1962
• 
  Camille · Georges Delerue, 1963
• 
  Grand choral · Georges Delerue, 1973
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  Thème de Camille · Georges Delerue, 1963

Discography

Studio albums

• 1959Les jeux de l'amour (soundtrack)
• 1962Kairo - Durch die Zitadelle von Saladin (soundtrack)
• 1965Viva Maria! (soundtrack)
• 1966Les tribulations d'un "Chinois" en Chine (soundtrack)
• 1967A Man for All Seasons (soundtrack)
• 1967King of Hearts (soundtrack)
• 1967Our Mother's House (soundtrack)
• 1967The 25th Hour (soundtrack)
• 1968Interlude
• 1969A Walk With Love and Death (soundtrack)
• 1970Anne of the Thousand Days (soundtrack)
• 1970Promise at Dawn (soundtrack)
• 1971Il conformista (soundtrack)
• 1971Les Deux Anglaises et le continent (soundtrack)
• 1971The Horsemen (soundtrack)
• 1974The Day of the Dolphin (soundtrack)
• 1975Calmos (soundtrack)
• 1975L'incorrigible (soundtrack)
• 1977Comme un boomerang (soundtrack)
• 1977Tendre poulet (soundtrack)
• 1978Moyen Age
• 1979A Little Romance (soundtrack)
• 1979Malpertuis / Horror Rhapsody (soundtrack)
• 1979Préparez vos mouchoirs (soundtrack)
• 1980An Almost Perfect Affair (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (soundtrack)
• 1981La Femme d'à Côté (soundtrack)
• 1981The Borgias (soundtrack)
• 1982Die Sonnenpferde (soundtrack)
• 1982La passante du sans-souci (soundtrack)
• 1983L'africain (soundtrack)
• 1983L'été meurtrier (soundtrack)
• 1983Vivement Dimanche ! (soundtrack)
• 1984Conseil de famille (soundtrack)
• 1984Eternity
• 1984Femmes de personne (soundtrack)
• 1984Le Bon Plaisir (soundtrack)
• 1984Les Morfalous (soundtrack)
• 1984Silkwood (soundtrack)
• 1985Agnes of God (soundtrack)
• 1987The Lonely Passion Of Judith Hearne (soundtrack)
• 1988A Summer Story (soundtrack)
• 1988To Kill a Priest (soundtrack)
• 1989Cartouche (soundtrack)
• 1989Georg Elser einer aus Deutschland (soundtrack)
• 1989La Révolution française (soundtrack)
• 1989Steel Magnolias (soundtrack)
• 1989Tour du monde - Tour du Ciel (soundtrack)
• 1991Black Robe (soundtrack)
• 1991Curly Sue (soundtrack)
• 1991La Reine blanche (soundtrack)
• 1992Diên Biên Phù (soundtrack)
• 1992Man Trouble (soundtrack)
• 1992Thibaud (soundtrack)
• 1993Rich in Love (soundtrack)
• 1999Amazing Stories (soundtrack)
• 2000Man, Woman and Child (soundtrack)
• 2001Le Dernier Métro (soundtrack)
• 2002Joe Versus the Volcano (soundtrack)
• 2002Un homme amoureux (soundtrack)
• 2003Chouans! (soundtrack)
• 2003Our Mother's House / The 25th Hour (soundtrack)
• 2004The Unpublished Film Music of Georges Delerue, Volume 1 (soundtrack)
• 2004Viva Maria! / King of Hearts (soundtrack)
• 2005Rapture / Interlude (soundtrack)
• 2005The Escape Artist (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (soundtrack)
• 2005The Unpublished Film Music of Georges Delerue, Volume 2 (soundtrack)
• 2005True Confessions (soundtrack)
• 2006Œuvres pour guitare et flûte
• 2006Platoon (soundtrack)
• 2006Quatuors à cordes n° 1 et n° 2, Pièces pour clarinette et piano, Prélude & danse pour hautbois et piano
• 2006The Pick-Up Artist / Sherlock Holmes in New York (soundtrack)
• 2007Les Plus Beaux Thèmes pour le piano
• 2008Les plus beaux thèmes pour la flûte et le hautbois
• 2008Œuvres pour piano et instruments divers
• 2009L'homme de Rio (soundtrack)
• 2009L'important c'est d'aimer (soundtrack)
• 2009Memories Of Me (soundtrack)
• 2009The Black Stallion Returns (soundtrack)
• 2010La cloche tibétaine (soundtrack)
• 2010Los pianos mecánicos (soundtrack)
• 2010Maxie (soundtrack)
• 2011Descente aux enfers (soundtrack)
• 2011Exposed (soundtrack)
• 2011Guy de Maupassant (soundtrack)
• 2011Jules et Jim (soundtrack)
• 2011L'incorrigible / Va voir maman, papa travaille (soundtrack)
• 2011Partitions Inédites / Unused Scores
• 2011Rapture (soundtrack)
• 2011Rich and Famous / One Is a Lonely Number (soundtrack)
• 2012Cent mille dollars au soleil / Les morfalous (soundtrack)
• 2012Crimes of the Heart (soundtrack)
• 2012Les Chevaux du soleil (Die Sonnenpferde) (soundtrack)
• 2012Les premiers 45 tours de Georges Delerue (soundtrack)
• 2012The House on Carroll Street (soundtrack)
• 2012Women in Love (soundtrack)
• 2013American Friends (soundtrack)
• 2013American Friends (soundtrack)
• 2013Le conformiste / La petite fille en velours bleu (soundtrack)
• 2013Les visiteurs / L'homme qui revient de loin (soundtrack)
• 2014Her Alibi (soundtrack)
• 2014Partners (soundtrack)
• 2014Queenie (soundtrack)
• 2015Josepha (soundtrack)
• 2015Something Wicked This Way Comes (soundtrack)
• 2015Trumpet Concertos
• 2016Garde à vue (soundtrack)
• 2016La Cinéscénie du Puy du Fou (1982-2002) (soundtrack)
• 2017Le bestiaire d'amour (soundtrack)
• 2017Les chevaux du Soleil (soundtrack)
• 2018A Show of Force (soundtrack)
• 2018Les Insulaires (soundtrack)
• 2018Platoon (soundtrack)
• 2025Du classique au cinéma
• 2025Le Corniaud (soundtrack)
• 2025The Day of the Jackal (soundtrack)
• ?Le chandelier (soundtrack)
• ?Le jeune homme vert (soundtrack)
• ?Truffaut & Delerue on the Screen (soundtrack)

Other work

• 1960Tirez sur le pianiste
• 1963Le mépris

In School of Rock

The chapters, maps and magazine stories of School of Rock are currently available in Dutch only.

• Film Music Map^NL Map
• The Dream Factory: Film Reel 3^NL Reader

Mentioned in other articles

• Nouvelle vague GenreGeorges Delerue worked for François Truffaut, on Jules et Jim among others, and for Jean-Luc Godard.

See also

• Alexandre Desplat