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Yann Tiersen
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Yann Tiersen was born in Brest in Brittany in 1970. He was taught piano and violin at music schools in Rennes, Nantes and Boulogne-sur-Mer, but as a teenager he chose punk and the electric guitar. Later he played many different instruments: toy piano, accordion, harpsichord, music boxes and even a typewriter. The director Jean-Pierre Jeunet heard his albums and used existing pieces alongside new work for Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001). That music won a César. For Good Bye, Lenin! (2003) he wrote an entirely new score. After that came, among other things, the documentary Tabarly (2008). His style is often compared with that of Philip Glass and Michael Nyman. He recorded many albums on the island of Ushant.
Listening
La valse d'Amélie · Yann Tiersen, 2001
Summer 78 (1) · Yann Tiersen & Claire Pichet, 2003
Tabarly · Yann Tiersen, 2008
Discography
Studio albums
- 1995La valse des monstres
- 1996Rue des cascades
- 1998Le phare
- 1999Tout est calme
- 2001L’Absente
- 2001Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (soundtrack)
- 2003Good Bye Lenin! (soundtrack)
- 2004Yann Tiersen & Shannon Wright
- 2005Les Retrouvailles
- 2008Tabarly (soundtrack)
- 2010Dust Lane
- 2011Skyline
- 2014∞
- 2015Pour Amélie: Piano Music
- 2016EUSA
- 2016Ouragan: Bande originale du film (soundtrack)
- 2019ALL
- 2019Portrait
- 2021Kerber
- 202211 5 18 2 5 18
- 2022Kerber
- 2023Island
- 2023Yann Tiersen: Eusa
- 2025Rathlin From a Distance | The Liquid Hour
Other work
- 1998La vie rêvée des anges
In School of Rock
The chapters, maps and magazine stories of School of Rock are currently available in Dutch only.
- Film Music MapNL Map
- The Dream Factory: Film Reel 3NL Reader