Georges Delerue (Roubaix, 12 March 1925 – Los Angeles, March 20, 1992) was a French composer of film music.
Georges Delerue composed more than 250 pieces of music for film and television. Five times during his career he was nominated for the Oscar for best film music. With his music in the romantic comedy A Little Romance (1979) by George Roy Hill , he won the price actually. He has composed music for films by François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, Alain Resnais, Louis Malle, Bernardo Bertolucci, Fred Zinnemann, Mike Nichols, John Huston, George Cukor and Oliver Stone. He died of a heart attack at the age of 67.
Filmography (selection)[Edit][]
- 1951: Ingénieurs de la mer
- 1952: Les techniciens en pompons rouges
- 1953: Le largage à six heures du matin
- 1954: Madagascar
- 1955: Âmes d'argile
- 1956: La rue chinoise
- 1957: Un amour de poche
- 1958:Amour de poche
- 1959: Hiroshima mon amour
- 1960: Tirez sur le pianiste
- 1961: L'Affaire Nina B.
- 1962: Jules et Jim
- 1963: Le Mépris
- 1964: La Peau douce
- 1964: The Pumpkin Eater
- 1965: Le Corniaud
- 1965: Viva Maria!
- 1966: A Man for All Seasons
- 1967: Oscar
- 1968: 'The High Commissioner
- 1969: Le Cerveau
- 1969: Anne of the Thousand Days
- 1969: Hibernatus
- 1969: Women in Love
- 1969: A Walk with Love and Death
- 1969: Anne of the Thousand Days
- 1971: Malpertuis
- 1971: Mira
- 1971: Les Deux Anglaises et le Continent
- 1972: Une belle fille comme moi
- 1973: The Day of The Jackal
- 1973: The Day of The Dolphin
- 1973: La Nuit américaine
- 1974: 'Alien Thunder
- 1975: That Most Important Thing: Love
- 1976: Police Python 357
- 1977: Préparez vos mouchoirs
- 1977: Julia
- 1978: Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
- 1979: L'Amour and fuite
- 1979: my friend
- 1979: A Little Romance
- 1980: Le Dernier Métro
- 1981: Rich and Famous
- 1981: True Confessions
- 1981: La Femme d ' à côté
- 1982: La Passante du Sans-Souci
- 1983: Vivement dimanche!
- 1983: Silkwood
- 1984: Le Bon Plaisir
- 1985: Agnes of God
- 1986: Salvador
- 1986: Platoon
- 1986: Conseil de famille
- 1987: Maid to Order
- 1987: The Pick up Artist
- 1987: Escape from Sobibor
- 1988: Twins
- 1988: Bilox Blues
- 1989: Steel Magnolias
- 1990: Joe Versus the Volcano
- 1991: Curly Sue