Georges Delerue

Born: Mar 12, 1925 in Roubaix, France

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Died: Mar 20, 1992 in Los Angeles, CA

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Biography: French film composer Georges Delerue contributed the scores to over 150 motion pictures. In his native France, Delerue wrote music for such highly regarded New Wave films as Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959), Shoot the Piano Player (1960), and Jules et Jim (1961). Equally busy in England and the U.S., Delerue ...Read full biography

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An Almost Perfect Affair

Released: 2006

Label: Varèse Sarabande

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An Almost Perfect Affair proved a perfect project for composer Georges Delerue. Its tale of romance amid the Cannes Film Festival played precisely to Delerue's strengths, and he responded with one of the ...Read full review

True Confessions

Released: 2005

Label: Varèse Sarabande

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Arguably Georges Delerue's most poignant and intimate score to date, 1981's True Confessions beautifully illuminates filmmaker Ulu Grosbard's haunting tale of moral and spiritual decay. Delerue's impressionistic ...Read full review

More Georges Delerue albums: Main Albums (25), Compilations (16), Others (1)

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