Georges Garvarentz
Compositore
1 aprile 1932 — 19 marzo 1993 (60 anni)
Georges Diran Garvarentz (1 April 1932 - 19 March 1993) was an Armenian-French composer, noted for his music for films and Charles Aznavour's songs.
Georges Garvarentz was born in Athens, Greece, to a family of Armenian immigrants. His father, literature professor and poet Kevork Garvarentz, was the author of the Armenian military anthem.
In 1942 Garvarentz's family moved to Paris, France, where Georges attended Conservatoire de Paris.
In 1956 Georges met Charles Aznavour and started writing music for his songs. Together they wrote over 100 songs, including "Prends garde à toi" (1956), "Et pourtant" (1962), "Il faut saisir sa chance" (1962), "Retiens la nuit" (1962), "La plus belle pour aller danser" (1964), "Hier encore" (1964), "Paris au mois d'août" ("Paris in August", 1966), "Une vie d'amour" (1980).
The period from the latter half of the 1980s until Garvarentz’s death in 1993 represented one of the most productive and enduring periods of collaboration with Aznavour. Despite Charles then approaching 70 years of age and having already long been an established star with a repertoire of recognisable classics and hits, Garvarentz’s and Aznavour’s works of this epoch yielded a wave of more musically contemporary works that came to enjoy equal billing alongside Aznavour’s earlier successes: two albums’ worth of new songs composed by Garvarentz and written by Aznavour were recorded in 1986 and released as the albums «Aznavour 1986: Je bois» that same year and «Embrasse-moi» in 1987, which gave rise to numerous songs that would become staples of Aznavour’s concert performances for the rest of his career, including Je me raccroche à toi, Je bois, Les émigrants, Une idée, and others. This was followed in 1991 by the album «Aznavour 92» and its new songs Vous et tu, Napoli chante and La Marguerite. Their final new works of the era were on Aznavour’s 1994 album «Toi et moi» (released in 1995 in the anglophone world as «You and Me»); Garvarentz’s last collaboration with Aznavour, the song Ton doux visage, was released on this album.
In 1965 Georges married Charles Aznavour's sister, Aida Aznavourian.
Georges Garvarentz also composed over 150 film scores, including scores forTaxi for Tobruk (1961), Les Parisiennes (1962), The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962), Le Rat d'Amérique (1963), That Man in Istanbul (1965), The Sultans (1966), The Sea Pirate (1966), Surcouf, le tigre des sept mers (1966), Triple Cross (1966), The Peking Medallion (1967), Caroline chérie (1968), They Came to Rob Las Vegas (1968), The Southern Star (1969), The Heist (1970), Love Me Strangely (1971), Someone Behind the Door (1971), The Pebbles of Etratat (1972), Murder in a Blue World (1973), Killer Force (1976), Teheran 43 (1981), Hambone and Hillie (1983), The Triumphs of a Man Called Horse (1983), Too Scared to Scream (1985), Yiddish Connection (1986), A Star for Two (1991), and Catorce estaciones (1991).
In 1979 he wrote the score to The Golden Lady, and co-wrote the title song for The Three Degrees, together with lead singer Sheila Ferguson.
Garvarentz is the author of a musical comedy Deux anges sont venus and an operetta Douchka.
Source: Article "Georges Garvarentz" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Georges Garvarentz was born in Athens, Greece, to a family of Armenian immigrants. His father, literature professor and poet Kevork Garvarentz, was the author of the Armenian military anthem.
In 1942 Garvarentz's family moved to Paris, France, where Georges attended Conservatoire de Paris.
In 1956 Georges met Charles Aznavour and started writing music for his songs. Together they wrote over 100 songs, including "Prends garde à toi" (1956), "Et pourtant" (1962), "Il faut saisir sa chance" (1962), "Retiens la nuit" (1962), "La plus belle pour aller danser" (1964), "Hier encore" (1964), "Paris au mois d'août" ("Paris in August", 1966), "Une vie d'amour" (1980).
The period from the latter half of the 1980s until Garvarentz’s death in 1993 represented one of the most productive and enduring periods of collaboration with Aznavour. Despite Charles then approaching 70 years of age and having already long been an established star with a repertoire of recognisable classics and hits, Garvarentz’s and Aznavour’s works of this epoch yielded a wave of more musically contemporary works that came to enjoy equal billing alongside Aznavour’s earlier successes: two albums’ worth of new songs composed by Garvarentz and written by Aznavour were recorded in 1986 and released as the albums «Aznavour 1986: Je bois» that same year and «Embrasse-moi» in 1987, which gave rise to numerous songs that would become staples of Aznavour’s concert performances for the rest of his career, including Je me raccroche à toi, Je bois, Les émigrants, Une idée, and others. This was followed in 1991 by the album «Aznavour 92» and its new songs Vous et tu, Napoli chante and La Marguerite. Their final new works of the era were on Aznavour’s 1994 album «Toi et moi» (released in 1995 in the anglophone world as «You and Me»); Garvarentz’s last collaboration with Aznavour, the song Ton doux visage, was released on this album.
In 1965 Georges married Charles Aznavour's sister, Aida Aznavourian.
Georges Garvarentz also composed over 150 film scores, including scores forTaxi for Tobruk (1961), Les Parisiennes (1962), The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962), Le Rat d'Amérique (1963), That Man in Istanbul (1965), The Sultans (1966), The Sea Pirate (1966), Surcouf, le tigre des sept mers (1966), Triple Cross (1966), The Peking Medallion (1967), Caroline chérie (1968), They Came to Rob Las Vegas (1968), The Southern Star (1969), The Heist (1970), Love Me Strangely (1971), Someone Behind the Door (1971), The Pebbles of Etratat (1972), Murder in a Blue World (1973), Killer Force (1976), Teheran 43 (1981), Hambone and Hillie (1983), The Triumphs of a Man Called Horse (1983), Too Scared to Scream (1985), Yiddish Connection (1986), A Star for Two (1991), and Catorce estaciones (1991).
In 1979 he wrote the score to The Golden Lady, and co-wrote the title song for The Three Degrees, together with lead singer Sheila Ferguson.
Garvarentz is the author of a musical comedy Deux anges sont venus and an operetta Douchka.
Source: Article "Georges Garvarentz" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmografia
| 1993 | |
| 1992 | |
| 1991 | Catorce estaciones · as Composer |
| 1991 | A Star for Two · as Original Music Composer |
| 1989 | Secret Obsession · as Original Music Composer |
| 1989 | Champagne Charlie · as Original Music Composer |
| 1988 | |
| 1988 | |
| 1986 | |
| 1986 | Yiddish Connection · as Original Music Composer |
| 1984 | Too Scared to Scream · as Original Music Composer |
| 1984 | Final Mission · as Composer |
| 1983 | Hambone and Hillie · as Original Music Composer |
| 1983 | Triumphs of a Man Called Horse · as Original Music Composer |
| 1982 | |
| 1981 | Assassination Attempt · as Main Title Theme Composer |
| 1980 | |
| 1979 | Hot Dogs on Ibiza · as Composer |
| 1979 | |
| 1978 | Embraye bidasse... ça fume · as Original Music Composer |
| 1977 | Marche pas sur mes lacets · as Original Music Composer |
| 1976 | The Gallant Lords of Bois-Doré · as Composer |
| 1976 | The Killer Who Wouldn't Die · as Composer |
| 1976 | Killer Force · as Original Music Composer |
| 1973 | Murder in a Blue World · as Composer |
| 1973 | La porteuse de pain · as Composer |
| 1972 | |
| 1972 | Les intrus · as Composer |
| 1971 | The Lion's Share · as Composer |
| 1971 | Someone Behind the Door · as Original Music ComposerSu Plex |
| 1971 | Love Me Strangely · as Original Music Composer |
| 1971 | |
| 1970 | Carbon Copy · as Original Music Composer |
| 1969 | L'amour · as Composer |
| 1969 | The Uninvited · as Original Music Composer |
| 1969 | The Southern Star · as Original Music Composer |
| 1969 | |
| 1968 | They Came to Rob Las VegasSu Plex |
| 1968 | The Tattoo · as Original Music Composer |
| 1968 | Caroline chérie · as Composer |
| 1967 | The Man Who Was Worth Millions · as Original Music Composer |
| 1967 | The Viscount · as Composer |
| 1967 | |
| 1966 | Soleil noir · as Composer |
| 1966 | Triple Cross · as Original Music ComposerSu Plex |
| 1966 | Il grande colpo di Surcouf · as Original Music Composer |
| 1966 | Father's Trip · as Composer |
| 1966 | |
| 1966 | Le facteur s'en va-t-en guerre · as Composer |
| 1966 | |
| 1966 | The Upper Hand · as Original Music Composer |
| 1966 | Paris au mois d'août · as Composer |
| 1966 | Baraka sur X 13 · as Original Music Composer |
| 1965 | Diamonds Are Brittle · as Composer |
| 1965 | The Thunder of God · as Original Music Composer |
| 1965 | |
| 1965 | That Man in Istanbul · as Original Music Composer |
| 1965 | Marco the Magnificent · as Original Music Composer |
| 1965 | The Double Bed · as Original Music Composer |
| 1965 | How Not to Rob a Department Store · as Original Music Composer |
| 1964 | Cinq filles en furie · as Composer |
| 1964 | Golden Goddess of Rio Beni · as Original Music Composer |
| 1964 | Anthar l'invincibile · as Original Music ComposerSu Plex |
| 1964 | Sandok, il Maciste della giungla · as Original Music Composer |
| 1964 | Cherchez l'idole · as Original Music Composer |
| 1963 | Rat Trap · as Original Music Composer |
| 1963 | La muerte y el leñador · as Composer |
| 1963 | Don't Tempt the Devil · as Original Music Composer |
| 1963 | Chicken Feed for Little Birds · as Original Music Composer |
| 1963 | Destination Rome · as Composer |
| 1962 | Three Fables of Love · as Original Music Composer |
| 1962 | C'est pas moi, c'est l'autre · as Composer |
| 1962 | The Devil and the Ten Commandments · as Original Music Composer |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | |
| 1961 | |
| 1961 | Daniella by Night · as Composer |
| 1961 | Taxi for Tobruk · as Original Music Composer |
| 1972 | Midi Trente · as Self |
| 1964 | Panic Button · as Songs |