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Vladimir Cosma
Composer, Actor, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn April 13, 1940 (85 years)
Vladimir Cosma (born 13 April 1940) is a Romanian composer, conductor and violinist.
He was born into a family of musicians. His father, Teodor Cosma, was a pianist and conductor, his mother a writer-composer, his uncle, Edgar Cosma, composer and conductor, and one of his grandmothers, pianist, a student of the renowned Ferruccio Busoni.
After receiving first prizes for violin and composition at the Bucharest Conservatoire of Music, he arrived in Paris in 1963 and continued his studies at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique de Paris, working with Nadia Boulanger. As well as for classical music, he discovered early on a passion for jazz, film music and all forms of popular music.
From 1964 he made a number of international tours as a concert violinist and began to devote himself more and more to composing. He wrote various compositions including: Trois mouvements d'été for symphony orchestra, Oblique for violoncello and string orchestra, music for theatre and ballet (Volpone for the Comédie Française, the opera Fantômas...).
In 1968, Yves Robert entrusted him with his first film music for Alexandre le Bienheureux.
Vladimir Cosma has since composed more than three hundred scores for feature films and TV series. His numerous successes in the cinema have notably been in collaboration with Yves Robert, Gérard Oury, Francis Veber, Claude Pinoteau, Jean-Jacques Beineix, Claude Zidi, Ettore Scola, Pascal Thomas, Pierre Richard, Yves Boisset, André Cayatte, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Edouard Molinaro, Jean-Marie Poiré... and among which: Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire, Diva, Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob, La Boum, le Bal, l'As des As, la Chèvre, Les Fugitifs, Les Zozos, Pleure pas la bouche pleine, Dupont Lajoie, Un éléphant ça trompe énormément, La Dérobade, Le Père Noël est une ordure, L'Étudiante, La Gloire de mon père, Le Château de ma mère, Le dîner de cons ...
Vladimir Cosma also featured in major French and American television productions: Michel Strogoff, Kidnapped, Mistral's Daughter, Châteauvallon, Les Mystères de Paris, Les Cœurs Brûlés...
Film music allowed him to approach and develop many different musical styles: jazz (with music written for famous soloists such as Chet Baker, Toots Thielemans, Don Byas, Stéphane Grappelli, Jean-Luc Ponty, Philip Catherine, Tony Coe, Pepper Adams, la chanson (pour Nana Mouskouri, Marie Laforêt, Richard Sanderson, Diane Dufresne, Herbert Léonard, Mireille Mathieu, Nicole Croisille, Lara Fabian, Guy Marchand), original compositions inspired by folk-music (for Gheorghe Zamfir, Stanciu Simion Syrinx, pan-flute, Liam O'Flynn- pipes, Romane-guitar), as well as classical music (Berlin Concerto for violin and orchestra, Concerto for Euphonium and orchestra, Concerto Ibérique for trumpet and orchestra, Courts Métrages for brass quintet...). ...
Source: Article "Vladimir Cosma" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
He was born into a family of musicians. His father, Teodor Cosma, was a pianist and conductor, his mother a writer-composer, his uncle, Edgar Cosma, composer and conductor, and one of his grandmothers, pianist, a student of the renowned Ferruccio Busoni.
After receiving first prizes for violin and composition at the Bucharest Conservatoire of Music, he arrived in Paris in 1963 and continued his studies at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique de Paris, working with Nadia Boulanger. As well as for classical music, he discovered early on a passion for jazz, film music and all forms of popular music.
From 1964 he made a number of international tours as a concert violinist and began to devote himself more and more to composing. He wrote various compositions including: Trois mouvements d'été for symphony orchestra, Oblique for violoncello and string orchestra, music for theatre and ballet (Volpone for the Comédie Française, the opera Fantômas...).
In 1968, Yves Robert entrusted him with his first film music for Alexandre le Bienheureux.
Vladimir Cosma has since composed more than three hundred scores for feature films and TV series. His numerous successes in the cinema have notably been in collaboration with Yves Robert, Gérard Oury, Francis Veber, Claude Pinoteau, Jean-Jacques Beineix, Claude Zidi, Ettore Scola, Pascal Thomas, Pierre Richard, Yves Boisset, André Cayatte, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Edouard Molinaro, Jean-Marie Poiré... and among which: Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire, Diva, Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob, La Boum, le Bal, l'As des As, la Chèvre, Les Fugitifs, Les Zozos, Pleure pas la bouche pleine, Dupont Lajoie, Un éléphant ça trompe énormément, La Dérobade, Le Père Noël est une ordure, L'Étudiante, La Gloire de mon père, Le Château de ma mère, Le dîner de cons ...
Vladimir Cosma also featured in major French and American television productions: Michel Strogoff, Kidnapped, Mistral's Daughter, Châteauvallon, Les Mystères de Paris, Les Cœurs Brûlés...
Film music allowed him to approach and develop many different musical styles: jazz (with music written for famous soloists such as Chet Baker, Toots Thielemans, Don Byas, Stéphane Grappelli, Jean-Luc Ponty, Philip Catherine, Tony Coe, Pepper Adams, la chanson (pour Nana Mouskouri, Marie Laforêt, Richard Sanderson, Diane Dufresne, Herbert Léonard, Mireille Mathieu, Nicole Croisille, Lara Fabian, Guy Marchand), original compositions inspired by folk-music (for Gheorghe Zamfir, Stanciu Simion Syrinx, pan-flute, Liam O'Flynn- pipes, Romane-guitar), as well as classical music (Berlin Concerto for violin and orchestra, Concerto for Euphonium and orchestra, Concerto Ibérique for trumpet and orchestra, Courts Métrages for brass quintet...). ...
Source: Article "Vladimir Cosma" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Vladimir Cosma Filmography
| 2023 | |
| 2018 | Let the Girls Play · as Original Music Composer |
| 2017 | Octav · as Composer |
| 2017 | Mr. Stein Goes Online · as Original Music Composer |
| 2017 | Vénéneuses · as Original Music Composer |
| 2016 | Rouges étaient les lilas · as Original Music Composer |
| 2016 | Le cabanon rose · as Original Music Composer |
| 2016 | Je veux être actrice · as Composer |
| 2015 | |
| 2015 | |
| 2015 | |
| 2014 | Tu es si jolie ce soir · as Composer |
| 2014 | Calomnies · as Original Music Composer |
| 2014 | Le mystère des jonquilles · as Composer |
| 2013 | À votre bon coeur mesdames · as Original Music Composer |
| 2013 | Dors mon lapin · as Composer |
| 2013 | Le renard jaune · as Composer |
| 2012 | Le mentor · as Original Music Composer |
| 2011 | Dossier Toroto · as Composer |
| 2011 | |
| 2010 | Hitler in Hollywood · as Original Music Composer |
| 2009 | |
| 2007 | 13 French Street · as Original Music Composer |
| 2007 | Les ballets écarlates · as Original Music Composer |
| 2007 | Le deal · as Composer |
| 2006 | Le bénévole · as Composer |
| 2006 | A Year in My Life · as Original Music Composer |
| 2005 | Grabuge! · as Original Music Composer |
| 2004 | Touristes? Oh yes! · as Original Music Composer |
| 2004 | Albert est méchant · as Original Music Composer |
| 2003 | Le Furet · as Original Music Composer |
| 2001 | The Closet · as Original Music Composer |
| 2000 | La vache et le président · as Composer |
| 1999 | |
| 1999 | Le schpountz · as Composer |
| 1999 | La femme du boulanger · as Original Music Composer |
| 1999 | Les guignols: La fiction · as Original Music Composer |
| 1998 | Le Dîner de Cons · as Original Music Composer |
| 1997 | Soleil · as Original Music Composer |
| 1997 | Les palmes de M. Schutz · as Original Music Composer |
| 1996 | |
| 1996 | The Jaguar · as Original Music Composer |
| 1996 | Le cheval de coeur · as Composer |
| 1995 | Dazzle · as Original Music Composer |
| 1994 | |
| 1994 | Cache Cash · as Original Music Composer |
| 1994 | Bonsoir · as Original Music Composer |
| 1994 | Montparnasse-Pondichéry · as Composer |
| 1993 | Thirst for Gold · as Composer |
| 1993 | Leon's Husband · as Composer |
| 1993 | Kitchen with Apartment · as Original Music Composer |
| 1993 | Coup de jeune · as Composer |
| 1992 | The Yellow Mercedes · as Composer |
| 1992 | Le souper · as Original Music Composer |
| 1992 | Burnt Hearts (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1992 | Ville à vendre · as Original Music Composer |
| 1992 | Le bal des casse-pieds · as Original Music Composer |
| 1991 | The Jackpot! · as Original Music Composer |
| 1991 | La neige et le feu · as Original Music Composer |
| 1991 | The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish · as Original Music Composer |
| 1991 | La pagaille · as Composer |
| 1990 | Night of the Fox · as Original Music Composer |
| 1990 | The Gorilla (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1990 | My Mother's Castle · as Original Music Composer |
| 1990 | My Father's Glory · as Original Music Composer |
| 1990 | Il gèle en enfer · as Original Music Composer |
| 1989 | Till We Meet Again (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1989 | The Nightmare Years (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1989 | |
| 1988 | The Student · as Original Music Composer |
| 1987 | Cross My Heart · as Original Music Composer |
| 1987 | |
| 1987 | La petite allumeuse · as Composer |
| 1987 | Le moustachu · as Original Music Composer |
| 1987 | |
| 1986 | The Fugitives · as Original Music Composer |
| 1986 | Asterix in Britain · as Original Music Composer |
| 1986 | Mort un dimanche de pluie · as Original Music Composer |
| 1986 | The King's Cake · as Original Music Composer |
| 1986 | |
| 1985 | Asterix Versus Caesar · as Original Music Composer |
| 1985 | Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1985 | |
| 1985 | Les rois du gag · as Composer |
| 1985 | Châteauvallon (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 1984 | La 7ème cible · as Original Music Composer |
| 1984 | Just the Way You Are · as Original Music Composer |
| 1984 | Led by the Nose · as Composer |
| 1984 | The Twin · as Original Music Composer |
| 1984 | Mistral's Daughter (TV Series) |
| 1984 | Einstein (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1984 | |
| 1984 | To Catch a Cop · as Original Music Composer |
| 1983 | La chambre des dames (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 1983 | |
| 1983 | The ComDads · as Original Music Composer |
| 1983 | Banzaï · as Original Music Composer |
| 1983 | |
| 1983 | The Prize of Peril · as Original Music Composer |
| 1982 | The Party 2 · as Original Music Composer |
| 1982 | Ace of Aces · as Original Music Composer |
| 1982 | Jamais avant le mariage · as Composer |
| 1982 | Santa Claus Is a Stinker · as Original Music Composer |
| 1982 | Les sous-doués en vacances · as Composer |
| 1982 | Farewell to Aces (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1981 | La Chèvre · as Original Music Composer |
| 1981 | Dead Certain · as Original Music Composer |
| 1981 | Dublin Roses (TV Series) |
| 1981 | |
| 1981 | |
| 1981 | Pourquoi pas nous? · as Original Music Composer |
| 1981 | Diva · as Original Music Composer |
| 1981 | |
| 1980 | The Party · as Original Music Composer |
| 1980 | Inspector Blunder · as Original Music Composer |
| 1980 | Les Mystères de Paris (TV Series) |
| 1980 | The Umbrella Coup · as Original Music Composer |
| 1980 | La femme enfant · as Composer |
| 1980 | The Telephone Bar · as Composer |
| 1980 | |
| 1980 | It's Not Me, It's Him · as Composer |
| 1979 | Duos sur canapé · as Composer |
| 1979 | Memoirs of a French Whore · as Original Music Composer |
| 1979 | Courage fuyons · as Original Music Composer |
| 1979 | Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses! · as Original Music Composer |
| 1979 | |
| 1979 | Heart to Heart · as Original Music Composer |
| 1978 | Plein les poches pour pas un rond... · as Original Music Composer |
| 1978 | Kidnapped (1978) (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 1978 | I'm Shy, But I'll Heal · as Original Music Composer |
| 1978 | |
| 1978 | La zizanie · as Original Music Composer |
| 1978 | Her Ladyship the Judge (1978) (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1977 | A Sea Urchin in the Pocket · as Composer |
| 1977 | |
| 1977 | Richelieu (TV Series) |
| 1977 | |
| 1977 | À chacun son enfer · as Original Music Composer |
| 1976 | The Toy · as Original Music Composer |
| 1976 | The Wing or The Thigh? · as Original Music Composer |
| 1976 | |
| 1976 | Pardon Mon Affaire · as Original Music Composer |
| 1976 | Dracula and Son · as Original Music Composer |
| 1976 | Scrambled Eggs · as Original Music Composer |
| 1975 | Michel Strogoff (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 1975 | Catherine & Co. · as Original Music Composer |
| 1975 | The Pink Telephone · as Original Music Composer |
| 1975 | The Phoney · as Original Music Composer |
| 1975 | La Course à l'échalote · as Original Music Composer |
| 1975 | The Common Man · as Original Music Composer |
| 1974 | The Return of the Tall Blond Man · as Original Music Composer |
| 1974 | The Hot Rabbit · as Original Music Composer |
| 1974 | I'm Losing My Temper · as Original Music Composer |
| 1974 | La rivale · as Original Music Composer |
| 1974 | The Superb Trip · as Composer |
| 1974 | Les filles de Malemort · as Original Music Composer |
| 1973 | Big Sentiments Make for Good Sports · as Composer |
| 1973 | Salut l'artiste · as Original Music Composer |
| 1973 | La dernière bourrée à Paris · as Original Music Composer |
| 1973 | Don't Cry with Your Mouth Full · as Original Music Composer |
| 1973 | The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob · as Original Music Composer |
| 1973 | The Crazy Capo Affair · as Original Music Composer |
| 1973 | Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac · as Original Music Composer |
| 1973 | |
| 1973 | Le dingue · as Original Music Composer |
| 1973 | The Right of the Maddest · as Original Music Composer |
| 1973 | Les zozos · as Original Music Composer |
| 1972 | The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe · as Original Music Composer |
| 1972 | Neither by Day Nor by Night · as Original Music Composer |
| 1972 | The Troubles of Alfred · as Composer |
| 1971 | S for Sex · as Original Music Composer |
| 1970 | Distracted · as Original Music Composer |
| 1969 | Clérambard · as Original Music Composer |
| 1969 | Misdeal · as Original Music Composer |
| 1968 | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1968) (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1968 | Very Happy Alexander · as Original Music Composer |
| 1967 | Le Tribunal de l'Impossible (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1988 | The Student · as Orchestrator (uncredited) |
| 1982 | Les sous-doués en vacances · as Homme Studio D'enregistrement |
| 1981 | Diva · as Le Chef D'orchestre |
| 1980 | The Party · as Composer In Studio (uncredited) |
| 1977 | Pardon Mon Affaire, Too! · as Violinist At Mouchy's Party (uncredited) |
| 2023 | Louis de Funès, le rire éternel · as Self - Composer |
| 2023 | La Boum éternelle : Histoire d'un grand film sans prétention · as Self - Composer |
| 2018 | Le Grand Échiquier (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2018 | Passage des Arts (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | Je t'aime etc... (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | Quotidien (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | Je veux être actrice · as Self |
| 2011 | Belmondo, itinéraire... · as Self |
| 2009 | C à Vous (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | One Day, One Fate (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre · as Self |
| 2003 | La méthode Cauet (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Il était une fois... (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | En aparté (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2000 | L'invité (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1985 | Today (FR) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | The Party 2 · as Self, At The Recording Studio For Poupette |
| 1976 | César Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Winner |
| 2014 |
| 2011 | Dossier Toroto · as Musical |
| 1989 | The Return of Arsène Lupin (TV Series) · as Sound |
| 1987 | Rahan: Son of the Dark Age (TV Series) · as Music Director |