In this article we will talk about who Vladimir Cosma is. His music sounds in many films, he plays jazz and creates symphonic works. This French composer and musician is of Romanian origin. He is known as a conductor and violinist, composer of cinema, who created music for famous French films, more than two hundred in all.
Biography
Vladimir Cosma was born in Bucharest in a family of musicians on April 13, 1940. Theodor Cosma, his father, conductor and pianist. His mother is a composer. Uncle of the musician Edgar Cosma - conductor and composer. His grandmother is a graduate of the Bucharest Conservatory, a pianist. Vladimir Cosma moved to Paris in 1963 to begin studying music at the school of Nadi Boulanger.
He made his way into the world of cinema, arranging melodies for Michel Legrand. It all started when Legrand, while engaging in “Girls from Rochefort,” made an offer to Vladimir to prepare arrangements for his own songs, among which “Where do the balloons fly” and “Dolphin Umm”.
The following year, a senior colleague recommended an assistant to the place of the composer for the painting "Blessed Alexander" Yves Robert. The tape was released in 1967.
Creation
Vladimir Cosma during his career has created more than two hundred musical works for cinema. The most famous works include music for tapes with the participation of Sophie Marceau, Louis de Funes, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Gerard Depardieu, Pierre Richard.
We should separately recall such films as “Boom”, “Inspector-open”, “Asterix vs Caesar”, “An injection with an umbrella”, “Tall blond in a black boot”, “Dad”, “Toy”, “The Adventures of Rabbi Jacob”. His works were able to win awards at the Cannes Film Festival, twice the work of this man were awarded the Cesar Prize as the best music for the movie. In 1982, it was a painting by Jean-Jacques Benex “Diva”, and in 1984 - a tape by Ettore Skola “The Ball”.
Vladimir Cosma also created musical screensavers especially for the oldest in France television TF1 in the period from 1975 to 1976. He also owns new versions of these screensavers, which were released before 1984.
The songs of Vladimir Cosmus are to some extent familiar to lovers of dramatic art. This man for three years was engaged in the creation of an opera based on the work of Marcel Pagnol “The Marseille trilogy”.
The opera was called "Marius and Fanny", its premiere took place on the stage of the Marseille Opera House in 2007, September 4. Currently, the composer is committed to creating symphonic suites that are based on his own tunes.
Selected Filmography
Vladimir’s music sounds in the movie “The Goal,” which was released in 1967. In addition, the composer enriched the following paintings with his works: “Blessed Alexander”, “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”, “Teresa”, “Scattered”, “Alfred’s Misfortune”, “Traveler”, “Tall Blonde in a Black Boot”, “Hello, artist "," The Adventures of Rabbi Jacob "," The Last Bundle in Paris "," He Begins Angry "," The Return of the Tall Blond "," Hot Rabbit "," Rival "," Mikhail Strogov "," Do not lose sight of "," Pink phone ”,“ Dupont Lazhua ”,“ Dracula - father and son ”,“ Toy ”,“ And elephants are wrong ”,“ Wing or leg ” , “Surprise for the Chef”, “Dog for Monsignor Michel”, “The Beast”, “To Each His Own Hell”.