Georges Delerue
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It’s his centennial this year, and it’s been marked on a few occasions, some releases, some concerts. But not terribly much.
He’s a favourite composer of mine. Not top 10, but just outside. True, I have a hard time listening to many Delerues in a row, but if I want a dose of that bittersweet, elegant style that only he could do, there are few things better.
Hard to pick just one favourite, but if someone put a gun to my head, I’d probably pick BLACK ROBE.
What about you?
Oh, and by the way, if anyone wants to see a fun Delerue documentary, directed by Ken Russell, look no further than the 1966 film DON’T SHOOT THE COMPOSER — which even has Delerue sorta “acting”. It’s only an hour and well worth your time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz_3wfFWLEY&ab_channel=PlayForForever
Interstingly BLACK ROBE is also a favorite of mine. I like a lot of him but often its a bit too much theme and minor variations. Truffaut scores, SALVADOR in a more unusal action mode at times oder DAY OF THE DOLPHIN come to mind. Would love to get some release of his miniseries score to SWORD OF GIDEON.
TOo bad, our French-German broadcaster was supposed to show the two Paris concerts even as a live stream these days. But due to a strike on Radio France that was canceled. Currently does not look as if it is recorded at all and maybe ends up on their site’s mediathek later.
Sorry to hear that, but isn’t this the type of thing that would normally be put on Arte and channels like that?
I was hoping maybe slint had something to contribute in regards to Delerue. I know he’s as into French film music as I am (should do a topic on that, but I’m afraid I’m going to explode in enthusiasm).
Hmmm….we’re now approaching the end of the year, and I’m still kinda disappointed that there hasn’t been more hooplah about the Delerue centennial.
Have there been any premiere Delerue releases this year? How about reissues and expansions (even though I don’t really care about them)? Documentaries? Buzz on forums?
Thor-approved spam:
https://www.maintitles.net/reviews/le-mepris/
https://www.maintitles.net/reviews/la-peau-douce/Unfurtunately he was a composer who excelled in scoring European films, like a majority, and produced little significant music elsewhere, especially as he moved to a different continent.
While we wait for someone to provide an overview of the new releases and whatever else has been done in 2025 to celebrate Delerue’s centennial, I also like the fact that his music lives on in other people’s music, and in new films, so long after his death. There was the use of his music in Greta Gerwig’s FRANCES HA (2012), plus THE GO-BETWEEN in Marcelo Zavros’ MAY DECEMBER (2023) most recently, but also – and I say this because I’m listening to it now – the even more elegant incorporation of his style and tunes in Philippe Jakko’s QUE D’AMOUR (2013). That’s something, at least.
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