Armand Amar (born 1953 in

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)) is a French composer, who grew up in

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. He won the 2010

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for '' Le Concert'' ( Radu Mihăileanu).

Life and career

Armand Amar is a French composer living in Paris. In 1968, he began playing the

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. He also practiced the

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and the zarb in the following years. In 1976 he met South African choreographer Peter Goss, who introduced him to dance. In the subsequent years, he worked with a number of choreographers in

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. His works are focused particularly on Eastern music. He is the author of several ballets and soundtracks films such as ''The Trail'', '' Days of Glory'', '' Live and Become'', ''The First Cry'', '' Earth from Above'', '' Bab'Aziz'' and ''

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''. Since '' Amen.'', he has also collaborated with

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scoring all of his subsequent films. He founded the label Long Distance in 1994 with his partners Alain Weber and

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Compositions

Films

* 2002: '' Amen.'' by

* 2004: ''Earth from Above'' by Renaud Delourme * 2004: ''Tabous (Zohre & Manouchehr)'' by

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* 2005: '' Live and Become'' by Radu Mihăileanu * 2005: '' The Axe'' by

* 2006: ''La Piste'' by

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* 2006: '' Bab'Aziz'' by Nacer Khémir * 2006: '' Days of Glory'' by

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* 2006: '' Blame It on Fidel'' by Julie Gavras * 2007: '' Summer of '62'' by Mehdi Charef * 2007: '' The Colonel'' by Laurent Herbiet * 2007: '' The First Cry'' by

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* 2007: ''Comme ton père'' by Marco Carmel * 2008: ''La Jeune Fille et les Loups'' by Gilles Legrand * 2008: '' Sagan'' by

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* 2009: '' Welcome'' by Philippe Lioret * 2009: '' Eden Is West'' by

* 2009: ''Moi, Van Gogh'' by Peter Knapp and François Bertrand * 2009: ''

'' by Yann Arthus-Bertrand * 2009: '' Le Concert'' by Radu Mihăileanu * 2009: '' London River'' de

* 2010: ''Comme les cinq doigts de la main'' by

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* 2010: '' Ao: The Last Hunter'' by Jacques Malaterre * 2010: '' Outside the Law'' by

* 2011: '' You Will Be My Son'' by Gilles Legrand * 2011: '' Free Men'' by Ismaël Ferroukhi * 2011: '' The Source'' by Radu Mihăileanu * 2012: ''Ce que le jour doit à la nuit'' by

* 2012: '' Capital'' by

* 2012: ''Mon bel oranger'' by Marcos Bernstein * 2012: '' Planet Ocean'' by Yann Arthus-Bertrand and Michael Pitiot * 2012: ''Amazonia Eterna'' by Belisario Franca * 2013: '' For a Woman'' by

* 2013: '' Belle and Sebastian'' by Nicolas Vanier * 2013: '' A Thousand Times Good Night'' by

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*2014: ''Red Line'' by Andrea Kalinl * 2014: '' The Nightingale'' by Philippe Muyl * 2014: '' 24 Days'' by

* 2014: '' Cartoonists - Foot Soldiers of Democracy'' by Stéphanie Valloatto * 2015: '' L'Odeur de la mandarine'' by Gilles Legrand * 2015: '' Belle & Sebastian: The Adventure Continues'' by Christian Dugay * 2015: ''

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'' by Yann Arthus-Bertrand * 2015: ''Lake Como'' by Yann Arthus-Bertrand * 2016: '' The History of Love'' by Radu Mihăileanu * 2017: '' L'école buissonnière'' by Nicolas Vanier * 2018: '' Mia and the White Lion'' by

* 2018: '' Belle and Sebastien: Friends for Life'' by Clovis Cornillac

Television

* 1997: ''Miracle in the Eldorado'' (Philippe Niang) * 2006: '' Earth from Above'' ( Yann Arthus-Bertrand) * 2007: ''Marie Humbert, the secret of a parent'' (Marc Angelo) * 2009: ''Great Reporters'' (

) * 2009: '' London River'' (

) * 2010: ''Marion Mazzano'' (Marc Angelo) * 2011: ''Voir le pays du matin calme'' (

) * 2013: ''Crime d'état'' (Pierre Aknine) * 2014: ''Ce soir je vais tuer l'assassin de mon fils'' (Pierre Aknine) * 2014: ''Jusqu'au dernier'' (François Velle) * 2015: ''No Second Chance'' (François Velle)

Other creations

* 1976 à 1991: musiques de ballet pour le chorégraphe sud-africain Peter Goss **1976: "Entre l'air et l'eau" au théâtre des Champs-Élysées, puis est présentée au Festival d'Avignon et au Festival d'Apt. **1978: "Sable mouvant" est créé au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. **1979: "A transformation mystery" au Théâtre de la Bastille puis au Festival de Vienne. **1980: "Quatuor et Side by side" au Théâtre Mogador **1981: "Marécage" au Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin, Festival de Montpellier, Festival de Toulon, Festival d'Annecy, Festival de la Culture Juive. **1982: "Below and Above"; créé dans le cadre du Festival des Bouffes du Nord. **1983: "L'aube portée par les ailes du vent"; Théâtre de la porte Saint-Martin – Festival de Turin. **1984: "Ties" pour le Théâtre des Amandiers à Nanterre **1985: "Seajoy et Gamos" dans le cadre du Festival d'Automne au Centre Georges Pompidou **1986: "Aller-retour" et "Y"; Festival de Turin, Tournées en Argentine, Espagne, Italie, Allemagne. **1987: "Steellight"; Biennale du Val-de-Marne. **1988: "Le Pouvoir du silence"; Festival Vignale Danza. **1989: "Circumanbulatoire" à Choisy-le-Roi. Tournées en Italie et à la Réunion. **1990: "Le Poids des anges"; Festival de Caseres. **1991: "Arbre de pluie"; Allemagne, Italie, Belgique... * 1987 à 1998: Musiques pour des spectacles de la Cathédrale d'Images aux Baux-de-Provence (ces 5 spectacles ont été réalisés par Hans-Walter Müller): ** 1987: Hymne à la Vie ** 1992: Les Portes de l'Europe ** 1993: Les Forêts de l'Espoir ** 1995: L'Or des Alpilles ** 1997: Images Paroles du Monde *1992: "The Other Side" au Conservatoire national supérieur de Paris *1994 à 1996: "Nomades Dance" et "Paroles d'Anges" avec les musiciens du Rajasthan et les gitans de Perpignan pour Montpellier danse et la biennale de Lyon *1997 à 2001: création pour Philippe Talard au théâtre national de Mannheim *2005: ''

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,'' un ballet de Carolyn Carlson * 2006: '' Souviens toi'' de Marie-Claude Pietragalla et Julien Derouault * 2009: ''

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'' de Marie-Claude Pietragalla et Julien Derouault * 2010: Bande annonce du Printemps du cinéma (extrait de la bande son du film '' The First Cry''). * 2010: Bande annonce de La rentrée du cinéma (extrait de la bande son du film '' La Jeune Fille et les Loups''). * 2011: ''Leylâ et Majnűn, ou l'amour mystique;'' oratorio Mundi pour 40 musiciens et chanteurs. Il est interprété au Festival de Fès des Musiques Sacrées du Monde le 3 juin 2011 et à la

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en avril 2014. * 2014: '' Falen pour le Ballet Boy'', danse * 2014: '' Steel par Russel Maliphant'', danse * 2014: '' pixel par Mourad Merzouki'', danse

Awards

* 2009: IFMCA Award for Best Original Score for a Documentary Feature Film for ''

'' ( Yann Arthus-Bertrand) * 2010: Gopo Award for Best Music for '' Le Concert'' ( Radu Mihăileanu) * 2010:

for '' Le Concert'' ( Radu Mihăileanu) * 2014: Amanda Award for Best Score for '' A Thousand Times Good Night'' (

)

Nominations

* 2003:

for '' Amen.'' (

) * 2006:

for '' Live and Become'' ( Radu Mihăileanu) * 2007:

for '' Days of Glory'' (

) * 2007: IFMCA Award for Best Original Score for a Documentary Feature Film for ''The First Cry'' (

) * 2015: IFMCA Award for Best Original Score for a Documentary for ''

'' ( Yann Arthus-Bertrand)

References

External links

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