Maurice Anne Fernand Le Roux or Leroux (6 February 1923,

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– 19 October 1992 in

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and

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. He studied composition at the

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and was a student of

Olivier Messiaen Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen (, ; ; 10 December 1908 – 27 April 1992) was a French composer, organist, and ornithology, ornithologist. One of the major composers of the 20th-century classical music, 20th century, he was also an ou ...

. His work includes 19 original film scores and a number of television scores and orchestrations.¹

Filmography

As Composer * 1952 : ''

Crin-Blanc ''White Mane'' (French: ''Crin-Blanc'' and ''Crin Blanc, Cheval Sauvage'') is a 1953 short film directed by France, French filmmaker Albert Lamorisse. It is based on a children's book with the same name by the French author René Guillot. The fort ...

'' * 1955 : '' Bad Liaisons'' (''Les Mauvaises rencontres'') * 1956 : Les Possédées * 1956 : ''

Le Ballon rouge ''The Red Balloon'' () is a 1956 French fantasy comedy-drama featurette written, produced, and directed by Albert Lamorisse. The thirty-four-minute short, which follows the adventures of a young boy who one day finds a sentient, mute, red ballo ...

'' * 1956 : '' The Wages of Sin'' * 1957 : Amère victoire (English title:

Bitter Victory ''Bitter Victory'' (French title ''Amère victoire'') is a 1957 Franco- American international co-production film, shot in CinemaScope and directed by Nicholas Ray. Set in World War II, it stars Richard Burton and Curt Jürgens as two British ...

) * 1958 : Le Piège * 1958 : '' That Night'' * 1958 : Les Mistons * 1960 : Présentation ou Charlotte et son steak * 1961 : Vu du pont * 1961 : Les Mauvais coups * 1963 : ''Le petit soldat'' * 1966 : Martin Soldat * 1967 :

La Bien-aimée ''La Bien-aimée'' is a 1967 French television drama directed by Jacques Doniol-Valcroze. It was based on short story "Fanny" by Lucie Faure who wrote screenplay. The music score is by Maurice Le Roux, Maurice Leroux. The production designer was J ...

(TV) * 1968 : La Chamade * 1969 : Baltagul * 1973 : '' Kamouraska'' * 1973 : '' Immoral Tales'' * 1979 : Les Jardins secrets (TV) * 1981 : Un étrange voyage * 1982 : La Guérilléra As Orchestrator * 1955 : Cap-aux-sorciers (TV series) * 1957 : Le Survenant (TV series)

Citations

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* ²New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.

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French male composers
French male conductors (music)
1923 births
1992 deaths
Pupils of René Leibowitz
20th-century French composers
20th-century French conductors (music)
20th-century French male musicians
Music directors of the Orchestre National de France

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