Vladimir Cosma
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.
The Neverending Party
(Self - Composer)
Louis de Funès, le rire éternel
(Self - Composer)
Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre
(Self)
The Party 2
(Self, at the recording studio for Poupette)
Belmondo, itinéraire...
(Self)
Pierre Richard... en mode Veber
(Self)
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
(Self - Compositeur de musiques)
The Student
(Orchestrator (uncredited))
Il était une fois... « Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob »
(Self)
Vladimir Cosma, tout pour la musique
We Will All Meet in Paradise
(Violinist at Mouchy's party (uncredited))
The Party
(Composer in studio (uncredited))
The Party
(Original Music Composer)
The Party 2
(Original Music Composer)
Bonsoir
(Original Music Composer)
The Wing or the Thigh?
(Original Music Composer)
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
(Original Music Composer)
The ComDads
(Original Music Composer)
Diva
(Original Music Composer)
The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
(Original Music Composer)
The Discord
(Original Music Composer)
The Closet
(Original Music Composer)
Dracula and Son
(Original Music Composer)
Asterix in Britain
(Original Music Composer)
Animal
(Original Music Composer)
My Mother's Castle
(Original Music Composer)
My Father's Glory
(Original Music Composer)
Asterix vs. Caesar
(Original Music Composer)
The Dinner Game
(Original Music Composer)
A Business of Men
(Original Music Composer)
Kitchen with Apartment
(Original Music Composer)
My Husband, His Mistress and I
(Original Music Composer)
Life Lessons
(Music)
Le Furet
(Original Music Composer)
Albert est méchant
(Original Music Composer)
I'm Losing My Temper
(Original Music Composer)
The Felines
(Music)
Ville à vendre
(Original Music Composer)
Grabuge!
(Original Music Composer)
The Closet
(Conductor)
The Fugitives
(Original Music Composer)
Tout le monde peut se tromper
(Music)
Death on a Rainy Sunday
(Original Music Composer)
13 French Street
(Original Music Composer)
Soleil
(Original Music Composer)
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
(Original Music Composer)
Ace of Aces
(Original Music Composer)
Neither by Day Nor by Night
(Original Music Composer)
Banzaï
(Original Music Composer)
The Common Man
(Original Music Composer)
Courage fuyons
(Original Music Composer)
Inspector Blunder
(Original Music Composer)
The Death of Joe the Indian
(Original Music Composer)
Dazzle
(Original Music Composer)
Piano Cinéma
(Original Music Composer)
The Ones That Got Away
(Music)
Drôle de samedi
(Music)
The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish
(Original Music Composer)
State Reasons
(Music)
Mr. Stein Goes Online
(Original Music Composer)
Les Compagnons de la pomponnette
(Original Music Composer)
Callaghan: un rendez-vous dans les ténèbres
(Original Music Composer)
Sherlock Holmes: Le signe des quatre
(Original Music Composer)
Le cabanon rose
(Original Music Composer)
Calomnies
(Original Music Composer)
Rouges étaient les lilas
(Original Music Composer)
Le Loup blanc
(Music)
We Will All Meet in Paradise
(Music)
La Vouivre
(Music)
La Surprise du chef
(Music)
Un risque à courir
(Music)
Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac
(Original Music Composer)
Tous flics !
(Original Music Composer)
Night of the Fox
(Original Music Composer)
Don't Cry with Your Mouth Full
(Original Music Composer)
Le Bal
(Music)
Nitwits
(Music)
Jaguar
(Original Music Composer)
The Toy
(Original Music Composer)
Hitler in Hollywood
(Original Music Composer)
Le Gaffeur
(Music)
Next Year If All Goes Well
(Music)
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
(Original Music Composer)
L'Affaire
(Music)
Les Affaires sont les affaires
(Compositor)
Levy & Goliath
(Music)
La Dernière Bourrée à Paris
(Original Music Composer)
The Prize of Peril
(Music)
The Student
(Original Music Composer)
The Collector of Brains
(Music)
Snow and Fire
(Original Music Composer)
Crédit pour tous
(Music)
Dossier Toroto
(Musical)
Secrets of the Satin Blues
(Music)
Les Insomniaques
(Music)
Just the Way You Are
(Original Music Composer)
Les Jeunes Filles
(Music)
Climax
(Music)
Agafia
(Music)
Le Magicien et les Siamois
(Music)
Le Rustre et le Juge
(Music)
A Year in My Life
(Original Music Composer)
These Kids Are Grown-Ups
(Music)
صورة عائلية
(Sound)
Un Adolescent d'autrefois
(Music)
Too Shy to Try
(Music)
Memoirs of a French Whore
(Original Music Composer)
Edgar et sa bonne - Voyage autour de ma marmite
(Music)
Petit Con
(Music)
La poudre aux yeux
(Sound)
L'été 36
(Music Director)
Catherine & Co.
(Original Music Composer)
The Supper
(Original Music Composer)
To Each His Hell
(Original Music Composer)
The Seventh Target
(Original Music Composer)
L'étincelle
(Music)
Heart to Heart
(Music)
Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses
(Original Music Composer)
Colère
(Original Music Composer)
Le bal des Casse-pieds
(Original Music Composer)
The Twin
(Original Music Composer)
The Phoney
(Original Music Composer)
The Jackpot!
(Original Music Composer)
Pourquoi pas nous ?
(Original Music Composer)
Mr. Michel's Dog
(Music)
Il gèle en enfer
(Original Music Composer)
Promised... sworn!
(Original Music Composer)
La Chèvre
(Original Music Composer)
The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein
(Music)
Misdeal
(Original Music Composer)
Distracted
(Original Music Composer)
Chaleurs
(Original Music Composer)
Very Happy Alexander
(Original Music Composer)
Hail the Artist
(Original Music Composer)
The Girl's Dead, Man
(Original Music Composer)
The Crazy Capo Affair
(Original Music Composer)
The Madman
(Original Music Composer)
The Adulteress
(Original Music Composer)
The Wild Goose Chase
(Original Music Composer)
The Pink Telephone
(Original Music Composer)
Pardon Mon Affaire
(Original Music Composer)
Vénéneuses
(Original Music Composer)
Le Mentor
(Original Music Composer)
Les Ballets écarlates
(Original Music Composer)
La Gueule de l’emploi
(Original Music Composer)
Touristes? Oh Yes!
(Original Music Composer)
The News Puppets
(Original Music Composer)
La femme du boulanger
(Original Music Composer)
Pierre and Marie
(Original Music Composer)
Cache Cash
(Original Music Composer)
La Femme abandonnée
(Original Music Composer)
The Defective Detective
(Original Music Composer)
The Best Job in the World
(Music)
Umbrella Coup
(Original Music Composer)
Plein les poches pour pas un rond...
(Original Music Composer)
The Right of the Maddest
(Original Music Composer)
Law and Disorder
(Music)
Les zozos
(Original Music Composer)
Le Chaud Lapin
(Original Music Composer)
Adios
(Original Music Composer)
Kidnapped
(Original Music Composer)
Les Roses de Dublin
(Music)
Les Mystères de Paris
(Music)
Michael Strogoff
(Original Music Composer)
Mistral's Daughter
(Music)
Richelieu
(Music)
Rahan, fils des ages farouches
(Music Director)
La Chambre des dames
(Original Music Composer)
Châteauvallon
(Original Music Composer)
Le Tiroir secret
(Music)
La Belle Anglaise
(Compositor)
Petit déjeuner compris
(Original Music Composer)
Billet doux
(Original Music Composer)
L'Homme de Suez
(Original Music Composer)