Georges Delerue
Birth Name:
Georges Delerue
Birth Place:
Roubaix, France
Profession
Soundtrack, Music department, Actor
Fast Facts
- Has won eight awards for his scores in film, including an Academy Award for Best Original Score for "A Little Romance․"
- Started as a teenager playing the clarinet, but later on switched to piano and went on to study Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, and other great pianists
- By the time he was in his mid-twenties, he was already composing music for short films and writing for theatrical productions
- In addition to composing music for ballets and operas, he has scored several Son Et Lumiere shows in places Egypt
- Has composed musical scores for over 300 works, including 200 feature films and 125 short films
- He was awarded the high position of Commandeur des Arts et Lettres, by the French government
- Received a scholarship to the Paris Conservatoire, where he studied and was encouraged to write scores for film
Awards
- 1970Oscar - Best Music, Original Score for a Motion Picture (not a Musical):Nominated
- 1970Anthony Asquith Award for Film MusicNominated
- 1970Golden Globe - Best Original Score:Nominated
- 1974Oscar - Best Music, Original Dramatic Score:Nominated
- 1974Golden Globe - Best Original Score - Motion Picture:Nominated
- 1977César - Best Music (Meilleure musique):Nominated
- 1978Oscar - Best Music, Original Score:Nominated
- 1979Anthony Asquith Award for Film MusicNominated
- 1979César - Best Music (Meilleure musique):Winner
- 1980Oscar - Best Music, Original Score:Winner
- 1980César - Best Music (Meilleure musique):Winner
- 1980Golden Globe - Best Original Score - Motion Picture:Nominated
- 1981César - Best Music (Meilleure musique):Winner
- 1983César - Best Music (Meilleure musique):Nominated
- 1984César - Best Music (Meilleure musique):Nominated
- 1986Oscar - Best Music, Original Score:Nominated
- 1987Gemini - Best Music Composition for a Program (Dramatic Underscore):Winner
- 1988ASCAP Award - Top Box Office Films:Winner
- 1988ACE - Original Score:Nominated
- 1990ASCAP Award - Top Box Office Films:Winner
- 1991Genie - Best Music Score:Nominated
- 1992AFI Award - Best Original Music Score:Nominated
- 1992CableACE - Original Score:Winner
- 1993César - Best Music (Meilleure musique):Nominated