Frédéric Talgorn
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Frédéric TalgornFrédéric Talgorn (born July 2, 1961 in Toulouse
, France
) is a French
composer for film
and television
.
He studied music at the Paris Conservatoire where his teachers included Sabine Lacoraet and Yvonne Loriod
, but he completed his studies on his own. In 1987 he moved to the United States where be began to compose film music . He also wrote the official music to accompany the Olympic flame for the 1992 Winter Olympic Games
. Notable film scores include Robot Jox
, Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection
, Heavy Metal 2000
, and Fortress
. He also has an extensive catalogue of concert music, and has often conducted his own works in concert and recording sessions. He has also conducted and recorded film scores of others with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra
.
Toulouse
Toulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
) is a French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
composer for film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
and television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
.
He studied music at the Paris Conservatoire where his teachers included Sabine Lacoraet and Yvonne Loriod
Yvonne Loriod
Yvonne Loriod was a French pianist, teacher, and composer, and the second wife of composer Olivier Messiaen. Her sister was the Ondes Martenot player Jeanne Loriod.-Life:...
, but he completed his studies on his own. In 1987 he moved to the United States where be began to compose film music . He also wrote the official music to accompany the Olympic flame for the 1992 Winter Olympic Games
Winter Olympic Games
The Winter Olympic Games is a sporting event, which occurs every four years. The first celebration of the Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France, in 1924. The original sports were alpine and cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, Nordic combined, ski jumping and speed skating...
. Notable film scores include Robot Jox
Robot Jox
Robot Jox is a 1990 science fiction film directed by Stuart Gordon, and starring Gary Graham, Anne-Marie Johnson, and Paul Koslo.-Plot:Fifty years after a nuclear holocaust, open war is forbidden by the surviving nations, which have merged into two opposing super-nations: the American-influenced...
, Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection
Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection
Delta Force 2 is a 1990 action film, and a sequel to the Chuck Norris film, The Delta Force , also starring Norris as Maj. Scott McCoy...
, Heavy Metal 2000
Heavy Metal 2000
Heavy Metal 2000 is the 2000 follow-up to the 1981 animated cult film Heavy Metal, based on the fantasy magazine of the same name. The story itself is based on the graphic novel, The Melting Pot, written by Kevin Eastman, Simon Bisley and Eric Talbot...
, and Fortress
Fortress (1993 film)
Fortress is a 1993 science fiction film directed by Stuart Gordon and shot at Warner Brothers Movie World in Queensland, Australia. The story takes place in a dystopian future. The main character in the movie, John Henry Brennick and his wife Karen B...
. He also has an extensive catalogue of concert music, and has often conducted his own works in concert and recording sessions. He has also conducted and recorded film scores of others with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra is Scotland's national symphony orchestra. Based in Glasgow, the 89-member professional orchestra also regularly performs in Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dundee, and abroad. Formed in 1891 as the Scottish Orchestra, the company has performed full-time since 1950,...
.
Concert Scores
- Petite suite dans les idées for orchestra (Radio FranceRadio FranceRadio France is a French public service radio broadcaster.-Mission:Radio France's two principal missions are:* To create and expand the programming on all of their stations; and...
commission) - Mandala for solio violin and orchestra
- Concerto for Trumpet (1990, published Editions Leduc)
- Olympus, for brass and percussion ensemble
- Elegy for solo double bass and strings
- Vinum et Sanguinem (1993, cantata for choir, soloists, and small orchestra)
- Concerto for Percussion (1997)
- Wind Octet (1983)
Film Scores
- Intouchables (2011)
- Tellement Proches (2009)
- Les Enfants de Timpelbach (2009)
- Astérix at the Olympic Games (2008)
- MolièreMolière (film)Molière is a film by French director Laurent Tirard. It stars Romain Duris as the eponymous playwright. It was released in Europe in January 2007 and in the United States in July 2007....
(2007) - Président (2007)
- Les Aiguilles Rouges (2007)
- Anthony Zimmer (2005)
- RRRrrr!!! (2004)
- Leave your hands on my hips (2003)
- Young Indiana Jones (2000)
- The Devil's Arithmetic (2000)
- Heavy Metal 2000Heavy Metal 2000Heavy Metal 2000 is the 2000 follow-up to the 1981 animated cult film Heavy Metal, based on the fantasy magazine of the same name. The story itself is based on the graphic novel, The Melting Pot, written by Kevin Eastman, Simon Bisley and Eric Talbot...
- Fortress (1998)
- Angels in the Endzone (1997)
- A Rat's Tale (1997)
- Robot Jox (1993)
- Le Brasier (1993)
- The Temp (1993)
- Delta Force 2 (1990)
- Robot Jox (1990)
- Edge of Sanity (1989)