Jean Baudlot
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Jean Baudlot is a French music composer (born 16 February 1947), most notable for composing music for videogames in the 80's/90's and collaborations with Richard Clayderman
, Nicolas de Angelis
, Michèle Torr and Joe Dassin
. He also represented Monaco
in the Eurovision Song Contest
under the pseudonym Laurent Vaguener in 1979.
in 1979. He worked with Michèle Torr on J’aime and with Joe Dassin on À toi. In 1979 he entered as singer (under the pseudonym Laurent Vaguener) and composer the Eurovision Song Contest
for Monaco
. Together with Gérard Salesses he produced the song Notre vie c’est la musique. He scored twelve points and took the 17th place after Austria, Belgium and Sweden.
Singles / Albums:
Je t’hippopotaime – Gérard Croce (1972)
Trop d’amitié – Joël Prevost (1973)
Dis papa, téléphone moi – LÉNA (1974)
Aujourd’hui plus qu’hier – Jacky Reggan (1975)
Hey Lena – LÉNA (1975)
Agitez vos mouchoirs – Le Groupe France (1976)
Indiana – Irvin et Indira(1977)
J’aime – Michèle Torr et Jean-François Maurice (1977)
Help me – The Savers (1977)
Maïté – Marc Charlan (1977)
À toi – Joe Dassin (1977)
Amour disco – Irvin et Indira (1978)
Laisse danser la nana – Bob Babylone et les Salopettes(1978)
“The T Brothers” in Kingston Jamaica (1979)
company, most notably compositions for Richard Clayderman
and Nicolas de Angelis
. For the second and last time he released a single under his Laurent Vaguener pseudonym in 1984. In 1988 Delphine Records
created a game developer company named Delphine Software International
for which he composed numerous songs on Amiga
and Atari ST
. His work got mostly favorable mentioning in game magazine reviews.
Singles / Albums:
Corinna – Fire Brigade (1980)
Quelques notes pour Anna – Nicolas de Angelis
(1981)
Lady Di – Richard Clayderman
(1982)
Voyage – Nicolas de Angelis
(1983)
Les aventuriers – Nicolas de Angelis
(1983)
L’amour au grand soleil – Jean-Claude Borelly (1983)
La musique de la mer – Georges Schmitt Randall (1983)
Frenchie café – George and Priscilla Jones (1984)
Roissy 6 heures du matin – Laurent Wagner (1984)
Roland Romanelli: Le coeur au bout des doigts (1985)
Boulevard des solitudes – Norma Cohen (1987)
Toute une vie – Jean-Philippe Audin (1988)
Videogames:
Operation Wolf
(1988) – Music Conversion for Amiga / Atari ST
Bad Dudes
/ Dragon Ninja (1988)
Future Wars
(1989)
Castle Warrior (1989)
Bio Challenge (1989)
Beach Volley
(1989)
and Flashback: The Quest for Identity
. In 1995 Jean Baudlot formed his own company L’Ours-son Production which is specialized in advertising and producing jingles for television and radio.
Videogames:
Operation Stealth
/ James Bond: The Stealth Affair (1990)
Ivanhoe (1990) with Pierre-Eric Loriaux
Cruise for a Corpse
(1991)
Snow Bros
. Nick & Tom (1991) *never published*
Richard Clayderman
Richard Clayderman is a French pianist who has released numerous albums including the compositions of Paul de Senneville and Olivier Toussaint, instrumental renditions of popular music, rearrangements of movie soundtracks, ethnic music, and easy-listening arrangements of most popular works of...
, Nicolas de Angelis
Nicolas de Angelis
-Early years:Born in Saint-Cloud, a west Parisian suburb along the shores of the Seine River, de Angelis studied guitar at the Paris Academy from the age of ten....
, Michèle Torr and Joe Dassin
Joe Dassin
Joseph Ira Dassin , more commonly known as Joe Dassin, was an American singer-songwriter best known for his French songs of the 1960s and 1970s.-Biography:...
. He also represented Monaco
Monaco
Monaco , officially the Principality of Monaco , is a sovereign city state on the French Riviera. It is bordered on three sides by its neighbour, France, and its centre is about from Italy. Its area is with a population of 35,986 as of 2011 and is the most densely populated country in the...
in the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
under the pseudonym Laurent Vaguener in 1979.
1970–1979
In his early years he composed for different labels like Polydor, AZ and Discodis when he finally stayed close to Delphine RecordsDelphine Records
Delphine Records or Delphine Productins is a French record label, founded in 1976 by French composer Paul de Senneville and his partner Olivier Toussaint-History:...
in 1979. He worked with Michèle Torr on J’aime and with Joe Dassin on À toi. In 1979 he entered as singer (under the pseudonym Laurent Vaguener) and composer the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
for Monaco
Monaco
Monaco , officially the Principality of Monaco , is a sovereign city state on the French Riviera. It is bordered on three sides by its neighbour, France, and its centre is about from Italy. Its area is with a population of 35,986 as of 2011 and is the most densely populated country in the...
. Together with Gérard Salesses he produced the song Notre vie c’est la musique. He scored twelve points and took the 17th place after Austria, Belgium and Sweden.
Singles / Albums:
Je t’hippopotaime – Gérard Croce (1972)
Trop d’amitié – Joël Prevost (1973)
Dis papa, téléphone moi – LÉNA (1974)
Aujourd’hui plus qu’hier – Jacky Reggan (1975)
Hey Lena – LÉNA (1975)
Agitez vos mouchoirs – Le Groupe France (1976)
Indiana – Irvin et Indira(1977)
J’aime – Michèle Torr et Jean-François Maurice (1977)
Help me – The Savers (1977)
Maïté – Marc Charlan (1977)
À toi – Joe Dassin (1977)
Amour disco – Irvin et Indira (1978)
Laisse danser la nana – Bob Babylone et les Salopettes(1978)
“The T Brothers” in Kingston Jamaica (1979)
1980–1989
Through the 80's he continued working for the Delphine RecordsDelphine Records
Delphine Records or Delphine Productins is a French record label, founded in 1976 by French composer Paul de Senneville and his partner Olivier Toussaint-History:...
company, most notably compositions for Richard Clayderman
Richard Clayderman
Richard Clayderman is a French pianist who has released numerous albums including the compositions of Paul de Senneville and Olivier Toussaint, instrumental renditions of popular music, rearrangements of movie soundtracks, ethnic music, and easy-listening arrangements of most popular works of...
and Nicolas de Angelis
Nicolas de Angelis
-Early years:Born in Saint-Cloud, a west Parisian suburb along the shores of the Seine River, de Angelis studied guitar at the Paris Academy from the age of ten....
. For the second and last time he released a single under his Laurent Vaguener pseudonym in 1984. In 1988 Delphine Records
Delphine Records
Delphine Records or Delphine Productins is a French record label, founded in 1976 by French composer Paul de Senneville and his partner Olivier Toussaint-History:...
created a game developer company named Delphine Software International
Delphine Software International
Delphine Software was a French video game developer company. They were famous for their games Another World and Flashback, which bore a similarity to Prince of Persia, both in gameplay and in utilizing rotoscoped animation...
for which he composed numerous songs on Amiga
Amiga
The Amiga is a family of personal computers that was sold by Commodore in the 1980s and 1990s. The first model was launched in 1985 as a high-end home computer and became popular for its graphical, audio and multi-tasking abilities...
and Atari ST
Atari ST
The Atari ST is a home/personal computer that was released by Atari Corporation in 1985 and commercially available from that summer into the early 1990s. The "ST" officially stands for "Sixteen/Thirty-two", which referred to the Motorola 68000's 16-bit external bus and 32-bit internals...
. His work got mostly favorable mentioning in game magazine reviews.
Singles / Albums:
Corinna – Fire Brigade (1980)
Quelques notes pour Anna – Nicolas de Angelis
Nicolas de Angelis
-Early years:Born in Saint-Cloud, a west Parisian suburb along the shores of the Seine River, de Angelis studied guitar at the Paris Academy from the age of ten....
(1981)
Lady Di – Richard Clayderman
Richard Clayderman
Richard Clayderman is a French pianist who has released numerous albums including the compositions of Paul de Senneville and Olivier Toussaint, instrumental renditions of popular music, rearrangements of movie soundtracks, ethnic music, and easy-listening arrangements of most popular works of...
(1982)
Voyage – Nicolas de Angelis
Nicolas de Angelis
-Early years:Born in Saint-Cloud, a west Parisian suburb along the shores of the Seine River, de Angelis studied guitar at the Paris Academy from the age of ten....
(1983)
Les aventuriers – Nicolas de Angelis
Nicolas de Angelis
-Early years:Born in Saint-Cloud, a west Parisian suburb along the shores of the Seine River, de Angelis studied guitar at the Paris Academy from the age of ten....
(1983)
L’amour au grand soleil – Jean-Claude Borelly (1983)
La musique de la mer – Georges Schmitt Randall (1983)
Frenchie café – George and Priscilla Jones (1984)
Roissy 6 heures du matin – Laurent Wagner (1984)
Roland Romanelli: Le coeur au bout des doigts (1985)
Boulevard des solitudes – Norma Cohen (1987)
Toute une vie – Jean-Philippe Audin (1988)
Videogames:
Operation Wolf
Operation Wolf
Operation Wolf is a one-player shooter arcade game made by Taito in 1987. It spawned three sequels: Operation Thunderbolt , Operation Wolf 3 and Operation Tiger .-Description:...
(1988) – Music Conversion for Amiga / Atari ST
Bad Dudes
Bad Dudes
Bad Dudes Vs. DragonNinja, often referred to simply as Bad Dudes, and known in Japan simply as , is a 1988 beat 'em up arcade game developed and published by Data East. It is based on the U.S...
/ Dragon Ninja (1988)
Future Wars
Future Wars
Future Wars, subtitled in Europe as Time Travellers and in North America as Adventures in Time and known in France as Time Travelers: The Menace is an adventure game from Delphine Software International, released in 1989...
(1989)
Castle Warrior (1989)
Bio Challenge (1989)
Beach Volley
Beach Volley (computer game)
Beach Volley is a simplified computer game version of volleyball from the French developer team Ocean France for various 16-Bit and 8-Bit personal computers, released by Ocean Software Ltd in 1989.-Story:...
(1989)
1990–1999
He continued composing for videogames in the early 90's most notably Operation StealthOperation Stealth
Operation Stealth, also known as James Bond 007: The Stealth Affair in the United States, is an adventure game from Delphine Software International, released in 1990...
and Flashback: The Quest for Identity
Flashback: The Quest for Identity
Flashback, released as Flashback: The Quest for Identity in the US, is a cinematic platformer developed by Delphine Software of France, a now defunct company, and published by U.S...
. In 1995 Jean Baudlot formed his own company L’Ours-son Production which is specialized in advertising and producing jingles for television and radio.
Videogames:
Operation Stealth
Operation Stealth
Operation Stealth, also known as James Bond 007: The Stealth Affair in the United States, is an adventure game from Delphine Software International, released in 1990...
/ James Bond: The Stealth Affair (1990)
Ivanhoe (1990) with Pierre-Eric Loriaux
Cruise for a Corpse
Cruise for a Corpse
Cruise for a Corpse is an adventure game from Delphine Software International, made for the Amiga, Atari ST and IBM PC....
(1991)
Snow Bros
Snow Bros
is a platform arcade game released in 1990 by Toaplan.-Description:At first glance, it is similar in gameplay to Taito's Bubble Bobble. The game supports up to two players, with each player taking the part of one of two snowmen Nick and Tom. Each player can throw snow at the enemies...
. Nick & Tom (1991) *never published*