Maurice Le Roux
Encyclopedia
Maurice Le Roux or Leroux (6 February 1923, Paris
, France
– 19 October 1992 in Avignon
, France
) was a French
composer
and conductor
. He studied composition at the Paris Conservatory and was a student of Olivier Messiaen
. His work includes 19 original film scores and a number of television scores and orchestrations.1
As Orchestrator
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, France
France
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– 19 October 1992 in Avignon
Avignon
Avignon is a French commune in southeastern France in the départment of the Vaucluse bordered by the left bank of the Rhône river. Of the 94,787 inhabitants of the city on 1 January 2010, 12 000 live in the ancient town centre surrounded by its medieval ramparts.Often referred to as the...
, France
France
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) was a French
France
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composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
and conductor
Conducting
Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...
. He studied composition at the Paris Conservatory and was a student of Olivier Messiaen
Olivier Messiaen
Olivier Messiaen was a French composer, organist and ornithologist, one of the major composers of the 20th century. His music is rhythmically complex ; harmonically and melodically it is based on modes of limited transposition, which he abstracted from his early compositions and improvisations...
. His work includes 19 original film scores and a number of television scores and orchestrations.1
Filmography
As Composer- 1952 : Crin-Blanc
- 1955 : Les Mauvaises rencontres
- 1956 : Les Possédées
- 1956 : Le Ballon rouge
- 1956 : Le Salaire du péché
- 1957 : Amère victoire (English title: Bitter VictoryBitter VictoryBitter Victory is a 1957 black and white French-American international co-production film shot in CinemaScope, directed by Nicholas Ray....
) - 1958 : Le Piège
- 1958 : Cette nuit-là
- 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-aiméeLa Bien-aiméeLa 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 Leroux...
(TV) - 1968 : La Chamade
- 1973 : Kamouraska
- 1974 : Contes immorauxImmoral Tales (film)Immoral Tales is a 1974 French anthology film directed by Walerian Borowczyk. The film was Borowczyk's most sexually explicit at the time. The film is split into four erotic themed stories that involve the loss of virginity, masturbation, bloodlust and incest.After the release of 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
- 1IMDB.
- 2New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.