Armand Amar
Sound
- Born
- January 1, 1953 (age 73) · Jerusalem, Israel
Armand Amar (born 1953) is a French composer, who grew up in Morocco. He won the 2010 César Award for Best Music for Le Concert (Radu Mihăileanu).
Armand Amar is a French composer living in Paris. In 1968, he began playing the congas. He also practiced the tabla and the zarb in the following years.
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In 1976 he met South African choreographer Peter Goss, who introduced him to dance. In the subsequent years, he worked with a number of choreographers in contemporary dance.
His works are focused particularly on Eastern music. He is the author of several ballets and soundtracks films such as The Trail, Days of Glory, Live and Become, The First Cry, Earth from Above, Bab'Aziz and Home. Since Amen., he has also collaborated with Costa-Gavras scoring all of his subsequent films.
He founded the label Long Distance in 1994 with his partners Alain Weber and Peter Gabriel.
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Known for
Mia and the White Lion
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A Bag of Marbles
January 18, 2017
Belle and Sebastian
December 18, 2013
Home
June 3, 2009
The Concert
November 4, 2009
Vicky and Her Mystery
December 15, 2021
The Wolf and the Lion
October 13, 2021
Days of Glory
September 27, 2006
Amen.
February 27, 2002
Belle and Sebastian: The Adventure Continues
December 8, 2015
One Man and his Cow
February 17, 2016
Spread Your Wings
September 12, 2019
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