Armand Amar
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. 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. Source: Article "Armand Amar" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known for
SoundBirthday
January 1, 1953Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
68Place of birth
Jerusalem, Israel
Crew credits
Days of Glory
Original Music Composer
Amen.
Original Music Composer
Comme les 5 doigts de la main
Original Music Composer
You Will Be My Son
Original Music Composer
Ao: The Last Hunter
Original Music Composer
Van Gogh: Brush with Genius
Original Music Composer
Planet Ocean
Music
For a Woman
Original Music Composer
The Nightingale
Music
The Scent of Mandarin
Music
The Trail
Music
Live and Become
Original Music Composer
The History of Love
Original Music Composer
La vallée des loups
Original Music Composer
Human
Music
Terra
Original Music Composer
Eden Is West
Original Music Composer
Earth from Above
Music Director
The Climb
Music
Prêtes à tout
Music
Forests and People
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