Gabriel Yared Biography (1949-)

Born October 7, 1949, in Beirut, Lebanon. Addresses: Manager: First Artists Management, 16000 Ventura Blvd., Suite 605, Encino, CA 91436.

Nationality: Lebanese
Gender: Male
Occupation: Composer, orchestrator, musician, actor
Birth Details: October 7, 1949; Beirut, Lebanon

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Work
Music arranger, Toute une vie (also known as And Now My Love and Tutta una vita), 1974
Music arranger, Si c'etait a refaire (also known as If I Had toDo It All Over Again and Second Chance), 1976
Music arranger, Un autre homme, une autre chance (also known as Another Man, Another Chance and Another Man, Another Woman), 1977
Music conductor, La lune dans le caniveau (also known as The Moon in the Gutter and Lo specchio del desiderio), Triumph Releasing/Columbia, 1983
Music producer, La scarlatine (also known as Scarlet Fever), 1983
Music conductor and song performer, "A Certain Desire," Flagrant desir (also known as A Certain Desire, Flagrant Desire, and Trade Secrets), 1985
Orchestrator, Weda'an Bonapart (also known as Adieu Bonaparte), 1985
Music conductor, 37.2 le matin (also known as Betty Blue and 37.2 Degrees in the Morning), Alive, 1986
Orchestrator, Camille Claudel (also known as Camille Claudel--Violence et passion), 1988
Music performer, IP5: Lile aux pachydermes (also known as IP5:The Island of Pachyderms), 1992
Orchestrator, Profil bas (also known as Low Profile), 1994
Orchestrator, City of Angels (also known as Stadt der Engel), Warner Bros., 1998
Orchestrator and song producer, The Talented Mr. Ripley (also known as The Mysterious Yearning Secretive Sad Lonely Troubled Confused LovingMusical Gifted Intelligent Beautiful Tender Sensitive Haunted Passionate Talented Mr. Ripley), Paramount, 1999
Orchestrator, music producer, and music performer, Message in a Bottle, Warner Bros., 1999
Orchestrator and music conductor, The Next Best Thing, Paramount,2000
Orchestrator and music conductor, Autumn in New York, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2000
Orchestrator, music conductor, and music producer, Possession, Focus Features, 2002
Film Appearances
Paul Jarry, Sarah, 1983
Himself, La diagonale du fou: Interviews, 2002
RECORDINGS
Albums
Composer, conductor, producer, orchestrator, and pianist, The Lover (soundtrack), Varese Saraband, 1992
Producer and keyboard performer, Map of the Human Heart (soundtrack), PolyGram, 1993
Conductor, Mina, Del Mio Meglio, Vol. 4, EMI, 1993
Orchestrator, Wings of Courage (soundtrack), Sony, 1995
Orchestrator, Sacha Distel, Very Best of Sacha Distel, Arcade, 1998
Orchestrator and arranger, Arthouse Cafe, Vol. 2, Silva, 1998
Orchestrator and producer, City of Angels (soundtrack), Warner Bros., 1998
Orchestrator and producer, Message in a Bottle (soundtrack), Atlantic, 1999
WRITINGS
Film Composer
Miss O'Gynie et les hommes fleurs (also known as Miss O'Gynie and the Flower Man and Miss O'Gynie en de bloemenjongens), 1974
Sauve qui peut (also known as Every Man For Himself, Slow Motion, Rette sich, wer kaan (das Leben), and Sauve qui peutla vie), New Yorker Films, 1979
Malevil (also known as Malevil, Countdown der Neutronenbombe), 1981
Invitation au voyage (also known as Invito al viaggio), Triumph Releasing, 1982
Sarah, 1983
La lune dans le caniveau (also known as The Moon in the Gutter and Lo specchio del desiderio), Triumph Releasing/Columbia, 1983
Hannah K., Universal, 1983
Interdit aux moins de 13 ans, 1983
La java des ombres, 1983
La scarlatine (also known as Scarlet Fever), 1983
Le telephone sonne toujours deux fois (also known as The Telephone Always Rings Twice), 1984
La diagonale du fou (also known as Dangerous Moves), Spectrafilm, 1984
Tir a vue (also known as Fire on Sight), 1984

Nemo (also known as Dream One), 1984
Flagrant desir (also known as A Certain Desire, FlagrantDesire, and Trade Secrets), 1985
Weda'an Bonapart (also known as Adieu Bonaparte), 1985
Scout toujours..., 1985
Water and Man (also known as L'eau et les hommes), 1985
37.2 le matin (also known as Betty Blue and 37.2 Degreesin the Morning), Alive, 1986
Desordre (also known as Disorder), 1986
Zone Rouge, 1986
Beyond Therapy, New World, 1987
Agent Trouble (also known as The Man Who Loved Zoos), 1987
L'homme voile (also known as The Veiled Man), 1987
Gandahar (also known as Light Years), Miramax, 1987
Les saisons du plaisir, 1987
Last Song, 1987
Clean and Sober, Warner Bros., 1988
Le testament d'un poete juif assassine, 1988
Camille Claudel (also known as Camille Claudel--Violence et passion), 1988
Une nuit a l'assemblee nationale, 1988
Tennessee Nights (also known as Black Water and Tennessee Waltz), Academy Video, 1989
Romero, Four Seasons, 1989
Marat, 1989
Les mille et une nuits (also known as 1001 Nights, Le mille e una notte, and Sheherazade), 1990
Song, "The Complaint of the Old Bitch," Tatie Danielle, Prestige Films, 1990
Vincent & Theo (also known as Vincent et Theo), Hemdale, 1990
La putain du roi (also known as The King's Mistress, TheKing's Whore, and La donna del re), 1990
L'amant (also known as The Lover), Metro-Mayer-Goldwyn, 1991
Map of the Human Heart (also known as La carte du tendre),Miramax, 1992
L'instinct de l'ange, 1992
L'arche et les deluges (also known as The Ark and the Deluge), 1992
IP5: Lile aux pachydermes (also known as IP5: The Island of Pachyderms), 1992
La fille de l'air (also known as The Girl in the Air), 1992
Les marmottes (also known as The Groundhogs), Cine Co., 1993
Profil bas (also known as Low Profile), 1994
Des feux mal eteints (also known as Poorly Extinguished Fires), 1994
Noir comme le souvenir (also known as Black for Remembrance), 1995
Wings of Courage (also known as Guillaumet, les ailes du courage), Sony Pictures Classics, 1995
The English Patient, Miramax, 1996
Hercule et Sherlock (also known as Mutts), 1996
Tonka, Flach Pyramide International, 1997
City of Angels (also known as Stadt der Engel), Warner Bros., 1998
Message in a Bottle, Warner Bros., 1999
The Talented Mr. Ripley (also known as The Mysterious YearningSecretive Sad Lonely Troubled Confused Loving Musical Gifted Intelligent Beautiful Tender Sensitive Haunted Passionate Talented Mr. Ripley), Paramount, 1999
Song, "Forever and Always," The Next Best Thing, Paramount, 2000
Autumn in New York, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2000
Lisa, Capitol Films, 2001
L'idole (also known as The Idol), Mars Distribution, 2002
Possession, Focus Features, 2002
The One and Only, Pathe Distribution, 2002
(Uncredited) Song, "Comment te dire adieu," Jane Birkin: Arabesque, 2002
Bon voyage, Sony Pictures Classics, 2003
Les marins perdus (also known as Lost Seamen), Mercure Distribution, 2003
Sylvia, Focus Features, 2003
Cold Mountain, Miramax, 2003
Two Brothers, Universal, 2004
Television Composer
Jean-Christophe (miniseries), 1978
L'academie des 9 (series), 1982
La romana, 1988
Le diable amoureux (ballet special), 1991
Fall from Grace (movie; also known as Fortitude), 1994
Jacques Yves-Cousteau: My First 85 Years (special), TBS, 1995
L'homme aux semelles de vent (also known as A. Rimbaud: Aventures en Abyssinie and Arthur Rimbaud!), 1995
La dame du cirque (also known as Zirkusblut), 1996
Premier de cordee, 1999
Clavigo (ballet special), 1999
Stage Music
Shamrock (ballet), Le Ballet National d'Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1988
Diable amoureux (ballet), 1989
Clavigo (ballet), Paris Opera House, Paris, 1999
Concert Valencia (concert), 2000

Further Reference

ADAPTATIONS

Yared's compositions have been featured in albums by other performers, including the soundtrack recording The Moon in the Gutter, released by DRG in 1983; and Palace of the Winds: The Piano at the Movies, recordedby Michael Chertock, released by Telarc in 1997.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Entertainment Weekly, January 17, 1997, p. 62
National Catholic Reporter, July 3, 1998, p. 20

Electronic

Gabriel Yared Official Site, http://www.gabrielyared.com, November1, 2003

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