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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Brian Patrick Clarke to Charlotte Cornwell
Michel Colombier Biography (1939-)
Born May 23, 1939, in Lyon, France; father, a musician (violin and trombone);married; has children.
- Nationality
- French
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Composer, music arranger, orchestrator, conductor, keyboard performer, recording artist
- Birth Details
- May 23, 1939
- Lyon, France
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Work
- Music arranger, L'amour avec des si (also known as In the Affirmative and Avec des si), Films de Pleiade, 1962
- Music arranger, The Suitor, 1963
- Music director, Steel (also known as Look Down and Die andMen of Steel), World Northal, 1980
- Music conductor, The Money Pit, Universal, 1986
- Orchestrator, The Golden Child, Paramount, 1986
- Orchestrator, Who's Harry Crumb?, TriStar, 1989
- Music director, Asterix et le coup du menhir (also known as Asterix and the Big Fight and Asterix--Operation Hinkelstein), Jugendfilm-Verleih, 1989
- Orchestrator, The Program, Buena Vista, 1993
- Orchestrator and music performer, Barb Wire, Gramercy, 1996
- Keyboard performer, Woo, New Line Cinema, 1998
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Film Appearances
- Himself, L'univers de Jacques Demy (also known as The Universeof Jacques Demy and The World of Jacques Demy), 1995
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Television Work
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Specials
- Music director, Portrait of Petula, NBC, 1969
- Music arranger, Petula Clark in Concert: A Sign of the Times, PBS,2001
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RECORDINGS
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Albums
- Conductor, Anna (original soundtrack recording), Polygram International, 1967
- Performer, Wings, A & M, 1971
- Performer, Nadia's Theme (The Young and the Restless) (original soundtrack recording), 1975
- Performer, V (original soundtrack recording), 1979
- Conductor, Rampal Plays Gershwin, Sony, 1985
- Performer, Romances for Saxophone, Sony, 1986
- Conductor and performer, Classic Gershwin, Sony, 1987
- Performer, Surrender (original soundtrack recording), Jive, 1987
- Conductor and performer, Moscow String Quartet: Glinka and Tchaikovsky, Sony, 1988
- Performer, Satisfaction (original soundtrack recording), K-tel, 1988
- Conductor and performer, Jean-Pierre Rampal: Music, My Love, Sony,1989
- Conductor, Masterworks Dinner Classics: An American Picnic, Sony,1992
- Performer, Deep Cover (original soundtrack recording), Capitol, 1992
- Conductor, Greatest Hits: Flute, Sony, 1994
- Performer, Stravinsky: Greatest Hits, Sony, 1994
- Conductor, Violin, Trumpet, Guitar, Flute: Greatest Hits, Sony, 1995
- Performer, Greatest Hits: Bernstein, Copland, Gershwin, Stravinsky, Sony, 1995
- Performer, Trippin' (original soundtrack recording), Sony, 1999
- Producer, Get Carter (original soundtrack recording), Jellybean Records, 2000
- Performer, Old Fool Back on Earth, 2002
- Performer, Dreams, FGL, 2002
- Music arranger, Die Another Day (original soundtrack recording), Warner Bros., 2002
- Producer, Swept Away (original soundtrack recording), Varese, 2002
- Music arranger and director, Musiques de Films, 1959-1990, three volumes, Sunny Side, 2002
- Also performed for the original soundtrack recording Golden Child,Capitol.
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Videos
- Recorded and wrote a companion book for the educational video The World of Music: The Piano, Volume 1.
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WRITINGS
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Composer for Films
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Coplan, agent secret FX (also known as FX 18, Secret Agent,
Accion en Mallorca,
Order: FX 18 debe morir, and Uccidete agente segreto 777--stop), Something Weird Video, 1964
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Une souris chez les hommes (also known as A Mouse with the Men and Un drole de caid), 1964
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La famille Hernandez, 1964
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L'arme a gauche (also known as The Dictator's Guns,
Gunsfor the Dictator,
Armas para el Caribe, and Corpo a corpo), Something Weird Video, 1964
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L'or du duc, Cocinor, 1965
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Marie-Chantal contre Docteur Kha (also known as Marie-Chantal vs. Doctor Kha,
Maria Chantal contra el Doctor Kha, and Marie Chantal contro il Dr. Kha), Interpeninsular, 1965
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Un monde nouveau (also known as A New World,
A Young World,
Un mondo nuovo, and Un monde jeune), Lopert Pictures, 1966
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L'horizon (also known as Horizon), International Cinevision, 1967
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Si j'etais un espion (also known as Breakdown and If I Were a Spy), Compagnie Commerciale Francaise Cinematographique, 1967
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La femme ecarlate (also known as The Bitch Wants Blood,
The Scarlet Lady, and La donna scarlatta), Les Films de l'Epee/Lesfilms la Boetie/P.E.A. Films, 1968
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Etre libre (also known as To Be Free), Films Y.D., 1968
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Mr. Freedom, 1969, Grove Press, 1970
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Backtrack!, Universal, 1969
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Colossus: The Forbin Project (also known as Colossus,
The Day the World Changed Hands, and The Forbin Project), Universal,1970
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Les assassins de l'ordre (also known as Law Breakers and Inchiesta su un delitto della polizia), Compagnie Commerciale FrancaiseCinematographique, 1971
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Un flic (also known as Dirty Money and Notte sulla citta), 1972, Allied Artists, 1975
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L'heritier (also known as The Inheritor and L'erede), Hera Films, 1973
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Tarots (also known as Angela and Autopsy), Anchor Bay Entertainment, 1973
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Le hasard et la violence (also known as Chance and Violence,
Amore e violenza, and Assassinio al sole), VPS Film-Entertainment, 1974
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Paul and Michelle (also known as Paul et Michelle), Paramount, 1974
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Les onze mille verges (also known as Bisexual and The 11,000 Sexes), Oceanic, 1975
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Le couple temoin (also known as The Model Couple), Films Paris-New York/Institut National de L'Audiovisuel, 1975
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L'alpagueur (also known as Hunter Will Get You), 1976, Joseph Green Pictures, 1980
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Steel (also known as Look Down and Die and Men of Steel), World Northal, 1980
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Une chambre en ville (also known as A Room in Town and Una camera in citta), 1982
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Against All Odds, Columbia, 1984
- (With Prince) Purple Rain, Warner Bros., 1984
- (Including song "People on a String") White Nights, Columbia, 1985
- (Including songs "Cowboy Paradise," "The Heart Is So Willing," "Sittin' on a Dream," and "Skin Tight") The Money Pit, Universal, 1986
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Ruthless People, Buena Vista, 1986
- (Including song "The Chosen One") The Golden Child, Paramount, 1986
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Surrender, Warner Bros., 1987
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The Couch Trip, Orion, 1988
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Satisfaction (also known as Girls of Summer), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1988
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In extremis, Capital Cinema, 1988
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Cop, Atlantic Releasing, 1988
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The Wizard of Loneliness, Skouras Pictures, 1988
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Who's Harry Crumb?, TriStar, 1989
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Out Cold, Hemdale, 1989
- (Including song "Zonked") Asterix et le coup du menhir (also knownas Asterix and the Big Fight and Asterix--Operation Hinkelstein), Jugendfilm-Verleih, 1989
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Catchfire (also known as Backtrack and Do It the Hard Way), Vestron, 1989
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Loverboy, TriStar, 1989
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Impulse, Warner Bros., 1990
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Midnight Cabaret, Warner Bros., 1990
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New Jack City, Warner Bros., 1991
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Strictly Business, Warner Bros., 1991
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Dark Wind, Carolco, 1991
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Diary of a Hitman, 1991
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Deep Cover, New Line Cinema, 1992
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Folks!, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1992
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Posse, Gramercy, 1993
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The Program, Buena Vista, 1993
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Major League II, Warner Bros., 1994
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Elisa, Sogepaq Distribucion, 1995
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L'univers de Jacques Demy (also known as The Universe of Jacques Demy and The World of Jacques Demy), 1995
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Barb Wire, Gramercy, 1996
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Foxfire, Samuel Goldwyn Company, 1996
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Meet Wally Sparks, Trimark Pictures, 1997
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Claudine's Return (also known as Kiss of Fire), Miramax Home Entertainment, 1998
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Woo, New Line Cinema, 1998
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How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998
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Trippin', October Films, 1999
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Dark Summer (also known as Innocents), Santelmo Entertainment, 1999
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Screwed, MCA/Universal, 2000
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Running on the Sun: The Badwater 135 (also known as Running onthe Sun), Galaxy Entertainment, 2000
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Next Stop, Eternity, Seventh Art Releasing, 2000
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Swept Away, Screen Gems, 2002
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Television Music
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Movies
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The Other Man, NBC, 1970
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The 11th Victim (also known as The Lakeside Killer), CBS, 1979
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Florida Straits, HBO, 1986
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Double Switch, ABC, 1987
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Desperado, NBC, 1987
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The Return of Desperado, NBC, 1988
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Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge, NBC, 1988
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Desperado: The Outlaw Wars, NBC, 1989
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Desperado: Badlands Justice, NBC, 1989
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Buried Alive, USA Network, 1990
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Sudie and Simpson, Lifetime, 1990
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The Fatal Image (also known as French Kill and Meurtre en video), CBS, 1990
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Fatal Exposure, USA Network, 1991
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Fever, HBO, 1991
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Tagget, USA Network, 1991
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Strays, USA Network, 1991
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Dirty Work, USA Network, 1992
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Ladykiller, USA Network, 1992
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Fade to Black, USA Network, 1993
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Daybreak, HBO, 1993
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Out of Darkness, ABC, 1994
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Incident at Deception Ridge (also known as Terror at DeceptionRidge), USA Network, 1994
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Mary & Tim, CBS, 1996
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Murder in My Mind, CBS, 1997
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Buried Alive 2, USA Network, 1997
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The Right Connections, Showtime, 1997
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Color of Justice, Showtime, 1997
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Scattering Dad, CBS, 1998
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The Long Way Home, CBS, 1998
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Freak City, Showtime, 1999
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Sabrina, Down Under, ABC, 1999
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Pros and Cons, Cinemax, 1999
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Warden of Red Rock, Showtime, 2001
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Deacons for Defense, Showtime, 2002
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Miniseries
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The Rhinemann Exchange, NBC, 1977
- (With others) Testimony of Two Men, syndicated, 1977
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Series
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The Survivors (also known as Harold Robbins' The Survivors), ABC, 1969
- Theme music, Paris 7000, ABC, 1970
- Theme music, Shell Game, CBS, 1987
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Largo Winch (also known as Largo Winch--Gefaehrliches Erbe), Mystery Channel (Canada), 2001
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Episodic
- Composer for "Lower Berth," an episode of Tales from the Crypt (also known as HBO's Tales from the Crypt), HBO; also composer for Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
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Other
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Puce, 1968
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La tete a l'envers, 1972
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Le lever de rideau, 1973
- "Emmanuel," You Don't Have to Die (special), HBO, 1988
- (Including theme music) Largo Winch (pilot; also known as LargoWinch--Gefaehrliches Erbe), 2001
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Messiah (also known as Messiah I: The First Killings), 2001
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Messiah 2: Vengeance Is Mine, 2003
- Also composed the score for the Canadian special Wings.
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Stage Music
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Ballets
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Le jeune homme et la mort, 1985
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The Rabbit's Fur, Twyla Tharp Dance Company, 1987
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The Rules of the Game, Ballets de l'Opera de Paris, 1989
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A Brief Fling, American Ballet Theatre, 1990
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Ballet de laneige et du vent, 1992
- "Trazom!," Mostly Mozart Festival, New York City, 1993
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Tour of Holland, 1995
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Mandala, 1998
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Catapult, 1999
- Composer for Le bourgeois gentilhomme, performed at Comedie francaise; and Messe pour le temps present (also known as Metamorphose).
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Composer
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Other
- Classical compositions include "Trois mouvements dans le style classique," 1963; "Wings," 1970; "Stanislas," 1975; "Bird Song," 1978; "Spring (The Birth Of)," 1978; "Autumn Land," 1978; "Dolorosa," 1982; "Nightbird," 1983; "Quadrachrome," 1984; "Le jeune homme et la mort" (for orchestra), 1985; "Suite francaise," 1986; and "Celebration," 1992. Composer of songs, chamber music pieces, symphonies, concertos, and video operas.
Further Reference
ADAPTATIONS
- Some of Colombier's film music has been included in soundtrack recordingsfrom the films. The song "Elisa" was included in the video De Serge Gainsbourg a Gainsbarre de 1958-1991, released by Universal Pictures Video, 1994. His compositions have also been recorded by other performing artists.
OTHER SOURCES
Electronic
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Michel Colombier, http://www.michelcolombier.com, April 30, 2003
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