Vladimir Cosma
Vladimir Cosma (born 13 April 1940) is a Romanian composer, conductor and violinist.
He was born into a family of musicians. His father, Teodor Cosma, was a pianist and conductor, his mother a writer-composer, his uncle, Edgar Cosma, composer and conductor, and one of his grandmothers, pianist, a student of the renowned Ferruccio Busoni.
After receiving first prizes for violin and composition at the Bucharest Conservatoire of Music, he arrived in Paris in 1963 and continued his studies at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique de Paris, working with Nadia Boulanger. As well as for classical music, he discovered early on a passion for jazz, film music and all forms of popular music.
From 1964 he made a number of international tours as a concert violinist and began to devote himself more and more to composing. He wrote various compositions including: Trois mouvements d'été for symphony orchestra, Oblique for violoncello and string orchestra, music for theatre and ballet (Volpone for the Comédie Française, the opera Fantômas...).
In 1968, Yves Robert entrusted him with his first film music for Alexandre le Bienheureux.
Vladimir Cosma has since composed more than three hundred scores for feature films and TV series. His numerous successes in the cinema have notably been in collaboration with Yves Robert, Gérard Oury, Francis Veber, Claude Pinoteau, Jean-Jacques Beineix, Claude Zidi, Ettore Scola, Pascal Thomas, Pierre Richard, Yves Boisset, André Cayatte, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Edouard Molinaro, Jean-Marie Poiré... and among which: Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire, Diva, Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob, La Boum, le Bal, l'As des As, la Chèvre, Les Fugitifs, Les Zozos, Pleure pas la bouche pleine, Dupont Lajoie, Un éléphant ça trompe énormément, La Dérobade, Le Père Noël est une ordure, L'Étudiante, La Gloire de mon père, Le Château de ma mère, Le dîner de cons ...
Vladimir Cosma also featured in major French and American television productions: Michel Strogoff, Kidnapped, Mistral's Daughter, Châteauvallon, Les Mystères de Paris, Les Cœurs Brûlés...
Film music allowed him to approach and develop many different musical styles: jazz (with music written for famous soloists such as Chet Baker, Toots Thielemans, Don Byas, Stéphane Grappelli, Jean-Luc Ponty, Philip Catherine, Tony Coe, Pepper Adams, la chanson (pour Nana Mouskouri, Marie Laforêt, Richard Sanderson, Diane Dufresne, Herbert Léonard, Mireille Mathieu, Nicole Croisille, Lara Fabian, Guy Marchand), original compositions inspired by folk-music (for Gheorghe Zamfir, Stanciu Simion Syrinx, pan-flute, Liam O'Flynn- pipes, Romane-guitar), as well as classical music (Berlin Concerto for violin and orchestra, Concerto for Euphonium and orchestra, Concerto Ibérique for trumpet and orchestra, Courts Métrages for brass quintet...). ...
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Movies (169)
Les Affaires sont les affaires
2024 · Compositor
Tous flics !
2023 · Original Music Composer
Life Lessons
2023 · Music
Louis de Funès, le rire éternel
2023 · Self - Composer
The Neverending Party
2023 · Self - Composer
Pierre Richard... en mode Veber
2022 · Self
Piano Cinéma
2022 · Original Music Composer
The Red Scarf
2020 · Original Music Composer
Let the Girls Play
2018 · Original Music Composer
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
2017 · Self - Film music composer
Vénéneuses
2017 · Original Music Composer
Mr. Stein Goes Online
2017 · Original Music Composer
Rouges étaient les lilas
2016 · Original Music Composer
Le Cabanon rose
2016 · Original Music Composer
Agafia
2015 · Music
Le Magicien et les Siamois
2015 · Music
Le Rustre et le Juge
2015 · Music
Les Compagnons de la pomponnette
2015 · Original Music Composer
Calomnies
2014 · Original Music Composer
À votre bon cœur, mesdames
2013 · Original Music Composer
Le Mentor
2013 · Original Music Composer
Vladimir Cosma, tout pour la musique
2012
Belmondo, itinéraire...
2011 · Self
Hitler in Hollywood
2011 · Original Music Composer
Dossier Toroto
2011 · Musical
Les Insomniaques
2011 · Music
Crédit pour tous
2011 · Music
Colère
2010 · Original Music Composer
Climax
2009 · Music
Un risque à courir
2009 · Music
Il était une fois... « Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob »
2009 · Self
13 French Street
2007 · Original Music Composer
Les Ballets écarlates
2007 · Original Music Composer
Touristes? Oh Yes!
2007 · Original Music Composer
A Year in My Life
2006 · Original Music Composer
Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre
2005 · Self
Grabuge!
2005 · Original Music Composer
Albert est méchant
2004 · Original Music Composer
Le Furet
2003 · Original Music Composer
The Closet
2001 · Original Music Composer, Conductor
The Frenchman's Son
1999 · Music
La femme du boulanger
1999 · Original Music Composer
The News Puppets
1999 · Original Music Composer
The Dinner Game
1998 · Original Music Composer
Soleil
1997 · Original Music Composer
Pierre and Marie
1997 · Original Music Composer
The Best Job in the World
1996 · Music
Jaguar
1996 · Original Music Composer
Dazzle
1995 · Original Music Composer
L'Affaire
1994 · Music
Cache Cash
1994 · Original Music Composer
Bonsoir
1994 · Original Music Composer
The Thirst for Gold
1993 · Original Music Composer
Kitchen with Apartment
1993 · Original Music Composer
The Supper
1992 · Original Music Composer
La Femme abandonnée
1992 · Original Music Composer
Ville à vendre
1992 · Original Music Composer
Le Bal des casse-pieds
1992 · Original Music Composer
The Jackpot!
1991 · Original Music Composer
Snow and Fire
1991 · Original Music Composer
La Méthode Barnol
1991 · Music Director
The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish
1991 · Original Music Composer
Night of the Fox
1990 · Original Music Composer
My Mother's Castle
1990 · Original Music Composer
My Father's Glory
1990 · Original Music Composer
Il gèle en enfer
1990 · Original Music Composer
La Vouivre
1989 · Music
The Student
1988 · Orchestrator (uncredited), Original Music Composer
Promised... sworn!
1987 · Original Music Composer
Nitwits
1987 · Music
Le Moustachu
1987 · Original Music Composer
Levy & Goliath
1987 · Music
The Fugitives
1986 · Original Music Composer
Asterix in Britain
1986 · Original Music Composer
Death on a Rainy Sunday
1986 · Original Music Composer
L'Été 36
1986 · Original Music Composer
La Galette du roi
1986 · Original Music Composer
La Poudre aux yeux
1985 · Sound
Le Gaffeur
1985 · Music
Drôle de samedi
1985 · Music
Asterix vs. Caesar
1985 · Original Music Composer
Edgar et sa bonne - Voyage autour de ma marmite
1985 · Music
The Seventh Target
1984 · Original Music Composer
Just the Way You Are
1984 · Original Music Composer
The Twin
1984 · Original Music Composer
L'Étincelle
1984 · Music
Petit Con
1984 · Music
The Defective Detective
1984 · Original Music Composer
Le Bal
1983 · Music, Music Director
The ComDads
1983 · Original Music Composer
Banzaï
1983 · Original Music Composer
Un adolescent d'autrefois
1983 · Original Music Composer
Tout le monde peut se tromper
1983 · Music
The Prize of Peril
1983 · Original Music Composer
The Party 2
1982 · Self, at the recording studio for Poupette, Original Music Composer
Ace of Aces
1982 · Original Music Composer
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
1982 · Original Music Composer
صورة عائلية
1982 · Sound
Law and Disorder
1982 · Music
La Chèvre
1981 · Original Music Composer
A Business of Men
1981 · Original Music Composer
Secrets of the Satin Blues
1981 · Music
Next Year If All Goes Well
1981 · Music
Why Not Us?
1981 · Original Music Composer
Diva
1981 · Original Music Composer
The Ones That Got Away
1981 · Music
The Collector of Brains
1981 · Music
The Party
1980 · Composer in studio (uncredited), Original Music Composer
Inspector Blunder
1980 · Original Music Composer
Umbrella Coup
1980 · Original Music Composer
Laat de dokter maar schuiven
1980 · Music
Les Maîtres sonneurs
1980 · Music
Les Jeunes Filles
1979 · Music
Courage fuyons
1979 · Original Music Composer
Memoirs of a French Whore
1979 · Original Music Composer
Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses
1979 · Original Music Composer
These Kids Are Grown-Ups
1979 · Original Music Composer
Heart to Heart
1979 · Original Music Composer
Plein les poches pour pas un rond...
1978 · Original Music Composer
Too Shy to Try
1978 · Original Music Composer
State Reasons
1978 · Music
The Discord
1978 · Original Music Composer
Le Loup blanc
1977 · Music
We Will All Meet in Paradise
1977 · Violinist at Mouchy's party (uncredited), Music
You Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine
1977 · Compositor
Animal
1977 · Original Music Composer
To Each His Hell
1977 · Original Music Composer
Mr. Michel's Dog
1977 · Music
The Toy
1976 · Original Music Composer
The Wing or the Thigh?
1976 · Original Music Composer
Pardon Mon Affaire
1976 · Original Music Composer
Dracula and Son
1976 · Original Music Composer
La Surprise du chef
1976 · Music
Scrambled Eggs
1976 · Original Music Composer
Catherine & Co.
1975 · Original Music Composer
The Pink Telephone
1975 · Original Music Composer
The Phoney
1975 · Original Music Composer
The Wild Goose Chase
1975 · Original Music Composer
Sherlock Holmes - Le Signe des quatre
1975 · Original Music Composer
Callaghan : Un rendez-vous dans les ténèbres
1975 · Original Music Composer
The Common Man
1975 · Original Music Composer
The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
1974 · Original Music Composer
I'm Losing My Temper
1974 · Original Music Composer
My Husband, His Mistress and I
1974 · Original Music Composer
Le Chaud Lapin
1974 · Original Music Composer
La Gueule de l’emploi
1974 · Original Music Composer
The Girl's Dead, Man
1974 · Original Music Composer
Hail the Artist
1973 · Original Music Composer
La Dernière Bourrée à Paris
1973 · Original Music Composer
Don't Cry with Your Mouth Full
1973 · Original Music Composer
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
1973 · Original Music Composer
The Crazy Capo Affair
1973 · Original Music Composer
Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac
1973 · Original Music Composer
The Adulteress
1973 · Original Music Composer
The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein
1973 · Music
The Madman
1973 · Original Music Composer
The Right of the Maddest
1973 · Original Music Composer
Les Zozos
1973 · Original Music Composer
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
1972 · Original Music Composer
Neither by Day Nor by Night
1972 · Original Music Composer
Chaleurs
1971 · Original Music Composer
Distracted
1970 · Original Music Composer
Cain from Nowhere
1970 · Compositor
Misdeal
1969 · Original Music Composer
Clerambard
1969 · Original Music Composer
The Death of Joe the Indian
1968 · Original Music Composer
Very Happy Alexander
1968 · Original Music Composer
But
1967 · Music
La naissance du Grand Blond
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TV shows (20)
Dazzle
1995 · Original Music Composer
Les Grandes Familles
1989 · Original Music Composer
Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again
1989 · Music
Le Retour d'Arsène Lupin
1989 · Sound
La Belle Anglaise
1988 · Compositor
Rahan, fils des ages farouches
1987 · Music Director
Le Tiroir secret
1986 · Music
Châteauvallon
1985 · Original Music Composer
Billet doux
1984 · Original Music Composer
Mistral's Daughter
1984 · Music
L'Homme de Suez
1984 · Original Music Composer
La Chambre des dames
1983 · Original Music Composer
Les Roses de Dublin
1981 · Music
Les Mystères de Paris
1980 · Music
Petit déjeuner compris
1980 · Original Music Composer
Kidnapped
1979 · Original Music Composer
Le Loup blanc
1977 · Original Music Composer
Richelieu
1977 · Music
Adios
1976 · Original Music Composer
Michael Strogoff
1975 · Original Music Composer