Gabriel Yared

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Gabriel Yared (Arabic: جبرائيل يارد) (born 7 October 1949) is a Lebanese-French composer, best known for his work in French and American cinema.

Born in Beirut, Lebanon, his work in France included the scores for Betty Blue and Camille Claudel. He later began working with American film directors, winning an Oscar for his score for The English Patient and a nomination for The Talented Mr. Ripley and Cold Mountain.

In 2004, Yared’s score to the movie Troy, with a song by Tanja Tzarovska, was rejected due to the poor reception it received in a test screening. It was replaced with one by James Horner.

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At the age of 7, his father sent Yared to an accordion teacher. Two years later he stopped his accordion lessons and started music theory and piano lessons. His piano teacher thought that he had no future in music.

Although he was not a natural pianist, he was interested in reading music.

At the age of 14, Yared’s piano teacher died, so he was to replace his teacher as the organist at Saint Joseph University. During this time, Yared used the University library to read all the work of Bach, Schumann, and many others. This extensive reading inspired his first original composition, a piano waltz.

Yared completed a degree in Law. His formal musical education only began when he travelled to France in 1969, and attended the École Normale de Musique de Paris as a non-registered student. There he learned the rules of music composition from Henri Dutilleux.
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  • Irenreinmerdok

    The English Patient soundtrack is amazing.

    January 2012
  • Wonaldo

    :-) He is a great artist ! He gave me some inspiration for making music myself. :-)

    November 2011
  • natalie0790

    I adore his soundtrack to Betty Blue

    April 2011
  • moxierave

    Troy's rejected score is simply brilliant. I'm so happy that I became aware of Gabriel's music.

    April 2011
  • PuzzledCostya

    Great!

    April 2011
  • Sahrazad

    Thank you.

    March 2011
  • makulina

    L'amant...masterpiece

    February 2011
  • evenstar_estel

    simply perfect. every song is a masterpiece.

    February 2011
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