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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.
Biography:
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.
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.
Biography:
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 wrote:
The English Patient soundtrack is amazing.
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Wonaldo wrote:
:-) He is a great artist ! He gave me some inspiration for making music myself. :-)
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natalie0790 wrote:
I adore his soundtrack to Betty Blue
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moxierave wrote:
Troy's rejected score is simply brilliant. I'm so happy that I became aware of Gabriel's music.
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PuzzledCostya wrote:
Great!
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Sahrazad wrote:
Thank you.
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makulina wrote:
L'amant...masterpiece
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evenstar_estel wrote:
simply perfect. every song is a masterpiece.
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CloudyMemory wrote:
Indeed, the replacement of Yared's masterpiece with Horner's last minute score was scandalous.
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Vladalucard wrote:
His soundtrack for Troy should be released; I just managed to get it a few days ago... no words, just a flawless score.
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Nemoflow wrote:
"Message in a Bottle" Score ♥
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lisaisnice wrote:
I love The English Patient soundtrack :)
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kozborn wrote:
Have you heard Gandahar soundtrack? Brilliant job.
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Annah_L wrote:
When I want life to seem like a movie I always listen to Betty Blue
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Thorpe wrote:
radko: Yeah, all thanks to a small group of people saying it feels too overdone or something, which prompted the director to turn to James Horner because we all know it'll be OK then. /sarcasm Gabriel Yared was pretty pissed off about it because he put so much effort and time into it.
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radko wrote:
It's unbelievable that Petersen rejected Yared's "Troy" soundtrack. What a shame!
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loveunino wrote:
i love it
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Taip wrote:
the english patient. perfection
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Rich8996 wrote:
This is stirring music that I like to share with friends. Thank you!
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