Vladimir Cosma
Personal Info
Known for
Sound
Gender
Male
Birthday
1940-04-13 (85 years old)
Place of Birth
Bucharest, Romania
Vladimir Cosma
Biography
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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Known For
Acting
(2023)
The Neverending Party
as Self - Composer
(2023)
Louis de Funès, le rire éternel
as Self - Composer
(2022)
(2017)
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
as Self - Film music composer
(2012)
(2011)
Belmondo, itinéraire...
as Self
(2009)
(2005)
(1988)
The Student
as Orchestrator (uncredited)
(1982)
The Party 2
as Self, at the recording studio for Poupette
(1980)
The Party
as Composer in studio (uncredited)
(1977)
We Will All Meet in Paradise
as Violinist at Mouchy's party (uncredited)
Crew
(2024)
Les Affaires sont les affaires
Compositor
(2023)
Life Lessons
Music
(2023)
Tous flics !
Original Music Composer
(2022)
Piano Cinéma
Original Music Composer
(2017)
Mr. Stein Goes Online
Original Music Composer
(2017)
Vénéneuses
Original Music Composer
(2016)
Rouges étaient les lilas
Original Music Composer
(2016)
Le Cabanon rose
Original Music Composer
(2015)
Les Compagnons de la pomponnette
Original Music Composer
(2015)
Agafia
Music
(2015)
Le Rustre et le Juge
Music
(2015)
(2014)
Calomnies
Original Music Composer
(2013)
Le Mentor
Original Music Composer
(2013)
À votre bon cœur, mesdames
Original Music Composer
(2011)
Hitler in Hollywood
Original Music Composer
(2011)
Crédit pour tous
Music
(2011)
Dossier Toroto
Musical
(2011)
Les Insomniaques
Music
(2010)
Colère
Original Music Composer
(2009)
Un risque à courir
Music
(2009)
Climax
Music
(2007)
13 French Street
Original Music Composer
(2007)
Les Ballets écarlates
Original Music Composer
(2007)
Touristes? Oh Yes!
Original Music Composer
(2006)
A Year in My Life
Original Music Composer
(2005)
Grabuge!
Original Music Composer
(2004)
Albert est méchant
Original Music Composer
(2003)
Le Furet
Original Music Composer
(2001)
The Closet
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1999)
La femme du boulanger
Original Music Composer
(1999)
The News Puppets
Original Music Composer
(1998)
The Dinner Game
Original Music Composer
(1997)
Soleil
Original Music Composer
(1997)
Pierre and Marie
Original Music Composer
(1996)
Jaguar
Original Music Composer
(1996)
(1995)
Dazzle
Original Music Composer
(1994)
Bonsoir
Original Music Composer
(1994)
L'Affaire
Music
(1994)
Cache Cash
Original Music Composer
(1993)
Kitchen with Apartment
Original Music Composer
(1992)
Ville à vendre
Original Music Composer
(1992)
The Supper
Original Music Composer
(1992)
Le Bal des casse-pieds
Original Music Composer
(1992)
La Femme abandonnée
Original Music Composer
(1991)
The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish
Original Music Composer
(1991)
Snow and Fire
Original Music Composer
(1991)
The Jackpot!
Original Music Composer
(1990)
My Father's Glory
Original Music Composer
(1990)
My Mother's Castle
Original Music Composer
(1990)
Night of the Fox
Original Music Composer
(1990)
Il gèle en enfer
Original Music Composer
(1989)
La Vouivre
Music
(1988)
The Student
Original Music Composer
(1987)
Nitwits
Music
(1987)
Levy & Goliath
Music
(1987)
Promised... sworn!
Original Music Composer
(1987)
Le Moustachu
Original Music Composer
(1986)
Asterix in Britain
Original Music Composer
(1986)
The Fugitives
Original Music Composer
(1986)
Death on a Rainy Sunday
Original Music Composer
(1986)
L'été 36
Music Director
(1985)
Asterix vs. Caesar
Original Music Composer
(1985)
Drôle de samedi
Music
(1985)
Le Gaffeur
Music
(1985)
(1985)
La poudre aux yeux
Sound
(1984)
Just the Way You Are
Original Music Composer
(1984)
Petit Con
Music
(1984)
The Seventh Target
Original Music Composer
(1984)
L'étincelle
Music
(1984)
The Twin
Original Music Composer
(1984)
The Defective Detective
Original Music Composer
(1983)
The ComDads
Original Music Composer
(1983)
(1983)
Banzaï
Original Music Composer
(1983)
Le Bal
Music, Music Director
(1983)
The Prize of Peril
Music
(1983)
(1982)
The Party 2
Original Music Composer
(1982)
Ace of Aces
Original Music Composer
(1982)
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
Original Music Composer
(1982)
صورة عائلية
Sound
(1982)
Law and Disorder
Music
(1981)
Diva
Original Music Composer
(1981)
A Business of Men
Original Music Composer
(1981)
(1981)
(1981)
(1981)
(1981)
Why Not Us?
Original Music Composer
(1981)
La Chèvre
Original Music Composer
(1980)
The Party
Original Music Composer
(1980)
Inspector Blunder
Original Music Composer
(1980)
Umbrella Coup
Original Music Composer
(1980)
(1979)
Courage fuyons
Original Music Composer
(1979)
Les Jeunes Filles
Music
(1979)
(1979)
Memoirs of a French Whore
Original Music Composer
(1979)
Heart to Heart
Music, Original Music Composer
(1979)
Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses
Original Music Composer
(1978)
The Discord
Original Music Composer
(1978)
State Reasons
Music
(1978)
Plein les poches pour pas un rond...
Original Music Composer
(1978)
Too Shy to Try
Original Music Composer
(1977)
Animal
Original Music Composer
(1977)
Le Loup blanc
Music
(1977)
(1977)
To Each His Hell
Original Music Composer
(1977)
Mr. Michel's Dog
Music
(1976)
The Wing or the Thigh?
Original Music Composer
(1976)
Dracula and Son
Original Music Composer
(1976)
La Surprise du chef
Music
(1976)
The Toy
Original Music Composer
(1976)
Pardon Mon Affaire
Original Music Composer
(1976)
Scrambled Eggs
Original Music Composer
(1975)
The Common Man
Original Music Composer
(1975)
Sherlock Holmes: Le signe des quatre
Original Music Composer
(1975)
Callaghan: un rendez-vous dans les ténèbres
Original Music Composer
(1975)
Catherine & Co.
Original Music Composer
(1975)
The Phoney
Original Music Composer
(1975)
The Wild Goose Chase
Original Music Composer
(1975)
The Pink Telephone
Original Music Composer
(1974)
The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Original Music Composer
(1974)
My Husband, His Mistress and I
Original Music Composer
(1974)
I'm Losing My Temper
Original Music Composer
(1974)
The Girl's Dead, Man
Original Music Composer
(1974)
La Gueule de l’emploi
Original Music Composer
(1974)
Le Chaud Lapin
Original Music Composer
(1973)
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
Original Music Composer
(1973)
Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac
Original Music Composer
(1973)
Don't Cry with Your Mouth Full
Original Music Composer
(1973)
La Dernière Bourrée à Paris
Original Music Composer
(1973)
(1973)
The Crazy Capo Affair
Original Music Composer
(1973)
The Adulteress
Original Music Composer
(1973)
Hail the Artist
Original Music Composer
(1973)
The Madman
Original Music Composer
(1973)
The Right of the Maddest
Original Music Composer
(1973)
Les zozos
Original Music Composer
(1972)
The Felines
Music
(1972)
Neither by Day Nor by Night
Original Music Composer
(1972)
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Original Music Composer
(1971)
Chaleurs
Original Music Composer
(1970)
Distracted
Original Music Composer
(1969)
Misdeal
Original Music Composer
(1969)
Clerambard
Original Music Composer
(1968)
The Death of Joe the Indian
Original Music Composer
(1968)
Very Happy Alexander
Original Music Composer