Philippe Sarde
Personal Info
Known for
Sound
Gender
Male
Birthday
1948-06-21 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Philippe Sarde
Biography
Philippe Sarde (born 21 June 1948) is a French film composer. Considered among the most versatile and talented French film composers of his generation, Sarde has scored over two hundred films, film shorts, and television mini-series. He received an Academy Award nomination for Tess (1979), and twelve César Award nominations, winning for Barocco (1976) and The Judge and the Assassin (1976). In 1993, Sarde received the Joseph Plateau Music Award.
Philippe Sarde was born 21 June 1948 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France. His mother, Andrée Gabriel, was a singer in the Paris Opera. Through his mother's encouragement, he became interested in music from the early age of three. When he was four years old, he conducted a brief section of Carmen at the Paris Opera. At the age of five, he began experimenting with sound recording and made his first short films. Sarde loved both music and film, and had trouble deciding on his career direction.
Sarde entered the Paris Conservatory, where he studied harmony, counterpoint, fugue, and composition under Noël Gallon. At the age of seventeen, he directed a short 35-mm film in black and white, for which he composed the music, asking Vladimir Cosma to help him with the orchestration. At the age of eighteen, after writing songs for Régine, Sarde met Claude Sautet, who asked him to write the music for his film The Things of Life (1969). The experience established his career direction and initiated a long partnership with Sautet that spanned twenty-five years and eleven films.
Sarde also established close associations with directors Bertrand Tavernier, Pierre Granier-Deferre, Georges Lautner, André Téchiné, and Jacques Doillon. Sarde also collaborated with Roman Polanski on The Tenant and Tess, which garnered an Academy Award nomination, Bertrand Blier's on Beau-Père, Alain Corneau on Fort Saganne, and Marshall Brickman on Lovesick, The Manhattan Project, and Sister Mary Explains It All. In 1988, Sarde was a member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival.
Film director Georges Lautner once observed that he was constantly amazed by the composer's ability to find a unique approach to each film that he scored. According to Yuri German, writing in the All Music Guide, Sarde's soundtracks are "masterfully and unconventionally arranged" and are often performed by such world-class musicians as Chet Baker, Stan Getz, Stéphane Grappelli, and Maurice Vander."
In April 1990, Sarde married Nave Florence, but they divorced the following year. In 1994, he married Clotilde Burre. They have two daughters, Ponette (born 1998) and Liza (born 1999). Both are enrolled in the seventeenth arrondissement of Paris. Sarde is the brother of producer Alain Sarde.
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Acting
(2017)
(2011)
(2008)
Symphonie métallique
as Self
(2007)
Once Upon a Time... 'Tess'
as Self
(2007)
(2003)
(1976)
The Tenant
as Man staring at Trelkovsky in the movie theatre (uncredited)
Crew
(2025)
The One I Loved
Original Music Composer
(2024)
Borgo
Original Music Composer
(2019)
André Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema
Original Music Composer
(2017)
Rodin
Original Music Composer
(2015)
Two Friends
Music
(2013)
The French Minister
Original Music Composer
(2012)
And They Call It Summer
Original Music Composer
(2010)
The Princess of Montpensier
Original Music Composer
(2010)
The Three-way Wedding
Original Music Composer
(2009)
The Girl on the Train
Original Music Composer
(2007)
The Witnesses
Original Music Composer
(2007)
Marco Ferreri: The Director Who Came from the Future
Original Music Composer
(2006)
Call Me Elisabeth
Original Music Composer
(2005)
The Perfume of the Lady in Black
Original Music Composer
(2004)
Me and My Sister
Original Music Composer
(2004)
Tess: The Experience
Music
(2004)
Filming 'Tess'
Music
(2004)
(2004)
A Less Bad World
Original Music Composer
(2003)
(2003)
Raja
Original Music Composer
(2003)
Strayed
Original Music Composer
(2002)
Break of Dawn
Original Music Composer
(2001)
Sister Mary Explains It All
Original Music Composer
(2001)
Mademoiselle
Original Music Composer
(1998)
Alice and Martin
Original Music Composer
(1997)
A Brother...
Music
(1997)
Lucie Aubrac
Original Music Composer
(1997)
On Guard
Original Music Composer
(1997)
(1997)
K
Original Music Composer
(1996)
Ponette
Original Music Composer
(1996)
Thieves
Original Music Composer
(1995)
Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud
Original Music Composer
(1995)
The Little Boy
Original Music Composer
(1994)
D'Artagnan's Daughter
Original Music Composer
(1994)
Uncovered
Original Music Composer
(1994)
Le fils préféré
Original Music Composer
(1993)
Night Taxi
Music
(1993)
My Favorite Season
Original Music Composer
(1993)
Young Werther
Original Music Composer
(1993)
(1992)
L.627
Original Music Composer
(1992)
Max & Jeremie
Music
(1992)
Room Service
Original Music Composer
(1991)
Jealousy
Original Music Composer
(1991)
The Tribe
Music
(1991)
Eve of Destruction
Music
(1991)
The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea
Original Music Composer
(1991)
For Sasha
Original Music Composer
(1991)
I Don't Kiss
Original Music Composer
(1991)
Iran: Days of Crisis
Music
(1990)
Lord of the Flies
Original Music Composer
(1990)
The Little Gangster
Original Music Composer
(1990)
(1990)
C'est La Vie
Original Music Composer
(1990)
La fille des collines
Original Music Composer
(1989)
Music Box
Original Music Composer
(1989)
Lost Angels
Original Music Composer
(1989)
Separate Bedrooms
Original Music Composer
(1989)
L'Invité surprise
Music
(1989)
(1989)
Reunion
Music
(1988)
The Bear
Original Music Composer
(1988)
A Few Days with Me
Original Music Composer
(1988)
The Murdered House
Music
(1988)
The House of Jade
Original Music Composer
(1988)
La Travestie
Music
(1987)
Widow's Walk
Original Music Composer
(1987)
Ennemis intimes
Music
(1987)
Funny Boy
Original Music Composer
(1987)
The Two Crocodiles
Original Music Composer
(1987)
The Innocents
Original Music Composer
(1987)
Comédie !
Original Music Composer
(1986)
Pirates
Original Music Composer
(1986)
Scene of the Crime
Original Music Composer
(1986)
The Prude
Original Music Composer
(1986)
Devil in the Flesh
Music
(1986)
Every Time We Say Goodbye
Original Music Composer
(1986)
The Manhattan Project
Original Music Composer
(1986)
My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister
Original Music Composer
(1985)
Rendez-vous
Original Music Composer
(1985)
Next Summer
Original Music Composer
(1985)
(1985)
Harem
Original Music Composer
(1985)
Ça n'arrive qu'à moi
Original Music Composer
(1985)
The Temptation of Isabelle
Original Music Composer
(1985)
Outlaws
Original Music Composer
(1985)
Sincerely Charlotte
Music
(1985)
Joshua Then and Now
Original Music Composer
(1984)
Fort Saganne
Original Music Composer
(1984)
The Bitch
Original Music Composer
(1984)
A Sunday in the Country
Original Music Composer
(1984)
La Pirate
Music
(1984)
Happy Easter
Music
(1983)
I Married a Shadow
Original Music Composer
(1983)
First Desires
Original Music Composer
(1983)
My Other Husband
Original Music Composer
(1983)
Waiter!
Original Music Composer
(1983)
A Friend of Vincent
Original Music Composer
(1983)
Lovesick
Original Music Composer
(1983)
The Story of Piera
Original Music Composer
(1982)
A Captain's Honor
Original Music Composer
(1982)
A Thousand Billion Dollars
Original Music Composer
(1982)
Le Choc
Original Music Composer
(1982)
The North Star
Music
(1982)
(1981)
Strange Affair
Original Music Composer
(1981)
Coup de Torchon
Original Music Composer
(1981)
Beau Pere
Original Music Composer
(1981)
Is This Reasonable?
Original Music Composer
(1981)
The Boy Soldier
Original Music Composer
(1981)
The Carousel
Music
(1981)
Hotel America
Original Music Composer
(1981)
Quest for Fire
Music
(1981)
The Wings of the Dove
Original Music Composer
(1981)
(1981)
Ghost Story
Original Music Composer
(1981)
Choice of Arms
Music
(1980)
Le Guignolo
Original Music Composer
(1980)
A Bad Son
Original Music Composer
(1980)
I Sent a Letter to My Love
Original Music Composer
(1980)
La Femme flic
Music
(1979)
Tess
Original Music Composer
(1979)
Buffet Froid
Original Music Composer
(1979)
Cop or Hood
Original Music Composer
(1979)
The Adolescent
Music
(1979)
The Medic
Music
(1979)
Seeking Asylum
Original Music Composer
(1978)
A Simple Story
Original Music Composer
(1978)
Sugar
Original Music Composer
(1978)
Bye Bye Monkey
Original Music Composer
(1978)
Mountain Pass
Original Music Composer
(1977)
Spoiled Children
Original Music Composer
(1977)
Drummer-Crab
Original Music Composer
(1977)
Madame Rosa
Music
(1977)
(1977)
The Devil, Probably
Original Music Composer
(1977)
As the Moon
Original Music Composer
(1977)
Death of a Corrupt Man
Original Music Composer
(1976)
Mado
Original Music Composer
(1976)
The Tenant
Original Music Composer
(1976)
The Bottom Line
Original Music Composer
(1976)
The Last Woman
Original Music Composer
(1976)
The Judge and the Assassin
Original Music Composer
(1976)
Marie, the Doll
Original Music Composer
(1976)
Barocco
Original Music Composer
(1975)
No Problem!
Original Music Composer
(1975)
Cookies
Original Music Composer
(1975)
(1975)
The French Detective
Original Music Composer
(1975)
A Bag of Marbles
Music
(1975)
Mad Enough to Kill
Original Music Composer
(1975)
The Cage
Original Music Composer
(1975)
French Provincial
Music
(1974)
The Watchmaker of St. Paul
Original Music Composer
(1974)
Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others
Original Music Composer
(1974)
Creezy
Original Music Composer
(1974)
Don't Touch the White Woman!
Original Music Composer
(1974)
Lancelot of the Lake
Original Music Composer
(1974)
Icy Breasts
Original Music Composer
(1974)
Dorothea's Revenge
Music
(1973)
La Grande Bouffe
Music
(1973)
The Last Train
Original Music Composer
(1973)
Charlie and His Two Chicks
Original Music Composer
(1973)
Marriage a la Mode
Original Music Composer
(1973)
The Son
Original Music Composer
(1973)
Two Men in Town
Original Music Composer
(1972)
Cesar and Rosalie
Original Music Composer
(1972)
The Right to Love
Original Music Composer
(1972)
Liza
Original Music Composer
(1972)
Hellé
Original Music Composer
(1971)
Max and the Junkmen
Original Music Composer
(1971)
The Widow Couderc
Original Music Composer
(1971)
The Cat
Original Music Composer
(1970)
The Things of Life
Original Music Composer
(1970)
La Liberté en croupe
Music