Armand Amar

Armand Amar

Sound
Born 1953-01-01 Jerusalem, Israel 5 credit(s) Popularity 0.4
Armand Amar (born 1953) is a French composer, who grew up in Morocco. He won the 2010 César Award for Best Music for Le Concert (Radu Mihăileanu). Armand Amar is a French composer living in Paris. In 1968, he began playing the congas. He also practiced the tabla and the zarb in the following years. In 1976 he met South African choreographer Peter Goss, who introduced him to dance. In the subsequent years, he worked...
0 rank score 0 hearts 0 votes

Biography

Profile information and background.

Armand Amar (born 1953) is a French composer, who grew up in Morocco. He won the 2010 César Award for Best Music for Le Concert (Radu Mihăileanu).

Armand Amar is a French composer living in Paris. In 1968, he began playing the congas. He also practiced the tabla and the zarb in the following years.

In 1976 he met South African choreographer Peter Goss, who introduced him to dance. In the subsequent years, he worked with a number of choreographers in contemporary dance.

His works are focused particularly on Eastern music. He is the author of several ballets and soundtracks films such as The Trail, Days of Glory, Live and Become, The First Cry, Earth from Above, Bab'Aziz and Home. Since Amen., he has also collaborated with Costa-Gavras scoring all of his subsequent films.

He founded the label Long Distance in 1994 with his partners Alain Weber and Peter Gabriel.

Source: Article "Armand Amar" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

Main acting credits and shows.

Off Track poster
Off Track
as Sound
2023-02-08
Mother Is Wrong poster
Mother Is Wrong
as Music
2018-05-23
Burning Crimes poster
Burning Crimes
as Original Music Composer
2017-05-15
No Second Chance poster
No Second Chance
as Original Music Composer
2015-10-15
Earth from Above poster
Earth from Above
as Original Music Composer
2006-10-31

Crew Credits

Directing, writing, production, and other work.

No crew credits available yet.