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Gabriel Yared
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Yared at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival
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| Born | 7 October 1949 Beirut, Lebanon |
| Occupation(s) | Composer |
Gabriel Yared (born October 7, 1949) is a famous composer from Lebanon and France. He is best known for creating music for many movies, both French and American. He even won an Oscar for his music in the movie The English Patient!
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Gabriel Yared's Early Life and Music Journey
Gabriel Yared was born in Beirut, Lebanon. When he was seven years old, he started learning to play the accordion. Two years later, he switched to learning music theory and piano. Even though he wasn't the best piano player, he loved reading music.
When Gabriel was 14, his piano teacher passed away. Gabriel then took over as the organist at Université Saint-Joseph. He spent a lot of time in the university's library, reading music by famous composers like Johann Sebastian Bach and Robert Schumann. This inspired him to write his very first song, a piano waltz.
Studying Music in France
Gabriel studied law at university, but he didn't formally study music until 1969. That year, he moved to France to attend the École Normale de Musique de Paris. There, he learned how to compose music from a great teacher named Henri Dutilleux.
A Trip to Brazil
In 1971, Gabriel visited his uncle in Brazil. While he was there, he was asked to write a song for Lebanon to enter a music festival in Rio de Janeiro. The song he wrote won first prize! He also performed with a small orchestra in Brazil. Gabriel later said that his time in Brazil greatly influenced his music.
Working with Famous Artists
After returning to France, Gabriel worked with many popular musicians. He wrote nearly 3,000 pieces of music over about six years! This included music for radio and TV shows, like jingles for the French TV channel TF1.
Gabriel Yared's Movie Music Career
Gabriel Yared is most famous for composing music for movies. He worked closely with the director Anthony Minghella on many films.
Winning an Oscar for The English Patient
His first movie with Anthony Minghella was The English Patient in 1996. The music for this film was highly praised, and Gabriel won an Oscar for it! He also composed music for all of Minghella's other films, and for the TV show The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.
Other Popular Film Scores
Besides his work with Minghella, Gabriel Yared composed music for many other movies. Some of these include:
- Betty Blue (1986)
- City of Angels (1998)
- Message in a Bottle (1999)
- Autumn in New York (2000)
- Cold Mountain (2003)
He also worked on animated films like Gandahar in the late 1980s.
The Troy Movie Music Story
In 2004, Gabriel Yared composed the music for the movie Troy. However, less than a month before the movie was released, his music was rejected. This happened because a small group of people who watched an early version of the film didn't like the music. They thought it was too "brassy and bold."
Another composer, James Horner, was then hired to write new music for Troy in less than four weeks. Gabriel Yared was very upset about this. He said that the music the test audience heard wasn't even finished yet. He also said the studio didn't give him a chance to change his music based on their feedback.
The company Warner Bros. still owns the rights to Gabriel Yared's original Troy music. It's not available to buy, and it might never be. However, some music critics thought Gabriel's music for Troy was much better than the music that ended up in the movie.
Ballet Music
Gabriel Yared has also composed music for ballets. He created the music for the ballet Raven Girl. This ballet was choreographed for the Royal Ballet by Wayne McGregor.
Awards and Recognitions
Gabriel Yared has won many awards for his movie music.
- He won an Oscar for The English Patient in 1996.
- He was also nominated for Oscars for The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) and Cold Mountain (2003).
- He has received three Golden Globe nominations and three BAFTA nominations for the same films. He won both of these awards for The English Patient.
- He has also been nominated for two Grammy Awards, winning one for The English Patient.
Selected Films with Gabriel Yared's Music
- Sauve qui peut (la vie) (1980)
- 37°2 le matin [Betty Blue] (1986)
- Gandahar (1987)
- Camille Claudel (1989)
- L'Amant [The Lover] (1992)
- The English Patient (1996)
- City of Angels (1998)
- The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
- Cold Mountain (2003)
- Shall We Dance? (2004)
- Das Leben der Anderen (2006)
- 1408 (2007)
- The Tourist (2010)
- A Royal Affair (2012)
- The Promise (2016)
- Judy (2019)
See also
In Spanish: Gabriel Yared para niños
