Gérard Calvi
Born: 1922-07-26 in Paris, France
Died: 2015-02-20
Known For: Sound
Biography
Gérard Calvi (born Grégoire Krettly; 26 July 1922 – 20 February 2015) was a French composer. Interested in music from an early age, Calvi's first composing work was for the French production The Patron in 1949. From here he provided music for various French films, most notably Gangster Boss, as well as the show La Plume de Ma Tante, which was nominated for Best Musical at the 13th Tony Awards. He composed music for three Asterix films: Asterix the Gaul, Asterix and Cleopatra and The Twelve Tasks of Asterix. He also composed the memorable Asterix theme for the first film, which was dispensed with by the time the music for The Twelve Tasks of Asterix was composed in 1976. His last work was for the feature film The Crab Revolution in 2004. He died in 2015, aged 92. Source: Article "Gérard Calvi" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
2004
- The Revolution of the Crabs ... (Original Music Composer)
1994
- Bon week-end Monsieur Bennett ! ... (Music)
1991
- Héloïse ... (Music)
1988
- Bonjour l'angoisse ... (Music)
1987
- Sacrée Soirée as Self
1985
- Victoires de la musique as Self
1984
- La Chance aux chansons as Self
1983
- Bonjour Mr Lewis ... (Original Music Composer)
1982
- Champs-Elysées as Self
- La Nouvelle Malle des Indes ... (Original Music Composer)
1979
- La Grâce ... (Original Music Composer)
1976
- The Twelve Tasks of Asterix ... (Original Music Composer)
- Minichronique ... (Original Music Composer)
1975
- Apostrophes as Self
- The Restroom Robbery ... (Original Music Composer)
- Jo Gaillard ... (Music)
1974
- The Down-in-the-Hole Gang ... (Original Music Composer)
- Shut Up, Gulli ... (Writer)
1972
- The Annuity ... (Original Music Composer)
1971
- Samedi soir as Self
1968
- Asterix and Cleopatra ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Little Bather as Le chef de la fanfare
1967
- Asterix the Gaul ... (Original Music Composer)
- Order of the Daisy ... (Music)
- Dead Run ... (Original Music Composer)
- Jerk in Istanbul ... (Original Music Composer)
1966
- The Saint Lies in Wait ... (Original Music Composer)
1964
- The Black Tulip ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Big Scare ... (Original Music Composer)
- Champagne for Savages ... (Original Music Composer)
1963
- Carom Shots ... (Music)
1961
- The American Beauty ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Fenouillard Family ... (Music)
1958
- Le Voyage de monsieur Perrichon ... (Original Music Composer)
1957
- La Polka des menottes ... (Original Music Composer)
- We at Champignol ... (Music)
- What a Team! ... (Music)
1956
- En direct de... as self
- The Flea in the Ear ... (Music)
1954
- Peek-a-boo as Chef d'orchestre et pianiste / Voleur du bar "À Chicago" (uncredited)
- Trust Me! ... (Original Music Composer)
1952
- La demoiselle et son revenant ... (Original Music Composer)
1951
- Bluebeard as (uncredited)
- Bernard and the Lion as Hans
1950
- The Patron as The orchestra conductor
1949
- Branquignol as Le chef d'orchestre