About

Known credits:
45
Birthday:
1943-11-14
Place of birth:
Vaires-sur-Marne, Seine-et-Marne, France
Website:
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Jean-Claude Petit

Overview

Jean-Claude Petit (born 14 November 1943) is a French composer and arranger, born in Vaires-sur-Marne. After accompanying jazzmen in his childhood, Petit went to the Conservatoire de Paris, where he studied harmony and counterpoint. He did the string arrangements for Mink DeVille's Le Chat Bleu album, as well as orchestrating the backing parts to some French pop singles in the mid-to-late 1960s, including those of Erick Saint-Laurent and yé-yé girls Christine Pilzer and Monique Thubert.

In 1973 he composed La leçon de Michette. The song was popular in Italy due to its use in the soundtrack of a well-known Carosello (the Italian TV spot broadcast) from 1973 to 1976.

As a music ghostwriter for director Michel Magne, Petit did not get credit for his film scores until he was 36.

1979 saw his first major film soundtrack commission (Alexandro Jodorowsky's Tusk), but he had been releasing solo records at least a decade earlier, including at least four for the Chappell Music Library, as well as his album Chez Jean-Claude Petit, released in the early 1970s. In 1976 he collaborated with Pierre Delanoë, Toto Cutugno, Vito Pallavicini in a very popular and funky music for Mireille Mathieu called Ciao Bambino, Sorry. In addition, he was a frequent collaborator with French film music composer Jack Arel: the pair's most well-known production, "Psychedelic Portrait", was featured in an episode of the cult TV series The Prisoner. His highly acclaimed score for Cyrano de Bergerac remains perhaps his best known work internationally. In 1995 he was nominated for a Victoires de la Musique award in soundtrack of the year for L'Etudiante Etranger. Jean Claude conducted and arranged for American Orchestra leader Billy Vaughn in the 1970s: At least two of Billy's Paramount LPs "An Old Fashioned Love Song" PAS 6025 and "Greatest Country Hits" give Jean Claude credit as arranged/conductor. The 'Greatest Country Hits' Lp Paramount PAS 6044 also includes a Jean Claude original "Walk A Country Mile".

Source: Article "Jean-Claude Petit" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known for

Acting
2022 Dans les pas de Jean-Paul Rappeneau Actor Self 59
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2020 In The Tracks Of - Special Edition Actor Self N/A
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1991 Toujours seuls Actor Pianist 58
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1988 Fleur de lotus Actor Torpierre N/A
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Sound
2018 Mélancolie ouvrière Sound Music 58
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2017 Dalida Sound Original Music Composer 61
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2015 First Growth Sound Original Music Composer 59
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2013 Hôtel Normandy Sound Original Music Composer 58
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2007 Dance with Him Sound Music 59
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2006 One Summer Sound Original Music Composer 58
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2006 One Summer Sound Orchestrator 58
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2003 Simon le juste Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2002 A Loving Father Sound Original Music Composer 58
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2000 Les Misérables Sound Original Music Composer 69
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2000 Lumumba Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1998 Bitter Sugar Sound Music 58
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1997 Aristotle's Plot Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1995 The Horseman on the Roof Sound Original Music Composer 60
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1994 Foreign Student Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1994 Nobody's Children Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1994 Swallows Never Die in Jerusalem Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1993 The Castle of Olive Trees Sound Original Music Composer 69
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1992 The Playboys Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1992 Guilty of Innocence Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1992 588 rue Paradis Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1991 Mother Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1991 Rue du Bac Sound Music 58
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1990 Uranus Sound Original Music Composer 60
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1990 Cyrano de Bergerac Sound Original Music Composer 67
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1989 Headstrong Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1989 Deux Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1989 The Return of the Musketeers Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1989 Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête Sound Music 58
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1987 Vent de panique Sound Music 58
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1987 Tant qu'il y aura des femmes Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1986 Manon of the Spring Sound Original Music Composer 67
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1986 Jean de Florette Sound Original Music Composer 68
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1986 Le Caviar rouge Sound Music N/A
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1985 Billy Ze Kick Sound Music 58
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1985 Sadness and Beauty Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1985 Slices of Life Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1984 L'Addition Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1983 Vive la sociale ! Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1980 Tusk Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1969 Crime Thief Sound Conductor 59
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