Georges Auric
Sound
Born February 15, 1899 in Lodève, Hérault, France
Georges Auric (15 February 1899 – 23 July 1983) was a French composer, born in Lodève, Hérault, France. He was considered one of Les Six, a group of artists informally associated with Jean Cocteau and Erik Satie. Before he turned 20 he had orchestrated and written incidental music for several ballets and stage productions. He also had a long and distinguished career as a film composer. Georges Auric began his musical career at a young age, performing a piano recital at the Société musicale indépendante at the age of 14. Several songs that he had written were then performed in the following year by Société Nationale de Musique. Along with his early successes professionally, Auric studied music at the Paris Conservatoire, as well as composition with Vincent d'Indy at the Schola Cantorum de Paris and Albert Roussel. Having gained recognition as a child prodigy both in composition and piano performance, he became a protégé of Erik Satie during the following decade. During the 1910s and 20s, he was a significant contributor of avant-garde music in Paris and was significantly influenced by Cocteau and the other composers of Les Six.
Filmography
Return to Reason: Four Films by Man Ray
Self (uncredited)
The Christmas Tree
Therese and Isabelle
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
L'Âge heureux
Thomas the Impostor
The Mind Benders
Midnight Meeting
Bells Without Joy
The Burning Court
The Innocents
The Crumblers Are Doing Well
Bridge to the Sun
Goodbye Again
Testament of Orpheus
SOS Pacific
The Journey
Discorama
Self
Christine
Next to No Time
The Night Heaven Fell
Bonjour Tristesse
Walk Into Paradise
He Who Must Die
The Witches of Salem
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Bold Adventure
Gervaise
The Mystery of Picasso
Lola Montès
The Bespoke Overcoat
Chéri-Bibi
Rififi
The Divided Heart
Flesh and Desire
Father Brown
The Good Die Young
The Slave
Roman Holiday
The Wages of Fear
The Titfield Thunderbolt
Holiday for Henrietta
Moulin Rouge
The Respectful Prostitute
Leathernose
The Lavender Hill Mob
The Galloping Major
Dear Caroline
Cage of Gold
Orpheus
The Century Is Fifty
Maya
The Spider and the Fly
Passport to Pimlico
The Queen of Spades
Silent Dust
Daughter of the Sands
The Storm Within
Another Shore
The Eagle with Two Heads
Corridor of Mirrors
The Queen's Lover
It Always Rains on Sunday
The Chips Are Down
Hue and Cry
Beauty and the Beast
Pastoral Symphony
Caesar and Cleopatra
Dead of Night
The Eternal Return
L'assassin a peur la nuit
Gambling Hell
La Mode rêvée
The Curtain Rises
The Lafarge Case
Orage
The Messenger
La Danseuse rouge
Under Western Eyes
Mysteries of Paris
Ladies Lake
The Blood of a Poet
À Nous la Liberté
The Mysteries of the Chateau of Dice
Self (uncredited)
Entr'acte
A man following the hearse (uncredited)