Philippe Sarde (born in 1948) made his debut in the world of film music at the age of 21 with Les Choses de la vie, under the mentorship of director Claude Sautet. From that moment on, he composed 250 soundtracks, spanning French, Italian, British, and American cinema.

His Chanson d’Hélène, a duet by Romy Schneider and Michel Piccoli, is a classic today. Five (phenomenal) decades later, Philippe Sarde takes center stage on the contemporary music scene now more than ever, at the crossroads of all the influences that make up his DNA (classical music, jazz, folklore). His credits include intense collaborations with Marco Ferreri (from Liza), Pierre Granier-Deferre (Le Chat, La Veuve Couderc), Bertrand Tavernier (L'Horloger de Saint-Paul), Georges Lautner (La Valise), André Téchiné (Barocco), not to mention Roman Polanski or Jean-Jacques Annaud. What makes Sarde's writing so timeless ? The composer never gave into the trap of blindly following what was in vogue in music at a given point in time, but rather believed in developing a long-term vision. And he always considered himself as a « music screenwriter ».

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