Biography
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".
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Filmography
all 70
Movies 65
self 6
TV Shows 5
Mélancolie ouvrière (2018)
Dalida (2017)
First Growth (2015)
Hôtel Normandy (2013)
Face (2009)
Dance with Him (2007)
One Summer (2006)
Pédale dure (2004)
La chanson de l'année (2004)
Podium (2004)
Simon le juste (2003)
A Loving Father (2002)
Sexes très opposés (2002)
Les Misérables (2000)
Lumumba (2000)
Le Prof (2000)
Paddy (1999)
Night of Destiny (1999)
Gentlemen Children (1997)
Aristotle's Plot (1997)
Saraka Bo (1997)
Desire (1996)
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel (1996)
The Horseman on the Roof (1995)
Foreign Student (1994)
Nobody's Children (1994)
The Castle of Olive Trees (1993)
Le Zèbre (1992)
The Playboys (1992)
Guilty of Innocence (1992)
588 rue Paradis (1992)
Mother (1991)
All Out (1991)
Toujours seuls (1991)
Rue du Bac (1991)
Uranus (1990)
Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
Headstrong (1989)
Deux (1989)
The Return of the Musketeers (1989)
Savannah (1988)
Fleur de lotus (1988)
Vent de panique (1987)
Fucking Fernand (1987)
Manon of the Spring (1986)
Jean de Florette (1986)
Le Caviar rouge (1986)
Victoires de la musique (1985)
Sadness and Beauty (1985)
Slices of Life (1985)
L'Addition (1984)
Vive la sociale ! (1983)
Champs-Elysées (1982)
Tusk (1980)
Promised Woman (1976)
Crime Thief (1969)
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GenderMale
Birthday1943-11-14 (81 years old)
Birth PlaceVaires-sur-Marne, France
CitizenshipsFrance
Also Known AsSanta Esmeralda
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