
Biography
Maurice Thiriet (French: [tiʁjɛ]; 2 May 1906 – 28 September 1972) was a French composer of classical and film music. Born in Meulan, Yvelines, Maurice Thiriet attended the Paris Conservatory from 1925 to 1931, studying counterpoint and fugue with Charles Koechlin, and orchestration and arrangement under Alexis Roland-Manuel. Thiriet's career revolved mainly around film music, completing around seventy scores from 1942 to 1960. A fellow composer Maurice Jaubert, whose life was cut short during World War II, is often cited as a major influence on Thiriet's outlook.
Besides his cinematic output, Thiriet also composed several concert works, including a concerto for the flute, twelve ballets, and three operas. His compositional style, which Jaubert and Roland-Manuel influenced, is characterized by taught construction and modest, nearly impressionistic harmonization, often bearing a neo-classical grace similar to that of the music of Francis Poulenc and Jean Françaix. Thiriet's work was also presented in the art competition during the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Thiriet also wrote La Nigérienne, the former national anthem of Niger, in 1961.
Filmography
All 51
Movies 51

Figaro-ci, Figaro-là (1972)

Black Tights (1961)

Bernadette of Lourdes (1961)

Les Yeux de l'Amour (1959)

The Possessors (1958)

King on Horseback (1958)

Thérèse Étienne (1958)

There's Always a Price Tag (1957)

Crime and Punishment (1956)

Air of Paris (1954)

Flesh and the Woman (1954)

Thérèse Raquin (1953)

Lucrèce Borgia (1953)

Fatal Affair (1953)

Follow That Man (1953)

Fan-Fan the Tulip (1952)

Passion (1951)

Napoléon Bonaparte, empereur des Français (1951)

Death of a Stag (1951)

Mystère à Shanghai (1950)

Cartouche, King of Paris (1950)

La louve (1949)

Du Guesclin (1949)

Such a Pretty Little Beach (1949)

The Execrable Fate of Guillemette Babin (1948)

Three Boys, One Girl (1948)

The Figurehead (1948)

Eternal Conflict (1948)

Not So Stupid (1947)

Lawless Paths (1947)

Sky Battalion (1947)

Queen's Necklace (1946)

The Eternal Husband (1946)

The Idiot (1946)

Paméla (1945)

Children of Paradise (1945)

Le bal des passants (1944)

The Secret of Madame Clapain (1943)

The Roquevillards (1943)

The Wolf of the Malveneurs (1943)

A Star to the Sun (1943)

The Devil's Envoys (1942)

L'homme qui joue avec le feu (1942)

Fantastic Night (1942)

Adrienne Lecouvreur (1938)

The Most Beautiful Girl in the World (1938)

The Woman I Love (1937)

Southern Carrier (1937)

The Terrible Lovers (1936)

Le Voleur (1933)

Once Upon a Time (1933)
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GenderMale
Birthday1906-04-02
Deathday1972-09-28 (66 years old)
Birth nameMaurice Charles Thiriet
Place of birthMeulan-en-Yvelines, France
CitizenshipsFrance
AwardsLegion of Honour
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