Biography
Gérard Calvi (born Grégoire Krettly; 26 July 1922 – 20 February 2015) was a French composer.
Interested in music from an early age, Calvi's first composing work was for the French production The Patron in 1949. From here he provided music for various French films, most notably Gangster Boss, as well as the show La Plume de Ma Tante, which was nominated for Best Musical at the 13th Tony Awards.
He composed music for three Asterix films: Asterix the Gaul, Asterix and Cleopatra and The Twelve Tasks of Asterix.
He also composed the memorable Asterix theme for the first film, which was dispensed with by the time the music for The Twelve Tasks of Asterix was composed in 1976.
His last work was for the feature film The Crab Revolution in 2004. He died in 2015, aged 92.
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Filmography
all 59
Movies 50
TV Shows 9
self 6
Writer 1
Héloïse (1991)
L'Huissier (1991)
Bonjour l'angoisse (1988)
Bonjour Mr Lewis (1983)
La Nouvelle Malle des Indes (1982)
Jean-Sans-Terre (1980)
La Grâce (1979)
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976)
Jo Gaillard (1975)
Kisses Till Monday (1974)
War Is War (1972)
The Egg (1972)
The Annuity (1972)
Three Men on a Horse (1969)
Asterix and Cleopatra (1968)
The Little Bather (1968)
Asterix the Gaul (1967)
Dead Run (1967)
Jerk in Istanbul (1967)
The Big Scare (1964)
The Black Tulip (1964)
The American Beauty (1961)
Gangster Boss (1959)
Le Voyage de monsieur Perrichon (1958)
We at Champignol (1957)
What a Team! (1957)
The Flea in the Ear (1956)
Hard Knock Out (1956)
Peek-a-boo (1954)
Trust Me! (1954)
The Turkey (1951)
Bluebeard (1951)
The Patron (1950)
Branquignol (1949)
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Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1922-07-26
Deathday2015-02-20 (92 years old)
Birth NameGrégoire Élie Krettly
Birth Place14th arrondissement of Paris, France
ChildrenYves Calvi
FatherRobert Krettly
CitizenshipsFrance
Also Known AsGrégoire Élie Krettly
AwardsOfficer of the Legion of Honour, Maurice-Yvain Price, Prix de Rome, Officer of Arts and Letters
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