---
name: "Alain Romans"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alain-romans"
fi1m_id: "alain-romans"
imdb_id: "nm0739062"
tmdb_id: 5783
wikidata_id: "Q2602706"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "13 January 1905"
died: "19 December 1988"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T08:27:20.879627+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Alain Romans

## Identity

Alain Romans

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alain-romans
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** alain-romans
- **IMDb ID:** nm0739062
- **TMDB ID:** 5783
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2602706
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Romans, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2602706, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0739062/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5783

Composer. Born 13 January 1905 in Czestochowa, Slaskie, Poland. Died 19 December 1988.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 13 January 1905, Czestochowa, Slaskie, Poland
- **Died:** 19 December 1988
- **Active:** 1953–1958
- **Frequently works with:** [Fred Orain](https://film.one/person/fred-orain.md), [Jacques Lagrange](https://film.one/person/jacques-lagrange.md), [Jacques Tati](https://film.one/person/jacques-tati.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Romans, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2602706, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0739062/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5783

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Monsieur Hulot's Holiday*](https://film.one/film/monsieur-hulots-holiday.md) (86), [*Mon Oncle*](https://film.one/film/mon-oncle.md) (82)

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## Biography

Alain Romans was a Polish-born French jazz pianist and composer. Born Roman Abram Szlezynger in Częstochowa, Poland, on 13 January 1905, he studied at conservatories in Leipzig, Berlin and Paris, where his teachers included Vincent d'Indy. He settled in France, was naturalised in 1930, and worked with artists including Josephine Baker and Django Reinhardt before specialising in film music.

Romans composed scores for around a dozen films between the 1930s and 1960s. He is best known for his work with Jacques Tati, writing the music for *Monsieur Hulot's Holiday* (1953), which includes the theme "Quel temps fait-il à Paris?", and *Mon Oncle* (1958). He died in Paris on 19 December 1988.

*Sources: imdb.com, fr.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Mon Oncle* (1958), Fi1m 82, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/mon-oncle.md)
- *Monsieur Hulot's Holiday* (1953), Fi1m 86, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/monsieur-hulots-holiday.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *A Couple* (1960), Music
- *Fadila* (1960), Music
- *Tonight We Kill* (1959), as Compositor
- *Mon Oncle* (1958), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/mon-oncle.md)
- *Monsieur Hulot's Holiday* (1953), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/monsieur-hulots-holiday.md)
- *The Damned Lovers* (1952), Music
- *The Slappiest Days of Our Lives* (1951), Music
- *La Renégate* (1948), Sound
- *Gringalet* (1946), as Pianist
- *Princess Tam Tam* (1935), Original Music Composer
- *Zouzou* (1934), Music

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