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name: "François de Roubaix"
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imdb_id: "nm0006262"
tmdb_id: 24775
wikidata_id: "Q1353562"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "3 April 1939"
died: "22 November 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T16:29:49.940318+00:00"
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# François de Roubaix

## Identity

François de Roubaix

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/francois-de-roubaix
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** francois-de-roubaix
- **IMDb ID:** nm0006262
- **TMDB ID:** 24775
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1353562
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_de_Roubaix, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1353562, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006262/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/24775

Composer. Born 3 April 1939 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France. Died 22 November 1975.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 3 April 1939, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
- **Died:** 22 November 1975
- **Active:** 1967–1971
- **Also known as:** Cisco El Rubio
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_de_Roubaix, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1353562, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006262/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/24775

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Le Samouraï*](https://film.one/film/le-samourai.md) (88)

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## Biography

François de Roubaix was a French film score composer. Born on 3 April 1939 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, he died on 21 November 1975 in Tenerife, Canary Islands, in a diving accident. He received no formal music education but taught himself jazz from age 15, learning trombone as an autodidact. His father, filmmaker Paul de Roubaix, encouraged him to compose scores for educational films. His first film score was for a 1961 short by Robert Enrico.

De Roubaix scored numerous films in the 1960s and 1970s, including *Le Samouraï* (1967) for Jean-Pierre Melville and *Daughters of Darkness* (1971). Other notable scores include *The Wise Guys* (1965), *The Last Adventure* (1967), *Farewell, Friend* (1968), *The One Man Band* (1970), *Last Known Address* (1970), *The Pariah* (1972) and *The Old Gun* (1975). He worked frequently with directors Robert Enrico and José Giovanni, and also scored under the pseudonym Cisco El Rubio. His score for *The Old Gun* received a posthumous César Award in 1976.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Le Samouraï* (1967), Fi1m 88, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/le-samourai.md)

## Complete filmography (60)

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

- *Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *El misteri dels cines desapareguts* (1984), Music
- *The Dragoness* (1983), Music
- *Le Miroir de la terre* (1980), Music
- *Liquid Crystals* (1978), Music
- *The Old Gun* (1975), Original Music Composer
- *Mais où sont passées les jeunes filles en fleurs ?* (1975), Music
- *Comment ça va je m'en fous* (1975), Music, Director, Writer
- *Death of a Guide* (1975), Music
- *The Suspects* (1974), Original Music Composer
- *Chapi Chapo* (1974), series, Musical
- *À vous de jouer Milord* (1974), series, Music
- *Les Musiciens de la pellicule* (1974), series, as lui-même
- *One-Eyed Men Are Kings* (1974), Original Music Composer
- *La mer est grande* (1973), series, Music
- *The Angels* (1973), Music
- *Nothing to Report* (1973), as Compositor
- *Laissés pour compte* (1973), Music
- *The Pariah* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *The Big Shots* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *Rum Runners* (1971), Music
- *Where Did Tom Go?* (1971), Music
- *Les Sesterain ou le miroir 2000* (1971), series, Music
- *Angel's Leap* (1971), Original Music Composer
- *The Friends* (1971), Music
- *Daughters of Darkness* (1971), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *One Way Ticket* (1971), Original Music Composer
- *Girl Slaves of Morgana Le Fay* (1971), Original Music Composer
- *The One Man Band* (1970), Original Music Composer
- *Only the Cool* (1970), Original Music Composer
- *Pour un sourire* (1970), Music
- *The Novices* (1970), Original Music Composer
- *Last Known Address* (1970), Original Music Composer
- *The Stud* (1970), Music
- *Que ferait donc Faber ?* (1969), as Compositor
- *The Strangers* (1969), Original Music Composer
- *Jeff* (1969), Original Music Composer
- *The Witness* (1969), Original Music Composer
- *Sial IV* (1969), series, Music
- *Emma Zunz* (1969), Original Music Composer
- *The Big Wash* (1968), Music
- *Ho !* (1968), Music
- *Farewell, Friend* (1968), Original Music Composer
- *Les Secrets de la mer Rouge* (1968), series, as Compositor
- *1001 Ways to Love* (1968), Music
- *The Teenagers* (1968), Music
- *Birds of Prey* (1968), Music
- *Zita* (1968), Original Music Composer
- *Diabolically Yours* (1967), Original Music Composer
- *Le Samouraï* (1967), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/le-samourai.md)
- *L'Amateur* (1967), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Blonde from Peking* (1967), Original Music Composer
- *The Ponies* (1967), Original Music Composer
- *Law of Survival* (1967), Original Music Composer
- *The Last Adventure* (1967), Original Music Composer
- *The Conqueror Of The Useless* (1966), Music
- *Les Combinards* (1966), Original Music Composer
- *The Wise Guys* (1965), Original Music Composer
- *The Ghostly Rental* (1965), Music
- *Strip-teaseuses ou ces femmes que l'on croit faciles* (1964), Original Music Composer

## Gallery

- ![François de Roubaix](https://film.one/media/person/95297/gallery-66bf89d166ae.jpg) François de Roubaix — Photo d'identité, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Fran%C3%A7ois_de_Roubaix%2C_1961.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![François dans son homestudio rue de Courcelles. François de Roubaix (2021)](https://film.one/media/person/95297/gallery-1723ff29d701.jpg) François dans son homestudio rue de Courcelles. François de Roubaix (2021) — Bderoubaix, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/CourcellesInst.jpg/1280px-CourcellesInst.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![François de Roubaix dirige un orchestre (2021)](https://film.one/media/person/95297/gallery-ca3b6212d35e.jpg) François de Roubaix dirige un orchestre (2021) — Bderoubaix, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Claque_rythme.jpg/1280px-Claque_rythme.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- César Award for Best Music Written for a Film 1976: César Award for Best Music Written for a Film (won), for *Le vieux fusil*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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