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name: "Georges Auric"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/georges-auric"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "15 February 1899"
died: "23 July 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 89
updated: "2026-09-16T12:38:08.435460+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."
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# Georges Auric

Composer. Born 15 February 1899 in Lodève, Hérault, France. Died 23 July 1983.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 15 February 1899, Lodève, Hérault, France
- **Died:** 23 July 1983

## Biography

Georges Auric was a French composer. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire and with Vincent d’Indy at the Schola Cantorum de Paris. In the 1920s he was associated with Erik Satie and Jean Cocteau and was grouped with the composers known as Les Six.

Auric wrote scores for numerous films. His credits include *Roman Holiday* (1953), *The Wages of Fear* (1953), *Beauty and the Beast* (1946), *The Lavender Hill Mob* (1951), *Rififi* (1955) and *The Innocents* (1961). He also composed ballets and incidental music for the stage. From 1962 he served as director of the Paris Opéra and Opéra-Comique.

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com, britannica.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Roman Holiday* (1953), Fi1m 88, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/roman-holiday.md)
- *The Wages of Fear* (1953), Fi1m 90, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-wages-of-fear.md)

## Also known for

- *Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!* (1966), Original Music Composer
- *Beauty and the Beast* (1946), Original Music Composer
- *The Innocents* (1961), Original Music Composer
- *Rififi* (1955), Original Music Composer
- *Dead of Night* (1945), Original Music Composer
- *Orpheus* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *The Lavender Hill Mob* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *The Blood of a Poet* (1932), Original Music Composer

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