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name: "Philippe Sarde"
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born: "21 June 1948"
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# Philippe Sarde

Composer. Born 21 June 1948 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 21 June 1948, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Sarde, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q677738, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006271/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20075

## Biography

Philippe Sarde is a French film composer. Born on 21 June 1948 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, he studied harmony, counterpoint, fugue and composition at the Paris Conservatory under Noël Gallon.

Sarde began his career scoring Claude Sautet's *The Things of Life* (1969), beginning a long collaboration. He has composed for over two hundred films, including Roman Polanski's *The Tenant* (1976) and *Tess* (1979), for which he received an Academy Award nomination. He won César Awards for *Barocco* (1976) and *The Judge and the Assassin* (1976), and received the Joseph Plateau Music Award in 1993.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, allmusic.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Tess* (1979), Fi1m 74, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/tess.md)

## Complete filmography (191)

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

- *The One I Loved* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Borgo* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *André Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *A Faithful Man* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Rodin* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Two Friends* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *The French Minister* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *And They Call It Summer* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *The Princess of Montpensier* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *The Three-way Wedding* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *The Girl on the Train* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Marco Ferreri: The Director Who Came from the Future* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *The Witnesses* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Call Me Elisabeth* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *The Perfume of the Lady in Black* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Me and My Sister* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *A Less Bad World* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *Tess: The Experience* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *Filming 'Tess'* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *Tess: From Novel to Screen* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *Raja* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *Strayed* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *The Mystery of the Yellow Room* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *Break of Dawn* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Sister Mary Explains It All* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *Mademoiselle* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *Princesses* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *Victoire, ou la douleur des femmes* (2000), series, Original Music Composer
- *Alice and Martin* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *The Red and the Black* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *The Red and the Black* (1997), series, Original Music Composer
- *On Guard* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *A Brother...* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *K* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *Lucie Aubrac* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *Ponette* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *Thieves* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *Tell Me Yes...* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *The Little Boy* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *Uncovered* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *Le fils préféré* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *D'Artagnan's Daughter* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *Night Taxi* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *Sunfish* (1993), Music
- *My Favorite Season* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *Young Werther* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *The Little Apocalypse* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *Max & Jeremie* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *L.627* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *Room Service* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *I Don't Kiss* (1991), Original Music Composer
- *Iran: Days of Crisis* (1991), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea* (1991), Original Music Composer
- *Jealousy* (1991), Original Music Composer
- *For Sasha* (1991), Original Music Composer
- *The Tribe* (1991), Original Music Composer
- *Eve of Destruction* (1991), Original Music Composer
- *The Little Gangster* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *Forgery and the Use of Forgeries* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *Lord of the Flies* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *La fille des collines* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *C'est La Vie* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *Music Box* (1989), Original Music Composer
- *Separate Bedrooms* (1989), Original Music Composer
- *Hiver 54, l'abbé Pierre* (1989), Original Music Composer
- *L'Invité surprise* (1989), Original Music Composer
- *Reunion* (1989), Original Music Composer
- *Lost Angels* (1989), Original Music Composer
- *The House of Jade* (1988), Original Music Composer
- *The Bear* (1988), Original Music Composer
- *L'Argent* (1988), series, Original Music Composer
- *A Few Days with Me* (1988), Original Music Composer
- *La Travestie* (1988), Original Music Composer
- *The Murdered House* (1988), Original Music Composer
- *The Innocents* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *Ennemis intimes* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *Widow's Walk* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *The Two Crocodiles* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *Comédie !* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *Funny Boy* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *State of Grace* (1986), Original Music Composer
- *The Prude* (1986), Original Music Composer
- *Every Time We Say Goodbye* (1986), Original Music Composer
- *Private Tuition* (1986), Original Music Composer
- *Devil in the Flesh* (1986), Original Music Composer
- *The Manhattan Project* (1986), Original Music Composer
- *Scene of the Crime* (1986), Original Music Composer
- *I Love You* (1986), Original Music Composer
- *Pirates* (1986), Original Music Composer
- *My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister* (1986), Original Music Composer
- *L'Homme aux yeux d'argent* (1985), Original Music Composer
- *Harem* (1985), Original Music Composer
- *The Temptation of Isabelle* (1985), Original Music Composer
- *Joshua Then and Now* (1985), Original Music Composer
- *Rendez-vous* (1985), Original Music Composer
- *Outlaws* (1985), Original Music Composer
- *The Cowboy* (1985), Music, Compositor, Original Music Composer
- *Sincerely Charlotte* (1985), Original Music Composer
- *Ça n'arrive qu'à moi* (1985), Original Music Composer
- *Next Summer* (1985), Original Music Composer
- *Happy Easter* (1984), Original Music Composer
- *The Bitch* (1984), Original Music Composer
- *La Pirate* (1984), Original Music Composer
- *Fort Saganne* (1984), Original Music Composer
- *A Sunday in the Country* (1984), Original Music Composer
- *First Desires* (1983), Original Music Composer
- *Waiter!* (1983), Original Music Composer
- *A Friend of Vincent* (1983), Original Music Composer
- *My Other Husband* (1983), Original Music Composer
- *Lovesick* (1983), Original Music Composer
- *I Married a Shadow* (1983), Original Music Composer
- *The Story of Piera* (1983), Original Music Composer
- *A Captain's Honor* (1982), Original Music Composer
- *Will the High Salaried Workers Raise Their Hands!* (1982), Original Music Composer
- *The Shock* (1982), Original Music Composer
- *The North Star* (1982), Original Music Composer
- *A Thousand Billion Dollars* (1982), Original Music Composer
- *Strange Affair* (1981), Original Music Composer
- *Ghost Story* (1981), Original Music Composer
- *Quest for Fire* (1981), Original Music Composer
- *Hotel America* (1981), Original Music Composer
- *Coup de Torchon* (1981), Original Music Composer
- *Beau Pere* (1981), Original Music Composer
- *Tales of Ordinary Madness* (1981), Original Music Composer
- *Birgit Haas Must Be Killed* (1981), Original Music Composer
- *Choice of Arms* (1981), Original Music Composer
- *The Carousel* (1981), Original Music Composer
- *The Wings of the Dove* (1981), Original Music Composer
- *Is This Reasonable?* (1981), Original Music Composer
- *The Boy Soldier* (1981), Original Music Composer
- *A Bad Son* (1980), Original Music Composer
- *I Sent a Letter to My Love* (1980), Original Music Composer
- *Le Guignolo* (1980), Original Music Composer
- *La Femme flic* (1980), Original Music Composer
- *Buffet Froid* (1979), Original Music Composer
- *The Medic* (1979), Original Music Composer
- *Seeking Asylum* (1979), Original Music Composer
- *Tess* (1979), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/tess.md)
- *Cop or Hood* (1979), Original Music Composer
- *The Adolescent* (1979), Original Music Composer
- *A Simple Story* (1978), Original Music Composer
- *Mountain Pass* (1978), Original Music Composer
- *Sugar* (1978), Original Music Composer
- *Bye Bye Monkey* (1978), Original Music Composer
- *Death of a Corrupt Man* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *Drummer-Crab* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *Madame Rosa* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *Spoiled Children* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *As the Moon* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *The Devil, Probably* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *Violette & Francois* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *Barocco* (1976), Original Music Composer
- *Mado* (1976), Original Music Composer
- *Marie, the Doll* (1976), Original Music Composer
- *The Bottom Line* (1976), Original Music Composer
- *The Tenant* (1976), as Man staring at Trelkovsky in the movie theatre (uncredited) · Original Music Composer
- *The Last Woman* (1976), Original Music Composer
- *The Judge and the Assassin* (1976), Original Music Composer
- *The French Detective* (1975), Original Music Composer
- *A Bag of Marbles* (1975), Original Music Composer
- *Seven Deaths by Prescription* (1975), Original Music Composer
- *French Provincial* (1975), Original Music Composer
- *Cookies* (1975), Original Music Composer
- *Mad Enough to Kill* (1975), Original Music Composer
- *No Problem!* (1975), Original Music Composer
- *The Cage* (1975), Original Music Composer
- *La Confession d'un enfant du siècle* (1974), series, Original Music Composer
- *Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others* (1974), Original Music Composer
- *Icy Breasts* (1974), Original Music Composer
- *Dorothea's Revenge* (1974), Original Music Composer
- *Lancelot of the Lake* (1974), Original Music Composer
- *Creezy* (1974), Original Music Composer
- *Don't Touch the White Woman!* (1974), Original Music Composer
- *The Watchmaker of St. Paul* (1974), Original Music Composer
- *Charlie and His Two Chicks* (1973), Original Music Composer
- *The Last Train* (1973), Original Music Composer
- *Two Men in Town* (1973), Original Music Composer
- *Marriage a la Mode* (1973), Original Music Composer
- *La Grande Bouffe* (1973), Original Music Composer
- *The Son* (1973), Original Music Composer
- *Cesar and Rosalie* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *The Right to Love* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *Liza* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *Hellé* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *The Widow Couderc* (1971), Original Music Composer
- *The Cat* (1971), Original Music Composer
- *Max and the Junkmen* (1971), Original Music Composer
- *La Liberté en croupe* (1970), Original Music Composer
- *The Things of Life* (1970), Original Music Composer

## Gallery

- ![Philippe Sarde](https://film.one/media/person/1246150/gallery-0d510f21491a.jpg) Philippe Sarde — ManoSolo13241324, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Philippe_Sarde_Gibert_2022.jpg/1280px-Philippe_Sarde_Gibert_2022.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Philippe Sarde présentant "Max et les Ferrailleurs" à la Cinémathèque française en 2022.](https://film.one/media/person/1246150/gallery-4511030fa731.jpg) Philippe Sarde présentant "Max et les Ferrailleurs" à la Cinémathèque française en 2022. — ManoSolo13241324, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Philippe_Sarde_2022.jpg/1280px-Philippe_Sarde_2022.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Philippe Sarde en entretien, à la Cinémathèque française, en 2022.](https://film.one/media/person/1246150/gallery-b9322cd83efb.jpg) Philippe Sarde en entretien, à la Cinémathèque française, en 2022. — ManoSolo13241324, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Philippe_Sarde_interview_2022.jpg/1280px-Philippe_Sarde_interview_2022.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Philippe Sarde lors d'une séance de dédicaces à la Cinémathèque française, en avril 2022.](https://film.one/media/person/1246150/gallery-42999b03d2d6.jpg) Philippe Sarde lors d'une séance de dédicaces à la Cinémathèque française, en avril 2022. — ManoSolo13241324, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Philippe_Sarde_d%C3%A9dicaces.jpg/1280px-Philippe_Sarde_d%C3%A9dicaces.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Philippe Sarde](https://film.one/media/person/1246150/gallery-c39d00657f8e.jpg) Philippe Sarde — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1981: Best Original Score (nominated), for *Tess*

### Other awards — 2 won

- Knight of the Legion of Honour 2025: Knight of the Legion of Honour (won)
- César Award for Best Music Written for a Film 1977: César Award for Best Music Written for a Film (won), for *The Judge and the Assassin*

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

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