François de Roubaix

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Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia François de Roubaix (April 3, 1939 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine – November 22, 1975 in Tenerife, Canary Islands) was a French film score composer. Roubaix did not receive any formal education in music, but began studying jazz on his own at age 15, forming a band and learning trombone as an autodidact. His father, filmmaker Paul de Roubaix, made…

Known for

• Les Musiciens de la pellicule — lui-même1974

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Listeners

71,882

Total plays

693,652

Son of filmmaker Paul de Roubaix, François became interested in both scuba-diving and music as a teen. While working as an assistant on a film by Robert Enrico in 1959, he was given the opportunity to write the soundtrack. This led to dozens of film soundtracks beginning in 1965 with Les Grandes Gueules, mainly of the orchestral variety, but sprinkled in with bits of rock, jazz and funk. He eventually began to incorporate electronic elements into his music <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Fran

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Music

Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

François

Gender

male

Citizenship

France

Place of birth

Neuilly-sur-Seine

Place of death

Tenerife

Occupation

multi-instrumentalist

Languages spoken

French

Award

César Award for Best Short Film

Field of work

film score

Genre

avant-garde music

Instrument

synthesizer

Record label

Barclay

Official website

www.francoisderoubaix.net

Image

François de Roubaix, 1961.jpg

Height

188

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