Composer
Alain Romans
Born January 13, 1905 in Czestochowa, Slaskie, Poland
Died December 19, 19889 films
Alain Romans (1905, Poland – 1988) was a French jazz composer. He studied in Leipzig, Berlin, and Paris. His teachers included Vincent d'Indy. He later worked with Josephine Baker and Django Reinhardt.
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Romans wrote music for 12 films. The most famous of them are the films of comedian Jacques Tati, including Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot (1953), with the theme song "Quel temps fait-il a Paris?", and Mon Oncle (1959).
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First watchMon Oncle19587.4Genial, bumbling Monsieur Hulot loves his top-floor apartment in a grimy corner of the city, and cannot fathom why his sister's family has moved to the suburbs.View filmEssential films
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Filmography
9 films- 1960A CoupleMusic
- 1960FadilaMusic
- 1958Mon OncleOriginal Music Composer
- 1953Monsieur Hulot's HolidayOriginal Music Composer
- 1952The Damned LoversMusic
- 1951The Slappiest Days of Our LivesMusic
- 1948La RenégateSound
- 1935Princess Tam TamOriginal Music Composer
- 1934ZouzouMusic