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Joseph Kosma (1905–1969)

Composer | Soundtrack | Music Department

Joseph Kosma was born in Budapest. He took an interest in music at a very young age, writing an opera called "Noel dans les Tranchées" as a teenager. One of his greatest loves in Budapest was the music of Bela Bartok. Finding the political atmosphere to be more and more oppressive in Budapest, Kosma... See full bio »

Born:

Jozsef Kozma
in Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]

Died:

(age 63) in La Roche-Guyon, Val-d'Oise, France
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1970 The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir (TV movie)
 
1970 La fenêtre (TV movie)
 
1967 Kitosch, the Man Who Came from the North
 
1967 Bitter Fruit
 
1966 Pitzutz B'Hatzot
 
1964 Chagall (documentary short)
 
1963 In the French Style
 
1963 Un drôle de paroissien
 
1962 À fleur de peau
 
1962 Snobs!
 
1962 La poupée
 
1962 The Elusive Corporal
 
1962 Dawn on the Third Day
 
1961 Man Wants to Live
 
1961 El secreto de los hombres azules
 
1961 Le pavé de Paris
 
1960 Croesus
 
1960 Love and the Frenchwoman (segment: "L'Enfance")
 
1960 La chatte sort ses griffes
 
1960 The Eighth Day
 
1960 Matisse ou Le talent de bonheur (documentary short)
 
1959 Adorable Sinner
 
1959 Picnic on the Grass
 
1959 Experiment in Evil (TV movie)
 
1959 Quai des illusions
 
1959 Les trois mousquetaires (TV movie)
 
1958 The Doctor's Dilemma
 
1958 The Cat
 
1958 Un certain Monsieur Jo
 
1958 Tamango
 
1958 La cocotte d'azur (documentary short)
 
1957 Three Days to Live
 
1957 L'inspecteur aime la bagarre
 
1957 Demoniac
 
1957 The Case of Dr. Laurent
 
1957 G.S.O. (documentary short)
 
1956 I'll Get Back to Kandara
 
1956 Soupçons
 
1956 Main Street
 
1956 Elena and Her Men
 
1956 Diary of a Bad Girl
 
1956 That Is the Dawn
 
1956 Law of the Streets
 
1956 Goubbiah, mon amour
 
1956 People of No Importance
 
1956 Maigret dirige l'enquête
 
1955 Lady Chatterley's Lover
 
1955 Pas de pitié pour les caves
 
1955 M'sieur la Caille
 
1955 Paris Precinct (TV series)
– The Actress (1955)
– Two Blind Men (1955)
 
1955 The Fugitives
 
1955 House on the Waterfront
 
1955 Pas de souris dans le business
 
1955 Magic Village
 
1955 The Rapickers of Emmaus
 
1955 Fantaisie d'un jour
 
1954 Huis clos
 
1954 The Anatomy of Love (segment "La Parade" / french version)
 
1954 Wild Fruit
 
1953 Alerte au sud
 
1953 Rhine Virgin
 
1953 Children of Love
 
1953 Innocents in Paris
 
1953 Opération Magali
 
1953 La commune (documentary short)
 
1953 Chagall (documentary short)
 
1953 Lumière (TV documentary short)
 
1952 Crimson Curtain
 
1952 The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
 
1952 Judgment of God
 
1952 Dans la vie tout s'arrange
 
1952/I Matrimonial Agency
 
1952 Wolves Hunt at Night
 
1952 The Gauntlet
 
1952 Torticola contre Frankensberg (short)
 
1951 Perfectionist
 
1951 Paris Is Always Paris
 
1951 The Cape of Hope
 
1951 Pardon My French
 
1951 Dupont Barbès
 
1951 Shadow and Light
 
1951 Juliette, or Key of Dreams
 
1951 ...Sans laisser d'adresse
 
1951 Champions Juniors (short)
 
1950 Fugitive from Montreal
 
1950 Lost Souvenirs
 
1950 Paris Incident
 
1950 Vendetta en Camargue
 
1950 Here Is the Beauty
 
1950 La Marie du port
 
1950 The Big Meeting
 
1950 En passant par la Lorraine (short)
 
1950 Captain Blackjack
 
1949 Au grand balcon
 
1949 Wicked City
 
1949 The Farm of Seven Sins
 
1949 The Hell of Lost Pilots
 
1949 L'école buissonnière
 
1949 Les amants de Vérone
 
1949 Le sang des bêtes (documentary short)
 
1948 Wench
 
1948 Man to Men
 
1948 Crossroads of Passion
 
1948 La dame d'onze heures
 
1947 Bethsabée
 
1947 L'amour autour de la maison
 
1947 Noah's Ark
 
1947 Voyage surprise
 
1947 The Royalists
 
1947 The Little Soldier (short)
 
1947 La fleur de l'âge
 
1946 Gates of the Night
 
1946 Pétrus
 
1946 Messieurs Ludovic
 
1946 L'homme (short) (music composer)
 
1946 Aubervilliers (documentary short)
 
1943 Adieu Léonard (as Georges Mouqué)
 
1943 Le soleil a toujours raison (as Jean Marion)
 
1943 A Woman in the Night
 
1942 Les Visiteurs du Soir
 
1939 The Rules of the Game
 
1938 La Bête Humaine (as J. Kosma)
 
1938 Street Singer
 
1938 La Marseillaise (as Kosma)
 
1938 The Time of the Cherries
 
1937 La Grande Illusion (music)
 
1936 Jenny
 
1936 The Crime of Monsieur Lange (uncredited)
 
1936 A Day in the Country (short) (as Kosma)
 
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2012 Road North (writer: "Kuolleet lehdet")
 
2011 Empreintes (TV series documentary)
– Brasseur, père et fils (2011) ("BO Les enfants du paradis", "BO Le Caporal épinglé")
 
2011 My Week with Marilyn (lyrics: "Autumn Leaves")
 
2011 Memòries de la tele (TV series)
– Episode #5.17 (2011) (music: "Les feuilles mortes")
 
2009 The Consul of Sodom (music: "Les feuilles mortes")
 
2009 Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (TV documentary) (music: "Autumn Leaves")
 
2009 Ah, c'était ça la vie! (TV mini-series)
– Episode #1.1 (2009) (music: "Si tu t'imagines")
– Episode #1.2 (2009) (music: "Si tu t'imagines")
 
2009 Banda sonora (TV series)
– Episode #5.19 (2009) (music: "Les feuilles mortes")
 
2008 Por Toda Minha Vida (TV series documentary)
– Dolores Duran (2008) (writer: "Autumn Lives")
 
2006 Avenue Montaigne (music: "Si tu t'imagines")
 
2002 High Crimes (writer: "Autumn Leaves")
 
2001 C'est la vie (writer: "Autumn Leaves")
 
2001 The Score (writer: "Autumn Leaves")
 
2001 Sidewalks of New York (writer: "Autumn Leaves" 1947)
 
2001 Tango Cabaret (writer: "Kuolleet lehdet Les feuilles mortes")
 
2000 The Whole Nine Yards (writer: "Autumn Leaves Les Feuillies Mortes")
 
1997 Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (writer: "Autumn Leaves")
 
1997 Addicted to Love (writer: "Autumn Leaves")
 
1994 3000 scénarios contre un virus (TV series)
– La sirène (1994) ("Autumn Leaves")
 
1991 O Espectador que o Cinema Esqueceu (short) (writer: "Les Feuille Mortes")
 
1983 The Story of Piera (writer: "Les feuilles mortes")
 
1977 À perte de vie... Jacques Prévert (TV documentary) (music: "En sortant de l'école" Poem by nm0699535, "Barbara", "Les enfants qui s'aiment", "Inventaire", "A l'enterrement d'une feuille morte")
 
1976 The Muppet Show (TV series)
– Episode #1.12 (1976) (music: "Autumn Leaves")
 
1969 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
– Episode #23.1 (1969) (music: "Autumn Leaves" - uncredited)
 
1966 Skin, Skin (writer: "Kuolleet lehdet/Les Feuilles mortes")
 
1966 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
– Episode #3.33 (1966) (music: "Autumn Leaves" - uncredited)
 
1965 Sinful (writer: "Hojas Muertas Autumn Leaves")
 
1961 Yves Montand on Broadway (TV movie) (music: "Autumn Leaves" - uncredited)
 
1961 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
– Episode dated 7 June 1961 (1961) (music: "Autumn Leaves" - uncredited)
 
1961 The Jo Stafford Show (TV series)
– The Four Seasons (1961) (music: "Autumn Leaves" 1945)
 
1959 Hey Boy! Hey Girl! (music: "Autumn Leaves")
 
1959 El vestido de novia (writer: "Hojas Muertas Autumn Leaves" / as Kosma)
 
1957 Cómicos de la Legua (writer: "Hojas Muertas Autumn Leaves")
 
1956 Elena and Her Men (music: "Méfiez-vous de Paris", "O Nuit", "Elena-Polka", "Miarka")
 
1956 Autumn Leaves (music: "Autumn Leaves")
 
1955 Your Hit Parade (TV series)
– Episode dated 24 December 1955 (1955) (music: "Autumn Leaves")
– Episode dated 12 November 1955 (1955) (music: "Autumn Leaves")
 
1955 House on the Waterfront (music: "Big Boat Blues", "Port du désir", "Ah! C'que j'en fait")
 
1952 Wolves Hunt at Night (writer: "Faut pas m'en vouloir", "Le bonheur")
 
1952 The Gauntlet (writer: "L'Amour est parti", "Romance")
 
1951 Dupont Barbès ("Métro aérien")
 
1950 Lost Souvenirs (writer: "Les feuilles mortes", "Tournesol", "Compagnons des mauvais jours", "Et la fête continue")
 
1936 The Crime of Monsieur Lange (writer: "Au jour, le jour; à la nuit, la nuit")
 
Show ShowMusic Department (6 titles)
2007 Joseph Kosma, à propos de l'enregistrement (video short) (music)
 
1988 La table tournante (composer: stock music)
 
1959 El vestido de novia (composer: song "Autumn Leaves")
 
1955 Paris Precinct (TV series) (conductor - 2 episodes, 1955) (music arranger - 2 episodes, 1955)
– The Actress (1955) (conductor, music arranger)
– Two Blind Men (1955) (conductor, music arranger)
 
1945 Children of Paradise (composer: pantomime music, music collaborator)
 
1942 Les Visiteurs du Soir (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
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1936 Jenny
Joueur d'harmonium
 
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Alternate Names:

Joseph Cosma | J. Kosma | Kosma | Jean Marion | Georges Mouqué
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