César Award for Best Original Music
César Award for Best Original Music | |
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Country | France |
Presented by | Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma |
First awarded | 1976 |
Currently held by | Ron Mael and Russell Mael for Annette (2022) |
Website | academie-cinema |
This is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Original Music (French: César de la meilleure musique originale). Before 2000, the award was called "César Award for Best Music". With three awards out of ten nominations, Alexandre Desplat is both the most nominated and most rewarded composer.
Winners and nominees
1970s
Year | English title | Original title | Composer |
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1976 | Le Vieux Fusil | François de Roubaix | |
India Song | Carlos d'Alessio | ||
Let Joy Reign Supreme | Que la fête commence | Philippe d'Orléans and Antoine Duhamel | |
Un linceul n'a pas de poches | Paul de Senneville and Olivier Toussaint | ||
1977 | The Judge and the Assassin | Le Juge et l'Assassin | Philippe Sarde |
Barocco | |||
À nous les petites Anglaises | Mort Shuman | ||
The Big Operator | Le Grand Escogriffe | Georges Delerue | |
Police Python 357 | |||
Je t'aime moi non plus | Serge Gainsbourg | ||
1978 | Providence | Miklos Rozsa | |
Animal | L'Animal | Vladimir Cosma | |
Bilitis | Francis Lai | ||
Le Crabe-tambour | Philippe Sarde | ||
1979 | Get Out Your Handkerchiefs | Préparez vos mouchoirs | Georges Delerue |
The Song of Roland | La Chanson de Roland | Antoine Duhamel | |
A Simple Story | Une histoire simple | Philippe Sarde | |
Violette Nozière | Pierre Jansen |
1980s
1990s
Year | English title | Original title | Composer |
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1990 | Life and Nothing But | La Vie et rien d'autre | Oswald d'Andrea |
Monsieur Hire | Michael Nyman | ||
Love Without Pity | Un monde sans pitié | Gérard Torikian | |
1991 | Cyrano de Bergerac | Jean-Claude Petit | |
My Father's Glory | La gloire de mon père | Vladimir Cosma | |
My Mother's Castle | Le château de ma mère | ||
La Femme Nikita | Nikita | Éric Serra | |
1992 | All the Mornings of the World | Tous les matins du monde | Jordi Savall |
Delicatessen | Carlos D'Alessio | ||
The Double Life of Véronique | La double vie de Véronique | Zbigniew Preisner | |
Mayrig | Jean-Claude Petit | ||
1993 | The Lover | L'amant | Gabriel Yared |
Dien Bien Phu | Diên Biên Phu | Georges Delerue | |
Indochine | Patrick Doyle | ||
Savage Nights | Les nuits fauves | René-Marc Bini | |
1994 | 1, 2, 3, Sun | Un, deux, trois, soleil | Khaled |
Germinal | Jean-Louis Roques | ||
Three Colors: Blue | Trois couleurs: Bleu | Zbigniew Preisner | |
Les Visiteurs (The Visitors) | Les visiteurs | Eric Lévi | |
1995 | Three Colors: Red | Trois couleurs: Rouge | Zbigniew Preisner |
La fille de d'Artagnan | Philippe Sarde | ||
Léon | Éric Serra | ||
Queen Margot | La reine Margot | Goran Bregović | |
1996 | Élisa | Michel Colombier, Serge Gainsbourg and Zbigniew Preisner | |
The City of Lost Children | La cité des enfants perdus | Angelo Badalamenti | |
The Horseman on the Roof | Le hussard sur le toit | Jean-Claude Petit | |
Nelly and Mr. Arnaud | Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud | Philippe Sarde | |
1997 | Microcosmos | Microcosmos: Le peuple de l'herbe | Bruno Coulais |
Ridicule | Antoine Duhamel | ||
A Self Made Hero | Un héros très discret | Alexandre Desplat | |
Unpredictable Nature of the River | Les caprices d'un fleuve | René-Marc Bini | |
1998 | Western | Bernardo Sandoval | |
The Fifth Element | Éric Serra | ||
Marquise | Jordi Savall | ||
On Guard | Le bossu | Philippe Sarde | |
Same Old Song | On connaît la chanson | Bruno Fontaine | |
1999 | The Crazy Stranger | Gadjo dilo | Tony Gatlif |
Chance or Coincidence | Hasards ou coïncidences | Claude Bolling and Francis Lai | |
Jeanne and the Perfect Guy | Jeanne et le garçon formidable | Philippe Miller | |
Taxi | Akhenaton |
2000s
Year | English title | Original title | Composer |
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2000 | Himalaya | Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef | Bruno Coulais |
The Children of the Marshland | Les enfants du marais | Pierre Bachelet | |
East/West | Est - Ouest | Patrick Doyle | |
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc | Éric Serra | ||
2001 | I Come | Vengo | Tony Gatlif, La Caita, Sheikh Ahmad Al Tuni and Tomatito |
The Crimson Rivers | Les rivières pourpres | Bruno Coulais | |
Harry, He's Here to Help | Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien | David Whitaker | |
Saint-Cyr | John Cale | ||
2002 | Amélie | Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain | Yann Tiersen |
Brotherhood of the Wolf | Le pacte des loups | Joseph LoDuca | |
Read My Lips | Sur mes lèvres | Alexandre Desplat | |
Winged Migration | Le peuple migrateur | Bruno Coulais | |
2003 | The Pianist | Wojciech Kilar | |
8 Women | 8 femmes | Krishna Levy | |
Amen. | Armand Amar | ||
Safe Conduct | Laissez-passer | Antoine Duhamel | |
2004 | The Triplets of Belleville | Les triplettes de Belleville | Benoît Charest |
Bon voyage | Gabriel Yared | ||
Mr. N | Monsieur N. | Stephan Eicher | |
Not on the Lips | Pas sur la bouche | Bruno Fontaine | |
2005 | The Chorus | Les choristes | Bruno Coulais |
Exils | Tony Gatlif and Delphine Mantoulet | ||
The Light | L'équipier | Nicola Piovani | |
A Very Long Engagement | Un long dimanche de fiançailles | Angelo Badalamenti | |
2006 | The Beat That My Heart Skipped | De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté | Alexandre Desplat |
Live and Become | Va, vis et deviens | Armand Amar | |
March of the Penguins | La marche de l'empereur | Émilie Simon | |
Merry Christmas | Joyeux Noël | Philippe Rombi | |
2007 | Tell No One | Ne le dis à personne | -M- |
Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest | Azur et Asmar | Gabriel Yared | |
Days of Glory | Indigènes | Armand Amar | |
The Page Turner | La tourneuse de pages | Jérôme Lemonnier | |
Private Fears in Public Places | Cœurs | Mark Snow | |
2008 | Love Songs | Les chansons d'amour | Alex Beaupain |
Intimate Enemies | L'ennemi intime | Alexandre Desplat | |
Let's Dance | Faut que ça danse! | Archie Shepp | |
Persepolis | Olivier Bernet | ||
A Secret | Un secret | Zbigniew Preisner | |
2009 | Séraphine | Michael Galasso | |
The First Day of the Rest of Your Life | Le premier jour du reste de ta vie | Sinclair | |
I've Loved You So Long | Il y a longtemps que je t'aime | Jean-Louis Aubert | |
Paris 36 | Faubourg 36 | Reinhardt Wagner | |
Public Enemy Number One: Part 1 and 2 | L'instinct de mort and L'ennemi public n°1 | Marco Beltrami and Marcus Trumpp |
2010s
Year | English title | Original title | Composer |
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2010 | Le Concert | Armand Amar | |
Making Plans for Lena | Non ma fille, tu n'iras pas danser | Alex Beaupain | |
A Prophet | Un prophète | Alexandre Desplat | |
In the Beginning | À l'origine | Cliff Martinez | |
Welcome | Welcome | Nicola Piovani | |
2011 | The Ghost Writer | Alexandre Desplat | |
Oceans | Bruno Coulais | ||
The Tree | L'Arbre | Grégoire Hetzel | |
Liberté | Delphine Mantoulet and Tony Gatlif | ||
Bus Palladium | Yarol Poupaud | ||
The Princess of Montpensier | La Princesse de Montpensier | Philippe Sarde | |
2012 | The Artist | Ludovic Bource | |
Beloved | Les Bien-aimés | Alex Beaupain | |
House of Tolerance | L'Apollonide: Souvenirs de la maison close | Bertrand Bonello | |
A Monster in Paris | Un monstre à Paris | Matthieu Chedid and Patrice Renson | |
The Minister | L'Exercice de l'État | Philippe Schoeller | |
2013 | Rust and Bone | De rouille et d'os | Alexandre Desplat |
Farewell, My Queen | Les Adieux à la reine | Bruno Coulais | |
Populaire | Rob and Emmanuel D'Orlando | ||
Camille Rewinds | Camille redouble | Joseph Dahan and Gaëtan Roussel | |
In the House | Dans la maison | Philippe Rombi | |
2014 | Michael Kohlhaas | Martin Wheeler | |
Bicycling with Molière | Alceste à bicyclette | Jorge Arriagada | |
Mood Indigo | L'Écume des jours | Étienne Charry | |
Venus in Fur | La Vénus à la fourrure | Alexandre Desplat | |
Chinese Puzzle | Casse-tête chinois | Loïk Dury and Christophe Minck | |
2015 | Timbuktu | Amine Bouhafa | |
Girlhood | Bande de filles | Jean-Baptiste de Laubier | |
Bird People | Béatrice Thiriet | ||
Love at First Fight | Les Combattants | Lionel Flairs, Benoît Rault and Philippe Deshaies | |
Yves Saint Laurent | Ibrahim Maalouf | ||
2016[1] | |||
Mustang | Warren Ellis | ||
Cowboys | Les Cowboys | Raphaël Haroche | |
Come What May | En mai, fais ce qu'il te plaît | Ennio Morricone | |
Mon roi | Stephen Warbeck | ||
My Golden Days | Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse | Grégoire Hetzel | |
2017 | |||
In the Forests of Siberia | Dans les forêts de Sibérie | Ibrahim Maalouf | |
Chocolat | Gabriel Yared | ||
Elle | Anne Dudley | ||
Frantz | Philippe Rombi | ||
My Life as a Courgette | Ma vie de courgette | Sophie Hunger | |
2018 | |||
BPM (Beats per Minute) | 120 battements par minutes | Arnaud Rebotini | |
See You Up There | Au revoir là-haut | Christophe Julien | |
Raw | Grave | Jim Williams | |
Bloody Milk | Petit Paysan | Myd | |
Faces Places | Visages, villages | Matthieu Chedid | |
2019 | |||
Guy | Romain Greffe, Vincent Blanchard | ||
The Sisters Brothers | Les frères Sisters | Alexandre Desplat | |
In Safe Hands | Pupille | Pascal Sangla | |
An Impossible Love | Un amour impossible | Grégoire Hetzel | |
Amanda | Anton Sanko | ||
The Trouble with You | En Liberté ! | Camille Bazbaz |
2020s
Year | Winner and nominees | Original title | Composer(s) |
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2020 (45th) | |||
I Lost My Body | J'ai perdu mon corps | Dan Levy | |
Atlantics | Atlantique | Fatima Al Qadiri | |
An Officer and a Spy | J'accuse | Alexandre Desplat | |
Les Misérables | Marco Casanova and Kim Chapiron | ||
Oh Mercy! | Roubaix, une lumière | Grégoire Hetzel | |
2021 (46th) [2] | |||
La Nuit Venue | Rone | ||
Bye Bye Morons | Adieu les cons | Christophe Julien | |
DNA | ADN | Stephen Warbeck | |
My Donkey, My Lover & I | Antoinette dans les Cévennes | Mateï Bratescot | |
Summer of 85 | Été 85 | Jean-Benoït Dunckel | |
2022 (47th) | |||
Annette | Ron Mael and Russell Mael | ||
BAC Nord | Guillaume Roussel | ||
Black Box | Boîte noire | Philippe Rombi | |
Paris, 13th District | Les Olympiades | Rone | |
The Velvet Queen | La panthère des neiges | Nick Cave and Warren Ellis |
See also
- Academy Award for Best Original Score
- BAFTA Award for Best Original Music
- European Film Award for Best Composer
- Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
- Goya Award for Best Original Score
- Lumières Award for Best Music
- Magritte Award for Best Original Score
References
External links
- Official website
- César Award for Best Music Written for a Film at AlloCiné
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