Interpol - Music

Alain Goraguer August 20 1931 Rosny Sous Bois France Was A French Jazz Pianist Sideman Of Boris Vian And Serge Gainsbourg Arranger And Composer. He Reached His Creative Peak In The 1960s And 1970s. He Also Recorded And Composed The Soundtrack To The Film Fantastic Planet. His Family Was From Nice On The Coast Of The Mediterranean Where Young Alain Studied The Piano. He Abandoned The Violin Without Remorse And At The Age Of Twenty Had An Influential Encounter With Pianist Jack Diéval Passing Through Nice Who Firmly Advised Him To Give Up Everything For The Piano. At The Same Time Alain Studied Harmony With Julien Falk And Soon Won Second Place In An Amateur Jazz Competition. He Soon Went To Paris Where He Indulged His Passion For Jazz. At Saint-Germain-Des-Prés Where He Accompanied Singer Simone Alma He Met Boris Vian. Together They Wrote Je Bois La Java Des Bombes Atomiques Fais-Moi Mal Johnny Et Ne Vous Mariez Pas Les Filles. Alain Then Scored The Music For The Film J'irai Cracher Sur Vos Tombres 1959 . He Wrote The Orchestration For Young Serge Gainsbourg Indeed He Arranged All Of His Albums Up Until Gainsbourg Percussions 1964 . With Gainsbourg Goraguer Scored More Film Music Such As That For L'Eau À La Bouche 1960 . In The 1960s And 70's He Did The Orchestration For Poupée De Cire Poupée De Son Winning The Grand Prize For The Eurovision Song Contest In 1965. He Wrote Numerous Arrangements For Jean Ferrat France Gall Juliette Gréco Nana Mouskouri Adamo And Many Others. Alain Goraguer Then Opened The Door For A Renewal In Popularity Of Orchestral Compositions. He Also Composed The Title Theme La Vache Enragée 1965 Sung By Brigitte Fontaine. He Also Wrote A Number Of Easy Listening Albums Under The Name Laura Fontaine. Goraguer Died On 13 February 2023 At The Age Of 91. TRIVIA Producer Madlib Has Avowedly Drawn Inspiration From And Sampled Goraguer's Work On The First Quasimoto Album. The Song "C'mon Feet" Samples Sounds Of Characters Running And Percussion Form The Film Fantastic Planet For The Sound Of His Alter Ego Quasimoto As He Flees The Scene Of A Crime. Hiphop-Producer V.I.C. Sampled The Song "Le Bracelet" From The La Planete Sauvage Soundtrack For Big Pun's Track Titled Boomerang From The Album Capital Punishment. On The Soundtrack To The Virgin Suicides Air Bare Goraguer's Influence Especially The Soundtrack To La Planète Sauvage. The Rascalz Sampled Goraguer's "Le Bracelet" On Soul Obligation From Their Album Cash Crop. - From Wikipedia read less