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-{{Template}}'''Jean-Claude Vannier''' (b. [[1943]], [[Bécon-les-Bruyères]], [[Courbevoie]], [[France]]) was a [[composer]] and [[arranger]].+{{Template}}
 +'''Jean-Claude Vannier''' (Born 1943) is a French musician, [[composer]] and [[arranger]], perhaps best-known for his work on ''[[Histoire de Melody Nelson]]'', and more recently, for his collaboration with [[Michel Houellebecq]].
-He was particularly prominent as an associate to [[Serge Gainsbourg]] in arranging scores for film in the later 1960s, though he later was to become a solo recording artist in his own right. His musical style was influenced by [[jazz]], [[baroque]], [[klezmer]], oriental and [[rock music|rock]] forms, culminating in a unique attitute towards composition, fuelled by a taste for 'the wrong side of the music, the wrong notes.' He was originally a producer, but was demoted from the commercially important side of the business, instead being forced to produce for Arabic clients. This was, according to Vannier, an opportunity to explore further the musical genres he had formed a keen interest in.+==Biography==
 +He was born during a bomb scare in [[Courbevoie]], [[Hauts-de-Seine]]. Self-taught, he began playing the piano at age 18, later arranging for Michel Magne and Alice Dona, his first notions of orchestration taken from the books of the "Que sais-je ?" collection. Jean Claude Vannier signs the arrangements, composes the musics, writes the words and produces albums of many singers. Jean Claude has been invited to conduct in various countries (Brazil, Japan, Algeria, Zaire, Yugoslavia, Poland, Italy, Spain, Canada, England...)
-He moved on to work as an arranger for [[Brigitte Fontaine]], [[Johnny Halliday]] and [[Michel Polnareff]], before being approached by Gainsbourg after the latter's association with [[Alain Goraguer]] had disintegrated. He then composed the scores for a couple of films in which Gainsbourg was the principal actor- [[Pierre Koralnik]]'s 'Cannabis'<ref>http://www.moviegrooves.com/shop/cannabisoundtrackgainsbourg.htm</ref> and [[Andre Cayatte]]'s '[[Les chemins de Katmandou]]'. Perhaps his most popular contribution to music, in the English-speaking world at least, was the arranging of the orchestra and chorus for Gainbourg's landmark album '[[Histoire de Melody Nelson]]'<ref>http://www.moviegrooves.com/shop/historiedemelodynelsongains.htm</ref>, a concept piece based around a funk rhythm section with a string and chorus accompaniment. Shortly afterwards, in 1972, Vannier's first full solo album, a conceptual ballet entiltled '[[L'Enfant assassin des mouches]]' ('The child killer of the flies')<ref>http://www.moviegrooves.com/shop/lenfantassassindesmouches.htm</ref> (listen [http://www.finderskeepersrecords.com/discog_vannier.html]), was released on a little-known French label called 'Suzelle'. This work exemplified the eclectic influences acting upon its composer, and was completed with a short synopsis penned by Gainsbourg. The album never received much attention, however, due to the limits of its release- mostly in the direction of people working in the record industry. He was to make one more concept album, '[[Interprete les musiques de Georges Brassens]]', detailing the work of the French composer with the same ensemble used on the previous album. He then moulded a pop career as a singer-songwriter, releasing a self-titled album on WEA in 1975. He has since largely withdrawn from the public eye.+Jean Claude collaborated in several film soundtracks including: "[[Les guichets du Louvre]]" by Michel Mitrani, "[[La horse]]" by Pierre Granier Deferre, "[[Paris nous appartient]]" by [[Robert Benayoun]], "[[Slogan]]" by [[Pierre Grimblat]], "[[Projection privée]]" by [[François Leterrier]], "[[L'amour propre]]" by [[Martin Veyron]], "[[La nuit tous les chats sont gris]]" by [[Gérard Zingg]], and "[[Comédie d'été]]" by [[Daniel Vigne]].
 + 
 +Besides his own concerts and diverse musical entertainments, Jean Claude staged numerous shows for artists such as Véronique Sanson’s show with the Prague Symphonic Orchestra at Paris’ Châtelet Theatre, Jane Birkin at the Olympia, “Children's Opera" (for which he also composed the music) and for the Festival of Avignon.
 + 
 +Jean-Claude Vannier has written and recorded six solo albums. Each release has been played live, at venues such as the Campagne Première Theatre, the Ranelagh Theatre, the Théâtre de la Ville, the Dejazet Theatre, the Trottoirs de Buenos Aires , the Auditorium des Halles, and the Théâtre des Abbesses.
 + 
 +“[[L’enfant assassin des mouches]]” is a concept album by Vannier that was released by Night & Day in 2003. This instrumental album, which inspired Serge Gainsbourg to write the well known cruel tale, was originally recorded in 1973. Finders Keepers, a UK record label, released it in 2005 with outstanding quotes from Jarvis Cocker, Jim O’Rourke, David Holmes, Tim Gane, Andy Votel International release in 2006 by Finders Keepers. “Because Music” decided to republish the album in October 2008. The album has since attained a more notable cult classic status.
 + 
 +Jean-Claude Vannier performed an enormous live show ''"L'enfant Assassin des Mouches & Melody Nelson"'' at London's Barbican on October 21 2006 with guest vocalists [[Jarvis Cocker]], [[Badly Drawn Boy]], [[Brigitte Fontaine]], The Bad Seeds’ [[Mick Harvey]] and lead singer from [[Super Furry Animals]], [[Gruff Rhys]].
 + 
 +Publicity for the Barbican concert revealed that the musicians used for the album were [[Dougie Wright]], [[Big Jim Sullivan]], [[Herbie Flowers]] and [[Vic Flick]] who all joined Vannier for the concert. BBC Concert Orchestra, Crouch End Festival Chorus, a children’s string quintet were part of the show
 + 
 +In October 2008 22nd & 23rd this show conceived, arranged, orchestrated by Jean-Claude Vannier was performed at the Cité de la Musique with guest vocalists :Mathieu Amalric, B at the Cité de la Musique with guest vocalistsMathieu Amalric, Brigitte Fontaine, Brian Molko (Placebo), Martina Topley Bird, Daniel Darc, Clotilde Hesme, Seaming To.
 + 
 +The Lamoureux Orchestra, the Yound Choir of Paris, and the children’s string quintet were part of the show. The rhythm section was : bass : Herbie Flowers - guitars: Claude Engel and Thomas Coeuriot - drums: Pierre Alain Dahan - keyboards : Gérard Bikialo, and a sound effects man : Michel Musseau.
 + 
 +Jean Claude has also performed in other artistic fields such as:
 +water colour paintings exhibited (Windsor and Newton Award 1984) at the Autumn Salon,
 +journalism (writer for Nouvelles Littéraires, Glamour and the Journal Littéraire),
 +the radio (comic gardening and cooking shows for France Culture) and
 +directed a video for Maruschka Detmers.
 + 
 +In 1990 he also published his first collection of short stories "Le club des inconsolables” (The Club of the Inconsolable)" (Published by Fixot)
 + 
 +==Discography==
 +===Solo albums===
 +* [[1972 in music|1972]] : ''[[L'Enfant assassin des mouches]]'' (Insolitudes)
 +* [[1974 in music|1974]] : ''L'orchestre de Jean-Claude Vannier interprète les musiques de Georges Brassens''
 +* [[1975 in music|1975]] : ''Jean-Claude Vannier''
 +* [[1976 in music|1976]] : ''Des coups de poing dans la gueule''
 +* [[1980 in music|1980]] : ''Pauvre muezzin''
 +* [[1981 in music|1981]] : ''Jean-Claude Vannier''
 +* [[1985 in music|1985]] : ''Public chéri je t'aime''
 +* [[1990 in music|1990]] : ''Pleurez pas les filles''
 +* [[2005 in music|2005]] : ''En public & Fait à la maison'' (2 CD)
 +=== Arrangements ===
 +{| border="0" align="center" width="100%"
 +| style="vertical-align:top" width="50%"|
 + 
 +* [[Barbara]], album ''Madame''
 +* [[Brigitte Fontaine]], albums ''Brigitte Fontaine est folle'' et ''Libido''
 +* [[Alain Bashung]]
 +* [[Gilbert Bécaud]], ''M. Winter''
 +* [[Jane Birkin]], albums ''Di Doo Dah'', ''Versions Jane'' et ''Olympia''
 +* [[Carlos (chanteur)|Carlos]]
 +* [[Julien Clerc]], album ''Terre De France''
 +* [[Dalida]]
 +* [[Yves Duteil]]
 +* [[Enzo Enzo]], album ''Oui''
 +* [[Claude François]]
 +* [[Serge Gainsbourg]]
 +* [[France Gall]]
 +* [[Juliette Gréco]] (1971)
 +* [[Françoise Hardy]]
 +* [[Jacques Higelin]]
 +| style="vertical-align:top" width="50%"|
 + 
 +* [[Catherine Lara]]
 +* [[Carole Laure]]
 +* [[Michel Legrand]], BOF ''Un Été 42''
 +* [[Maurane]]
 +* [[Georges Moustaki]]
 +* [[Claude Nougaro]]
 +* [[Pascal Obispo]]
 +* [[Astor Piazzola]]
 +* [[Michel Polnareff]] : ''On ira tous au paradis'', ''Tous les bateaux, tous les oiseaux''
 +* [[Elis Regina]]
 +* [[Régine]]
 +* [[Véronique Sanson]]
 +* [[Christine Sèvres]] en 1969 : ''Oscar et Irma'', ''Comme Rimbaud'', ''Maman j'ai peur''…
 +* [[Mort Shuman]]
 +* [[Martial Solal]]
 +|}
 + 
 +== Filmography==
 +=== Feature films ===
 +* [[1969 in cinema|1969]] : ''[[Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles ?]]'' by [[Jacques Poitrenaud]]
 +* [[1969 in cinema|1969]] : ''[[Paris n'existe pas]]'' by [[Robert Benayoun]]
 +* [[1973 in cinema|1973]] : ''[[Projection privée]]'' by [[François Leterrier]]
 +* [[1974 in cinema|1974]] : ''[[Les Guichets du Louvre]]'' by [[Michel Mitrani]]
 +* [[1977 in cinema|1977]] : ''[[La Nuit, tous les chats sont gris]]'' by [[Gérard Zingg]]
 +* [[1985 in cinema|1985]] : ''[[L'amour propre ne le reste jamais longtemps]]'' by [[Martin Veyron]], compositeur et acteur (le pianiste)
 +* [[1988 in cinema|1988]] : ''[[Ada dans la jungle]]'' by [[Gérard Zingg]]
 +* [[1989 in cinema|1989]] : ''[[Comédie d'été]]'' by [[Daniel Vigne]]
 +* [[1989 in cinema|1989]] : ''[[Bienvenue à bord]]'' by [[Jean-Louis Leconte]]
 +* [[1993 in cinema|1993]] : ''[[Je m'appelle Victor]]'' by [[Guy Jacques]]
 +* [[1995 in cinema|1995]] : ''[[La Poudre aux yeux]]'' by [[Maurice Dugowson]]
 +* [[2001 in cinema|2001]] : ''[[La Tour Montparnasse infernale]]'' by [[Charles Nemes]]
 +* [[2002 in cinema|2002]] : ''[[Sauvage innocence]]'' by [[Philippe Garrel]]
 +* [[2003 in cinema|2003]] : ''[[Les Amants réguliers]]'' by [[Philippe Garrel]]
 +* [[2004 in cinema|2004]] : ''[[Aux Abois]]'' by [[Philippe Collin]]
 +* [[2008 in cinema|2008]] : ''[[Leur morale... et la nôtre (film, 2008)|Leur morale... et la nôtre]]'' by [[Florence Quentin]]
 + 
 +=== Television ===
 +* [[1994 in television|1994]] : ''Personne ne m'aime'', by [[René Dubois]]
 +* [[1994 in television|1994]] : ''Que le jour aille au diable'', by [[Paul Vermus]]
 +* [[1995 in television|1995]] : ''La Belle by Fontenay'', by [[Paule Zajderman]]
 +* [[1998 in television|1998]] : ''La Clé des champs'', (6 episodes) by [[Charles Nemes]]
 +* [[1998 in television|1998]] : ''Les coquelicots sont'', by [[Richard Bohringer]]
 +* [[1999 in television|1999]] : ''Dessine-moi un jouet'', [[Hervé Baslé]]
 +* [[2000 in television|2000]] : ''Sa mère la pute'', by [[Brigitte Roüan]]
 +* [[2001 in television|2001]] : ''Le Baptême du boiteux'', by [[Philippe Venault]]
 +* [[2002 in television|2002]] : ''Le Champ Dolent, le roman by la Terre'', d’[[Hervé Baslé]]
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Jean-Claude Vannier (Born 1943) is a French musician, composer and arranger, perhaps best-known for his work on Histoire de Melody Nelson, and more recently, for his collaboration with Michel Houellebecq.

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Biography

He was born during a bomb scare in Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine. Self-taught, he began playing the piano at age 18, later arranging for Michel Magne and Alice Dona, his first notions of orchestration taken from the books of the "Que sais-je ?" collection. Jean Claude Vannier signs the arrangements, composes the musics, writes the words and produces albums of many singers. Jean Claude has been invited to conduct in various countries (Brazil, Japan, Algeria, Zaire, Yugoslavia, Poland, Italy, Spain, Canada, England...)

Jean Claude collaborated in several film soundtracks including: "Les guichets du Louvre" by Michel Mitrani, "La horse" by Pierre Granier Deferre, "Paris nous appartient" by Robert Benayoun, "Slogan" by Pierre Grimblat, "Projection privée" by François Leterrier, "L'amour propre" by Martin Veyron, "La nuit tous les chats sont gris" by Gérard Zingg, and "Comédie d'été" by Daniel Vigne.

Besides his own concerts and diverse musical entertainments, Jean Claude staged numerous shows for artists such as Véronique Sanson’s show with the Prague Symphonic Orchestra at Paris’ Châtelet Theatre, Jane Birkin at the Olympia, “Children's Opera" (for which he also composed the music) and for the Festival of Avignon.

Jean-Claude Vannier has written and recorded six solo albums. Each release has been played live, at venues such as the Campagne Première Theatre, the Ranelagh Theatre, the Théâtre de la Ville, the Dejazet Theatre, the Trottoirs de Buenos Aires , the Auditorium des Halles, and the Théâtre des Abbesses.

“L’enfant assassin des mouches” is a concept album by Vannier that was released by Night & Day in 2003. This instrumental album, which inspired Serge Gainsbourg to write the well known cruel tale, was originally recorded in 1973. Finders Keepers, a UK record label, released it in 2005 with outstanding quotes from Jarvis Cocker, Jim O’Rourke, David Holmes, Tim Gane, Andy Votel International release in 2006 by Finders Keepers. “Because Music” decided to republish the album in October 2008. The album has since attained a more notable cult classic status.

Jean-Claude Vannier performed an enormous live show "L'enfant Assassin des Mouches & Melody Nelson" at London's Barbican on October 21 2006 with guest vocalists Jarvis Cocker, Badly Drawn Boy, Brigitte Fontaine, The Bad Seeds’ Mick Harvey and lead singer from Super Furry Animals, Gruff Rhys.

Publicity for the Barbican concert revealed that the musicians used for the album were Dougie Wright, Big Jim Sullivan, Herbie Flowers and Vic Flick who all joined Vannier for the concert. BBC Concert Orchestra, Crouch End Festival Chorus, a children’s string quintet were part of the show

In October 2008 22nd & 23rd this show conceived, arranged, orchestrated by Jean-Claude Vannier was performed at the Cité de la Musique with guest vocalists :Mathieu Amalric, B at the Cité de la Musique with guest vocalistsMathieu Amalric, Brigitte Fontaine, Brian Molko (Placebo), Martina Topley Bird, Daniel Darc, Clotilde Hesme, Seaming To.

The Lamoureux Orchestra, the Yound Choir of Paris, and the children’s string quintet were part of the show. The rhythm section was : bass : Herbie Flowers - guitars: Claude Engel and Thomas Coeuriot - drums: Pierre Alain Dahan - keyboards : Gérard Bikialo, and a sound effects man : Michel Musseau.

Jean Claude has also performed in other artistic fields such as: water colour paintings exhibited (Windsor and Newton Award 1984) at the Autumn Salon, journalism (writer for Nouvelles Littéraires, Glamour and the Journal Littéraire), the radio (comic gardening and cooking shows for France Culture) and directed a video for Maruschka Detmers.

In 1990 he also published his first collection of short stories "Le club des inconsolables” (The Club of the Inconsolable)" (Published by Fixot)

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Discography

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Solo albums

  • 1972 : L'Enfant assassin des mouches (Insolitudes)
  • 1974 : L'orchestre de Jean-Claude Vannier interprète les musiques de Georges Brassens
  • 1975 : Jean-Claude Vannier
  • 1976 : Des coups de poing dans la gueule
  • 1980 : Pauvre muezzin
  • 1981 : Jean-Claude Vannier
  • 1985 : Public chéri je t'aime
  • 1990 : Pleurez pas les filles
  • 2005 : En public & Fait à la maison (2 CD)
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Arrangements

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Filmography

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Feature films

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Television


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