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3	Vladimir Cosma (born April 13, 1940 in Bucharest) is a UsefulNotes/{{Romania}}n-[=born=] French composer, conductor and violinist.
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5	He is one of the most renowned and prolific composers in the history of French cinema, having worked on up to twelve soundtracks ''per year'' in his heyday. His body of work could easily rival those of Music/JohnWilliams and Music/EnnioMorricone in sheer size.
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7	A ''large'' part of the most memorable soundtracks for French films (usually {{comed\|y}}ies) from the mid-1960s up to the 2000s are due to him (and he's still active).
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9	!!Notable soundtracks he composed:
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11	[[AC:Film:]]
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13	* ''Film/TheTallBlondManWithOneBlackShoe'' (1972)
14	** ''Film/TheReturnOfTheTallBlondMan'' (1974)
15	* ''Film/TheMadAdventuresOfRabbiJacob'' (1973)
16	* ''Film/TheWingOrTheThigh'' (1976)
17	* ''Film/TheUmbrellaCoup'' (1980)
18	* ''Film/InspectorBlunder'' (1980)
19	* ''Film/LaBoum'' (1980)
20	** ''La Boum 2'' (1982)
21	* ''Film/AceOfAces'' (1982)
22	* ''Film/SantaClausIsAStinker'' (1982)
23	* ''[[Film/LesComperes Les Compères]]'' (1983)
24	* ''Film/LeBal'' (1983)
25	* 1980s ''Franchise/{{Asterix}}'' animated films:
26	** ''WesternAnimation/AsterixVersusCaesar'' (1985)
27	** ''WesternAnimation/AsterixInBritain'' (1986)
28	* ''Film/LesFugitifs'' (1986)
29	* ''Film/LevyAndGoliath'' (1987)
30	* ''Film/SnowAndFire'' (1991)
31	* ''Film/LeJaguar'' (1996)
32	* ''Film/TheDinnerGame'' (1998)
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34	[[AC:Television:]]
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36	* ''Kidnapped'' (based on Creator/RobertStevenson's novel) (1978)
37	* ''WesternAnimation/SpartakusAndTheSunBeneathTheSea'' (1985)
38	* ''[[Series/ArseneLupin1989 Arsène Lupin]]'' (1989-1996)
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40	!!Tropes related to this composer and his work:
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42	* AssociatedComposer: He's worked multiple times with directors such as Creator/GerardOury, Yves Robert, Édouard Molinaro, Creator/ClaudeZidi, Claude Pinoteau, Creator/FrancisVeber and Jean-Pierre Mocky.
43	* [[invoked]]InspirationForTheWork:
44	** His native UsefulNotes/{{Romania}}'s traditional music, as best seen with the cymbalum & pan flute main theme of ''Film/TheTallBlondManWithOneBlackShoe'' (performed by Romanian musician Gheorghe Zamfir), which he titled "Sîrba" after a Romanian folk music/dance style.
45	** Jewish klezmer music too as heard in ''Film/TheMadAdventuresOfRabbiJacob'', ''Film/AceOfAces'' and ''Film/LevyAndGoliath''.
46	* [[invoked]]KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Some of his albums are prohibitively expensive to get on CD, ''if'' you can even find a copy for sale to begin with. Arguably the worst offender is ''Spartakus'' (if you settle for compressed digital download the price is very fair).
47	* MusicalPastiche: For the sequel to ''Film/TheTallBlondManWithOneBlackShoe'', he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78DYzxog5z8 arranged the main theme]] Film/JamesBond style.
48	* NonIndicativeName: ''Celtic Mysteries'', an album from 2002 (re-released on iTunes in 2012) is actually the soundtrack (well, most of it) to the 1978 British [=TV=] show ''Kidnapped''. This is not mentioned on the case at all.
49	* [[invoked]]ProductionPosse: He's composed music for a number of films often directed by Francis Veber and starring Creator/GerardDepardieu and Creator/PierreRichard.
50	* RecycledSoundtrack: Sometimes he'll reuse compositions of his from previous films, for he always thinks he can improve on previous compositions. It was the case with the two ''Franchise/{{Asterix}}'' animated films he scored, which reused music from ''Film/TheWingOrTheThigh'' and ''Film/AceOfAces''.

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