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Armand Amar

Armand Amar is a French composer born in Jerusalem, known for his film scores and music for dance.

born 1953Film scores for Costa-GavrasScore for Le ConcertMusic for contemporary danceCo-founding the Long Distance label

Occupation: composer, film score composer

Armand Amar was born in 1953 in Jerusalem

Armand Amar was born in 1953 in Jerusalem. He grew up in Morocco and is of Moroccan Jewish descent. He lives in Paris.

He began playing the congas in 1968 and later practiced the tabla and the zarb. In 1976 he met the South African choreographer Peter Goss, who introduced him to dance. He went on to write music for many contemporary dance works.

His work focuses on Eastern music. In 1994 he founded the label Long Distance with Alain Weber and Peter Gabriel. His film work began with Amen. by Costa-Gavras in 2002, and he scored the director's later films.

He scored films such as Live and Become, Days of Glory, Home and Le Concert. He was nominated several times for the César Award and won it in 2010 for Le Concert. In 2014 he won the Amanda Award for A Thousand Times Good Night.