Description
Paul Misraki (January 28, 1908 – October 29, 1998) was a French composer of popular music and film scores. Over the course of over 60 years, Misraki wrote the music to 130 films, scoring works y directors like Jean Renoir, Claude Chabrol, Jacques Becker, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jean-Luc Godard, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Orson Welles, Luis Buñuel and Roger Vadim. For his work, he was made a Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur.
Paul Misraki scored over two hundred films from the post-war time to the 90s. His songs were emotional and full of tenderness. Henri Salvador said of Misraki "the quintessential French melody".
Included here are songs sung by Ray Ventura, Josephine Baker, Henri Salvador, Suzy Delair, Yves Montand, Danielle Darrieux and more.
Selected filmography: Return at Dawn (1938), Seven Women (1944), Dr. Knock (1951), L'Homme de ma vie (1952), Mr. Arkadin (1955), Three Murderesses (1958), We Will Go to Deauville (1962), Sept hommes et une garce (1967)