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Jean-Michel Defaye(1932-2025)

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  • Composer
  • Soundtrack
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Jean-Michel Defaye was born on 18 September 1932 in Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, France. He was a composer, known for The Widow Couderc (1971), Happiness (1965) and Max and the Junkmen (1971). He died on 1 January 2025 in Porto-Vecchio, Corsica, France.
BornSeptember 18, 1932
DiedJanuary 1, 2025(92)
BornSeptember 18, 1932
DiedJanuary 1, 2025(92)
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Known for

Alain Delon and Simone Signoret in The Widow Couderc (1971)
The Widow Couderc
6.9
  • Music Department
  • 1971
Marie-France Boyer, Claire Drouot, and Jean-Claude Drouot in Happiness (1965)
Happiness
7.6
  • Composer
  • 1965
Romy Schneider and Michel Piccoli in Max and the Junkmen (1971)
Max and the Junkmen
7.3
  • Music Department
  • 1971
Romy Schneider and Michel Piccoli in The Things of Life (1970)
The Things of Life
7.4
  • Music Department
  • 1970

Credits

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Music Department

  • Jean Lefebvre and Hervé Sand in Chéri Bibi (1974)
    Chéri Bibi
    7.8
    TV Series
    • orchestrator
    • 1974–1975
  • Christine Marting and Dominique Vilar in Une femme seule (1975)
    Une femme seule
    TV Series
    • musical director
    • 1975
  • Forbidden Priests (1973)
    Forbidden Priests
    5.4
    • arrangements and additional music
    • 1973
  • Przygody misia Colargola (1968)
    Przygody misia Colargola
    6.3
    TV Series
    • orchestrator
    • 1968–1971
  • Alain Delon and Simone Signoret in The Widow Couderc (1971)
    The Widow Couderc
    6.9
    • orchestration
    • 1971
  • Le Chat (1971)
    Le Chat
    7.5
    • orchestrator
    • 1971
  • Romy Schneider and Michel Piccoli in Max and the Junkmen (1971)
    Max and the Junkmen
    7.3
    • orchestrator
    • 1971
  • Juliette Villard and Bernard Le Coq in La liberté en croupe (1970)
    La liberté en croupe
    4.1
    • orchestrator
    • 1970
  • Sortie de secours (1970)
    Sortie de secours
    4.4
    • orchestrator
    • 1970
  • Musicolor (1969)
    Musicolor
    TV Series
    • conductor
    • 1970
  • Romy Schneider and Michel Piccoli in The Things of Life (1970)
    The Things of Life
    7.4
    • orchestrator
    • 1970
  • Heinz Rühmann in Operazione San Pietro (1967)
    Operazione San Pietro
    4.8
    • musical director (as Jean Michel Defaje)
    • 1967
  • Zizi Jeanmaire
    TV Special
    • musical director
    • 1963
  • La grande farandole (1961)
    La grande farandole
    8.0
    TV Series
    • musical director
    • 1962

Composer

  • Colargol i cudowna walizka (1980)
    Colargol i cudowna walizka
    6.6
    • Composer
    • 1980
  • Stop Fooling Around... Soldier! (1977)
    Stop Fooling Around... Soldier!
    3.7
    • Composer
    • 1977
  • Przygody misia Colargola (1968)
    Przygody misia Colargola
    6.3
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1972–1974
  • La brigade en folie (1973)
    La brigade en folie
    2.5
    • Composer
    • 1973
  • Vallabrègues, opus 7
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1972
  • Ces messieurs de la gâchette (1970)
    Ces messieurs de la gâchette
    4.3
    • Composer
    • 1970
  • Le bourgeois gentil mec (1969)
    Le bourgeois gentil mec
    3.5
    • Composer
    • 1969
  • Ces messieurs de la famille (1968)
    Ces messieurs de la famille
    4.6
    • Composer
    • 1968
  • Circus Angel (1965)
    Circus Angel
    6.7
    • Composer
    • 1965
  • Marie-France Boyer, Claire Drouot, and Jean-Claude Drouot in Happiness (1965)
    Happiness
    7.6
    • Composer
    • 1965
  • Jaloux comme un tigre (1964)
    Jaloux comme un tigre
    4.7
    • Composer
    • 1964
  • Louis de Funès, Mireille Darc, Jacqueline Maillan, Philippe Nicaud, and Maria-Rosa Rodriguez in Squeak-squeak (1963)
    Squeak-squeak
    6.5
    • Composer
    • 1963
  • Bonne nuit les petits (1962)
    Bonne nuit les petits
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1962–1966
  • Soleils
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1960
  • The Army Game (1960)
    The Army Game
    5.0
    • Composer
    • 1960

Soundtrack

  • The Army Game (1960)
    The Army Game
    5.0
    • music: "La Berrichonne", "Mathusalem"
    • 1960

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Jean Michel Defaje
  • Born
    • September 18, 1932
    • Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, France
  • Died
    • January 1, 2025
    • Porto-Vecchio, Corsica, France

Did you know

  • Trivia
    In 1953 he won second prize in composition for the Belgian Queen Elisabeth competition.

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