Occupation Composer Name Michael Galasso | Role Composer | |
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Music group Benjy Davis Project (2009) Awards Cesar Award for Best Original Score Similar People Shigeru Umebayashi, Rebecca Pan, Martin Provost, William Chang, Wong Kar‑wai | ||
Michael Galasso Solo Concert at Villa La Magia
Michael John Galasso (1949, Hammond, Louisiana - September 9, 2009, Paris, France) was an American composer, violinist, and music director.
Contents
- Michael Galasso Solo Concert at Villa La Magia
- From the tribute to the composer michael galasso paris nov 2011
- Film Scores
- Sound Installations
- Discography
- References
From the tribute to the composer michael galasso paris nov 2011
Film Scores
Galasso wrote music for films, including Wong Kar-wai's "In the Mood for Love", Babak Payami's "Secret Ballot" and Turkish directors Yeşim Ustaoğlu's "Waiting for the Clouds" and Derviş Zaim's "Mud".
He won the César Award for Best Music Written for a Film in 2009 for the film Séraphine, directed by Martin Provost.
Three of his songs, "Scene I", "Scene VI", "Scene VII", appeared in the 1986 romantic comedy "My Chauffeur", starring Deborah Foreman and Sam J. Jones.
Sound Installations
Galasso made numerous sound installations, including the Giorgio Armani Retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum in New York in 2000 (the first sound installation in the New York Guggenheim's history) and the Guggenheim Bilbao in 2001.