Nobody contributed to this thread in more than Les Six years! sacré bleu
Having received this weekend my order of final Disque Cinemusique CDs, I subsequently thought about updating this thread with current endorsements. 10 being too frugal a number, my program shall contain 2 columns of 10 each [one on film & TV music - the other on 20th century 'classical'].
cinema + television
1. Pierre Jansen 2. Jean Prodromidès 3. Antoine Duhamel 4. Georges Garvarentz 5. Michel Magne 6. Maurice Le roux 7. Paul Misraki 8. François de Roubaix 9. Jacques Loussier 10. Claude Bolling
absolute composition
1. Charles Koechlin 2. Andre Jolivet 3. Maurice Ohana 4. Andre Caplet 5. Jean Prodromidès 6. Henri Dutilleux 7. Aubert Lemeland 8. Marcel Landowski 9. Marius Constant 10. Edith Canat de Chizy
Claude Bolling Michel Colombier Vladimir Cosma Eric Demarsan Gabriel Fauré Jean Françaix Michel Legrand Jean Marion Francois Poullenc Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns
Maurice number 1 by miles, for Aurens, Is paris burning, professionals, villa rides, judge roy bean, mackintosh man, dr zhivago, night of generals, train, posse. No equal.
Maurice Jarre Michel Legrand Georges Delerue Jacques Loussier Francis Lai Alexandre Desplat Vladimir Cosma Philippe Sarde Michel Magne Claude Bolling
However, no4 shud get more votes just for this....
Georges Delerue Alexandre Desplat Philippe Rombi Bruno Coulais Maurice Jarre Michel Legrand François de Roubaix Francis Lai Philippe Sarde Pierre Jansen