Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Vladimir Cosma, composer - "Sentimental Walk" (1981)

This is one of my favorite instrumental tunes. It's so soothing to the mind. It's from a scene in a French film known as "DIVA" (which is quite an exciting/adventurous film). "DIVA" was a 1981 film directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix, adapted from a novel of the same name by Daniel Odier (under the pseudonym Delacorta). It is one of the first French films to let go of the realist, harsh mood of 1970s French cinema and return to a colourful, melodic style, called cinema du look. The film made a muted debut in France in 1981, but had success in the United States the next year. The film became a cult classic and was internationally acclaimed.


Vladimir Cosma was born April 13, 1940 in Bucarest, Romania, into a family of musicians. His father, Teodor Cosma, is a pianist and conductor, his mother a writer-composer, his uncle, Edgar Cosma, composer and conductor, and one of his grandmothers, a pianist. Vladimir received two César Awards for the best movie score, for "DIVA".

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