Jean-Claude Petit

JeanClaude Petit born 14 November 1943 is a French composer and arranger born in VairessurMarne After accompanying jazzmen in his childhood Petit went to the Conservatoire de Paris where he studied harmony and counterpoint He did the string arrangements for Mink DeVilles Le Chat Bleu album as well as orchestrating the backing parts to some French pop singles in the midtolate 1960s including those of Erick SaintLaurent and yéyé girls Christine Pilzer and Monique Thubert In 1973 he composed La leçon de Michette The song was popular in Italy due to its use in the soundtrack of a wellknown Carosello the Italian TV spot broadcast from 1973 to 1976 As a music ghostwriter for director Michel Magne Petit did not get credit for his film scores until he was 36 1979 saw his first major film soundtrack commission Alexandro Jodorowskys Tusk but he had been releasing solo records at least a decade earlier including at least four for the Chappell Music Library as well as his album Chez JeanClaude Petit released in the early 1970s In 1976 he collaborated with Pierre Delanoë Toto Cutugno Vito Pallavicini in a very popular and funky music for Mireille Mathieu called Ciao Bambino Sorry In addition he was a frequent collaborator with French film music composer Jack Arel the pairs most wellknown production Psychedelic Portrait was featured in an episode of the cult TV series The Prisoner His highly acclaimed score for Cyrano de Bergerac remains perhaps his best known work internationally In 1995 he was nominated for a Victoires de la Musique award in soundtrack of the year for LEtudiante Etranger Jean Claude conducted and arranged for American Orchestra leader Billy Vaughn in the 1970s At least two of Billys Paramount LPs An Old Fashioned Love Song PAS 6025 and Greatest Country Hits give Jean Claude credit as arrangedconductor The Greatest Country Hits Lp Paramount PAS 6044 also includes a Jean Claude original Walk A Country Mile Source Article JeanClaude Petit from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30