Laurent Ferlet Explained

Laurent Ferlet (born 5 October 1961) in Paris is a French classical pianist, arranger and composer with a focus on film music.

Career

Ferlet studied the piano at the Conservatoire de Paris with Pierre Sancan. He achieved diplomas in concert playing and harmonic analysis from the École Normale de Musique de Paris, studying with Jean Fassina and Miriam Ribicki. He studied further at the Berklee School of Music in Boston for two years, specialising on film music. He became interested in jazz and chamber music.

He composed scores for documentaries and television series. In concert, he is focused on four-hand piano music. He composed the anthem, Envoyé spécial, Nicolas Sarkozy's 2012 presidential campaign.^[1]

Filmography

Film

Ferlet composed music for film including:^[2]

• Le seigneur des aigles (1991)^[3]
• Hanuman (1998)^[4]
• (2008)^[5]
• (On the Way to School)^[6] (2013)
• Bären (2014)
• Peru – Eine Jugend zwischen Urwald und Großstadt (2018)
• A Child's Smile (2018)^[7]
• Gogo (2019)^[8]

Television

• Une femme d'honneur (1996-2008)^[9]

External links

• • • • Laurent Ferlet (in German) filmstarts.de
• Musiques de campagne : quand les candidats veulent se faire entendre (in French) francetvinfo.fr

Notes and References

1. Campania prezidentiala din Franta - 2012: Între valorile gaulliste si traditia stângii franceze. Aurelia Peru-Balan. Sfera Politicii. July 1, 2012. 20. 36. 4.
2. http://www.film-documentaire.fr/4DACTION/w_liste_generique/C_64675_F Laurent Ferlet
3. Le seigneur des aigles. La Cosa Vista. 133. 19. 1992.
4. Hanuman. Harvey, Dennis. Variety. 376. October 18, 1999. 39.
5. Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins. Scheib, Ronnie. Variety. May 26, 2008. 411. 2). 29.
6. https://www.crew-united.com/en/On-the-Way-to-School__265855.html On the Way to School
7. https://www.jeromedolbert.com/a-childs-smile/ A Child's Smile
8. http://www.sif309.com/sif309/assets/sif309-production-list-2019.pdf Production List 2019
9. Book: L'Harmattan. TELEVISION FRANCAISE La saison 2002: Une analyse des programmes du 1er août 2001 au 31 juillet 2002. Christian-Marc Bosséno. 2003. 160. 978-2-7475-3759-9.