Georges Delerue, *Contempt* / *American Night*

“In cinema, the composer’s art is that of adding an extra touch of soul,” as Georges Delerue put it. A powerful and refined symphonist, he produced a colossal body of work for the concert hall and the cinema, through long-standing collaborations (with Truffaut and de Broca) or more fleeting but equally intense partnerships (with Godard and Oliver Stone).