Description
Georges Garvarentz was born in Athens, Greece, to a family of Armenian immigrants. His father, literature professor and poet Kevork Garvarentz, was the author of the Armenian military anthem.In 1942 Garvarentz's family moved to Paris, France, where Georges attended Conservatoire de Paris. In 1956 Georges met Charles Aznavour and started writing music for his songs. Together they wrote over a hundred songs.Georges Garvarentz also composed over one hundred fifty film scores, including scores for Taxi for Tobruk (1961), Les Parisiennes (1962), The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962), Le Rat d'Amérique (1963), That Man in Istanbul (1965), The Sultans (1966), The Sea Pirate (1966), Triple Cross (1966), The Peking Medallion (1967), Caroline chérie (1968), They Came to Rob Las Vegas (1968), The Southern Star (1969) And many more.This set contains some of his best instrumental works from the 60s era.Tracklist in comment.
