Biography
Armand Amar, a Paris-based composer renowned for his film scores and dance compositions, entered the world in Jerusalem during 1953 before growing up in Morocco. Drawn to music from childhood, he pursued an intensive path of independent study that encompassed both European classical traditions and indigenous forms from Africa and the Middle East. His longstanding curiosity about the intersection of sound and bodily expression found an outlet through his partnership with South African choreographer and anthropologist Peter Goss, who valued Amar’s explorations of diverse cultural sonorities. Scores created for Goss opened doors to projects with additional prominent dance companies, along with the acting workshop led by Patrice Chéreau and the Conservatoire National Supérieur. In 1994 Amar contributed to the soundtrack of Michel Blanc’s feature Grosse Fatigue, followed three years later by his original music for the television production Miracle a l'Eldorado. Costa Gavras enlisted him in 2002 to compose for the film Amen, initiating an extended series of cinematic soundtracks that Amar has since written and produced. Beyond composing and performing, he helped establish the Long Distance record label, which focuses on world music and classical repertoire from international sources.
Albums

Moon le panda (Bande originale du film)
2025

BARBES-LITTLE ALGERIE
2025

Exil
2025

Autumn And The Black Jaguar
2024

Vivre Avec Les Loups
2024

Poemas Del Agua
2023

Les Sept Papillons
2022

Zephyr
2022

Mystère (Bande originale du film)
2021

La Source Des Femmes
2021

The Wolf and the Lion
2021

Fugueuse (Bande originale de la série télévisée)
2021

Woman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2020

Marche avec les loups
2020

De Gaulle, l'eclat et le secret
2019

Mia And The White Lion (Original Motion Picture Sountrack)
2018

Vertikal
2018

Belle et Sebastien 3: Le dernier chapitre
2018

L'école buissonnière
2018

Leyla et Majnûn
2017

Un sac de billes
2017

L'histoire de l'amour (Bande originale du film)
2016

Belle et Sébastien : L'aventure continue (Bande originale du film)
2015

Human - OST
2015

Pixel (Original Soundtrack for Pixel a Dance Performance)
2015

Mediterranean (Original Soundtrack)
2014

A Thousand Times Good Night
2014

Resist
2014

Pour Une Femme
2013

Belle et Sébastien
2013

Planet Ocean (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2013

My Sweet Orange Tree & Amazonia Eterna (Original Soundtrack)
2013

Tu Seras Mon Fils
2011

Le concert
2010

Ao, le dernier Néandertal
2010

Hors-la-loi
2010

Home (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2009

Retrospective
2008

La jeune fille et les loups (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2008

Sagan (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2008

Le premier cri
2007

Moving Music
2007

La piste (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2006

Indigènes (Bande originale du film)
2006

Songs From a World Apart
2006

Bab' Azîz (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2005

Le couperet
2005

La terre vue du ciel
2004

Va, vis et deviens
2004

Paroles D'anges
2003

Amen (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
2002

La traversée
1998
Singles



