Compositeur Et Aventurier

François de Roubaix was one of the most inventive French film composers of the twentieth century. Born in Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1939, he taught himself music while working around cinema, initially assisting his father, the producer and filmmaker Paul de Roubaix. Rather than relying solely on traditional orchestras, he embraced tape recorders, synthesizers, rhythm machines, and multitracking, often composing in a home studio. This experimental approach gave his scores a distinctive mixture of melody, jazz, electronics, folk color, and playful sound design.

During the 1960s and early 1970s, de Roubaix wrote music for films and television, collaborating with directors including José Giovanni, Robert Enrico, and Jean-Pierre Melville. His best-known work includes the haunting themes for Le Samouraï, Dernier domicile connu, La Scoumoune, and the television series Chapi Chapo. His music could be melancholy and spare, yet it also carried warmth, wit, and an unmistakable sense of movement.

De Roubaix died tragically in a diving accident in the Canary Islands in 1975, aged only thirty-six. The following year, he received a posthumous César Award for Le Vieux Fusil. His brief body of work has since influenced electronic musicians, hip-hop producers, and generations of soundtrack composers drawn to his intimate, adventurous sound.

5LP Box set with ribbon inside and 12 page booklet with credits, images in colour, liner notes in French and English and témoignages (testimonials) in French.