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Goran Bregović is a Actor and Sound Bosnien born on 2 march 1950 at Sarajevo (Bosnie)

Goran Bregović

Goran Bregović
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Nationality Bosnie
Birth 2 march 1950 (74 years) at Sarajevo (Bosnie)

Goran Bregović (Serbian Cyrillic: Горан Бреговић, [ɡɔ̌ran brɛ̂ːɡɔʋitɕ], born 22 March 1950) is one of the most internationally known modern musicians and composers of the Balkans. He left Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Bosnian War and moved back to Bosnia after the end of the war.

Bregović has composed for such varied artists as Iggy Pop and Cesária Évora. He rose to fame playing guitar with his rock band Bijelo Dugme. Among his better known scores are three of Emir Kusturica's films (Time of the Gypsies, Arizona Dream, and Underground).

Biography

Goran Bregović est né le 22 mars 1950, à Sarajevo, d'une mère serbe et d'un père croate. Le père de Goran était officier dans l'Armée populaire yougoslave. Après la séparation de ses parents, il va vivre avec sa mère à Sarajevo. Après quelques années de violon au conservatoire, il fonde son premier groupe à 16 ans : Bijelo dugme (le Bouton blanc). Pour faire plaisir à ses parents il poursuit néanmoins des études de philosophie et de sociologie. Il serait sans doute devenu enseignant si le succès de son premier disque n’en avait décidé autrement.

Goran Bregović joue de la guitare et devient une rock-star en Yougoslavie. Avec son groupe Bijelo dugme il produit 13 albums en quinze ans, vendus au total à 6 millions d’exemplaires. Dans les années 1970, il rencontre Emir Kusturica, cinéaste amateur et bassiste dans un groupe punk.

À la fin des années 1980, lassé de son statut de rock star, le musicien réalise son rêve d'enfant en achetant une maison sur la côte adriatique. C’est là qu’il compose tranquillement la bande originale du troisième film d’Emir Kusturica, Le Temps des Gitans (1990). Ceci marque le début d’une collaboration réussie. Il signera ainsi les bandes originales de Arizona Dream (1993) et Underground (1995). Après avoir travaillé, entre autres, pour Patrice Chéreau sur La Reine Margot et Radu Mihaileanu sur Train de vie, Goran Bregović décide de se consacrer principalement à l’interprétation de sa propre musique. Toutefois, il n’abandonne pas totalement la musique de film, puisque son coup de cœur pour Le Lièvre de Vatanen de Marc Rivière l’amène à en composer la bande originale et la chanson du film.

Après avoir reformé, en juin 2005, avec succès, son ancien groupe Bijelo dugme pour une série de concerts dans trois capitales de pays issus de l'ex-Yougoslavie, il a repris la route en 2006 avec son Orchestre des mariages et enterrements, avec lequel il sillonne l’Europe depuis le milieu des années 1990.

Cette grande tournée internationale l’entraînera d'abord en Belgique, où il donne, à la demande de P&V, et sur invitation du producteur d'événements belge Marc Lerchs, un concert le 26 octobre 1995 à Forest National, qui rassemble quelque 7 500 spectateurs, avec ses 180 musiciens sur scène (l'orchestre symphonique Bell'Arte de Paris sous la direction de Bojan Sudjic, chef de l'orchestre de la Radio de Belgrade, 40 choristes du Chœur Symphonique de Paris (préparés par le maestro Xavier Ricour), 4 solistes des Voix Bulgares et sa propre dizaine de musiciens). Il ira ensuite jusqu’au Mexique et aux États-Unis en 2007. Il travaille aussi sur deux projets, dont un commandé par le Musikfest Bremen (Célébrations musicales de Brême) qui sera sa vision d’Orfeo de Monteverdi et qui devrait voir le jour en septembre 2007.

Le style musical de Goran Bregović (au moins depuis la fin des années 1980) est basé sur un mélange entre des courants musicaux extrêmement divers : musique traditionnelle des Balkans, rock, pop, musique classique et religieuse, reggae, tango, musique électronique, etc. Il a collaboré avec de nombreux musiciens et chanteurs de pays très divers, parmi lesquels Iggy Pop, Cesária Évora, Ofra Haza, la Polonaise Kayah, les Italiens Modena City Ramblers, les Corses Chjami Aghjalesi, Eugène Hütz, leader du groupe gypsy punk Gogol Bordello, etc.

Son succès, à partir des années 1980 et surtout 1990, a contribué à susciter l'intérêt pour la musique balkanique en Europe de l'Ouest.

Il a épousé Djenana Bregović et ils ont 3 filles prénommées Ema, Una, et Lula.

Au concours Eurovision de la chanson 2008 qui a lieu à la Belgrade Arena, il assure l'intermède au cours de la finale.
L'année suivante, la Radio Télévision de Serbie choisit Bregović afin de composer la chanson représentant la Serbie au concours Eurovision de la chanson 2010. Le chanteur se nomme Milan Stanković et la chanson Ovo je Balkan.

En 2013, lors de sa tournée en Asie Pacifique, Bregović donne des concerts où seulement la moitié des cuivres sont présents sur scène. L'autre moitié, notamment la basse et les percussions, ont été pre-enregistrees et sont jouées depuis son ordinateur.

Best films

Queen Margot (1994)
(Original Music Composer)

Usually with

Veit Helmer
Veit Helmer
(2 films)
Johan Leysen
Johan Leysen
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Goran Bregović (22 films)

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Actor

The Days of Abandonment
Directed by Roberto Faenza
Origin Italie
Genres Drama
Actors Margherita Buy, Luca Zingaretti, Goran Bregović, Sara Santostasi
Roles Daniel
Rating58% 2.945262.945262.945262.945262.94526
Olga (Buy), literary translator, wife and mother of two is suddenly abandoned by her husband (Zingaretti) for a younger woman. With this she enters into a painful lapse that turns into despair that brings her to sleep and food deprivation. She encounters a neighbour musician (Goran Bregović) that moves something in her. After a descent into hell and eventual rise from despair, Olga lives an insight that makes her realize that she was not losing her mind for the lost love but discovers the meaning of losing her dignity and being imprisoned in a single role, which she must break in order to enjoy life.

Sound

Baikonur
Baikonur (2011)
, 1h34
Directed by Veit Helmer
Origin German
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Romance
Actors Sitora Farmonova, Marie de Villepin
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating62% 3.133853.133853.133853.133853.13385
Une astronaute française réalise son rêve et embarque dans une fusée russe à Baikonour. Mais la mission ne se passe pas comme prévu et elle doit faire un atterrissage d'urgence au Kazakhstan, où un jeune paysan passionné d'astronautique surnommé « Gagarine » lui porte secours.
Mustafa
Mustafa (2008)
, 2h10
Genres Biography
Themes Political films
Actors Yetkin Dikinciler
Roles Music
Rating66% 3.34563.34563.34563.34563.3456
The documentary tells Atatürk's life from an objective point of view and tries to give a sympathetic account of a real-life story. The film detaches him from known stereotypes and presents him as a human who has fears, weaknesses, desires and ideals. It is the first film that depicts the private side of the deified leader, who, according to the filmmakers, remained lonely despite being among crowds.
Vatanen's Hare
Directed by Marc Rivière
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about animals, Mise en scène d'un lapin ou d'un lièvre, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Christophe Lambert, Julie Gayet, Rémy Girard, François Morel, Johan Leysen, Jean-Marie Winling
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating51% 2.5700552.5700552.5700552.5700552.570055
Une légende raconte qu'un guerrier arrogant avait entraîné la perte des siens. Un sort l'avait puni : le sorcier de sa tribu l'avait métamorphosé en animal, un lièvre. Pour se racheter, celui-ci fit le choix de venir en aide aux humains perdus dans leur vie.
The Turkish Gambit
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Historical, Crime
Actors Egor Beroïev, Marat Basharov, Vladimir Ilyin, Dmitry Pevtsov, Viktor Verjbitski, Aleksandr Baluev
Roles Music
Rating68% 3.444743.444743.444743.444743.44474
The film takes place in Bulgaria during the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878). Erast Fandorin is put on the trail of a Turkish agent who is trying to disrupt the Russian advance during the Siege of Plevna. The agent, known as Anwar Efendi, is a master of disguise and has excellent command of Russian.
The Days of Abandonment
Directed by Roberto Faenza
Origin Italie
Genres Drama
Actors Margherita Buy, Luca Zingaretti, Goran Bregović, Sara Santostasi
Roles Music
Rating58% 2.945262.945262.945262.945262.94526
Olga (Buy), literary translator, wife and mother of two is suddenly abandoned by her husband (Zingaretti) for a younger woman. With this she enters into a painful lapse that turns into despair that brings her to sleep and food deprivation. She encounters a neighbour musician (Goran Bregović) that moves something in her. After a descent into hell and eventual rise from despair, Olga lives an insight that makes her realize that she was not losing her mind for the lost love but discovers the meaning of losing her dignity and being imprisoned in a single role, which she must break in order to enjoy life.
27 Missing Kisses, 1h38
Directed by Nana Djordjadze
Origin German
Genres Drama, Comedy, Documentary, Romance
Actors Evgueni Sidikhine, Pierre Richard
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating65% 3.2920453.2920453.2920453.2920453.292045
Tuvalu
Tuvalu (1999)
, 1h41
Directed by Veit Helmer
Origin German
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Actors Denis Lavant, Tchoulpan Khamatova, Philippe Clay, Đoko Rosić, Asen Kisimov
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating72% 3.6414553.6414553.6414553.6414553.641455
Dans une autre époque, Anton, modeste gardien d’un établissement de bains, rêve de prendre le large en direction de l’île Tuvalu. Un poème onirique et fantastique.
The Lost Son, 1h42
Directed by Chris Menges
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about pedophilia
Actors Daniel Auteuil, Nastassja Kinski, Ciarán Hinds, Katrin Cartlidge, Marianne Denicourt, Billie Whitelaw
Roles Music
Rating63% 3.198053.198053.198053.198053.19805
Xavier Lombard is a Parisian private detective based in London. His best friend is Nathalie, a high-class call girl. He gets a telephone call from an old friend in the Paris police department, now a businessman whose brother-in-law is missing. The missing man's parents hire Xavier over their daughter's objections, and he quickly finds himself caught up in the underworld of child sex slavery. He guesses that the lost son is dead and shifts his focus to finding and breaking this lucrative business of child trafficking. He gets a reluctant Nathalie to hunt "the Austrian", the shadowy head of the business. Violence erupts quickly, and Xavier soon has little more to lose.
Operacja Samum, 1h30
Genres Action
Actors Marek Kondrat, Bogusław Linda, Olaf Lubaszenko, Jerzy Skolimowski, Gustaw Holoubek, Edward Linde-Lubaszenko
Rating53% 2.662132.662132.662132.662132.66213
The film takes place after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990. The film opens with retired Major Józef Mayer (Marek Kondrat) in a doctor’s office in Warsaw. Mayer is a former agent of the Polish Office for State Protection (UOP), the main Polish intelligence agency. Mayer’s doctor tells him that he may die from an unspecified disease. The film then shifts to Baghdad, Iraq, where Iraqi security forces raid a CIA safehouse maintained by CIA agent Jeff Magnus (Kristof Konrad). Walton and his two other CIA agents manage to escape into hiding as they prepare to leave Iraq before a possible war. Walton is warned by a Polish-American Mossad agent named Karen Pierce (Anna Korcz) to leave Iraq immediately. Meanwhile, Pierce is having an affair with Mayer’s son Paweł (Radosław Pazura), who is a Polish engineer working in Iraq. Paweł is detained and Pierce escapes after they are stopped by Iraqi secret police. While in a military prison, Paweł is tortured for not disclosing Pierce’s location to the Iraqis. The Iraqis suspect that Paweł is a spy.
Train of Life, 1h43
Directed by Radu Mihaileanu
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes French war films, Medical-themed films, Films about religion, Transport films, La culture tzigane, Rail transport films, Films about psychiatry, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism, Film se déroulant dans un train
Actors Lionel Abelanski, Rufus, Agathe de La Fontaine, Michel Muller (humoriste), Clément Harari, Gad Elmaleh
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating75% 3.7952353.7952353.7952353.7952353.795235
The movie starts off with a man, named Schlomo (Lionel Abelanski), running crazily through a forest, with his voice playing in the background, saying that he has seen the horror of the Nazis in a nearby town, and he must tell the others. Once he gets into town, he informs the rabbi, and together they run through the town and once they have got enough people together, they hold a town meeting. At first, many of the men do not believe the horrors they are being told, and many criticize Schlomo, for he is the town lunatic, and who could possibly believe him? But the rabbi believes him, and then they try to tackle the problem of the coming terrors. Amidst the pondering and the arguing, Schlomo suggests that they build a train, so they can escape by deporting themselves. Some of their members pretend to be Nazis in order to ostensibly transport them to a concentration camp, when in reality, they are going to Palestine via Russia. Thus the Train of Life is born.
The Serpent's Kiss, 1h44
Directed by Philippe Rousselot
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Ewan McGregor, Greta Scacchi, Pete Postlethwaite, Richard E. Grant, Carmen Chaplin, Donal McCann
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating56% 2.8013252.8013252.8013252.8013252.801325
Thomas Smithers (Postlethwaite), who has made his fortune in metalwork, hires Meneer Chrome (McGregor), a famous garden designer, to create the most extravagant garden imaginable out of his wild property. However, Chrome has already been employed by Fitzmaurice (Grant), the cousin of Smithers' wife Juliana (Scacchi), for the purpose of bankrupting Smithers. Fitzmaurice's purpose in this is to take back Juliana as his lover, but she becomes attracted to Chrome, who is falling in love with Anna, the Smithers' mysterious daughter. Anna, however, is contemptuous of Chrome (and, indeed, of everyone she meets, filtering them and everything else around her through the poems of Andrew Marvell); her parents subject her to numerous "treatments," thinking her mentally unstable and wishing to cure her.
XXL
XXL (1997)
, 1h35
Directed by Ariel Zeitoun
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about the labor movement
Actors Michel Boujenah, Gérard Depardieu, Elsa Zylberstein, Catherine Jacob, Gina Lollobrigida, Maurice Chevit
Roles Music
Rating41% 2.0822252.0822252.0822252.0822252.082225
Alain Berrebi directs with his sister Lorène, a company of ready-to-wear in the Path. Their business is booming to the point to consider acquiring a nearby shop. Fortunately, it belongs to David Stern, the father of his fiancée Arlette. The case seems about to arrive when Mr. Stern learns that Baptiste Bourdalou, who once saved his life from death camps during World War II, has died ...
A Chef in Love, 1h40
Directed by Nana Djordjadze
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Cooking films
Actors Pierre Richard, Micheline Presle, Jean-Yves Gautier, Ramaz Chkhikvadze, Kakhi Kavsadze
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating63% 3.1872953.1872953.1872953.1872953.187295
The film tells the story of Pascal Ichak, a French opera singer and chef living in Georgia, who opens a restaurant. It also shows the life in Georgia in the beginning of the 20th century, including its short period of independence (see Democratic Republic of Georgia). After the Bolshevik coup attempt of Georgia (1920), the chef refuses to emigrate and endures the brutalities of the new regime.
Underground, 2h47
Directed by Emir Kusturica
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Théâtre, Political films, Films based on plays
Actors Miki Manojlović, Mirjana Joković, Lazar Ristovski, Slavko Stimac, Srđan Todorović, Mirjana Karanović
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating79% 3.99813.99813.99813.99813.9981
Underground depicts the life of two friends throughout World War II, Cold War, and the Yugoslav Wars.