French composer of popular music and film scores

Paul Misraki

Intro
French composer of popular music and film scores
Awards Received
Knight of the Legion of Honour
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
Undated photograph of Paul Misraki

Paul Misraki (28 January 1908 – 30 October 1998) was a French composer of popular music and film scores. Over the course of over 60 years, Misraki wrote the music to 130 films, scoring works by directors like Jean Renoir, Claude Chabrol, Jacques Becker, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jean-Luc Godard, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Orson Welles, Luis Buñuel and Roger Vadim.

For his work, he was made a Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur.