Gabriel Yared, born in Beirut in 1949, is one of the most respected film music composers in the world. He works as a composer, orchestrator and producer (for singers such as Françoise Hardy, Charles Aznavour, Gilbert Bécaud and Mireille Mathieu), debuted in 1980 with the soundtrack for Jean-Luc Godard's "Save Yourself" and has since composed for more than 100 films, including works by Jean-Jacques Beineix, Robert Altman and Jean-Jacques Annaud. For "The English Patient" by Anthony Minghella, he won an Oscar, the Golden Globe and a Grammy.