Frédéric Talgorn

Frédéric Talgorn (born 2 July 1961 in Toulouse, France) is a French composer for film and television.

He studied music at the Conservatoire de Paris where his teachers included Sabine Lacoraet and Yvonne Loriod, but he completed his studies on his own. In 1987 he moved to the United States where he began to compose film music. He also wrote the official music to accompany the Olympic flame for the 1992 Winter Olympic Games. Notable film scores include Edge of Sanity (1989), Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection (1990), Robot Jox (1990), Fortress (1992) and The Temp (1993). He also has an extensive catalogue of concert music, and has often conducted his own works in concert and recording sessions. He has also conducted and recorded film scores of others with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.

Concert Scores

 * Petite suite dans les idées for orchestra (Radio France commission)
 * Mandala for solio violin and orchestra
 * Concerto for Trumpet (1990, published Editions Leduc)
 * Olympus, for brass and percussion ensemble
 * Elegy for solo double bass and strings
 * Vinum et Sanguinem (1993, cantata for choir, soloists, and small orchestra)
 * Concerto for Percussion (1997)
 * Wind Octet (1983)

Television Scores

 * Young Indiana Jones (1992-93)
 * Heavy Metal 2000 (2000)
 * The Little Prince (2010)

Film Scores

 * Tellement proches (2009)
 * Trouble at Timpetill (2008)
 * Asterix at the Olympic Games (2008)
 * Molière (2007)
 * Président (2007)
 * Les Aiguilles Rouges (2007)
 * Those Happy Days (2006)
 * Anthony Zimmer (2005)
 * RRRrrr!!! (2004)
 * Laisse tes mains sur mes hanches (2003)
 * The Devil's Arithmetic (1999)
 * Angels in the Endzone (1997)
 * A Rat's Tale (1997)
 * Le Brasier (1993)
 * The Temp (1993)
 * Fortress (1992)
 * Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection (1990)
 * Robot Jox (1990)
 * Edge of Sanity (1989)