Roger Bellon
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| Born | Neuilly-Sur-Seine, France |
| Genres | Orchestral, electronic, film music |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, conductor, producer |
Roger Bellon is a French film, television, theatre, opera and dance composer, conductor, orchestrator and producer.
He was eight when he had his first piano and composition lessons. Roger Bellon earned his Bachelor Of Music Composition degree from the Berklee College of Music, studying under music legends Gary Burton, Mike Gibbs and Herb Pomeroy among others and completed postgraduate studies in Composition and Conducting, under Pierre Petit (Grand Prix De Rome) at the École Normale de Musique de Paris, Paris.
He received numerous commissions from the French Government for his chamber as well as symphonic and choral compositions. At twenty-two, his first published composition, "Blackout," for piano, was commissioned by the École Normale de Musique de Paris for their yearly piano competition. It was published by legendary French music publisher Max Eschig and has been performed and recorded extensively. His Préludes for Piano have been performed by Gabriel Tacchino, one of France’s premier post-war pianists.
RCA Records, Paris, signed Roger to their subsidiary label, Balance, where, as an artist, he produced two albums, the self-titled, ROGER BELLON, a Jazz influenced record for ten pieces and, ZERO ZERO, a children’s Christmas album.
He began his film-scoring career in Paris composing music for television and documentaries. He has worked with directors and writers such as Joël Santoni, Les Héroïques, and Jean Curtelin, La Marseillaise, and actors Michel Galabru, Stéphane Audran, Guy Marchand, Mort Schuman and Caroline Cellier.
Moving to Los Angeles he composed music for the popular television series Falcon Crest as well as other series such as Monsters, Yellowthread Street (including the main title), Café Americain (including the main title), The New Adventures of Robin Hood (including the main title) and the award-winning cult series, Highlander.
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