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Armand Amar

Armand Amar

Composer · Born January 1, 1953 (73) · Jerusalem, Israel

Armand Amar (born 1953) is a French composer, who grew up in Morocco. He won the 2010 César Award for Best Music for Le Concert (Radu Mihăileanu). Armand Amar is a French composer living in Paris. In 1968, he began playing the congas. He also practiced the tabla and the zarb in the following years. In 1976 he met South African choreographer Peter Goss, who introduced him to dance. In the subsequent years, he worked with a number of choreographers in contemporary dance. His works are focused particularly on Eastern music. He is the author of several ballets and soundtracks films such as The Trail, Days of Glory, Live and Become, The First Cry, Earth from Above, Bab'Aziz and Home. Since Amen., he has also collaborated with Costa-Gavras scoring all of his subsequent films. He founded the label Long Distance in 1994 with his partners Alain Weber and Peter Gabriel. Source: Article "Armand Amar" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Born
January 1, 1953 (73)
From
Jerusalem, Israel
Works as
Composer
Titles
54 on MovieCove · 101 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 8% in 30 days

What are Armand Amar's films like?

Across their 49 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Drama14 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 75th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Documentary12 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 94th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Adventure10 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 59th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Comedy4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 88th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 59th percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 89th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
31%
Self
18%
Ideas
15%
Society
12%
Morality
11%
Survival
7%
Power
6%
Family bonds23 titles, browse their movies with this themeNature12 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose7 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity7 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival8 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice6 titles, browse their movies with this themeHope8 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 45 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 16 · Serious 11 · Dark 18

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 27 · Stylized 17 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 11 · Charged 24 · Intense 10

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 30 · Shifting 14 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 38 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 1

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 28 · Even-paced 16 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 17 · Engaged 25 · Full focus 3

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 10 · Affecting 19 · Heavy 16

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 35 · Open-ended 10 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
23
Contemplative
21
Warm
20
Melancholic
21
Hopeful
20
Other
28

How their films linger

Hopeful32 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking22 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Happy9
  • Bittersweet22
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous12
  • Cyclical1
  • Other2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Armand Amar's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 30 of their 54 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (19).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Armand Amar's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

101 credits, 54 with a MovieCove page.

  • Nature, pour une réconciliation(2025)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Flowers of the Earth(2026)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • It's Winter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Composer

  • Paradiso in vendita (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Composer

  • If An Owl Calls Your Name (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Composer

  • The Eternal Song (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Composer

  • Before What Comes After (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Composer

  • Zéphyr (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Composer

  • Barbès, little Algérie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Composer

  • Where Olive Trees Weep (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Composer

  • Black Tea(2024)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Living With Wolves (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Composer

  • Autumn and the Black Jaguar(2024)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • The Blond Boy from the Casbah (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Composer

  • Renouer avec le vivant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Composer

  • Vibrant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Composer

  • Collision (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Composer

  • Off Track(2023)

    Show 6 episodes · Composer · Sound

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows

  • Ocean Souls(2020)

    Composer · Music Sound Design and Processing

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Vicky and Her Mystery(2021)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Lynx(2021)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • The Wolf and the Lion(2021)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Runaway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 6 episodes · Composer

  • Heliopolis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Composer

  • Legacy, notre héritage(2021)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Où sont passées les hirondelles ? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Composer

  • Woman(2019)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Police de Caractères(2020)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Devil Inside(2020)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Egypte From Above (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Musical

  • Newcomers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Composer

  • Spread Your Wings(2019)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Leonardo da Vinci: The Universal Man(2019)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Escape from Raqqa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Composer

  • Medusa's Mystery(2019)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Mia and the White Lion(2018)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Mother Is Wrong(2018)

    Show 6 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows

  • Whispering Sands (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Composer

  • Prêtes à tout (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Composer

  • Before Winter Comes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Composer

  • Belle and Sebastian, Friends for Life(2017)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Morocco from Above (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Composer

  • Human's Music (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Music Director

  • Burning Crimes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 2 episodes · Composer

  • School of Life(2017)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • The Climb (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Composer

  • A Bag of Marbles(2017)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • La vallée des loups (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Composer

  • The Quest of Alain Ducasse(2017)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • The History of Love(2016)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • One Man and His Cow(2016)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Belle & Sebastian: The Adventure Continues(2015)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Terra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Composer

  • No Second Chance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 6 episodes · Composer

  • The Scent of Mandarin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Composer

  • Human(2015)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Algeria from Above (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Composer

  • Pixel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Composer

  • A Family Secret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 6 episodes · Composer

  • 24 Days(2014)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • The Nightingale(2013)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • My Son's Murderer Will Die Tonight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Composer

  • Belle & Sebastian(2013)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • 1,000 Times Good Night(2013)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • For a Woman(2013)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • State Crime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Composer

  • Jusqu'au bout du monde (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Composer

  • Capital(2012)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Here and the Great Elsewhere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Composer

  • Eternal Amazon(2012)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • My Sweet Orange Tree(2012)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • What the Day Owes the Night(2012)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Planet Ocean(2012)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • A Thirsty World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Composer

  • The Source(2011)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Free Men(2011)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • You Will Be My Son(2011)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Forests and People (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Compositor

  • Outside the Law(2010)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Comme les cinq doigts de la main(2010)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Ao: The Last Hunter(2010)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • The Concert(2009)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Home(2009)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Van Gogh: Brush with Genius (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Composer

  • Welcome(2009)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Eden Is West(2009)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • London River(2009)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Sagan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Composer

  • The Maiden and the Wolves(2008)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Le Premier Cri (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Composer

  • Summer of '62 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Composer

  • Bab'Aziz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Composer

  • The Colonel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Composer

  • Earth from Above(2006)

    Show 15 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Days of Glory(2006)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • The Trail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Composer

  • Live and Become(2005)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • The Ax(2005)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Tabous (Zohre & Manouchehr) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Composer

  • La Terre vue du ciel(2004)

    Composer · Music Director

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Amen.(2002)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 94 titles from 2002 to 2026.

Biggest box office

The Concert (2009)

$41M worldwide

Highest rated

Human (2015)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

Mia and the White Lion (2018)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Writing1 of 94: 1 only writing, 0 with another roleMusic88 of 94: 88 only music, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score80thOther crew5 of 94: 5 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

2000s19 · crew2010s50 · crew2020s25 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Armand Amar's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 77th percentile, the median of all 50; across their 45 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 79th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

79thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 45

Approval · how many liked their films

77thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 45

Reach · how many have seen their films

74thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 45

Midcredits score across 54 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up27
  • 50th to 74th17
  • 25th to 49th6
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

31 of their 54 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved11
  • Universally Panned1
  • Crowd Pleaser31
  • Mixed11

Most divisive · composer

Flowers of the Earth (2026)

84th percentile spread · 64% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

Human (2015)

Midcredits 99th · 91% liked

Reviewers score the sound and music 66/100 in their films, across 29 reviewed titles; fans 71, detractors 47. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Armand Amar's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 14 · minimalMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 21 · mildMedian of all films: 36

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Armand Amar work with?

People who share at least 2 of Armand Amar's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Yann Arthus-Bertrand shares the most, 7.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers