Jorge Arriagada
Encyclopedia
Jorge Arriagada is an award-winning composer for film. He is perhaps best known for his long time collaboration with director Raúl Ruiz. He has also worked with directors like Patricio Guzman
, Barbet Schroeder
and Olivier Assayas
.
. He studied composition and orchestral conduction at the National Conservatory of Music in Santiago. He then obtained a scholarship from the French government that enabled him to study expressionism
with Max Deutsch
, who was Austria
n composer Arnold Schoenberg
's friend and student. He also studied composition with Olivier Messiaen
and orchestral conduction with Pierre Boulez
. In 1972, the Guggenheim Foundation
in New York
awarded him a fellowship because of his contribution in the field of electronic music
. He has been living in France
since 1966, working with experienced as well as promising directors while composing the scores of 40 of Raúl Ruiz's films. He has over the years explored many different genres, including classical
, contemporary and folk music
as well as jazz
and tango
.
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
Patricio Guzmán
Patricio Guzmán Lozanes is a Chilean documentary film director. He is internationally renowned for films such as The Battle of Chile and Salvador Allende....
, Barbet Schroeder
Barbet Schroeder
Barbet Schroeder is a Franco-Swiss movie director and producer who started his career in French cinema in the 1960s, working together with directors such as Jean-Luc Godard and Jacques Rivette.-Life and career:...
and Olivier Assayas
Olivier Assayas
Olivier Assayas is a French film director and screenwriter.He made his debut in 1986, after directing some short films and writing for the influential film magazine Cahiers du cinéma.-Career:...
.
Biography
Jorge Arriagada was born on August 20, 1943 in SantiagoSantiago, Chile
Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...
. He studied composition and orchestral conduction at the National Conservatory of Music in Santiago. He then obtained a scholarship from the French government that enabled him to study expressionism
Expressionism
Expressionism was a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it radically for emotional effect in order to evoke moods or ideas...
with Max Deutsch
Max Deutsch
Max Deutsch was an Austrian-French musical composer, conductor, and teacher.He was a pupil of Arnold Schoenberg and founded the theater Der Jüdische Spiegel in Paris. Here, many works of composers like Schoenberg, Anton Webern, or Alban Berg were debuted in France...
, who was Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n composer Arnold Schoenberg
Arnold Schoenberg
Arnold Schoenberg was an Austrian composer, associated with the expressionist movement in German poetry and art, and leader of the Second Viennese School...
's friend and student. He also studied composition with Olivier Messiaen
Olivier Messiaen
Olivier Messiaen was a French composer, organist and ornithologist, one of the major composers of the 20th century. His music is rhythmically complex ; harmonically and melodically it is based on modes of limited transposition, which he abstracted from his early compositions and improvisations...
and orchestral conduction with Pierre Boulez
Pierre Boulez
Pierre Boulez is a French composer of contemporary classical music, a pianist, and a conductor.-Early years:Boulez was born in Montbrison, Loire, France. As a child he began piano lessons and demonstrated aptitude in both music and mathematics...
. In 1972, the Guggenheim Foundation
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation was founded in 1925 by Mr. and Mrs. Simon Guggenheim in memory of their son, who died April 26, 1922...
in New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
awarded him a fellowship because of his contribution in the field of electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
. He has been living in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
since 1966, working with experienced as well as promising directors while composing the scores of 40 of Raúl Ruiz's films. He has over the years explored many different genres, including classical
Classical music
Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
, contemporary and folk music
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
as well as jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
and tango
Tango music
Tango is a style of ballroom dance music in 2/4 or 4/4 time that originated among European immigrant populations of Argentina and Uruguay . It is traditionally played by a sextet, known as the orquesta típica, which includes two violins, piano, double bass, and two bandoneons...
.
Filmography
1970s- 1977 : Colloque de chiensColloque de chiens-Cast:* Eva Simonet as Henri* Robert Darmel - * Silke Humel as Monique* Frank Lesne* Marie Christine Poisot* Hugo Santiago* Genevieve Such* Laurence Such* Michel Such* Pierre Olivier Such* Yves Wecker...
- 1978 : Les Divisions de la nature
- 1978 : La Vocation suspendue
- 1979 : L'Hypothèse du tableau volé
1980s
- 1980 : Zig-Zag - le jeu de l'oie (une fiction didactique à propos de la cartographie) (TV)
- 1981 : Le Territoire (The Territory)
- 1982 : Le Péril rampant
- 1982 : Le Toit de la baleine (Dak van de Walvis, Het)
- 1982 : Moi, l'autre (Conversa Acabada)
- 1983 : BéréniceBéréniceBerenice is a five-act tragedy by the French 17th-century playwright Jean Racine. Berenice was not played often between the 17th and the 20th centuries. Today it is one of Racine's more popular plays, after Phèdre, Andromaque and Britannicus.It was first performed in 1670...
- 1983 : Les Trois couronnes du matelot
- 1984 : The Terrible Lovers
- 1984 : La Ville des pirates
- 1984 : Point de fuite
- 1984 : Paris vu par... vingt ans après
- 1984 : Notre mariage
- 1984 : Ave MariaAve MariaAve Maria may refer to:*Ave Maria , the "Hail Mary", a traditional Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox prayer calling for the intercession of Mary, the mother of Jesus-Music:...
- 1985 : Ces jours où les remords vont font vraiment mal au coeur
- 1985 : Les Destins de Manoel
- 1985 : Treasure Island
- 1985 : L'éveillé du pont de l'Alma
- 1986 : Mémoire des apparences
- 1986 : Richard IIIRichard III (play)Richard III is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately 1591. It depicts the Machiavellian rise to power and subsequent short reign of Richard III of England. The play is grouped among the histories in the First Folio and is most often classified...
- 1986 : Dans un miroir
- 1986 : Hijos de la guerra fría
- 1986 : 15 août
- 1987 : Brise-glaceBrise-GlaceBrise-Glace was a 1990s instrumental avant-rock "supergroup" composed of Jim O'Rourke , Darin Gray , Dylan Posa , and Thymme Jones ....
- 1987 : Le Professeur Taranne
- 1987 : Le Miraculé
- 1987 : Buisson ardent
- 1988 : Les Mendiants
- 1988 : Terre sacrée
- 1989 : L'Enfant de l'hiver
- 1989 : Blancs cassés
- 1989 : Les Deux Fragonard'in
1990s
- 1990 : Amelia López O'Neil
- 1990 : Le Procès du roi (O Processo do Rei)
- 1990 : Un jeu d'enfant
- 1990 : La Désenchantée
- 19911991 in televisionFor the American TV schedule, see: 1991-92 United States network television schedule.The year 1991 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1991.-Events:-Debuts:-1950s:...
: Langlois monumental (TV) - 1991 : Blanval
- 1991 : Sushi SushiSushi SushiSushi Sushi is a French film, released on 19 June 1991 and directed by Laurent Perrin.-Synopsis:Fed up with university life, Maurice Hartmann leaves his studies and creates his own business: Sushi-Express, a Japanese food home delivery business. His artisinal methods and family craft drive the...
- 1991 : Le Ciel de Paris
- 1992 : O Fim do Mundo
- 19921992 in televisionThe year 1992 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1992.-Events:-Debuts:-1950s:*Hallmark Hall of Fame .*Guiding Light .*The Today Show ....
: Urgence d'aimer (TV) - 1992 : Das Tripas Coração
- 1992 : Terra Fria
- 1993 : L'Oeil qui ment
- 19931993 in televisionThe year 1993 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1993.For the American TV schedule, see: 1993-94 United States network television schedule.-Events:-Debuts:-1950s:...
: Rhésus Roméo (TV) - 1993 : It's All True
- 1994 : Los Náufragos
- 1995 : Le Fabuleux destin de Madame Petlet
- 1996 : Transatlantique
- 1996 : L'Éducatrice
- 1996 : Trois vies & une seule mort
- 1996 : Os Olhos da ÁsiaOs Olhos da ÁsiaOs Olhos da Ásia is 1996 Portuguese historical drama film directed by João Mário Grilo, who also co-wrote the script with Paulo Filipe. The film premiered at the Locarno International Film Festival on 15 August, 1996 where it was also nominated for the Golden Leopard...
- 1996 : Mi último hombre
- 1997 : Généalogies d’un crime
- 19981998 in televisionThe year 1998 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1998.For the American TV schedule, see: 1998–99 United States network television schedule.-Events:-Debuts:-1950s:...
: Le Monde d'Angelo (TV) - 19981998 in televisionThe year 1998 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1998.For the American TV schedule, see: 1998–99 United States network television schedule.-Events:-Debuts:-1950s:...
: Aventureros del fin del mundo (TV) - 1998 : L'Inconnu de Strasbourg
- 1998 : JesseJesseJesse, Eshai or Yishai, is the father of the David, who became the king of the Israelites. His son David is sometimes called simply "Son of Jesse" ....
(Shattered Image) - 1998 : L'Enthousiasme (El Entusiasmo)
- 1999 : Quelque chose
- 1999 : La Isla de Robinson Crusoe
- 1999 : Time Regained
2000s
- 2000 : 30 ans
- 2000 : Love Torn in Dream
- 2000 : Our Lady of the AssassinsOur Lady of the Assassins (film)Our Lady of the Assassins is a film by Barbet Schroeder about a Colombian author in his fifties who returns to his hometown of Medellín after 30 years of absence to find himself trapped in an atmosphere of violence and murder caused by drug cartel warfare...
(La Virgen de los sicarios) - 2000 : Comedy of innocenceComedy of InnocenceComedy of Innocence is a 2000 French drama film directed by Raúl Ruiz and starring Isabelle Huppert.-Cast:* Isabelle Huppert - Ariane* Jeanne Balibar - Isabella* Charles Berling - Serge* Edith Scob - Laurence* Nils Hugon - Camille...
- 2001 : Savage SoulsSavage Souls (film)Savage Souls is a 2001 French drama film directed by Raúl Ruiz. It was screened out of competition at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Laetitia Casta - Thérèse* Frédéric Diefenthal - Firmin* Arielle Dombasle - Madame Numance...
- 2002 : Madrid
- 2002 : Cofralandes, rapsodia chilena
- 2003 : That DayThat Day"That Day" is a song by Natalie Imbruglia, released as the first single from her second album White Lilies Island. In Australia, the song reached the top ten, while it peaked at #11 in the UK...
- 2003 : Une place parmi les vivants
- 20042004 in televisionThe year 2004 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 2004.For the American TV schedule, see: 2004–05 United States network television schedule.-Events:-Debuts:-1940s:...
: Operation Hollywood (TV) - 2004 : Tout pour l'oseille
- 2004 : Salvador AllendeSalvador Allende (film)Salvador Allende is a 2004 documentary film about Chilean president Salvador Allende, from his election campaign to the coup d'état which ended his presidency...
- 2004 : Días de campo
- 2005 : Le Domaine perdu
- 2005 : Horcón, al sur de ninguna parte
- 2005 : Juanita de Tanger (La Vida perra de Juanita Narboni)
- 2006 : KlimtKlimt (film)Klimt is a 2006 Austrian art-house biographical film about the life of the Austrian Symbolist painter Gustav Klimt . It was written and directed by Raoul Ruiz, with an English screenplay adaptation by Gilbert Adair. The director of photography was Ricardo Aronovich, and the music was composed by...
- 2006 : Vocation cinéaste
- 2007 : L'Avocat de la terreur
- 2007 : La Recta Provincia (TV mini-series)
- 2007 : Crosse (film)
- 2008 : La Maison Nucingen de Raoul RuizRaoul RuizRaúl Ernesto Ruiz Pino was a Chilean filmmaker.Ruiz spent some years at the Catholic University of Santa Fe, Argentina's cinema school. Back in Chile, he directed his first feature film Tres tristes tigres in the late 1960s, winning the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival...
, based on the novel La Maison Nucingen of Honoré de BalzacHonoré de BalzacHonoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of short stories and novels collectively entitled La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the 1815 fall of Napoleon.... - 2008 : SecretosValeria SarmientoValeria Sarmiento is a Chilean film editor, director and screenwriter. She has directed 18 films since 1972. Her 1991 film Amelia Lópes O'Neill was entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival...
- 2008 : Mister President (TV)
- 2008 : Inju: The Beast in the ShadowInju: The Beast in the ShadowInju: The Beast in the Shadow is a 2008 film by Barbet Schroeder based on a 1928 novel by Japanese writer Edogawa Rampo...
- 20082008 in televisionThe following is a list of events affecting American television in 2008. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and new channel launches.-January:-February:-March:-April:-May:-June:-July:-August:...
Litoral - 20092009 in televisionThe following is a list of events affecting American television in 2009. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and new channel launches.-January:-February:-March:-April:-May:-June:-July:-August:...
: Nova: The Incredible Story of the Butterflies (TV) - 2009 : History of a Chair
2010s
- 2010 : Je ne vous oublierai jamais
- 2010 : Mysteries of LisbonMysteries of LisbonMysteries of Lisbon is a 2010 Portuguese drama film directed by Raúl Ruiz. The film has won 7 awards and has been nominated twice.-Cast:*Adriano Luz as Father Dinis* Maria João Bastos as Ângela de Lima* Ricardo Pereira as Alberto de Magalhães...