Yared entered films in 1974 with the score for "Miss O'Gynie et les hommes fleurs" but he really first earned attention with the music for Jean-Luc Godard's "Sauve Qui Peut la Vie/Every Man for Himself" (1980). Since then, he has created rich musical tapestries for over 40 motion pictures ranging from Jean-Jacques Beineix's "Betty Blue" (1985) to Robert Altman's "Theo and Vincent" (1990). He has scored several films for Jean-Pierre Mocky and won attention for his strong work on Bruno Nuytten's "Camille Claudel" (1988). In 1996, Yared won a Golden Globe Award and earned an Oscar for his elegant score to Anthony Minghella's "The English Patient", a wide-ranging work that included variations on Bach, Hungarian folk melodies and influences of Northern African themes.