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Committed leftist whose turbulent political activity resulted in multiple jailings and exiles between 1943 and 1973. Theodorakis made a name for himself in Paris in the mid-1950s and gained international recognition with his infectious score for Michael Cacoyannis' "Zorba the Greek" (1964). He has worked a number of subsequent times with Cacoyannis as well as with Costa-Gavras ("Z" 1969, "State of Siege" 1973) and Sidney Lumet ("Serpico" 1973).
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Filmography

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 - ( Song / 2008 / Released / )
O 7os Ilios tou Erota - ( Music / 2001 / Released / )
Beware of Greeks Bearing Guns - ( Music / 2000 / Released / Palace Films )
ENDURANCE (Buena Vista) - ( Song / 1999 / Released / )
Eternity and A Day - ( Song / 1999 / Released / )
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels - ( Song / 1999 / Released / BVI )
The Deep End of the Ocean - ( Song / 1999 / Released / Village Roadshow Pictures Worldwide )
Zorba the Greek - ( Music / 1999 / Released / )
Zorba the Greek - ( Music Conductor / 1999 / Released / )
Barluschke - ( Music / 1997 / Released / )
Sis - ( Music / 1989 / Released / )
Les Clowns de Dieu - ( Music / 1986 / Released / Atelier 8 )
Actas de Marusia - ( Music / 1985 / Released / )
Mod att leva - ( Music / 1983 / Released / Folkets Bio )
Belladonna - ( Music / 1981 / Released / )
The Savage Hunt - ( Song / 1981 / Released / )
Nela - ( Music / 1980 / Released / )
O Anthropos Me To Garyfallo - ( Music / 1980 / Released / )
Easy Road - ( Music / 1979 / Released / Eleftheroudakis )
Kostas - ( Music / 1979 / Released / )
Hell River - ( Music / 1978 / Released / )
Iphigenia - ( Music / 1977 / Released / )
Etat de siege - ( Music / 1973 / Released / )
Serpico - ( Music / 1973 / Released / )
Biribi - ( Music / 1971 / Released / Parafrance )
The Trojan Women - ( Music / 1971 / Released / )
Z - ( Music / 1969 / Released / )
Five Miles to Midnight - ( Music / 1963 / Released / United Artists Pictures Inc. )
Phaedra - ( Music / 1962 / Released / Lopert Films )
Electra - ( Music / 1961 / Released / Lopert Pictures )
Night Ambush - ( Music / 1958 / Released / )
The Barefoot Battalion - ( Music Conductor / 1954 / Released / Leon L Brandt Associates )
The Barefoot Battalion - ( Music(- music score) / 1954 / Released / Leon L Brandt Associates )

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Committed leftist whose turbulent political activity resulted in multiple jailings and exiles between 1943 and 1973. Theodorakis made a name for himself in Paris in the mid-1950s and gained international recognition with his infectious score for Michael Cacoyannis' "Zorba the Greek" (1964). He has worked a number of subsequent times with Cacoyannis as well as with Costa-Gavras ("Z" 1969, "State of Siege" 1973) and Sidney Lumet ("Serpico" 1973).

Profession(s):
composer
Sometimes Credited As:

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Education
Conservatory of Patras Greece
Athens Conservatory Athens, Greece 1943
Paris Conservatoire Paris, France 1953
Awards (Back to top)

British Film Academy Anthony Asquith Memorial Award Original Film Music "Z" 1969

Milestones (Back to top)

1970 Released from prison after international protests
1964 Entered Parliament
1964 First successful film score, "Zorba the Greek"
1961 Returned to Athens
1956 Gave first public concert in Paris
1953 First film score, "Eva"
1953 Released from prison and moved to Paris
1943 Joined Resistance movement, arrested by Nazis
Arrested, imprisoned, and tortured as a left-wing democrat during Greek Civil War
Imprisoned in Greece for third time and his music banned

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