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Jean-Claude Petit (born 14 November 1943) is a French composer and arranger, born inVaires-sur-Marne. After accompanying jazzmen in his childhood, Petit went to theConservatoire de Paris, where he studied harmony and counterpoint. He did the string arrangements forMink DeVille'sLe Chat Bleu album, as well as orchestrating the backing parts to some French pop singles in the mid-to-late 1960s, including those ofErick Saint-Laurent andyé-yé girlsChristine Pilzer andMonique Thubert.
In 1973 he composedLa leçon de Michette. The song was popular inItaly due to its use in the soundtrack of a well-knownCarosello (the Italian TV spot broadcast) from 1973 to 1976.
As a music ghostwriter for directorMichel Magne, Petit did not get credit for his film scores until he was 36.[1]
1979 saw his first major film soundtrack commission (Alexandro Jodorowsky'sTusk), but he had been releasing solo records at least a decade earlier, including at least four for theChappell Music Library, as well as his albumChez Jean-Claude Petit, released in the early 1970s. In 1976 he collaborated withPierre Delanoë,Toto Cutugno,Vito Pallavicini in a very popular and funky music forMireille Mathieu called Ciao Bambino, Sorry. In addition, he was a frequent collaborator with French film music composerJack Arel: the pair's most well-known production, "Psychedelic Portrait", was featured in an episode of the cult TV seriesThe Prisoner. His scores forThe Return of the Musketeers (1989) andCyrano de Bergerac (1990) remain perhaps his best known work internationally. In 1995 he was nominated for aVictoire de la Musique award in soundtrack of the year forL'Etudiante Etranger.[2] Jean Claude conducted and arranged for American Orchestra leader Billy Vaughn in the 1970s: At least two of Billy's Paramount LPs "An Old Fashioned Love Song" PAS 6025 and "Greatest Country Hits" give Jean Claude credit as arranged/conductor. The 'Greatest Country Hits' Lp Paramount PAS 6044 also includes a Jean Claude original "Walk A Country Mile".
Nègre musical pour les films de Michel Magne, il a commencé à signer ses partitions au cinéma à trente-six ans
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