François de Roubaix
Composer, musician, and conductor François de Roubaix was born in Neuilly-sur
Seine, France on April 3, 1939. He was best known as both a film composer and an
avant-garde pioneer who blended electronic and traditional instrumentation into
his recordings. Born the son of Academy Award-winning filmmaker Paul de Roubaix,
François de Roubaix taught himself music without a formal education and immersed
himself into jazz at the age of 15. His father asked him to compose scores for
many of the educational films he produced, which led to François de Roubaix
composing the scores to severa...
