Gabriel Yared's The English Patient

Anthony Minghella's 1996 film The English Patient won nine Academy Awards™, including one for Best Original Score. Though Gabriel Yared had previously composed scores for several films, including Betty Blue , Camille Claudel , and Vincent & Theo , his work on The English Patient launched him into international public consciousness. His score for this film testifies to the continued appeal of a classical, noncommercial style of scoring, eschewing the use of contemporary pop music for a more '