Paul Misraki

Paul Misraki, real name Paul Misrachi, was a French composer, author and singer. Composer and pianist of Ray Ventura in the 1930s, Paul Misraki composed the music of great successes like Tout va très bien madame la marquise, Qu'est-ce qu'on attend pour être heureux ?, Ça vaut mieux que d’attraper la scarlatine, Comme Tout l'Monde ... It was sung by Ray Ventura and his Collégiens, Edith Piaf, Georges Brassens, Henri Salvador, Yves Montand, Jacqueline François, Suzy Delair, Nicoletta, Jean Sablon, as well as many others American, Argentinian, Brazilian singers and groups, etc. He is also one of the most prolific French composers of film music: he composed more than 180 for feature films, notably that of Et Dieu… créa la femme in 1956, but also for Jean Delannoy, Claude Chabrol, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jacques Becker, Jean-Luc Godard, Luis Buñuel, Orson Welles or Jean-Claude Brialy. He is also a writer who has published ten books on subjects related to his spiritual journey.