Claude SAMARD POLIKAR is an explorer of musical landscapes. Over the years he has traveled successfully across many diverse musical territories as a musician, arranger, producer and film composer.
News 2015/2016 highlights
JULY-DECEMBER 2016
. Concerts with Jean Michel Jarre Oct-Dec 2016
2 pics : Left : concert at Montreux Festival, Right : program of the day in Barcelona
. More music for Cezame Music Agency
. JANUARY-JUNE 2016
Electronica Vol.#2 released worldwide Apr 2016. As for Vol#1 lots of prestigious collaborators from all generations (Jeff Mills, Primal Scream, Gary Newman, The Orb, Hans Zimmer, Rone...). As for Vol#1, the production team features Joachim Garraud, Marco Grenier, Stephane Gervais and me.
music !!!
For the fun of it i'll post a few photos of the highlights of Studio 124 v.1 later.
APRIL/DECEMBER 2015
1- Jean Michel JARRE new album "Electronica"
Jean Michel JARRE gave me the opportunity to be part of his project : ELECTRONICA #1 (and #2 to be released in 2016). How did we proceed ? : JM has been working like crazy for almost 3 years, writing special songs for his guests. He had each collaborator's personality in mind. Then the "guest" put his own input, it was a ping-pong process, thanks to the Internet, WeTransfer, even if JMJ worked also side by side with each guest. It was mostly Ableton Live sessions sharing and updating till JMJ considered the track was completed and approved too by the guest of course.
Joachim Garraud now living in LA, Marco Grenier, Stephane Gervais (from Canada) and me being part of the production team helping in additional production. As in most cases for big projects like this one, there s no much communication before the album is released, same for blockbuster films, that s why i didn t say much in 2014-2015 about what took me …a lot of Gigas on my hard drives :-) : "The Time Machine" was conceived with Jarre’s wish to encompass the last decades of electronic music with the participation of outstanding artists of all generations with whom Jarre feels especially connected with by a common DNA. The album features 15 different collaborators, including M83, Tangerine Dream, Gesaffelstein, Armin van Buuren, 3D from Massive Attack " and many more as you can check :. Concerts with Jean Michel Jarre Oct-Dec 2016
2 pics : Left : concert at Montreux Festival, Right : program of the day in Barcelona
. More music for Cezame Music Agency
. JANUARY-JUNE 2016
Electronica Vol.#2 released worldwide Apr 2016. As for Vol#1 lots of prestigious collaborators from all generations (Jeff Mills, Primal Scream, Gary Newman, The Orb, Hans Zimmer, Rone...). As for Vol#1, the production team features Joachim Garraud, Marco Grenier, Stephane Gervais and me.
music !!!
For the fun of it i'll post a few photos of the highlights of Studio 124 v.1 later.
APRIL/DECEMBER 2015
1- Jean Michel JARRE new album "Electronica"
Jean Michel JARRE gave me the opportunity to be part of his project : ELECTRONICA #1 (and #2 to be released in 2016). How did we proceed ? : JM has been working like crazy for almost 3 years, writing special songs for his guests. He had each collaborator's personality in mind. Then the "guest" put his own input, it was a ping-pong process, thanks to the Internet, WeTransfer, even if JMJ worked also side by side with each guest. It was mostly Ableton Live sessions sharing and updating till JMJ considered the track was completed and approved too by the guest of course.
1) The Time Machine (JMJ & Boys Noize)
2) Glory (JMJ & M83)
3) Close your eyes (JMJ & AIR
4) Automatic (part 1) (JMJ & Vince Clarke)
5) Automatic (part 2) (JMJ & Vince Clarke)
6) If..! (JMJ & Little Boots)
7) Immortals (JMJ & Fuck Buttons)
8) Suns have gone (JMJ & Moby)
9) Conquistador (JMJ & Gesaffelstein)
10) Travelator (part 2) (JMJ & Pete Townshend)
11) Zero Gravity (JMJ & Tangerine Dream)
12) Rely on me (JMJ & Laurie Anderson)
13) Stardust (JMJ & Armin van Buuren)
14) Watching you (JMJ & 3D (Massive Attack))G
15) A question of blood (JMJ & John Carpenter)
16) The train & the river (JMJ & Lang Lang)
2- DREAMWORKS "KUNG FU PANDA 3"
I must thank my good friend Guo Gan, the ehru virtuoso (http://www.guogan.fr/ , https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=720126966) who connected me to DreamWorks. Guo Gan is among the best erhu (chinese violin) players in the world , Lang Lang who also plays on the soundtrack signed by Hans Zimmer is Guo Gan's best friend. I had the chance to prepare and record all the ehru parts of Guo Gan for this DreamWorks blockbuster. It gave me the opportunity to experience what it s like to work for the best of the Hollywood scene, DreamWorks and Hans Zimmer !. The experience was very interesting and it s always a treat for a musician to work on great themes, top notch production and have mail exchanges with a dozen people in copy, featuring prestigious names like HZ, Lorne Balfe....and have a team of 5 people (not so common by european standards...and budgets :-) who showed up at my Studio 124-Paris for some photo/video shooting of our session work with Guo Gan and Thomas Farnon https://www.facebook.com/thomasfarnon?fref=ts for the DVD bonus "behind the scenes" track. Sebastien Christie was of a great help , managing this whole awsome project from L.A. with great professionalism. Not simple with always those 9 hours time difference. We even had live Skype exchanges with Lorne who supervised our work at 4am his time :-). I can confirm than in spite of their huge success HZ and Lorne Balfe are far from being "blazé" :-) Music is still a passion for them.
3- SCORE FOR "JOHNNY & THE CASH"
Charlotte Marcos is a young and talented writer and film director. It was much fun scoring for "Johnny & the Cash", the opportunity for me to use more guitars, ukulele, hawaiian guitar and Johnny Cash "twang" and tremolo Fender guitar parts to help giving the soundtrack a musical identity that fits the film. Not much electronica this time :-)
JANUARY/MARCH 2015
1- "HAIG CLUB Worldwide Campaign
The new worldwide campaign of the very exclusive HAIG CLUB whisky (feat.DAVID BECKHAM) is propelled by the bewitching " SHANGHAI CALLING" composed by CHOMSK' and CLAUDE SAMARD. CEZAME MUSIC AGENCY
2 -Music composition for TV films
3- More composing for CEZAME MUSIC AGENCY
News 2014
JANUARY/DECEMBER 2014
1- "VISION OF CHINA" is now available online : you can find it on iTunes, Deezer, Amazon
All songs composed and arranged by Claude SAMARD-POLIKAR except " World Factory", co-written by Claude SAMARD-POLIKAR & Sathy NGOUANE and "Shanghai Calling" co-written with beatmaker CHOMSK', which is the last song produced for this project.
See all titles composed by Claude for Cezame/FLE
2 - "ORANGE FRANCE 4G" 3mn commercilal M4GIC film and Marcelww advertising agency part of the Publicis group.
Voice recorded at Studio 124 by Marc Saez, directed by Xavier Leboullenger.
3 - " Captain' Kid" new Alan Simon opus : additional recordings at Studio 124
1- "VISION OF CHINA" is now available online : you can find it on iTunes, Deezer, Amazon
All songs composed and arranged by Claude SAMARD-POLIKAR except " World Factory", co-written by Claude SAMARD-POLIKAR & Sathy NGOUANE and "Shanghai Calling" co-written with beatmaker CHOMSK', which is the last song produced for this project.
See all titles composed by Claude for Cezame/FLE
2 - "ORANGE FRANCE 4G" 3mn commercilal M4GIC film and Marcelww advertising agency part of the Publicis group.
Voice recorded at Studio 124 by Marc Saez, directed by Xavier Leboullenger.
3 - " Captain' Kid" new Alan Simon opus : additional recordings at Studio 124
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