Jean-Claude Petit is now one of France's leading film composers, alongside Gabriel Yared. In just over a decade, he has forged a solid reputation, especially since his superb work on MANON DES SOURCES and JEAN DE FLORETTE in 1986 and CYRANO DE BERGERAC in 1990. Since this interview took place, Jean-Claude Petit has signed the score for ZEBRE, the film directed by the late Jean Poiret. Even if some of the films he has collaborated on have not been great successes (MAYRIG, 588 RUE PARADIS, LE RETOUR DES MOUSQUETAIRES or DEUX), the music written by Jean-Claude Petit is always an important element in the final rendering of the film he works on. His talent, eclecticism and well-earned renown make him one of the most talented and important voices in French music.