Biography
Laurent Petitgand is a French composer, songwriter, singer, multi-instrumentalist and actor. Born on 28 September 1959 in Laxou, France, he first worked in film scoring with the group Dick Tracy on Wim Wenders' Tokyo-Ga (1985).
He has composed music for several Wenders films, including Wings of Desire (1987), for which he also appeared as The Bandleader, Notebook on Cities and Clothes (1989), Faraway, So Close! (1993), Beyond the Clouds (1995), The Salt of the Earth (2014) and Pope Francis: A Man of His Word (2018). Other credits include The Inner Life of Martin Frost (2007). He has composed ballet music for Angelin Preljocaj and written lyrics for Alain Bashung.
