Aleksandr Zatsepin

Aleksandr Zatsepin Александр Зацепин
Born	Aleksandr Sergeyevich Zatsepin (1926-03-10) 10 March 1926 Novosibirsk, USSR
Nationality	Russian
Occupation	Composer
Title	People's Artist of Russia (2003)
Awards	Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (4th class)

Aleksandr Sergeyevich Zatsepin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Заце́пин; born 10 March 1926 in Novosibirsk, USSR) is a Soviet and Russian composer, known for his soundtracks to many popular movies, notably comedies directed by Leonid Gaidai. In 1982 Zatsepin went to live in France and returned four years later to the Soviet Union; since then he has continued to (using his own words) "work in Moscow, rest in Paris".

Honours and awards

• Honored Artist of the Russian Federation
• People's Artist of Russia
• Order For Merit to the Fatherland
• Medal "For Distinguished Labour" (USSR)

Selected songs

• "Pesenka o medvedyakh" (1966, from the film Kidnapping, Caucasian Style)

Filmography

Films

1. 1965 — Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures
2. 1966 — Kidnapping, Caucasian Style
3. 1967 — Formula radugi
4. 1968 — Ot snyega do snyega
5. 1968 — Leto 43-go goda
6. 1968 — The Diamond Arm
7. 1969 — Belyy royal
8. 1969 — Angel v tyubeteyke
9. 1969 — The Red Tent
10. 1971 — The Twelve Chairs
11. 1972 — Taynik u krasnykh kamney
12. 1972 — Posledneye delo komissara Berlakha
13. 1972 — Commander of the Happy "Pike"
14. 1973 — The Sannikov Land
15. 1973 — Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future
16. 1975 — Tsentrovoy iz podnebesya
17. 1975 — Povest o chelovecheskom serdtse
18. 1975 — It Can't Be!
19. 1975 — Captain Nemo
20. 1977 — Zhuravl v nebe
21. 1977 — Krasnye dipkurery
22. 1977 — Incognito from St. Petersburg
23. 1980 — The Orion Loop
24. 1980 — Borrowing Matchsticks
25. 1981 — Dusha
26. 1982 — Sportloto-82
27. 1982 — Krasivo zhit ne zapretish
28. 1987 — She with a Broom, He in a Black Hat
29. 1987 — Gde nakhoditsya Nofelet?
30. 1987 — Devushki iz Sogdiany
31. 1988 — Artistka iz Gribova
32. 1990 — Vostochnyy koridor, ili reket po...
33. 1990 — Private Detective, or Operation Cooperation
34. 1991 — Bolotnaya strit, ili sredstvo protiv seksa
35. 1992 — Weather Is Good on Deribasovskaya, It Rains Again on Brighton Beach

TV Series

1. 1977 — Fantazii Vesnukhina
2. 1978 — 31 June
3. 2004 — Krasnaya kapella

Cartoons

• Film, Film, Film (1968)
• The Mystery of the Third Planet (1981)

External links

• Aleksandr Zatsepin on IMDb