Aleksandr Zatsepin

Aleksandr Sergeyevich Zatsepin
Born	March 10, 1926 Novosibirsk, USSR
Nationality	Russian
Occupation	Composer
Awards

Aleksander Sergeyevich Zatsepin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Заце́пин; born March 10, 1926, 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

• Title of Honoured Artist of Russian Federation
• Order For Merit to the Fatherland
• Medal "For Distinguished Labour" (USSR)

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 — Komandir schastlivoy 'Shchuki'
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. 1977 — Zhuravl v nebe
20. 1977 — Krasnye dipkurery
21. 1977 — Incognito from St. Petersburg
22. 1980 — Petlya Oriona
23. 1980 — Borrowing Matchsticks
24. 1981 — Dusha
25. 1982 — Sportloto-82
26. 1982 — Krasivo zhit ne zapretish
27. 1987 — Ona s metloy, on v chyornoy shlyape
28. 1987 — Gde nakhoditsya Nofelet?
29. 1987 — Devushki iz Sogdiany
30. 1988 — Artistka iz Gribova
31. 1990 — Vostochnyy koridor, ili reket po...
32. 1990 — Private Detective, or Operation Cooperation
33. 1991 — Bolotnaya strit, ili sredstvo protiv seksa
34. 1992 — Weather Is Good on Deribasovskaya, It Rains Again on Brighton Beach

TV Series

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

Cartoons

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

External links

• Aleksander Zatsepin on IMDB