Jean Baudlot (16 February 1947 – 24 March 2021) was a French music composer, most notable for composing music for videogames in the 1980s and 1990s and collaborations with Richard Clayderman,

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, Michèle Torr and Joe Dassin. He also represented Monaco in the

1979 Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest 1979 was the 24th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Jerusalem, Israel, following the country's victory at the with the song "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" by Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta. Organised by th ...

under the pseudonym ''Laurent Vaguener''.

1970–1979

In his early years he composed for different labels like Polydor, AZ and Discodis when he finally stayed close to

Delphine Records Delphine Records or Delphine Productions is a French record label, founded in 1974 by French composer Paul de Senneville and his partner Olivier Toussaint. History In 1974, Paul de Senneville set up his own record company, Delphine (named afte ...

in 1979. He worked with Michèle Torr on J’aime and with Joe Dassin on À toi. In 1979 he entered as singer (under the pseudonym ''Laurent Vaguener'') and composer in the

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for Monaco. Together with Gérard Salesses he produced the song " Notre vie c’est la musique". He scored twelve points and took the 16th place. Singles / Albums: Je t’hippopotaime – Gérard Croce (1972)
Trop d’amitié – Joël Prevost (1973)
Dis papa, téléphone moi – LÉNA (1974)
Aujourd’hui plus qu’hier – Jacky Reggan (1975)
Hey Lena – LÉNA (1975)
Agitez vos mouchoirs – Le Groupe France (1976)
Indiana – Irvin et Indira (1977)
J’aime – Michèle Torr et Jean-François Maurice (1977)
Help me – The Savers (1977)
Maïté – Marc Charlan (1977)
À toi – Joe Dassin (1977)
Amour disco – Irvin et Indira (1978)
Laisse danser la nana – Bob Babylone et les Salopettes (1978)
Notre vie c’est la musique (1979)
"The T Brothers" in Kingston Jamaica (1979)

1980–1989

Through the 1980s he continued working for the

company, most notably compositions for Richard Clayderman and

. For the second and last time he released a single under his ''Laurent Vaguener'' pseudonym in 1984. In 1988

created a game developer company named Delphine Software International for which he composed numerous songs on

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and

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. His work got mostly favorable mentioning in game magazine reviews. Singles / Albums:
Corinna – Fire Brigade (1980)
Quelques notes pour Anna –

(1981)
Lady Di – Richard Clayderman (1982)
Voyage –

(1983)
Les aventuriers –

(1983)
L’amour au grand soleil – Jean-Claude Borelly (1983)
La musique de la mer – Georges Schmitt Randall (1983)
Frenchie café – George and Priscilla Jones (1984)
Roissy 6 heures du matin – Laurent Wagner (1984)
Roland Romanelli: Le coeur au bout des doigts (1985)
Boulevard des solitudes – Norma Cohen (1987)
Toute une vie – Jean-Philippe Audin (1988) Videogames:

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(1988) – Music Conversion for Amiga / Atari ST

Bad Dudes also known simply as either ''Bad Dudes'' (on the American NES port) or (in Japan and Europe), is a side-scrolling cooperative beat 'em up game developed and released by Data East for arcades in 1988. It was also ported to many computer and g ...

Dragon Ninja also known simply as either ''Bad Dudes'' (on the American NES port) or (in Japan and Europe), is a side-scrolling cooperative beat 'em up game developed and released by Data East for arcades in 1988. It was also ported to many computer and g ...

(1988)

Future Wars ''Future Wars'', subtitled in Europe as ''Time Travellers'' and in North America as ''Adventures in Time'' and known in France as ''Time Travelers: The Menace'' (french: Les Voyageurs du Temps: La Menace) is an adventure game from Delphine Softw ...

Les Voyageurs du Temps: La Menace (1989)

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(1989)

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(1989)

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(1989)

1990–1999

He continued composing for videogames in the early 1990s most notably Operation Stealth and Flashback: The Quest for Identity. In 1995 Jean Baudlot formed his own company ''L’Ours-son Production'' which specialized in advertising and producing jingles for television and radio. Videogames:
Operation Stealth / James Bond: The Stealth Affair (1990)
Ivanhoe (1990) with Pierre-Eric Loriaux
Cruise for a Corpse (1991)
Snow Bros. Nick & Tom (1991) *never published*
Flashback: The Quest for Identity (1992)
GT Racing 97 (1997) with Cyril Trevoan, Orou Mama

2000 – 2021

While working for his company he produced music for (mostly French) documentaries. TV Documentary:
Ils ont filmé la guerre en couleur / They Filmed the War in Color (2000) with Chris Elliott
La Libération (2003)
L’enfer du Pacifique (2006)
Le mystère Malraux (2007)
Hillary & Bill (2008)

External links

*Discography & Covers on encyclopedisqu

*Videogame credits on

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*Jean Baudlot on Faceboo

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Baudlot, Jean 1947 births 2021 deaths French male singers French male songwriters French songwriters Male songwriters Video game composers Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1979 Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Monaco