Jean Baudlot
Jean Baudlot was a French music composer, most notable for composing music for videogames in the 1980s and 1990s and collaborations with Richard Clayderman, Nicolas de Angelis, Michèle Torr and Joe Dassin. He also represented Monaco in the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest 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 in 1979. He worked with Michèle Torr on J’aime and with Joe Dassin on À toi. In 1979 he entered as singer and composer in the Eurovision Song Contest 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
Trop d’amitié – Joël Prevost
Dis papa, téléphone moi – LÉNA
Aujourd’hui plus qu’hier – Jacky Reggan
Hey Lena – LÉNA
Agitez vos mouchoirs – Le Groupe France
Indiana – Irvin et Indira
J’aime – Michèle Torr et Jean-François Maurice
Help me – The Savers
Maïté – Marc Charlan
À toi – Joe Dassin
Amour disco – Irvin et Indira
Laisse danser la nana – Bob Babylone et les Salopettes
Notre vie c’est la musique
"The T Brothers" in Kingston Jamaica
1980–1989
Through the 1980s he continued working for the Delphine Records company, most notably compositions for Richard Clayderman and Nicolas de Angelis. For the second and last time he released a single under his Laurent Vaguener pseudonym in 1984. In 1988 Delphine Records created a game developer company named Delphine Software International for which he composed numerous songs on Amiga and Atari ST. His work got mostly favorable mentioning in game magazine reviews.Singles / Albums:
Corinna – Fire Brigade
Quelques notes pour Anna – Nicolas de Angelis
Lady Di – Richard Clayderman
Voyage – Nicolas de Angelis
Les aventuriers – Nicolas de Angelis
L’amour au grand soleil – Jean-Claude Borelly
La musique de la mer – Georges Schmitt Randall
Frenchie café – George and Priscilla Jones
Roissy 6 heures du matin – Laurent Wagner
Roland Romanelli: Le coeur au bout des doigts
Boulevard des solitudes – Norma Cohen
Toute une vie – Jean-Philippe Audin
Videogames:
Operation Wolf – Music Conversion for Amiga / Atari ST
Bad Dudes / Dragon Ninja
Future Wars Les Voyageurs du Temps: La Menace
Castle Warrior
Bio Challenge
Beach Volley
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
Ivanhoe with Pierre-Eric Loriaux
Cruise for a Corpse
Snow Bros. Nick & Tom *never published*
Flashback: The Quest for Identity
GT Racing 97 with Cyril Trevoan, Orou Mama
2000 – 2021
While working for his company he produced music for documentaries.TV Documentary:
Ils ont filmé la guerre en couleur / They Filmed the War in Color with Chris Elliott
La Libération
L’enfer du Pacifique
Le mystère Malraux
Hillary & Bill