He met famed writer and producer, Jacques Dutronc, who proposed to help Chamfort with future works for television and film, and it is with Dutronc that Chamfort's career expanded.
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Alain Chamfort composed for the cinema; he worked with Jean-Pierre Mocky and with Arnaud Sélignac.
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After being discovered by Dutronc, it was with Claude François and ultimately Serge Gainsbourg that he made a number of albums, including his first album recorded as Alain Chamfort: "Manureva".
Marc Moulin was a music producer, working with Lio, four albums for French crooner Alain Chamfort, Sparks (band) (the album "In Outer Space" from 1983), jazz guitarist Philip Catherine and left-field artists such as Anna Domino and Kid Montana.
Producer – Alain Chamfort (tracks: 6, 12, 14), John Cale (tracks: 5, 8, 10, 18), Marc Moulin (tracks: 6, 12, 14), Michel Esteban
Alain Delon | Alain Bashung | Alain Resnais | Alain Prost | Alain Whyte | Alain Touraine | Alain Connes | Alain Badiou | Alain Souchon | Alain Chamfort | Alain Juppé | Jehan Alain | Alain Rohr | Alain Ducasse | Alain Veinstein | Alain Tanner | Alain Robert | Alain-Fournier | Alain Bosquet | Nicolas Chamfort | Jacques-Alain Miller | Alain Lombard | Alain de Mijolla | Alain de Botton | Alain de Benoist | Alain Daniélou | Alain Clark | Alain Barrière | Alain Afflelou | Alain Sailhac |
Irène Jacob was the narrator, while the singers on the scene were: Alain Chamfort who sang "Chasseur d’ivoire" ("Ivory hunter"), Boris Bergman who sang "Junge Männer", Axel Bauer who sang "C’est comment qu’on freine ?", Barbara Carlotti who sang "Lavabo", Irène Jacob and Florent Marchet who sang "Volontaire", and Joseph d'Anvers who sang "J’envisage" ("I envision").
The music was composed by the singer himself, while the lyrics were written by Lionel Florence, a famous composer who had previously worked with many artists such as Alain Chamfort, Faudel, Florent Pagny, Jane Birkin, Pascal Obispo and Patricia Kaas (later, it has also composed for Nolwenn Leroy, Natasha St-Pier and many others).