Gustave Rudman Rambali

Gustave Rudman Rambali
Rambali in 2019
Background information
Birth name	Gustave Chand Rudman Rambali
Also known as	Gustave Naast
Born	Paris, France
Genres	Orchestral urban rock hip hop
Occupations	Composer arranger record producer songwriter orchestra conductor
Instruments	Vocals guitar keyboards
Years active	2004 (2004)–present
Labels	EMI France Source Etc
Formerly of	Naast

Gustave Chand Rudman Rambali is a Franco-Swedish record producer, songwriter, composer, arranger and orchestra conductor. He is the former vocalist and guitarist of the group Naast, ^{[1] [2]} and has arranged or produced music for artists including Kanye West, Woodkid, the Weeknd, and Labrinth. ^{[3] [4]} He has since composed music for soundtrack of the HBO series Euphoria , ^{[5] [6]} as well as the 2021 documentary Tranchées  [ uk ], which was selected at the 78th Venice International Film Festival. ^[7] In 2022, he composed original music for fashion shows by Balenciaga ^[8] Alaia ^[9] and Gucci. He worked with ¥$ (Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign) on their collaborative album Vultures 1 (2024), as a producer and songwriter on its title track.

Biography

Rambali is the son of Paul Rambali, a British rock critic from NME and editor of The Face . He was born in Paris, France and began learning piano as a child at his local conservatory. Aged 20, he enrolled at the Schola Cantorum de Paris. ^[10] From there, he was admitted to the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris ^[11] where he studied composition and orchestration. In 2013, he received from the CNSMDP the Prix d’harmonie, and in 2015 the Prix d’écriture XX-XXIème. ^{[12] [13]}

In 2004, as Gustave Naast, he formed the group Naast with members Jeff Brakha, Nicolas Ballay and Lucas Sensi. ^[14] His song "Mauvais Garçon" from their debut album Antichambre was featured in the video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (2007). ^[15] In 2008, he disbanded the group to pursue his classical music studies. Later in the year, he composed the music for the animated children's TV series Podcats .

In 2011, his arrangement of the song Iron by Woodkid marked his career debut as an arranger and producer. ^[3] The arrangement was later sampled by Kendrick Lamar for the track "The Spiteful Chant" from his debut album Section.80 (2011). Whilst continuing his studies, he composed, arranged or produced music for artists including Clean Bandit, The Weeknd, Birdy and LSD (a supergroup comprising Labrinth, Sia and Diplo). In 2015, he did arrangements for the track "Losers" from The Weeknd's Grammy award-winning album, Beauty Behind the Madness .

In 2017, he composed the soundtrack of Atacama, a short film directed by French contemporary artist Caroline Corbasson. ^[16] In 2019, he composed music for the HBO TV series Euphoria , directed by Sam Levinson. ^[17] In 2021, he composed the original soundtrack for the documentary Tranchées  [ uk ] which had its out of category world premiere at 78th Venice International Film Festival. ^[7] In 2022, he was invited by fashion brands Balenciaga ^[18] and Alaia ^[19] to compose the music for their haute couture shows at the Paris Fashion Week.

Discography

Year	Artist	Track(s)	Credits
2006	Naast	"Mauvais Garçon"	Songwriter, arranger, co-producer, singer, guitarist
2007		"Va-Et-Vient"
		"Point aveugle"
		"Tu te trompes"
		"Derrière cette porte"
		"Coeur de glace"
		"La fille que j'aime"
		"Complications"
		"Sublimation"
		"Je te cherche"
2008	Ian Parovel	Podcats (Soundtrack)	Composer, co-composer, lyricist, singer, guitarist, producer
2011	Woodkid [20]	"Iron"	Arranger
		"Iron" (Remix by Mystery Jets)
		"Iron" (Remix by Gucci Vump)
	Kendrick Lamar	"The Spiteful Chant" (featuring ScHoolboy Q)
2012	Entics	"Lontana Da Me"	Co-composer
2013	La Fouine	"A bout de bras"	Co-composer
	James Arthur	"Roses"	Co-composer, arranger, co-producer
2014	Ella Eyre	"Two"	Arranger
	Clean Bandit [21]	"Extraordinary"	Co-composer
	Labrinth [22] [23]	"Let It Be"	Co-composer, arranger, programmer, orchestra conductor, additional vocals
		"Jealous"	Arranger, orchestra conductor
2015	Josef Salvat	"Shoot & Run"	Arranger, orchestra conductor
		"Punchline"
		"Til I Found You"
		"Closer"
	Mika	"Ordinary Man"	Co composer, co-producer
	The Weeknd	"Losers" [24] (featuring Labrinth)	Arranger, orchestra conductor
2016	Klingande	"Losing You"	Co-composer, arranger, co-producer, orchestra conductor
	Birdy	"Give Up"	Arranger, orchestra conductor
2017	Wilkinson	"Sweet Lies" (featuring Karen Harding)	Co-producer, programmer
	Noah Cyrus	"Again" (featuring XXXTentacion)
	Caroline Corbasson	Atacama(Original film score)	Composer
	Gustave Rudman	"Sun"	Composer, arranger, producer
		"Intermezzo"	Composer
2018	Mikky Ekko	"Fame"	Strings and orchestration
	LSD	"Genius"	Co-arranger, additional production, additional vocal production
		"Genius" (Lil Wayne Remix) (featuring Lil Wayne)
		"Audio"	Arranger, co-producer
		"Mountains"	Additional production
2019	Labrinth	"Oblivion" (featuring Sia)	Arranger, orchestra conductor
	Sam Levinson	Euphoria (Episode 4)	Co-composer, co-producer
2021	Labrinth & Gustave Rudman	"Tears of a Synthesized Soul"	Co-composer, co-producer
	Woodkid	"Iron 2021"	Arranger
	Loup Bureau	Tranchées  [ uk ](Original film score)	Composer
2022	—	Alaia for Paris Fashion Week (Original music)	Composer
	Caroline Corbasson	Physics(Original film score)	Composer
	Gustave Rudman	"Avion"	Composer
	—	Gucci for Paris Fashion Week (Original music, featuring Marianne Faithfull)	Composer
	Gustave Rudman & Vanessa Beecroft	"Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child"	Composer
	BFRND	Balenciaga for Paris Fashion Week - "Love in E Minor" (featuring Gustave Rudman)	Co-composer
2023	Gustave Rudman	"Two Shadows"	Composer
	¥$ (Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign)	"Vultures" (featuring Bump J & Lil Durk)	Co-composer, co-producer
2024	Gustave Rudman	"Ghosts Of Us"	Composer

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