Eric Serra
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Eric Serra (born on September 9, 1959) is a French composer, often working with Luc Besson on his movies.
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[edit] Biography
Eric Serra's father Claude was a famous French song writer in the '50s and '60s, and, as such, Eric was exposed to music and its production at a young age. His mother died when he was just seven years of age. In the early '80s Serra met director Luc Besson and was asked to scored his first movie 'L'Avant dernier' (1981). Serra has scored every single one of Bessons directed movies to date and several that Besson has written such as Wasabi.
In 1995, Eric Serra was chosen to compose the score to the James Bond film GoldenEye, which was quite an avant-garde soundtrack compared to previous Bond films, and it met with mixed opinions from film critics.
[edit] Other Projects
From 1980 to 1988 Eric Serra played bass guitar for French singer Jacques Higelin.
Eric Serra is also a talented songwriter, most notably previously having written songs for Le Grand Bleu (The Big Blue) (a song titled 'my lady blue') and Léon (Titled 'Hey Little Angel', however this was unused in the actual film, save a few minor instrumentals. It was to be used in the final scene/credits but was replaced by the less lyrically appropriate 'Shape of my Heart' by Sting) as well as several other movies. In 1998, Eric Serra finally released an album of rock music titled RXRA.
[edit] On Screen Appearances
Serra has spent little time in front of the camera choosing to work behind the scenes instead. However, on French television he has made a number of appearances performing music. Most notably however in the Luc Besson movie Subway in which he plays 'Enrico the bassist'.
[edit] Film Scores
Eric Serra has created the scores for the following movies;
- Arthur and the Invisibles (2006) (filming)
- Bandidas (2006) (post-production)
- Bulletproof Monk (2003)
- Rollerball (2002)
- Décalage horaire (2002)
- Wasabi (2001)
- Art (délicat) de la séduction, L' (2001)
- The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
- The Fifth Element (1997) (Collaborating on its famous Diva Dance with opera singer Inva Mulla Tchako)
- GoldenEye (1995)
- Léon aka The Professional (1994)
- Atlantis (documentary) (1991)
- Nikita aka La Femme Nikita (1990)
- The Big Blue aka Le Grand bleu (1988) (European version, a separate soundtrack composed by Bill Conti was created for the US version)
- Kamikaze (1986)
- Subway (1985)
- Nuit du flingueur, La (1984) (TV)
- Dernier combat, Le (1983)
- Avant dernier, L' (1981)
[edit] External links
- Official Site - Eric official site in both English and French.
- Fan Site - A Tribute to Eric Serra
- IMDB - Eric Serra at IMDb
| Preceded by: Michael Kamen 1989 |
James Bond film score composer 1995 |
Succeeded by: David Arnold 1997–current |
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| Official films John Barry orchestra "The James Bond Theme" • Monty Norman orchestra "Kingston Calypso" • Matt Monro "From Russia with Love" • Shirley Bassey "Goldfinger" • Tom Jones "Thunderball" • Nancy Sinatra "You Only Live Twice" • John Barry orchestra "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" • Shirley Bassey "Diamonds Are Forever" • Paul McCartney & Wings " Live and Let Die" • Lulu "The Man with the Golden Gun" • Carly Simon "Nobody Does It Better" • Shirley Bassey "Moonraker" • Sheena Easton "For Your Eyes Only" • Rita Coolidge "All Time High" • Duran Duran "A View to a Kill" • a-ha "The Living Daylights" • Gladys Knight "Licence To Kill" • Tina Turner " GoldenEye" • Sheryl Crow "Tomorrow Never Dies" • Garbage "The World Is Not Enough" • Madonna "Die Another Day" • Chris Cornell "You Know My Name" |
| Unofficial films Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass "Casino Royale" | Lani Hall "Never Say Never Again" |
