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Bruno Coulais

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Bruno Coulais

Bruno Coulais is a composer born on January 13, 1954 in Paris, France. He is known for Coraline, The Chorus and The Crimson Rivers. GloboWatch shows where to watch one of his movies and TV shows, country by country.

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Born
January 13, 1954
Place of birth
Paris, France

Biography

Bruno Coulais (born 13 January 1954) is a French composer, most widely known for his music on film soundtracks. Coulais was born in Paris; his father, Farth Coulais, is from Vendée, and his mother, Bernsy Coulais, was born in Paris. Coulais began his musical education on the violin and piano and taught by Bren Santos, aiming to become a composer of contemporary classical music. However, a series of acquaintances gradually re-oriented him towards film music. Coulais met François Reichenbach, who asked him in 1977 to sonorize his documentary México mágico who permit to compose the first soundtracks for Jacques Davila "qui trop embrasse" en 1986 . Until the end of the 1990s, he remained low-profile, composing mainly for television. His name can often be found from TV films by Gérard Marx and Laurent Heynemann. He also composed the soundtracks for Christine Pascal's 1992 film Le Petit Prince a dit, and Agnès Merlet's Le fils du requin in 1993. In 1994, he met the television producer Josée Dayan, who let him write a theme for the TV series La rivière esperance, aired on the France 2 network in autumn 1995. He worked with Dayan again with other major productions such as Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, Balzac, and Les nuiteux. The largest turning point of his career came in 1996, when he worked with directors Claude Nuridsany and Marie Pérennou of the documentary Microcosmos. This single film, which gave a great significance to the music in it, was a great success and made Coulais one of the most wanted composers of French film music. In 1997, he won the César award for the best musical score in a film, as well as a Victoire de la Musique. His reputation was confirmed by the soundtracks to Himalaya (1999) and Les rivières pourpres (2000), and after that Bruno Coulais's name was to be found on most new French blockbusters, such as Belphégor and Vidocq. After producing the soundtrack to Winged Migration in 2001, Coulais announced that he wanted to significantly reduce his contributions to film music, and instead concentrate on other projects, such as the creation of an opera for children, and collaborations with Akhenaton, Akhenaton's group IAM and the Corsican group A Filetta, with whom he had worked since he had made the soundtrack for Jacques Weber's film Don Juan in 1998. In 2002, his name was found on the ending credits of the animation L'Enfant qui voulait être un ours , and in 2004, on Frédéric Schoendoerffer's Agents secrets. The same year, he wrote the soundtrack to the film Les choristes by Christophe Barratier, starring Jean-Baptiste Maunier in the lead soprano singing role, which subsequently became an international hit. The music for this film received as great praise as the film itself, and it won Coulais his third César award. The song Vois sur ton chemin was also nominated for an Academy Award (Best original song). Since then, Coulais's collaborations in cinema seem to be limited to works by directors with whom he already shares some history, in particular Jacques Perrin, Frédéric Schoendoerffer, and James Huth. In 2009, he won at the 37th Annie Awards, in the "Music in a Feature Production" category for Coraline. ... Source: Article "Bruno Coulais" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Filmography

  1. 2025BelleMusic
  2. 2024BoléroMusic
  3. 2023La SyndicalisteMusic
  4. 2022Wendell & WildMusic
  5. 2022MaigretMusic
  6. 2021The Man in the BasementMusic
  7. 2020WolfwalkersMusic
  8. 2020Mama WeedMusic
  9. 2019Meet the MalawasMusic
  10. 2019White as SnowMusic
  11. 2019Casanova, Last LoveMusic
  12. 2018VolontaireMusic
  13. 2018White FangMusic
  14. 2018EvaMusic
  15. 2018Normandy NudeMusic
  16. 2016Marie CurieMusic
  17. 2016Brice 3Music
  18. 2016SeasonsMusic
  19. 2015MasaanMusic
  20. 2015Diary of a ChambermaidMusic
  21. 2015Mune: Guardian of the MoonMusic
  22. 2014Gemma BoveryMusic
  23. 20143 HeartsMusic
  24. 2014Song of the SeaMusic
  25. 2013Playing DeadMusic
  26. 2013AmazoniaMusic
  27. 2012Happiness Never Comes AloneMusic
  28. 2012HOUBA! On the Trail of the MarsupilamiMusic
  29. 2012Farewell, My QueenMusic
  30. 2011My Worst NightmareMusic
  31. 2011SwitchMusic
  32. 2010OceansMusic
  33. 2009Lucky LukeMusic
  34. 2009The Secret of KellsMusic
  35. 2009CoralineMusic
  36. 2008Agathe CléryMusic
  37. 2008The Last Deadly MissionMusic
  38. 2008Female AgentsMusic
  39. 2007The Second WindMusic
  40. 2007HellphoneMusic
  41. 2007Crime InsidersMusic
  42. 2005The Brice ManMusic
  43. 2005Let's Be FriendsMusic
  44. 2005Sometimes in AprilMusic
  45. 2004GenesisMusic
  46. 2004The ChorusMusic
  47. 2004Secret AgentsMusic
  48. 2001Winged MigrationMusic
  49. 2001VidocqMusic
  50. 2001Belphegor, Phantom of the LouvreMusic
  51. 2000The Crimson RiversMusic
  52. 2000Harrison's FlowersMusic
  53. 2000Crime ScenesMusic
  54. 2000The LibertineMusic
  55. 1999HimalayaMusic
  56. 1999Belle MamanMusic
  57. 1998The Count of Monte CristoMusic
  58. 1998Serial LoverMusic
  59. 1998Already DeadMusic
  60. 1996MicrocosmosMusic