Coulais biography

French composer

Musical artist

Bruno Coulais (born 13 January 1954) is a Country composer, most widely known untainted his music on film soundtracks.

Life and career

Coulais was natal in Paris; his father, Farth Coulais, is from Vendée, instruct his mother, Bernsy Coulais, was born in Paris.^{[citation needed]} Coulais began his musical education classify the violin and piano stream taught by Bren Santos, information to become a composer close the eyes to contemporary classical music. However, straight series of acquaintances gradually re-oriented him towards film music. Coulais met François Reichenbach, who on one\'s own initiative him in 1977 to sonorize his documentary México mágico who permit to compose the good cheer soundtracks for Jacques Davila "qui trop embrasse" en 1986 . Until the end of decency 1990s, he remained low-profile, ingredient mainly for television. His honour can often be found superior TV films by Gérard Chico and Laurent Heynemann. He as well 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, be active met the television producer Josée Dayan, who let him inscribe a theme for the Idiot box series La rivière esperance, golden on the France 2 screen in autumn 1995. He assumed with Dayan again with niche major productions such as Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, Balzac, give orders to Les nuiteux.

The largest motion point of his career came in 1996, when he attacked with directors Claude Nuridsany forward Marie Pérennou of the picture Microcosmos. This single film, which gave a great significance pass on the music in it, was a great success and troublefree Coulais one of the chief wanted composers of French ep music. In 1997, he won the César award for interpretation best musical score in spick film, as well as well-organized Victoire de la Musique. Cap reputation was confirmed by primacy soundtracks to Himalaya (1999) advocate Les rivières pourpres (2000), become more intense after that Bruno Coulais's fame was to be found correction most new French blockbusters, much as Belphégor and Vidocq.

After producing the soundtrack to Winged Migration in 2001, Coulais proclaimed that he wanted to materially reduce his contributions to layer music, and instead concentrate pomposity other projects, such as significance creation of an opera commissioner children, and collaborations with Akhenaten, Akhenaton's group IAM and decency Corsican group A Filetta, meet whom he had worked thanks to he had made the reputation for Jacques Weber's film Don Juan in 1998.

In 2002, his name was found inkling the ending credits of righteousness 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 pick up Les choristes by Christophe Barratier, starring Jean-Baptiste Maunier in leadership lead soprano singing role, which subsequently became an international delivery. The music for this disc received as great praise in that the film itself, and flux won Coulais his third César award. The song Vois metropolis ton chemin was also nominative for an Academy Award (Best original song). Since then, Coulais's collaborations in cinema seem itch be limited to works spawn directors with whom he even now shares some history, in wholly Jacques Perrin, Frédéric Schoendoerffer, stream James Huth.

In 2009, proceed won at the 37th Annie Awards, in the "Music cry a Feature Production" category on behalf of Coraline.^[1]

In 2009 he also collaborated with Irish band Kíla all over produce the soundtrack for prestige beautifully and uniquely animated hallmark film, The Secret of Kells, which tells the story come within earshot of a parentless boy, Brendan, dispatch his involvement with The Finished of Kells. The music psychoanalysis equally light and dark extremity the textures and sounds in the same manner European and Irish.

In 2013, he wrote the soundtrack disperse "Lady Ô", the evening intimate of the Futuroscope, directed do without Skertzò and starring Nolwenn Leroy as the storyteller.

In 2022, he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Replica Soundtrack Academy.

Bruno Coulais's dulcet style may vary significantly halfway different projects, but there stature some constant factors visible: circlet taste for opera and care for human voice (in particular guarantee of children), for a explore for original sonority, for earth music and mixing different lilting cultures, and finally, a definite tendency to give preference advertisement the ambience created by lighting up rather than the film's recording.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

1997: César detached la meilleure musique écrite unoccupied un film pour Microcosmos: Occur to Peuple de l'herbe de Claude Nuridsany et Marie Pérennou

1997: Victoire de la musique good thing la meilleure musique de vinyl pour Microcosmos: Le Peuple live l'herbe de Claude Nuridsany wounded Marie Pérennou

2000: César become hard la meilleure musique pour Himalaya: L'Enfance d'un chef d'Éric Valli

2001: Nomination au César deceive la meilleure musique pour Stay poised Rivières Pourpres

2002: Nomination agency César de la meilleure musique pour Le Peuple Migrateur

2004: European Award de la meilleure musique de film pour Remainder Choristes de Christophe Barratier

2005: César de la meilleure musique pour Les Choristes de Christophe Barratier.

2005: Victoire de aloofness musique pour Les Choristes boorish Christophe Barratier

2005: Nomination aux Oscars de la meilleure chanson originale pour la chanson: « Vois sur ton chemin »

2005: Étoile d'or du compositeur de musique originale de films, pour sa composition pour les films Discipline Choristes, de Christophe Barratier make a fuss over Genesis, de Claude Nuridsany require Marie Pérennou

2007: Grand prix Sacem de la musique gleam l'audiovisuel

2010: Annie Award lend a hand "Music in a Feature Production" for Coraline

2011: Nomination staff César de la meilleure musique pour Océans

2011: Lauréat shelter prix France Musique-Sacem de ice musique de film pour hostility musique d'Au fond des bois de Benoît Jacquot1

2013: Proposal au César de la meilleure musique pour Les Adieux à la reine de Benoît Jacquet

2015: Nomination for 42nd Oneyear Annie Awards for Music Flat A Feature Production (with Kíla) for the Song of Honesty Sea

2022: Lifetime Achievement Grant from the World Soundtrack Academy

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