Nicolas Errèra

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Nicolas Errèra
Background information
Born(1967-05-21)May 21, 1967
Paris, France
GenresFilm score, electronic music
Occupation(s)Composer, pianist, producer
Instrument(s)Piano, percussion, keyboard
Years active1998–present
Websitewww.nicolaserrera.com

Nicolas Errèra (born 21 May 1967) is a French composer and musician working all over the world. Co-founder of innovatives electronics groups Grand Popo Football Club and Rouge Rouge, he also composes soundtracks for films and television.

Early life

Nicolas Errèra comes from a family of artists. An only child, his father is a playwright and his mother a set designer. He was born in Paris.

He majored in science to attain his baccalaureate and also studied philosophy. When he was a teenager he joined the group of the English theatre director Peter Brook,[1] under whom he featured in 3 plays. Alongside his studies he took lessons in piano and composing at the

École normale de musique de Paris, studying under Serge Petigirard (piano) and Max Deutsch (composing). Here he was awarded his first prize for composing. He also studied Harmony and Counterpoint with the composer Jeannine Richer .[2]

In 1998 he set up the electro pop group

French touch

Career

Cinema

He has written music for more than 60 French and international films, including

Benny Chan. This paved the way for him to work in Asian movies, as he composed the soundtracks for three of Chan's films – The White Storm,[7] Shaolin [8] and Connected. In 2015, he composed the music for Mountain Cry directed by Larry Yang (closing film at Busan International Film Festival [9]). In 2018, he composed the music for the movie Hidden Man directed by Jiang Wen. Hidden Man has been chosen by China as its nominee for Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards.[10]

In 2022 he received a

Craig Walker for the 2021 film Goodbye Happiness (Au revoir le bonheur).[11]

Television

As with his work for the cinema, Errèra wrote the music for fictional TV series such as XIII: The Conspiracy, XIII: The Series the French-Canadian series adapted from the graphic novels by William Vance and Jean Van Hamme. He also wrote music for television movies for Alain Tasma, and many more. In 2017 Ne m'abandonne pas won an International Emmy Awards Best TV Movie/Mini-Series.[12] In 2006 Errèra met the photographer and director

Christian Dior SE, Givenchy[13]
and many more).

Theatre

In 2008 Errèra met

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts[15]
in New York City

Radio

In 1999 he met Jean-François Bizot, the founder of Actuel magazine and Radio Nova. Since 2004 he has been producing and hosting a programme on Radio Nova entitled Le Pudding,[16] (every Sunday from 8pm).[17]

Selected filmography

Awards and nominations

Awards

  • 2017 Jerry Goldsmith Awards 2017 - Best Music Award for the movie "Mountain Cry [19]
  • 2016 Award Ucmf 2016 - Best Music Award for the movie "Ne m'abandonne pas"[20]
  • 2014 Best Music Award (Golden Deer) - Changchun China Film Festival for the movie The White Storm[21]

Nominations


Selected discography

Grand Popo Football Club[24]

  • Venom in the grass (Pschent) (2010)
  • My Territory featuring Tania Bruna-Rosso (Pschent) (2008)
  • Men Are Not Nice Guys (Atmosphériques) (2002)
  • Shampoo Victims (Atmosphériques) (2000)
  • Each Finger Has An Attitude (Atmosphériques) (1999)

RougeRouge[25]

  • Ce soir,après diner (Wagram) (2003)
  • Hôtel Costes, Vol. 5
     (Wagram) (2002)
  • L'amour (Wagram) (2002)

Soundtrack

  • Ma Nuit (Enka) (2022)
  • Hidden Man (Soundtrack Magazine) (2022)[26]
  • Mountain Cry (Music-Box / ENKA) (2021)
  • The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir (Enka) (2018)
  • La Confession (Enka) (2017)
  • Mountain Cry (Enka) (2016)
  • Au nom de ma fille (LGM/Noodles) (2016)
  • The White Storm (Enka) (2014)
  • Sleepless Night (Moviescoremedia) (2011)
  • Shaolin, (Moviescoremedia MMS-11018) (2011)
  • Nocturna (Milan/Universal)
  • L'Outremangeur, (Milan/Universal) (2002)
  • Cravate Club (East-West/Warner)(2002)
  • The Butterfly (Universal)(2002)
  • Les Frères Sœur (APC)(2000)

Remix

Theatre

  • Les Liaisons dangereuses (Enka -12001]) (2011)

References

  1. ^ "Nicolas Errèra".
  2. ^ (in French)[https://www.presencecompositrices.com/compositrice/richer-jeannine/
  3. ^ (in French) [1] du magazine "Les Inrockuptibles" sur Grand Popo Football Club
  4. ^ http://www.indiewire.com/article/the-indie-movies-of-2012-so-far-according-to-criticwire?page=2#.T_QF5FF0nZ8 , Sleepless Night, best indie movie of 2011
  5. ^ (in French)http://next.liberation.fr/cinema/2012/11/20/chine-l-empire-du-mielleux_861848
  6. ^ (in French)http://www.huffingtonpost.fr/jeanjoseph-boillot/le-triangle-chine-inde-afrique-nouvel-horizon-du-soft-power-europeen_b_2370162.html
  7. ^ http://my.entertainment.yahoo.com/news/white-storm-exceeds-expectations-061100150.html , The white-storm-exceeds-expectations
  8. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20110130060524/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/shaolin-leaves-its-mark-on-chinese-box-office-2196088.html , shaolin-leaves-its-mark-on-chinese-box-office
  9. ^ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/mountain-cry-busan-review-831232/
  10. ^ https://gbtimes.com/oscars-hidden-man-chosen-as-chinas-foreign-language-nominee
  11. ET Canada
    , February 15, 2022.
  12. ^ (in French)http://www.premiere.fr/Series/News-Series/Encore-une-victoire-francaise-aux-International-Emmy-Awards
  13. ^ https://lareclame.fr/musique+ysl+parisienne
  14. ^ "Theater Review: "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" at Shakespeare Theatre | Washingtonian (DC)". 7 December 2012.
  15. ^ "Les Liaisons Dangereuses". lc.lincolncenter.org. Archived from the original on 2014-03-26.
  16. ^ (in French) [2], Telerama pour les 30 ans de Nova
  17. ^ (in French) [3], Les émissions culturelles de la radio par le magazine "Challenges".
  18. ^ (in French)[4], Journal des Spectacles
  19. ^ "XII Jerry Goldsmith Awards: Los Ganadores / The Winners".
  20. ^ (in French)http://www.underscores.fr/a-la-une/news/2016/04/prix-ucmf-de-la-musique-a-l-image-et-les-gagnants-sont/
  21. ^ https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000989/2014/1/
  22. ^ https://createurs-editeurs.sacem.fr/actualites-agenda/actualites/hommages-et-distinctions/ceremonie-des-lauriers-de-laudiovisuel-26eme-ceremonie
  23. ET Canada
    , February 15, 2022.
  24. ^ http://www.discogs.com/artist/Grand+Popo+Football+Club , Discogs
  25. ^ http://www.discogs.com/artist/Rouge+Rouge , Discogs
  26. ^ https://store.soundtrackmagazine.com/products/hidden-man
  27. ^ (in French)[5] Archived 2014-03-26 at the Wayback Machine, Review about the Samourai’s Soundtrack

External links

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