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Éric Serra

Éric Serra

Actor, Composer, Music Department

Born September 9, 1959 in Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, France

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Éric Serra (born 9 September 1959) is a French musician and composer. He is a frequent collaborator of film director Luc Besson.

Éric Serra was born in Saint-Mandé. His father Claude was a famous French songwriter in the 1950s and '60s, and so Éric was thus exposed to music and its production at a young age. His mother died when he was just seven years old.

In the early 1980s, Éric Serra met director Luc Besson and was asked to score his first film, Le Dernier Combat (1983). Serra has scored all of Besson's directed films to date, except Angel-A (2005) (scored by Anja Garbarek), and several that Besson has written, such as Wasabi.

In 1995, Serra was chosen to compose the score to the James Bond film GoldenEye, and produced a much more modern-sounding avant-garde soundtrack than had been used in previous Bond films. It met with mixed reviews from film critics. While Serra's score has been seen by some as highly innovative, many Bond fans have criticized it and often highlighted the lack of the classic, instantly recognizable Bond leitmotif originally created by Monty Norman and John Barry. The GoldenEye producers later hired John Altman to score the tank chase sequence, which incorporated a traditional arrangement of the Bond theme.David Arnold would succeed Serra as Bond composer until 2008.

Serra is sometimes known as RXRA due to the French pronunciation of his name. His composition Little Light of Love on the soundtrack of the film The Fifth Element is credited to RXRA.

Serra has been the partner of Australian model Jodi Luschwitz for 17 years, with whom he has two children: Ashani and Mitivaï.

From 1980 to 1988, Éric Serra played bass guitar for French singer Jacques Higelin.

Serra is also a songwriter, notably having written "It's Only Mystery" for the film Subway, "My Lady Blue" for Le Grand Bleu and "Little Light of Love" for The Fifth Element. In 1998 he released an album of rock music titled RXRA which resembles the artist's name when pronounced as initial letters in French.

Serra composed the music for the 2008 Las Vegas Criss Angel/Cirque Du Soleil show 'Criss Angel: Believe'.

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, and notably appeared in the Luc Besson film Subway in which he plays 'Enrico the bassist'.

Source: Article "Éric Serra" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

2 wins and 6 nominations

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Filmography

Actor

18

Type

Year

C à vous Poster

C à vous TV Series2009

Village départ Poster

Village départ TV Series2005

Compositeurs/réalisateurs, dialogue impossible? Video2002

L'invité Poster

L'invité TV Series2000

Vivement dimanche Poster

Vivement dimanche TV Series1998

Déjà dimanche Poster

Déjà dimanche TV Series1995

Der Klang der Bilder Documentary1995

HBO First Look Poster

HBO First Look TV Series1994

Studio Gabriel Poster

Studio Gabriel TV Series1994

Taratata Poster

Taratata TV Series1993

Que le meilleur gagne Poster

Que le meilleur gagne TV Series1991

Stars 90 Poster

Stars 90 TV Series1990

Lunettes noires pour nuits blanches Poster

Lunettes noires pour nuits blanches TV Series1988

Subway Feature Film1985

Télématin Poster

Télématin TV Series1985

Victoires de la musique Poster

Victoires de la musique TV Series1985

La nuit des Césars Poster

La nuit des Césars TV Series1976

Cannes Film Festival Poster

Cannes Film Festival TV Series1952

Composer

36

Type

Year

The Wages of Fear Poster

The Wages of Fear Feature Film2024

DogMan Feature Film2023

Anna Feature Film2019

Cine Chalom Poster

Cine Chalom Mini-Series2019

American Renegades Poster

American Renegades Feature Film2017

Lucy Feature Film2014

The Lady Poster

The Lady Feature Film2011

Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds Poster

Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds Feature Film2010

The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec Poster

The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec Feature Film2010

Arthur et la vengeance de Maltazard Poster

Arthur et la vengeance de Maltazard Feature Film2009

Arthur and the Invisibles Poster

Arthur and the Invisibles Feature Film2006

Bandidas Poster

Bandidas Feature Film2006

Bandidas: Making the Music Documentary2006

Kung Fu Idols Video2006

Bulletproof Monk Poster

Bulletproof Monk Feature Film2003

Jet Lag Feature Film2002

Rollerball Poster

Rollerball Feature Film2002

Gun! Short Film2001

L'Art (délicat) de la séduction Poster

L'Art (délicat) de la séduction Feature Film2001

New York Race Poster

New York Race Video Game2001

Wasabi Feature Film2001

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc Poster

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc Feature Film1999

The Fifth Element Poster

The Fifth Element Feature Film1997

GoldenEye Poster

GoldenEye Feature Film1995

GoldenEye: The Secret Files Poster

GoldenEye: The Secret Files Documentary1995

Léon: The Professional Poster

Léon: The Professional Feature Film1994

Atlantis Poster

Atlantis Documentary1991

Nikita Feature Film1990

The Big Blue Poster

The Big Blue Feature Film1988

Kamikaze Poster

Kamikaze Feature Film1986

Subway Feature Film1985

The Making of 'Subway' Documentary1985

Black Sequence Poster

Black Sequence TV Series1984

The Last Battle Poster

The Last Battle Feature Film1983

The Penultimate Poster

The Penultimate Short Film1981

Prost Feature Film

Music Department

17

Type

Year

Lucy Feature Film2014

The Lady Poster

The Lady Feature Film2011

The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec Poster

The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec Feature Film2010

Arthur and the Invisibles Poster

Arthur and the Invisibles Feature Film2006

Bandidas Poster

Bandidas Feature Film2006

Rollerball Poster

Rollerball Feature Film2002

August 15th Poster

August 15th Feature Film2001

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc Poster

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc Feature Film1999

The Fifth Element Poster

The Fifth Element Feature Film1997

A Day in the Life of GoldenEye Documentary1995

GoldenEye Poster

GoldenEye Feature Film1995

Léon: The Professional Poster

Léon: The Professional Feature Film1994

Atlantis Poster

Atlantis Documentary1991

The Big Blue Poster

The Big Blue Feature Film1988

Kamikaze Poster

Kamikaze Feature Film1986

Subway Feature Film1985

The Last Battle Poster

The Last Battle Feature Film1983

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