Bruno Coulais
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- January 13, 1954 (age 72)
- Birthplace
- 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.
Known For
Filmography
Belle
Movie · Original Music Composer
Wisdom Tooth
Movie · Original Music Composer
Bolero
Movie · Original Music Composer
Goodbye Vinyle
Movie · Original Music Composer
La Syndicaliste
Movie · Original Music Composer
Summer Frost
Movie · Original Music Composer
Maigret
Movie · Original Music Composer
Wendell & Wild
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Forest Maker
Movie · Original Music Composer
Story of Annette Zelman
Movie · Original Music Composer
Chevrotine
Movie · Original Music Composer
The King’s Favorite
TV · Original Music Composer · 2 eps
The Man in the Basement
Movie · Original Music Composer
Wolfwalkers
Movie · Orchestrator, Original Music Composer
Mama Weed
Movie · Original Music Composer
There's a Monster in My Kitchen
Movie · Original Music Composer
Casanova, Last Love
Movie · Original Music Composer
White as Snow
Movie · Original Music Composer
Meet the Malawas
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Spellbound
Movie · Original Music Composer
Eva
Movie · Original Music Composer
White Fang
Movie · Original Music Composer
Normandy Nude
Movie · Original Music Composer
Volontaire
Movie · Original Music Composer
1968 - The Global Revolt
TV · Original Music Composer · 2 eps
Aurore
TV · Original Music Composer · 3 eps
False Confessions
Movie · Original Music Composer
Never Ever
Movie · Original Music Composer
Brice 3
Movie · Original Music Composer
Marie Curie
Movie · Original Music Composer
My Journey Through French Cinema
Movie · Original Music Composer
Seasons
Movie · Original Music Composer
Le Peuple des forêts
TV · Original Music Composer · 3 eps
Mune: Guardian of the Moon
Movie · Original Music Composer
Diary of a Chambermaid
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Chameleon Slayer
Movie · Original Music Composer
Masaan
Movie · Original Music Composer
Song of the Sea
Movie · Original Music Composer
3 Hearts
Movie · Original Music Composer
Gemma Bovery
Movie · Original Music Composer
Playing Dead
Movie · Original Music Composer
Amazonia
Movie · Original Music Composer
La rupture
Movie · Original Music Composer
Ludwig II
Movie · Original Music Composer
HOUBA! On the Trail of the Marsupilami
Movie · Original Music Composer
Happiness Never Comes Alone
Movie · Original Music Composer
Farewell, My Queen
Movie · Original Music Composer
Calm at Sea
Movie · Original Music Composer
Pour toi, j'ai tué
Movie · Original Music Composer
An Open Heart
Movie · Original Music Composer
My Worst Nightmare
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Field of Enchantment
Movie · Original Music Composer
Switch
Movie · Original Music Composer
The King, the Squirrel and the Grass Snake
TV · Original Music Composer · 2 eps
Turk's Head
Movie · Original Music Composer
Deep in the Woods
Movie · Original Music Composer
Oceans
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Secret of Kells
Movie · Original Music Composer
Coraline
Movie · Original Music Composer
Lucky Luke
Movie · Original Music Composer
Villa Amalia
Movie · Original Music Composer
Agathe Cléry
Movie · Original Music Composer
Female Agents
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Last Deadly Mission
Movie · Original Music Composer
Le Septième Juré
Movie · Original Music Composer
De Gaulle, une biographie
Movie · Sound Director
Hellphone
Movie · Original Music Composer
Ulzhan
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Second Wind
Movie · Original Music Composer
Max & Co
Movie · Original Music Composer
Crime Insiders
Movie · Original Music Composer
The White Planet
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Brice Man
Movie · Original Music Composer
Sometimes in April
Movie · Original Music Composer
Let's Be Friends
Movie · Original Music Composer
Les Choristes in Concert
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Accursed Kings
TV · Original Music Composer · 5 eps
Secret Agents
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Chorus
Movie · Original Music Composer, Songs
Genesis
Movie · Original Music Composer
Milady
Movie · Original Music Composer
Hot House
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Tombs
Movie · Original Music Composer
Winged Migration
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Director
Making of "la scène au scalpel"
Movie · Original Music Composer
Les Rivières pourpres: L'enquête
Movie · Original Music Composer
Origins of Life
Movie · Original Music Composer
Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre
Movie · Original Music Composer
All About Love
Movie · Original Music Composer
Vidocq
Movie · Original Music Composer
One Way Ticket
Movie · Original Music Composer
Marry Me
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Crimson Rivers
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Magnet
Movie · Original Music Composer
Jacqueline dans ma vitrine
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Libertine
Movie · Original Music Composer
Crime Scenes
Movie · Original Music Composer
Harrison's Flowers
Movie · Original Music Composer
Hard Off
Movie · Original Music Composer
Balzac: A Life of Passion
Movie · Original Music Composer
Belle Maman
Movie · Original Music Composer
Himalaya
Movie · Original Music Composer
Balzac
TV · Original Music Composer · 2 eps
Serial Lover
Movie · Original Music Composer
Don Juan
Movie · Original Music Composer
Already Dead
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Count of Monte Cristo
TV · Original Music Composer · 4 eps
Fire in Paradise
Movie · Original Music Composer
Microcosmos
Movie · Original Music Composer
Vice vertu et vice versa
Movie · Original Music Composer
Time
Movie · Original Music Composer
Adultery (A User's Guide)
Movie · Original Music Composer
Le Chambon
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Son of the Shark
Movie · Original Music Composer
Flight from Justice
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Return of Casanova
Movie · Original Music Composer
Old Rascal
Movie · Original Music Composer
And the Little Prince Said
Movie · Original Music Composer
Siméon
Movie · Original Music Composer
Epiphany Sunday
Movie · Original Music Composer
Walking a Tightrope
Movie · Original Music Composer
Zanzibar
Movie · Original Music Composer
Lien de parenté
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Secret Wife
Movie · Original Music Composer
Qui trop embrasse...
Movie · Original Music Composer
Bel ragazzo
Movie · Original Music Composer
Softly from Paris
TV · Original Music Composer · 1 ep
Oiseau de sang
Movie · Original Music Composer
Nuit féline
Movie · Original Music Composer