Fred Avril Magnon (born 1974) is a French composer based in Montmartre, Paris. As a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, he won international praise for two albums that showed a strong link with cinema.

Biography

Avril got his start in film music in 2008 with Hong-Kong acclaimed director

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. His quasi-musical Man Jeuk's soundtrack was nominated at both the Hong Kong Film Awards and Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards, the film being a box-office hit in China. Fred Avril won the Stockholm Music Award with Swedish film Sound of Noise (

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, Cannes) about "sonic bombing". He then composed the score for the indie feature "The Lifeguard" (

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) with Kristen Bell, that premiered in

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. Other projects featured singers Mick Harvey (former member of the Bad Seeds) and late Christophe (singer). He co-composed with Marianne Elise the song in French box-office success

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introducing Camille Cottin. In 2018, he composed the main theme for

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. The music was uploaded by fans on YouTube and was streamed more than 5 million times throughout the world before being released by

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. Avril also writes orchestral music, such as I Am Not an Easy Man. He won the Emile Award for Best Soundtrack for an Animated Series with adult manga series Lastman.

Cinema and series

* 2007 : Part of ''The Mad Detective'' film directed by

* 2008 : ''

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'' co-composition film directed by

(Premiered in Berlin International Film Festival 2008) * 2010 : '' Sound of Noise'' Swedish film by Johannes Stjärne Nilsson and Ola Simonsson (Premiered in Cannes

2010) * 2011 : ''Attraction'' de Kōji Morimoto avec Danger, INPI (interactive manga) * 2012 : ''Les Voies impénétrables'' french TV film Maxime Govare and Noémie Saglio, Canal+ * 2013 : ''

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'' US film directed by

with Kristen Bell, Martin Starr (Premiered in

2013) * 2014 : ''Les Amis à vendre'', TV movie, play by Gabor Rassov filmed for Arte by Belgian director Gaetan Bevernaege starring Didier Bénureau and

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(Arte) * 2015: '' Les Bêtises'' film directed by Alice and Rose Philippon with

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, Sara Giraudeau,

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, Jacques Weber - End titles song performed by Christophe. * 2015 : ''

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'', French film directed by Noémie Saglio and Éloïse Lang with Camille Cottin. * 2015: ''Rain'', short movie directed by Johannes Stjärne Nilsson with Sally Phillips (premiered at Seattle International Film Festival) * 2016 : ''Jukai'', animated short movie directed by Gabrielle Lissot (Best Foreign Movie at Hong Kong International Film Festival 2016) * 2016 : ''Anissa 2002'' directed by Fabienne Facco * 2017 : '' Lastman'', 26 episodes animated series directed by Jérémie Périn - (original comic by

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, Balak and Michaël Sanlaville (Premiered in Annecy 2017). * 2018 : ''Larguées'' directed by Eloïse Lang with Camille Cottin (Premiered in Alpe d'Huez). * 2018 : '' I Am Not an Easy Man'' directed by Eleonore Pourriat -

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, produced in the US. * 2018 : ''

'', french series

produced in France. * 2019 : ''Pearl'' directed by Elsa Amiel starring Peter Mullan (Premiered in Europe at Venice Days 2018 and in the US at Tribeca 2019) * 2019 : ''Qui m'aime me suive'' film by José Alcala with Daniel Auteuil - End titles song performed by Mick Harvey. * 2020 : ''Brazen'' feminist animated series directed by Charlotte Cambon and Phuong Mai Nguyen, starring

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- original comic by

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(premiered in San Diego Comic-Con 2019). * 2020 : ''Un Triomphe'' directed by Emmanuel Courcol.

Discography

Personal albums

* ''Now It's Spring'' (2000) (F Com) * ''That Horse Must Be Starving'' (2002) (F Com) * ''Members Only'' (2004) (F Com)

Original soundtracks

* ''Sparrow'' (CD, Naive 2008) * ''Sound of Noise'' (CD, Hybris, 2010) * ''Les Bêtises'' Cine Music Club (2014) * ''Connasse, Princesse des Coeurs'' (CD, Milan, 2015) * ''Lastman'' (Vinyl, Everybody On Deck, 2017) (sold out) * ''I Am Not an Easy Man'' (Plaza Mayor, 2018) * ''Pearl'' (Plaza Mayor, 2019) * ''Qui m'aime me suive'' (Plaza Mayor, 2019) * ''Plan Coeur'' (BMG US, 2019)

Other records

* ''Hollywood mon amour'' (« This Is Not America » cover featuring

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) (PIAS 2008) * Nouvelle Vague Album ''Bande à part'' arrangement and production (Peacefrog 2006) * Temposhark Invisible Ink Remix (Paper and Glue 2005) * Olga Kouklaki, ''I U Need'' arrangement and production (EMI 2011) *

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, ''L'Envolée'' composition and production p(Barclay/Universal, 2012)

Distinctions

Prix Constantin {{unreferenced, date=February 2011 The Prix Constantin is an annual French music prize awarded to the best album of an artist who has come to prominence during the course of the past year. It was inaugurated in 2002, following the example of the Me ...

2002 French equivalent of the Mercury Prize * Nominations for

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'' at Hong Kong International Film Festival and Taipei Film Festival. * Won the Stockholm Film Festival Music Award for '' Sound of Noise'' in 2010. « With great innovation and skill, the score elevates the story to becoming a unique, entertaining and magical film » * Won the Emile Award 2018 for best soundtrack in an animated series in Europe with ''Lastman''

References

External links

*http://www.fred-avril.com *http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=1981 *http://www.rfimusique.com/musiquefr/articles/060/article_12960.asp {{DEFAULTSORT:Avril French electronic musicians People from Agen Living people 1974 births