Eric Serra

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Eric Serra

Eric Serra (born September 9, 1959) is a French composer, often working with Luc Besson on his movie scores. He has won many awards for his works.[1]

Biography[change | change source]

Éric Serra's father Claude was a famous French songwriter in the 1950s and '60s. Because Claude worked on his music around his son Eric; he became aware of music when he was very young. Eric's mother had died when he was only seven years old. In the early 1980s, Serra had met Luc Besson. Besson was a movie director.[1] Besson had asked Serra to write a score his first movie Le Dernier Combat (1983). Serra then began creating scores to most of Besson's movies.[1]

In 1995, Serra was chosen to write the score to GoldenEye. The 17th James Bond movie was directed by Martin Campbell. The score had mixed feedback from film critics.[1]

Movie scores[change | change source]

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Eric Serra's biography". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. 3 October 2011.

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Preceded by
Michael Kamen
1989
James Bond movie score writers
1995
Succeeded by
David Arnold
1997