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[[File:Eric Serra Césars 2016.jpg|thumb|Eric Serra]]
'''Eric Serra''' (born 9 September 1959) is a French composer, often working with [[Luc Besson]] on his movie [[score]]s. He has won many awards for his works.<ref name="eric">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/eric-serra-p123827 |title=Eric Serra's biography |author= |date=3 October 2011 |work=Allmusic |publisher=Rovi Corporation }}</ref>

== Biography ==
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]].<ref name="eric"/> 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.<ref name="eric"/>

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.<ref name="eric"/>

== Movie scores ==
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* ''[[Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds|Arthur and the War of the Two Worlds]]'' (2010)
* ''[[The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (movie)|The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec]]'' (2010)
* ''[[Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard]]'' (2009)
* ''[[Arthur and the Invisibles]]'' (2006)
* ''[[Bandidas]]'' (2006)
* ''[[Bulletproof Monk]]'' (2003)
* ''[[Rollerball (2002 movie)|Rollerball]]'' (2002)
* ''[[Décalage horaire]]'' (2002)
* ''[[Wasabi]]'' (2001)
* ''[[L'Art (délicat) de la séduction]]'' (2001)
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* ''[[The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc]]'' (1999)
* ''[[The Fifth Element]]'' (1997) 
* ''[[GoldenEye]]'' (1995)
* ''[[Léon (movie)|Léon]]''
* ''[[Atlantis (documentary)|Atlantis]]'' (1991)
* ''[[Nikita]]'' 
* ''[[The Big Blue]]'' 
* ''[[Kamikaze]]'' (1986)
* ''[[Subway (movie)|Subway]]'' (1985)
* ''[[La Nuit du flingueur]]'' (1984) (TV)
* ''[[Le Dernier Combat]]'' (1983)
* ''[[L'Avant dernier]]'' (1981) ([[short film]])
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== References ==
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== Other websites ==
*{{official website|http://www.ericserra.com/}} {{in lang|en|fr}}
*{{IMDb name|id=0785385}}
*[http://www.swi.com.br/asr/serrae.shtml Fan Site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060206093555/http://www.swi.com.br/asr/serrae.shtml |date=2006-02-06 }}
*[http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/believe/en/show/creators.asp Official Criss Angel Believe show website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090917140310/http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/believe/en/show/creators.asp |date=2009-09-17 }}

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| title=[[James Bond|James Bond movie score writers]]
| years=1995
| before=[[Michael Kamen]]<br>1989
| after=[[David Arnold]]<br>[[1997]]—}}
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