Nicolas Errèra

Nicolas Errèra (born 21 May 1967) is a French composer and musician working all over the world. Co-founder of innovatives electronics groups Grand Popo Football Club and Rouge Rouge, he also composes soundtracks for films and television.

Nicolas Errèra
Background information
Born(1967-05-21)May 21, 1967
Paris, France
GenresFilm score, electronic music
Occupation(s)Composer, pianist, producer
InstrumentsPiano, percussion, keyboard
Years active1998–present
Websitewww.nicolaserrera.com

Early life

Nicolas Errèra comes from a family of artists. An only child, his father is a playwright and his mother a set designer. He was born in Paris.

He majored in science to attain his baccalaureate and also studied philosophy. When he was a teenager he joined the group of the English theatre director Peter Brook, under whom he featured in 3 plays. Alongside his studies he took lessons in piano and composing at the École normale de musique de Paris, studying under Serge Petigirard (piano) and Max Deutsch (composing). Here he was awarded his first prize for composing. He also studied Harmony and Counterpoint with the composer Joanne Richer.[1]

In 1998 he set up the electro pop group Grand Popo Football Club[2] and in 2002 he created the group Rouge Rouge. Both groups went on to be associated with the French touch

Career

Cinema

He has written music for more than 60 French and international films, including Au nom de ma fille, Sleepless Night (2011 film)[3] by Frédéric Jardin, The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir, Sticky Fingers (2009 film) by the Canadian film-maker Ken Scott (filmmaker), The Lookout (2012 film) by the Italian director Michele Placido. Nocturna (film) by Spain's Victor Maldonado and Adrian Garcia, (won in 2007 Goya Award for Best Animated Film[4]). The Butterfly (2002 film) with Michel Serrault. In 2008 the success in China of the film The Butterfly[5] (which was watched by more than 10 million people)[6] led to a meeting with the Hong Kong director Benny Chan (film director). This paved the way for him to work in Asian movies, as he composed the soundtracks for three of Chan's films – The White Storm,[7] Shaolin (film) [8] and Connected (film). In 2015, he composed the music for Mountain Cry directed by Larry Yang (closing film at Busan International Film Festival [9]). In 2018, he composed the music for the movie Hidden Man[10] directed by Jiang Wen.(The movie is selected at Toronto International Film Festival 2018)[11] Hidden Man has been chosen by China as its nominee for Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards.[12]

Television

As with his work for the cinema, Errèra wrote the music for fictional TV series such as XIII: The Conspiracy, XIII: The Series the French-Canadian series adapted from the graphic novels by William Vance and Jean Van Hamme. He also wrote music for television movies for Alain Tasma, and many more. In 2017 Ne m'abandonne pas won an International Emmy Awards Best TV Movie/Mini-Series.[13] In 2006 Errèra met the photographer and director Jean-Baptiste Mondino, with whom he regularly collaborates on music for promotional films for prestigious brands (including (Yves Saint Laurent (brand), Chanel, Christian Dior SE, Givenchy and many more).

Theatre

In 2008 Errèra met John Malkovich. He composed the music for two productions directed by the American, namely: Good Canary by Zach Helm, directed by John Malkovich in the Théâtre Comedia (awarded the 2008 Molière prize for best director), and, in 2012, Les Liaisons Dangereuses,[14] directed by John Malkovich in the Théâtre de l'Atelier in Paris. The production has also a limited engagement in July 2013 at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts[15] in New York City

Radio

In 1999 he met Jean-François Bizot, the founder of Actuel magazine and Radio Nova. Since 2004 he has been producing and hosting a programme on Radio Nova (France) entitled Le Pudding,[16] (every Sunday from 8pm).[17]

Selected filmography

Awards and nominations

Awards
  • 2017 Jerry Goldsmith Awards 2017 - Best Music Award for the movie "Mountain Cry [19]
  • 2016 Award Ucmf 2016 - Best Music Award for the movie "Ne m'abandonne pas"[20]
  • 2014 Best Music Award (Golden Deer) - Changchun China Film Festival for the movie The White Storm [21]

Selected Discography

Grand Popo Football Club[22]

  • Venom in the grass (Pschent) (2010)
  • My Territory featuring Tania Bruna-Rosso (Pschent) (2008)
  • Men Are Not Nice Guys (Atmosphériques) (2002)
  • Shampoo Victims (Atmosphériques) (2000)
  • Each Finger Has An Attitude (Atmosphériques) (1999)

RougeRouge[23]

  • Ce soir,après diner (Wagram) (2003)
  • Hôtel Costes, Vol. 5 (Wagram) (2002)
  • L'amour (Wagram) (2002)

Soundtrack

  • La Confession (Enka) (2017)
  • Mountain Cry (Enka) (2016)
  • Au nom de ma fille (LGM/Noodles) (2016)
  • The White Storm (Enka) (2014)
  • Sleepless Night (Moviescoremedia) (2011)
  • Shaolin, (Moviescoremedia MMS-11018) (2011)
  • Nocturna (Milan/Universal)
  • L'Outremangeur, (Milan/Universal) (2002)
  • Cravate Club (East-West/Warner)(2002)
  • The Butterfly (Universal)(2002)
  • Les Frères Sœur (APC)(2000)

Remix

Theatre

  • Les Liaisons dangereuses (Enka -12001]) (2011)

References
  1. (in French)Eric Tissier, Être compositeur, être compositrice en France au 21e siècle, Ed. l'Harmattan, p.172
  2. (in French) Articles du magazine "Les Inrockuptibles" sur Grand Popo Football Club
  3. , Sleepless Night, best indie movie of 2011
  4. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0836682/awards
  5. (in French)http://next.liberation.fr/cinema/2012/11/20/chine-l-empire-du-mielleux_861848
  6. (in French)http://www.huffingtonpost.fr/jeanjoseph-boillot/le-triangle-chine-inde-afrique-nouvel-horizon-du-soft-power-europeen_b_2370162.html
  7. , The white-storm-exceeds-expectations
  8. , shaolin-leaves-its-mark-on-chinese-box-office
  9. mountain cry closing film
  10. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8434380/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast
  11. https://www.tiff.net/the-review/tiff-18-gala-special-presentations/
  12. https://gbtimes.com/oscars-hidden-man-chosen-as-chinas-foreign-language-nominee
  13. (in French)http://www.premiere.fr/Series/News-Series/Encore-une-victoire-francaise-aux-International-Emmy-Awards
  14. http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/afterhours/theater-review/theater-review-les-liaisons-dangereuses-at-shakespeare-theatre.php
  15. http://lc.lincolncenter.org/shows/207448?show_date=2013-07-13%2019:00:00
  16. (in French) , Telerama pour les 30 ans de Nova
  17. (in French) , Les émissions culturelles de la radio par le magazine "Challenges".
  18. (in French), Journal des Spectacles
  19. http://www.bsospirit.com/2017/07/08/xii-jerry-goldsmith-awards-los-ganadores-the-winners/
  20. (in French)http://www.underscores.fr/a-la-une/news/2016/04/prix-ucmf-de-la-musique-a-l-image-et-les-gagnants-sont/
  21. https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000989/2014?ref_=nmawd_awd_1
  22. , Discogs
  23. , Discogs
  24. (in French) Archived 2014-03-26 at the Wayback Machine, Review about the Samourai’s Soundtrack
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