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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.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1954-01-13
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- school Known for: Sound
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Serial Lover
1998-04-22
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Agathe Cléry
2008-11-11
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Winged Migration
2001-12-12
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Female Agents
2008-02-08
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Microcosmos
1996-09-06
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The Secret of Kells
2009-02-09
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Secret Agents
2004-03-03
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The Last Deadly Mission
2008-03-12
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The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear
2002-12-18
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Hellphone
2007-03-28
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Turk's Head
2010-03-31
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The Brice Man
2005-03-30
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Ulzhan
2007-06-28
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Wolfwalkers
2020-10-26
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Making of "la scène au scalpel"
2001-11-26
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Les Rivières pourpres: L'enquête
2001-11-26
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The Second Wind
2007-10-24
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Coraline
2009-02-05
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Hard Off
1999-05-17
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Goodbye Vinyle
2023-08-26
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Lucky Luke
2009-10-21
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Maigret
2022-02-23
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Mune: Guardian of the Moon
2015-02-05
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Diary of a Chambermaid
2015-04-01
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Wendell & Wild
2022-10-21
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My Worst Nightmare
2011-11-09
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Origins of Life
2001-06-26
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The Forest Maker
2022-04-07
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Song of the Sea
2014-06-23
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Deep in the Woods
2010-10-13
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Never Ever
2016-12-07
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Balzac: A Life of Passion
1999-09-13
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Brice 3
2016-10-19
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Story of Annette Zelman
2022-09-14
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3 Hearts
2014-09-09
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Belle Maman
1999-03-10
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Ludwig II
2012-12-25
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The Son of the Shark
1993-11-24
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Marry Me
2000-01-19
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Epiphany Sunday
1991-03-20
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Hot House
2003-10-02
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Max & Co
2007-09-08
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Eva
2018-03-07
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The Man in the Basement
2021-10-13
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The Tombs
2002-04-06
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Himalaya
1999-09-13
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The Chameleon Slayer
2015-10-16
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Masaan
2015-07-24
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Sometimes in April
2005-02-17
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Winged Migration
2001-12-12
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White Fang
2018-03-28
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White Fang
2018-03-28
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Let's Be Friends
2005-02-23
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La Syndicaliste
2023-03-01
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HOUBA! On the Trail of the Marsupilami
2012-04-03
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Mama Weed
2020-09-09
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Casanova, Last Love
2019-03-20
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White as Snow
2019-04-10
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Gemma Bovery
2014-09-10
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The Field of Enchantment
2011-12-19
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Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre
2001-04-03
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Happiness Never Comes Alone
2012-06-27
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Wolfwalkers
2020-10-26
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The Crimson Rivers
2000-09-27
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The Return of Casanova
1992-05-12
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The Magnet
2000-05-31
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Vice vertu et vice versa
1996-12-21
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Lien de parenté
1986-03-19
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Le Septième Juré
2008-05-16
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Jacqueline dans ma vitrine
2000-06-14
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Farewell, My Queen
2012-03-21
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Don Juan
1998-04-28
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The Libertine
2000-03-15
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Crime Scenes
2000-03-15
2
Harrison's Flowers
2000-09-23
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All About Love
2001-04-11
2
Vidocq
2001-09-18
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The Chorus
2004-03-17
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Crime Insiders
2007-01-17
2
Villa Amalia
2009-04-08
2
Switch
2011-06-06
2
Calm at Sea
2012-03-21
2
Playing Dead
2013-12-11
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Marie Curie
2016-12-01
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False Confessions
2017-04-13
2
Normandy Nude
2018-01-10
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Volontaire
2018-06-06
2
Meet the Malawas
2019-12-25
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Amazonia
2013-11-26
2
Belle
2025-03-13
2
Boléro
2024-03-06
2
Summer Frost
2023-07-26
2
Chevrotine
2022-02-11
2
There's a Monster in My Kitchen
2020-10-22
2
The Spellbound
2019-12-11
2
My Journey Through French Cinema
2016-10-12
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Seasons
2016-01-27
2
La rupture
2013-11-26
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Pour toi, j'ai tué
2012-12-04
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An Open Heart
2012-08-08
2
Oceans
2010-01-22
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The White Planet
2006-03-22
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Genesis
2004-09-26
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Milady
2004-01-06
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Fire in Paradise
1997-12-10
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Time
1995-01-01
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Le Chambon
1994-10-03
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Old Rascal
1992-12-25
2
And the Little Prince Said
1992-11-24
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Walking a Tightrope
1991-09-01
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The Secret Wife
1986-09-17
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Qui trop embrasse...
1986-06-11
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Bel ragazzo
1986-01-01
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Oiseau de sang
1984-01-01
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Nuit féline
1978-01-01
2
Les Choristes in Concert
2005-12-25
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The Count of Monte Cristo
1998-09-07
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Le Peuple des forêts
2016-12-24
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Softly from Paris
1986-11-08
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The King’s Favorite
2022-11-07
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1968 - The Global Revolt
2018-05-17
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Aurore
2018-01-08
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The Accursed Kings
2005-11-07
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Balzac
1999-09-13