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Avril (French musician)

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Fred Avril Magnon is a French composer based in Montmartre, Paris. As a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, he won international praise for two albums[1] that showed a strong link with cinema.

Biography

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Avril got his start in film music in 2008 with Hong-Kong acclaimed director Johnnie To. 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 (Semaine de la critique, Cannes) about "sonic bombing". He then composed the score for the indie feature "The Lifeguard" (Liz W. Garcia) with Kristen Bell, that premiered in Sundance.

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 Connasse, Princesse des cœurs introducing Camille Cottin.

In 2018, he composed the main theme for The Hook Up Plan. The music was uploaded by fans on YouTube and was streamed more than 5 million times throughout the world before being released by Bertelsmann Music Group.[2] 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.

Film soundtracks

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Year Film Director Notes
2007 The Mad Detective Johnnie To
2008 Sparrow Johnnie To Premiered at Berlin International Film Festival 2008
2010 Sound of Noise Johannes Stjärne Nilsson and Ola Simonsson Premiered in Cannes Semaine de la critique 2010
2011 Attraction Kōji Morimoto INPI (interactive manga)
2012 Les Voies impénétrables Maxime Govare and Noémie Saglio Canal+
2013 The Lifeguard Liz W. Garcia Premiered in Sundance 2013
2014 Les Amis à vendre Gaetan Bevernaege Play by Gabor Rassov. Arte.
2015 Les Bêtises Alice and Rose Philippon End titles song performed by Christophe
Rain Johannes Stjärne Nilsson Premiered at Seattle International Film Festival
2016 Jukai Gabrielle Lissot Won: Best Foreign Movie at Hong Kong International Film Festival 2016
Anissa 2002 Fabienne Facco
2018 Larguées Eloïse Lang Premiered in Alpe d'Huez
I Am Not an Easy Man Eleonore Pourriat Netflix Original
2019 Pearl Elsa Amiel Premiered in Europe at Venice Days 2018 and in the US at Tribeca 2019
Qui m'aime me suive José Alcala End titles song performed by Mick Harvey
2020 Un Triomphe Emmanuel Courcol
2023 Mars Express Jérémie Périn

TV series soundtracks

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Year Series Director Notes
2017 Lastman Jérémie Périn 26 episodes. Premiered in Annoy, 2017
2018 The Hook Up Plan Noémie Saglio, Julien Teisseire, Chris Lang (creators) Netflix Original
2020 Brazen Charlotte Cambon and Phuong Mai Nguyen Premiered in San Diego Comic-Con 2019

Discography

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Personal albums

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

Original soundtracks

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  • 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

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  • Hollywood mon amour (« This Is Not America » cover featuring Juliette Lewis) (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)
  • Stephan Eicher, L'Envolée composition and production p(Barclay/Universal, 2012)

Awards and nominations

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Year Nominee / work Award Result
2002 That Horse Must Be Starving[3] Prix Constantin Won
2008 Sparrow Hong Kong International Film Festival Nominated
2008 Sparrow Taipei Film Festival Nominated
2010 Sound of Noise[4] Stockholm Film Festival Music Award Won
2018 Best soundtrack in an animated series in Europe for Lastman[5] Emile Award Won

References

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  1. ^ "Avril - Members Only · Album Review ⟋ RA". Resident Advisor. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
  2. ^ Basirico, Benoit. "Interview B.O : Fred Avril, de la comédie LARGUÉES au premier film PEARL en passant par Netflix (PLAN COEUR)". www.cinezik.org. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
  3. ^ "Les lauréats du prix Constantin sont . . . - Liste de 100 albums - SensCritique". www.senscritique.com. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
  4. ^ "Sound of Noise (2010) - SFdb". Retrieved 2021-12-15.
  5. ^ "Nominees & Winners 2017". European Animation Awards | Emile Awards. Archived from the original on 2020-01-02. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
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