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Éric Serra is a Actor and Sound French born on 9 september 1959 at Saint-Mandé (France)

Éric Serra

Éric Serra
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Birth name Éric Serra
Nationality France
Birth 9 september 1959 (65 years) at Saint-Mandé (France)

Éric Serra (born on 9 September 1959) is a French composer. He has often worked on films by Luc Besson.

Biography

Éric Serra's father Claude was a famous French songwriter in the 1950s and '60s, and, as such, Éric was exposed to music and its production at a young age. His mother died when he was just seven years old. In the early 1980s, Serra met director Luc Besson and was asked to score his first film, Le Dernier Combat (1983). Serra has scored all of Besson's directed films to date, except Angel-A (2005) (scored by Anja Garbarek), and several that Besson has written, such as Wasabi.

In 1995, Éric Serra was chosen to compose the score to the James Bond film GoldenEye, and produced a much more modern-sounding avant-garde soundtrack compared to previous Bond films. It met with mixed reviews from film critics. Serra's score is often criticized by Bond fans, and is considered the farthest departure from a traditional Bond score and, by some, as the most inappropriate in the series history. Others find it highly innovative, with the main problem the lack of John Barry's traditional theme. The producers later hired John Altman to provide the music for the tank chase in St. Petersburg. Serra's original track for that sequence can still be found on the soundtrack as "A Pleasant Drive in St. Petersburg".

Occasionally, and mainly due to his album released by this name, he is known in credits as RXRA (pronounced like his name, in French). An example is "Little Light of Love" on The Fifth Element soundtrack, which is credited to RXRA.

Best films

Lucy (2014)
(Original Music Composer)
GoldenEye (1995)
(Original Music Composer)
The Fifth Element (1997)
(Conductor)
Arthur and the Invisibles (2006)
(Original Music Composer)
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
(Music)
Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard (2009)
(Original Music Composer)

Usually with

Luc Besson
Luc Besson
(19 films)
Jean Reno
Jean Reno
(8 films)
Jean Bouise
Jean Bouise
(4 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Éric Serra (25 films)

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Actor

Subway
Subway (1985)
, 1h44
Directed by Luc Besson
Origin France
Genres Thriller, Comedy-drama, Action, Crime
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Transport en Île-de-France, Métro parisien dans la culture populaire
Actors Isabelle Adjani, Christophe Lambert, Michel Galabru, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Richard Bohringer, Jean-Pierre Bacri
Roles Le Bassiste
Rating64% 3.249753.249753.249753.249753.24975
Having stolen some compromising documents from a powerful and successful entrepreneur/gangster at a party, a man known as Fred (Lambert) escapes from the police and takes refuge in the underground world of the Paris Métro stations and tunnels. There he joins the dwellers and befriends several colourful characters, including others who are living under the subway to avoid police arrest. While the gangster's henchmen try to find Fred, he develops a romance with the gangster's young trophy wife Héléna (Adjani). She had originally invited Fred to the party featured at the opening of the film, and is bored with her gilded-caged life.

Sound

Anna
Anna (2019)
, 1h58
Directed by Luc Besson
Origin France
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Spy films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Sasha Luss, Cillian Murphy, Luke Evans, Helen Mirren, Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating66% 3.3012553.3012553.3012553.3012553.301255
1985, à Moscou. Au cours d'une même journée, neuf agents de la CIA sont éliminés par le KGB sur ordre de son directeur Vassiliev. 2 ans plus tard, le KGB s'intéresse à la jeune Anna Poliatova, menant une vie misérable aux crochets de son petit-ami Petya et étant prête à tout pour échapper à son quotidien. Elle est recrutée par Alexander Tchenkov qui la forme durant deux ans et demi, avant de la présenter à la très exigeante Olga. Suite à une mission test réussie, Anna commence sa carrière. 6 mois plus tard, elle incarne une vendeuse de matriochkas sur un marché afin d'être recrutée pour devenir mannequin à Paris dans le but de se rapprocher d'Oleg Vilenkov et de l'éliminer. L'opération bien organisée se déroule si bien qu'Anna n'est pas suspectée par l'agent de la CIA Leonard Miller. De mission en mission, Anna apprend le métier. Lorsqu'elle rencontre Vassiliev, il lui apprend qu'elle ne pourra jamais quitter le KGB contrairement à la promesse de liberté d'Alexander au bout de 5 ans de service.
Renegades
Renegades (2017)
, 1h43
Origin France
Genres War, Thriller, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Sullivan Stapleton, J. K. Simmons, Charlie Bewley, Sylvia Hoeks, Joshua Henry, Dimitri Leonidas
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating55% 2.75182.75182.75182.75182.7518
A team of Navy SEALs discover an immense treasure hidden in a Bosnian lake.
Lucy
Lucy (2014)
, 1h30
Directed by Luc Besson
Origin France
Genres Science fiction, Action
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Superhero films
Actors Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Analeigh Tipton, Choi Min-sik, Amr Waked, Pilou Asbæk
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating64% 3.2007753.2007753.2007753.2007753.200775
Lucy is a 25-year-old American woman living and studying in Taipei, Taiwan. She is tricked into working as a drug mule by her new boyfriend, whose employer, Mr. Jang, is a Korean mob boss and drug lord. Lucy delivers a briefcase to Mr. Jang containing a highly valuable synthetic drug called CPH4. After seeing her boyfriend shot and killed, she is captured. A bag of the drug is forcibly sewn into her abdomen and that of three other drug mules who will also transport the drug for sale in Europe. While Lucy is in captivity, one of her captors kicks her in the abdomen, breaking the bag and releasing a large quantity of the drug into her system. As a result, she begins acquiring increasingly enhanced physical and mental capabilities, such as telepathy, telekinesis, mental time travel, and the ability not to feel pain or other discomforts. She kills off her captors and escapes.
The Lady
The Lady (2011)
, 2h7
Directed by Luc Besson
Origin France
Genres Drama, Biography, Documentary
Actors Michelle Yeoh, David Thewlis, Jonathan Woodhouse, William Hope, Benedict Wong, William Hope
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating69% 3.4971153.4971153.4971153.4971153.497115
In 1947, when Aung San Suu Kyi is two years old, her father Aung San leads Burma to independence. But soon afterwards, on 19 July 1947, he along with a group of his colleagues is assassinated by a group of armed men in uniform.
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec, 1h45
Directed by Luc Besson
Origin France
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Dinosaur films, La préhistoire, Animaux préhistoriques, Steampunk films, Alternate history films
Actors Louise Bourgoin, Mathieu Amalric, Frédérique Bel, Gilles Lellouche, Jean-Paul Rouve, Isabelle Caro
Rating62% 3.1471953.1471953.1471953.1471953.147195
The film incorporates characters and events from several of the albums, in particular the first, "Adèle and the Beast," first published in 1976, and the fourth, 1978's "Mummies on Parade," within an overall plot of Besson's construction and takes place primarily in Paris, France, circa 1912.
Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds, 1h40
Directed by Luc Besson
Origin France
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Children's films
Actors Freddie Highmore, Mia Farrow, Selena Gomez, Ron Crawford, Dashiell Eaves, Robert Stanton
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating55% 2.769052.769052.769052.769052.76905
Following the second film of the series, Maltazard has assumed human size, and left Arthur in miniature. Accompanied by Selenia and Betameche, Arthur attempts to retrieve an enlarging potion from his house, which Maltazard seizes to enlarge his followers, whereafter Arthur returns to human form using an Elixir of Life given by a queen bee. Archibald convinces Darkos, Maltazard's son, to change sides, and enlarges him with a second potion. Arthur and Darkos then confront Maltazard, until Selenia and Betameche shrink Maltazard back to his Minimoy size and Arthur captures him, while the U.S. Army overcome Maltazard's forces. Maltazard thereafter remains a prisoner of Arthur's family.
Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard, 1h33
Directed by Luc Besson
Origin France
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Children's films
Actors Freddie Highmore, Mia Farrow, Selena Gomez, Fergie, Ron Crawford, Jimmy Fallon
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating53% 2.6761552.6761552.6761552.6761552.676155
In 1963, protagonist Arthur stays with his grandparents for the holidays, during which the Bogo Matassalai (a fictitious African society) assign Arthur a series of tests including camouflage and environmental nonviolence. Having passed these tests, Arthur prepares to see the Minimoys to celebrate, until his father decides to take him and his mother back to the metropolis. When a spider gives Arthur a grain of rice containing a distress-call, which he believes has come from the Minimoys, he returns to his grandparents' house, where the Bogo Matassalai's attempt to give him Minimoy stature through a telescope fails, and they instead wrap him in vines of increasing tightness until he falls in a drop of sap into the Minimoy Max's bar. En route to investigate the Minimoys' condition, Arthur and Max rescue Betameche, who leads Arthur to the King. He then learns that Selenia is held by Maltazard, who is inspired to invade the human world by increasing his own size. Maltazard tricks the Minimoys into completing this design. The telescope itself is destroyed in the process, leaving Arthur trapped at his Minimoy size.
Arthur and the Invisibles, 1h43
Directed by Luc Besson
Origin France
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Children's films
Actors Freddie Highmore, Madonna, Snoop Dogg, Mylène Farmer, David Bowie, Ron Crawford
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating60% 3.0129453.0129453.0129453.0129453.012945
In the year 1960, protagonist Arthur lives with his grandmother Daisy in a quiet farm house. His grandfather Archibald has recently gone missing and he sees little of his parents. Daisy entertains Arthur with stories of his grandfather's adventures in Africa, featuring the tall Bogo Matassalai and the minuscule Minimoys, of whom the latter now live in Archibald's garden, protecting a collection of rubies. Arthur becomes enamoured of a picture of Selenia, the princess of the Minimoys. When Daisy receives a two-day deadline to pay a large sum of money to a building developer named Ernest Davido, who plans to evict the two, Arthur looks for the rubies to pay off the debt, and discovers various clues left by his grandfather. He is met in the garden by the Bogo Matassala, who reduce Arthur to Minimoy size. From the Minimoys, Arthur learns that they are in danger from Maltazard, a Minimoy war hero who now rules the nearby 'Necropolis', after corruption by a weevil, by whom he has a son named Darkos.
Bandidas
Bandidas (2006)
, 1h33
Directed by Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg, Espen Sandberg
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime, Western
Themes Feminist films, Political films, Buddy films, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Salma Hayek, Penélope Cruz, Steve Zahn, Sam Shepard, Dwight Yoakam, Denis Arndt
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating57% 2.854562.854562.854562.854562.85456
Set in Mexico during the 1850s, the film tells the story of Sara Sandoval (Salma Hayek) and María Álvarez (Penélope Cruz). María is an uneducated, poor farm-girl whose caring father is being forced off his land by a cruel U.S. land baron, named Tyler Jackson (Dwight Yoakam). Sara is the highly educated, wealthy daughter of the arrogant owner of the nearby properties, and has recently returned from Europe where she attended numerous grade schools and colleges in England, Spain, and France for several years. In one fell swoop, both María's and Sara's fathers fall under attack by the baron, (Sara's father is killed, María's is shot but survives) giving him free rein in the nearby territories. As an act of revenge, María and Sara team up to become bank robbers, stealing and giving back to the poor Mexicans who had lost their lands.
Bulletproof Monk, 1h44
Directed by Paul Hunter
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Martial arts, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Buddy films
Actors Chow Yun-fat, Seann William Scott, Jaime King, K.C. Collins, Karel Roden, Victoria Smurfit
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating55% 2.7501052.7501052.7501052.7501052.750105
In 1943 Tibet, a Tibetan monk is informed that he has fulfilled the prophecies made of him, which include forgoing his name. He is then entrusted by his master with the protection of a Scroll which contains knowledge by which the reader becomes the most powerful of living things, a protection that will keep him youthful and immunize him to injury until, at the close of 60 years, he must pass the knowledge to an heir. The master, who has formerly been the guardian of this Scroll, is killed by German soldiers shortly after the transfer. His pupil, the now nameless Monk, escapes the Nazis.
Adolphe
Adolphe (2002)
, 1h42
Directed by Benoît Jacquot
Origin France
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Isabelle Adjani, Stanislas Merhar, Isild Le Besco, Jean Yanne, Romain Duris, Jean-Louis Richard
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating59% 2.998332.998332.998332.998332.99833
L'action se passe, vers 1800, sous le Consulat. Issu d'une bonne famille de province et promis à un avenir brillant, Adolphe, 24 ans, se complaît pour le moment dans le désœuvrement et l'oisiveté. Un jour, son regard croise celui d'Ellénore, la respectable épouse d'un comte. Sans trop savoir pourquoi, Adolphe décide de séduire cette femme belle, vulnérable mais nettement plus âgée que lui.
Rollerball
Rollerball (2002)
, 1h39
Directed by John McTiernan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Sports films, Films set in the future, Roller derby, Dystopian films
Actors Chris Klein, Jean Reno, LL Cool J, Rebecca Romijn, Naveen Andrews, Pink
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating31% 1.5577251.5577251.5577251.5577251.557725
It is the year 2005 and the new sport of Rollerball is hugely popular in Central Asia, Russia, China, Mongolia, and Turkey.
Jet Lag
Jet Lag (2002)
, 1h31
Directed by Danièle Thompson
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Juliette Binoche, Jean Reno, Sergi López, Alice Taglioni, Nadège Beausson-Diagne, Jérôme Keen
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating60% 3.0443253.0443253.0443253.0443253.044325
At Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, a French beautician (Juliette Binoche) on her way to a new job in Mexico accidentally meets a French chef (Jean Reno) who has been delayed on his way to Germany from his residence in the United States. Labor strikes, bad weather, and pure luck cause the two of them to share a room overnight at the airport Hilton hotel. Their initial mutual indifference and downright hostility evolves into romance and a re-examination of their lives.
L'art (délicat) de la séduction, 1h35
Directed by Richard Berry
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Patrick Timsit, Cécile de France, Richard Berry, Alain Chabat, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Ludmila Mikaël
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating46% 2.338462.338462.338462.338462.33846
Étienne est de caractère pointilleux et n'a pas connu beaucoup de femmes, préférant se réserver pour le grand amour. Un jour, il le rencontre en la personne de Laure, une femme très sensuelle, et par chance Laure semble aussi conquise par Étienne. Mais à sa grande surprise, Laure ne lui accorde un rendez-vous que dans cinq mois...