Christophe Julien

Christophe Julien is a French composer of film and television music, largely classical, twice-nominated for César Award for best original film music.

Background

Christophe Julien was born on November 14, 1972, in Dijon Côte-d'Or, France. At the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique de Paris he studied under guitarist Alexandre Lagoya in harmony, counterpoint, 20th-century music, and chamber music. At the Sorbonne University 1, he studied Indian music and musicology.

Career

Julien's first musical creations were for cinema: short films, documentaries, and commercials. The first commercial success came in 2008 with the comedic ''Vilaine (film)'', which began his collaboration with Albert Dupontel on ''Le Vilain'', followed by ''9 mois ferme'' (2013) and ''Au revoir là-haut'' (2017, with score nominated for the 43rd César Awards in 2018). He also composed music for Irena Salina's documentary ''Flow: For Love of Water'', which showed at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. In 2009, he began collaborating with film director Éric Bernard on the adventure film ''600 kilos d'or pur''. In 2011, he worked with director Emmanuelle Millet on the period piece ''La Brindille''. In 2021, he was nominated twice, first for César Award for Best Original Music at the 46th César Awards for ''Adieu les cons'' ('' Bye Bye Morons'')
and then for the International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for a Comedy Film for ''Delicieux''.

Work

;Scores for Film
* 2007:
** ''Si c'était lui...''
** ''J'veux pas que tu t'en ailles''
** ''Flow: For Love of Water''
** ''Fragments''
** ''Manon sur lee bitume''
* 2008: ''Vilaine''
* 2009:
** ''Téhéran''
** ''Victor''
* 2010: 600 kilograms of pure gold
* 2011:
** ''Le Brindille''
** ''Une folle envie''
* 2012: ''Mes héros''
* 2013:
** ''9 Month Stretch''
** ''Demi-soeur''
* 2015:
** ''Étourdissement''
** ''The Sense of Wonder''
** ''Nos femmes''
* 2017:
** '' See You Up There''
** ''Grand Froid''
* 2018: '' Nothing to Hide''
* 2019:
** ''Espirt de famille''
** ''Relai''
* 2020:
** '' Bye Bye Morons''
** ''Urabá''
* 2021:
** ''Le Sens de la famille''
** ''Delicious''
* 2022:
** ''Canailles''
** '' Farewell, Mr. Haffmann''

;Scores for Television
* 2012: ''Kaboul Kitchen'' (season 1)
* 2013: ''Kaboul Kitchen'' (season 2)
* 2015: ''Les Pieds dans le tapis ''
* 2017: ''Kaboul Kitchen'' (season 3)
* 2018: ''Noces rouges''
* 2019: ''Noces d'or''

;Published Music
* ''.'' ''Concerto pour deux violons en ré maj'' by Vivaldi, Patrice Fontanarosa, Alexis Galpérine, Joël Pontet, Coline Serreau, and the chamber orchestra of the Conservatoire de Paris, original musics by Coline Serreau, AG and Christophe Julien etc. La bande son Universal 067 738-2
* Symphony N°1 "Au revoir Là haut" (2017)

Awards

* 2016:
** Luchon Festival: best original music for ''Les Pieds dans le tapis''
** Lauriers de la radio et de la télévision: best original music for ''Les Pieds dans le tapis''
* 2018:
** UCMF (French Film Music Association) Award: best original music for ''Au revoir là-haut''
** Jerry Goldsmith Award: best original music for ''Au revoir là-haut''
** 43rd César Awards music nominated for ''Au revoir là-haut''
* 2019: Cannes Film Festival: Adami Talents selection for ''Relai''
* 2021:
** 46th César Awards music nominated for ''Adieu les cons''
** International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for a Comedy Film for ''Delicieux''

See also

* César Award for Best Original Music
* 43rd César Awards
* 46th César Awards
* César Awards

References

External sources

Official website of Christophe Julien
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Unifrance

Discogs

MusicBrainz

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1972 births
Living people
Musicians from Dijon
César Awards