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 that showed a strong link with cinema.

Biography

Avril got his start in film music in 2008 with Hong-Kong acclaimed director

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. His quasi-musical Man Jeuk's soundtrack was nominated at both the

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and

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, the film being a box-office hit in China. Fred Avril won the Stockholm Music Award with Swedish film

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(

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, Cannes) about "sonic bombing". He then composed the score for the indie feature "The Lifeguard" ( Liz W. Garcia) with Kristen Bell, that premiered in

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. Other projects featured singers

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(former member of the Bad Seeds) and late

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. He co-composed with Marianne Elise the song in French box-office success

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introducing

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. In 2018, he composed the main theme for

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. The music was uploaded by fans on

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and was streamed more than 5 million times throughout the world before being released by

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. 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

TV series soundtracks

Discography

Personal albums

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

Original soundtracks

* ''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

* ''Hollywood mon amour'' (« This Is Not America » cover featuring

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) (PIAS 2008) *

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Album ''Bande à part'' arrangement and production (Peacefrog 2006) *

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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

, - , 2002 , ''That Horse Must Be Starving'' ,

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, , - , 2008 , '' Sparrow'' ,

Hong Kong International Film Festival The Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) is one of Asia's oldest international film festivals. Founded in 1976, the festival features different movies and filmmakers from different countries, and takes place in Hong Kong. HKIFF screens ...

, , - , 2008 , '' Sparrow'' ,

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, , - , 2010 ,

, Stockholm Film Festival Music Award , , - , 2018 , Best soundtrack in an animated series in Europe for ''Lastman'' , Emile Award ,

References

External links

*http://www.fred-avril.com *http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=1981 *http://www.rfimusique.com/musiquefr/articles/060/article_12960.asp {{DEFAULTSORT:Avril French electronic musicians People from Agen Living people 1974 births