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Early life

David Bergeaud was born in Paris. His father a successful stage director/choreographer and his mother Christine Nerac, a well known singer, raised him while on tour through much of Europe, the Middle East and East Africa. David began his musical education at the age of 5 and, after ten years of classical conservatory and private studies, moved to Los Angeles to explore jazz and contemporary electronic music.

Awards and nominations

BMI Film Music Award NOMINATIONS *(2003;

) *(2004;

) WINS *(2003;

) *(2004;

)

Game soundtracks

*'' Disruptor'' (1996) *'' Running Wild'' (1998) *''

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'' (2002) *'' Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando'' (2003) *'' Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal'' (2004) *'' Ratchet: Deadlocked'' (2005) *'' Resistance: Fall of Man'' (2006) *'' Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters'' (2007) *'' Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction'' (2007) *'' Secret Agent Clank'' (2008) *'' Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty'' (2008) *'' Medieval Moves: Deadmund's Quest'' (2011) *''

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'' (2011) *'' Sports Champions 2'' (2012) *'' WARMACHINE: Tactics'' (2014)

Film soundtracks

*''Savage Harbor'' (1987) *'' The Unnamable'' (1988) *''Twice Dead'' (1988) *''Street Soldiers'' (1990) *'' The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter'' (1993) *''College Kickboxers'' (1992) *''

'' (1994) *'' Midnight Run for Your Life'' (1994) *''

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'' (1994) *''Donor Unknown'' (1995) *''Kinda Cute for a White Boy...'' (1996) *''Psycho Sushi'' (1997) *''

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'' (1997) *''Sins of the Mind'' (1997) *'' On the 2nd Day of Christmas'' (1997) *''Via Satellite'' (1998) *''Mr. Headmistress'' (1998) *''

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'' (1998) *''Brookfield'' (1999) *''All You Need'' (2001) *'' The Badge'' (2002) *'' Hangman's Curse'' (2003) *''Set Point'' (2004) *'' Anonymous Rex'' (2004) *'' Dame sobh'' (2005) *''

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'' (2006) *'' The Visitation'' (2006) *''Will-Endowed'' (2008) *''Iranian Chronicles'' (2008)

Television soundtracks

*'' Earth 2'' (1994) *''

'' (1995) *''C-16: FBI'' (1997) *'' FreakyLinks'' (2000) *'' Secret Agent Man'' (2000) *''

'' (2000) *''

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'' (2001) *'' FreakyLinks'' (2001) *''The D.A.'' (2004) *''

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Documentary soundtracks

*'' Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer'' (1992) *'' Tracking Down Maggie'' (1994) *'' Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam'' (1996) *'' Kurt & Courtney'' (1998) *''The Spider Wrangler: The Spiders of Hangman's Curse'' (2004) *''Frank Peretti: From Page to Screen'' (2004) *'' The Glass House'' (2009) *''American Coup'' (2010)

References

External links

Official site of David Bergeaud, musipolis.comNew site of David Bergeaud, bergeaud.com
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