Nicolas Errèra

Nicolas Errèra
Background information
Born	(1967-05-21) 21 May 1967 Paris, France
Genres	Film score, electronic music
Occupation(s)	Composer, pianist, producer
Instruments	Piano, percussion, keyboard
Years active	1998–present
Website	www.nicolaserrera.com

Nicolas Errèra (born 21 May 1967) is a French musician and composer. Co-founder of electronics groups Grand Popo Football Club and Rouge Rouge, he also composes soundtracks for films and television.

Early life

Nicolas Errèra comes from a family of artists. An only child, his father is a playwright and his mother a set designer. He was born in Paris.

He majored in science to attain his baccalaureate and also studied philosophy. When he was a teenager he joined the group of the English theatre director Peter Brook, under whom he featured in 3 plays. Alongside his studies he took lessons in piano and composing at the École normale de musique de Paris, studying under Serge Petigirard (piano) and Max Deutsch (composing). Here he was awarded his first prize for composing. He also studied Harmony and Counterpoint with the composer Joanne Richer.^[1]

In 1998 he set up the electro pop group Grand Popo Football Club^[2] and in 2002 he created the group Rouge Rouge. Both groups went on to be associated with the French touch

Career

Cinema

He has written music for more than 40 French and international films, including Au nom de ma fille,Sleepless Night (2011 film)^[3] by Frédéric Jardin, Sticky Fingers (2009 film) by the Canadian film-maker Ken Scott (filmmaker), Nocturna (film) by Spain's Victor Maldonado and Adrian Garcia, La Personne aux deux Personnes by Nicolas & Bruno, and The Butterfly (2002 film) with Michel Serrault. In 2008 the success in China of the film The Butterfly^[4] (which was watched by more than 10 million people)^[5] led to a meeting with the Hong Kong director Benny Chan (film director). This paved the way for him to work in Asian movies, as he composed the soundtracks for three of Chan's films – The White Storm,^[6] Shaolin (film) ^[7] and Connected (film).

Television

As with his work for the cinema, Errèra wrote the music for fictional TV series such as XIII: The Conspiracy, XIII: The Series the French-Canadian series adapted from the graphic novels by William Vance and Jean Van Hamme. He also wrote music for television movies for Alain Tasma, and many more. In 2006 Errèra met the photographer and director Jean-Baptiste Mondino, with whom he regularly collaborates on music for promotional films for prestigious brands (including (Yves Saint Laurent (brand), Chanel, Givenchy and many more).

Theatre

In 2008 Errèra met John Malkovich. He composed the music for two productions directed by the American, namely: Good Canary by Zach Helm, directed by John Malkovich in the Théâtre Comedia (awarded the 2008 Molière prize for best director), and, in 2012, Les Liaisons Dangereuses,^[8] directed by John Malkovich in the Théâtre de l'Atelier in Paris. The production has also a limited engagement in July 2013 at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts^[9] in New York City

Radio

In 1999 he met Jean-François Bizot, the founder of Actuel magazine and Radio Nova. Since 2004 he has been producing and hosting a programme on Radio Nova (France) entitled Le Pudding,^[10] (every Sunday from 8pm).^[11]

Selected Filmography

• Mountain Cry (2016)
• Au nom de ma fille (2016)
• Ne m'abandonne pas (2016)
• The White Storm (2013)
• Le Guetteur (2013)
• XIII: The Series (season 2) (2012)
• Shaolin (film) (2012)
• XIII: The Series (season 1) (2011)
• Sleepless Night (2011 film) (2011)
• Sticky Fingers (2009 film) (2009)
• XIII: The Conspiracy (2008)
• Connected (film) (2008)
• Nocturna (film) (2007)
• Die Straße (2004) (composition of an original music for the sillent movie directed by Karl Grune in 1923)^[12]
• The Butterfly (2002 film) (2002)

Awards and nominations

Awards

• 2016 Award Ucmf 2016 - Best Music Award for the movie "Ne m'abandonne pas"^[13]
• 2014 Best Music Award (Golden Deer) - Changchun China Film Festival for the movie The White Storm ^[14]

Selected Discography

Grand Popo Football Club^[15]

• Venom in the grass (Pschent) (2010)
• My Territory featuring Tania Bruna-Rosso (Pschent) (2008)
• Men Are Not Nice Guys (Atmosphériques) (2002)
• Shampoo Victims (Atmosphériques) (2000)
• Each Finger Has An Attitude (Atmosphériques) (1999)

RougeRouge^[16]

• Ce soir,après diner (Wagram) (2003)
• Hôtel Costes, Vol. 5 (Wagram) (2002)
• L'amour (Wagram) (2002)

Soundtrack

• Au nom de ma fille (LGM/Noodles) (2016)
• The White Storm (Enka) (2014)
• Sleepless Night (Moviescoremedia) (2011)
• Shaolin, (Moviescoremedia MMS-11018) (2011)
• Nocturna (Milan/Universal)
• L'Outremangeur, (Milan/Universal) (2002)
• Cravate Club (East-West/Warner)(2002)
• The Butterfly (Universal)(2002)
• Les Frères Sœur (APC)(2000)

Remix

• Remix of the soundtrack Le Samouraï^[17](Universal)

Theatre

• Les Liaisons dangereuses (Enka -12001]) (2011)

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nicolas Errèra.

• Official website
• Nicolas Errèra at the Internet Movie Database