Nicolas Errèra
Nicolas Errèra
Biography
Nicolas Errèra (born 21 May 1967) is a French composer and musician working all over the world. Co-founder of innovatives electronics groups Grand Popo Football Club and Rouge Rouge, he also composes soundtracks for films and television. 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 Jeannine Richer. In 1998 he set up the electro pop group Grand Popo Football Club and in 2002 he created the group Rouge Rouge. Both groups went on to be associated with the French touch He has written music for more than 60 French and international films, including Au nom de ma fille, Sleepless Night[4] by Frédéric Jardin, The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir, Sticky Fingers by the Canadian filmmaker Ken Scott, The Lookout by the Italian director Michele Placido. Nocturna by Spain's Victor Maldonado and Adrian Garcia, and The Butterfly with Michel Serrault. In 2008 the success in China of the film The Butterfly (which was watched by more than 10 million people) led to a meeting with the Hong Kong director Benny Chan. 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, Shaolin and Connected. In 2015, he composed the music for Mountain Cry directed by Larry Yang (closing film at Busan International Film Festival). In 2018, he composed the music for the movie Hidden Man directed by Jiang Wen. Hidden Man has been chosen by China as its nominee for Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards. In 2022 he received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Original Song at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards for "Drop the Rock", a song he cowrote with Craig Walker for the 2021 film Goodbye Happiness (Au revoir le bonheur). 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 2017 Ne m'abandonne pas won an International Emmy Awards Best TV Movie/Mini-Series. 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 Laruent, Chanel, Christian Dior SE, Givenchy and many more). ... Source: Article "Nicolas Errèra" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Personal Info
Known For
Sound
Known Credits
39
Gender
Male
Birthday
1967-05-21 (58 years old)
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Crew

2025

My Mom, God and Sylvie Vartan Original Music Composer

2024

La Fulgurée Music

2024

The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru Original Music Composer

2024

Survive Original Music Composer

2024

Serpent's Path Original Music Composer

2023

Tout pour Agnès Music

2022

My Night Music

2022

Algiers Confidential Original Music Composer

2021

Raging Fire Music

2021

Emma Bovary Original Music Composer

2018

Hidden Man Original Music Composer

2018

Death in the Soul Original Music Composer

2018

The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Original Music Composer

2018

War on Beasts Original Music Composer

2017

Remembering You Compositor

2017

Le Viol Music

2016

In Her Name Original Music Composer

2015

Mountain Cry Music

2014

L'héritière Music

2013

Alias Caracalla, au cœur de la Résistance Original Music Composer

2013

La Source Original Music Composer

2012

The Lookout Original Music Composer

2011

Sleepless Night Original Music Composer

2011

Emma Music

2009

Divorces Original Music Composer

2008

Me Two Original Music Composer

2008

XIII Music

2007

Nocturna Original Music Composer

2005

Au suivant ! Original Music Composer

2004

Les parallèles Original Music Composer

2004

Les parallèles Music

2004

L'Américain Music

2002

The Butterfly Music

2000

Scénarios sur la drogue Original Music Composer

1994

Nobody Loves Me Co-Writer