Bruno Coulais
Bruno Coulais
Biography
Bruno Coulais (born 13 January 1954) is a French composer, most widely known for his music on film soundtracks. Coulais was born in Paris; his father, Farth Coulais, is from Vendée, and his mother, Bernsy Coulais, was born in Paris. Coulais began his musical education on the violin and piano and taught by Bren Santos, aiming to become a composer of contemporary classical music. However, a series of acquaintances gradually re-oriented him towards film music. Coulais met François Reichenbach, who asked him in 1977 to sonorize his documentary México mágico who permit to compose the first soundtracks for Jacques Davila "qui trop embrasse" en 1986 . Until the end of the 1990s, he remained low-profile, composing mainly for television. His name can often be found from TV films by Gérard Marx and Laurent Heynemann. He also composed the soundtracks for Christine Pascal's 1992 film Le Petit Prince a dit, and Agnès Merlet's Le fils du requin in 1993. In 1994, he met the television producer Josée Dayan, who let him write a theme for the TV series La rivière esperance, aired on the France 2 network in autumn 1995. He worked with Dayan again with other major productions such as Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, Balzac, and Les nuiteux. The largest turning point of his career came in 1996, when he worked with directors Claude Nuridsany and Marie Pérennou of the documentary Microcosmos. This single film, which gave a great significance to the music in it, was a great success and made Coulais one of the most wanted composers of French film music. In 1997, he won the César award for the best musical score in a film, as well as a Victoire de la Musique. His reputation was confirmed by the soundtracks to Himalaya (1999) and Les rivières pourpres (2000), and after that Bruno Coulais's name was to be found on most new French blockbusters, such as Belphégor and Vidocq. After producing the soundtrack to Winged Migration in 2001, Coulais announced that he wanted to significantly reduce his contributions to film music, and instead concentrate on other projects, such as the creation of an opera for children, and collaborations with Akhenaton, Akhenaton's group IAM and the Corsican group A Filetta, with whom he had worked since he had made the soundtrack for Jacques Weber's film Don Juan in 1998. In 2002, his name was found on the ending credits of the animation L'Enfant qui voulait être un ours , and in 2004, on Frédéric Schoendoerffer's Agents secrets. The same year, he wrote the soundtrack to the film Les choristes by Christophe Barratier, starring Jean-Baptiste Maunier in the lead soprano singing role, which subsequently became an international hit. The music for this film received as great praise as the film itself, and it won Coulais his third César award. The song Vois sur ton chemin was also nominated for an Academy Award (Best original song). Since then, Coulais's collaborations in cinema seem to be limited to works by directors with whom he already shares some history, in particular Jacques Perrin, Frédéric Schoendoerffer, and James Huth. In 2009, he won at the 37th Annie Awards, in the "Music in a Feature Production" category for Coraline. ... Source: Article "Bruno Coulais" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Sound
Known Credits
126
Gender
Male
Birthday
1954-01-13 (71 years old)
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Crew

2025

Belle Original Music Composer

2024

Boléro Music

2023

Goodbye Vinyle Original Music Composer

2023

Summer Frost Music

2023

La Syndicaliste Original Music Composer

2022

Maigret Original Music Composer

2022

Wendell & Wild Original Music Composer

2022

The Forest Maker Original Music Composer

2022

Chevrotine Sound

2022

Story of Annette Zelman Original Music Composer

2022

The King’s Favorite Original Music Composer

2021

The Man in the Basement Original Music Composer

2020

Wolfwalkers Orchestrator

2020

Mama Weed Original Music Composer

2020

Wolfwalkers Original Music Composer

2019

The Spellbound Music

2019

Casanova, Last Love Original Music Composer

2019

White as Snow Original Music Composer

2019

Meet the Malawas Original Music Composer

2018

Eva Original Music Composer

2018

White Fang Orchestrator

2018

White Fang Original Music Composer

2018

Normandy Nude Original Music Composer

2018

Volontaire Original Music Composer

2018

Aurore Music

2017

False Confessions Original Music Composer

2016

Seasons Music

2016

Never Ever Original Music Composer

2016

Brice 3 Original Music Composer

2016

Marie Curie Original Music Composer

2016

Le Peuple des forêts Original Music Composer

2015

Mune: Guardian of the Moon Original Music Composer

2015

Diary of a Chambermaid Original Music Composer

2015

The Chameleon Slayer Original Music Composer

2015

Masaan Original Music Composer

2014

Song of the Sea Original Music Composer

2014

3 Hearts Original Music Composer

2014

Gemma Bovery Original Music Composer

2013

La rupture Music

2013

Playing Dead Original Music Composer

2013

Amazonia Original Music Composer

2012

Ludwig II Original Music Composer

2012

HOUBA! On the Trail of the Marsupilami Original Music Composer

2012

An Open Heart Music

2012

Happiness Never Comes Alone Original Music Composer

2012

Farewell, My Queen Original Music Composer

2012

Calm at Sea Original Music Composer

2011

My Worst Nightmare Original Music Composer

2011

The Field of Enchantment Original Music Composer

2011

Switch Original Music Composer

2010

Turk's Head Original Music Composer

2010

Oceans Music

2010

Deep in the Woods Original Music Composer

2009

The Secret of Kells Original Music Composer

2009

Coraline Original Music Composer

2009

Lucky Luke Original Music Composer

2009

Villa Amalia Original Music Composer

2008

Agathe Cléry Original Music Composer

2008

Female Agents Original Music Composer

2008

The Last Deadly Mission Original Music Composer

2008

Le Septième Juré Original Music Composer

2007

Hellphone Original Music Composer

2007

Ulzhan Original Music Composer

2007

The Second Wind Original Music Composer

2007

Max & Co Original Music Composer

2007

Crime Insiders Original Music Composer

2006

The White Planet Music

2005

The Brice Man Original Music Composer

2005

Sometimes in April Original Music Composer

2005

Les Choristes in Concert Compositor

2005

Let's Be Friends Original Music Composer

2004

Genesis Music

2004

Secret Agents Original Music Composer

2004

Milady Music

2004

The Chorus Original Music Composer

2003

Hot House Original Music Composer

2002

The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear Original Music Composer

2002

The Tombs Original Music Composer

2001

Winged Migration Original Music Composer

2001

Les Rivières pourpres: L'enquête Original Music Composer

2001

Making of "la scène au scalpel" Original Music Composer

2001

Origins of Life Original Music Composer

2001

Winged Migration Music Director

2001

Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre Original Music Composer

2001

All About Love Original Music Composer

2001

Vidocq Original Music Composer

2000

The Magnet Music

2000

Marry Me Original Music Composer

2000

The Crimson Rivers Original Music Composer

2000

The Magnet Original Music Composer

2000

Jacqueline dans ma vitrine Original Music Composer

2000

The Libertine Original Music Composer

2000

Crime Scenes Original Music Composer

2000

Harrison's Flowers Original Music Composer

1999

Hard Off Original Music Composer

1999

Balzac: A Life of Passion Original Music Composer

1999

Belle Maman Original Music Composer

1999

Himalaya Original Music Composer

1999

Balzac Compositor

1998

Serial Lover Original Music Composer

1998

Don Juan Original Music Composer

1998

The Count of Monte Cristo Original Music Composer

1997

Fire in Paradise Music

1996

Microcosmos Original Music Composer

1996

Vice vertu et vice versa Original Music Composer

1995

Time Music

1994

Le Chambon Music

1993

The Son of the Shark Original Music Composer

1992

Old Rascal Music

1992

The Return of Casanova Original Music Composer

1991

Epiphany Sunday Original Music Composer

1986

Bel ragazzo Music

1986

The Secret Wife Music

1986

Lien de parenté Original Music Composer

1986

Softly from Paris Original Music Composer

1978

Nuit féline Music