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ERIC SERRA
He was born in Paris on September 9th, 1959 and started to play guitar when he was five years old.
Eric Serra started his musical career at the age of 15 as a professional rock & jazz-rock guitarist.
He played in more than 30 albums (Youssou n'Dour, Mory Kante, Didier Lockwood...) and composed songs for various french artists.
From 1980 to 1984 he acted as bass-player and conductor for the French singer Jacques Higelin..
Eric Serra's involvement in film music is firmly rooted in his friendship with Luc Besson, french film wunderkinda.
The pair have collaborated on Subway (1984), The Big Blue (1988), Nikita (la femme Nikita) (1990), Atlantis (1991) and Leon (The Professional) (1994).
In 1995, Eric Serra composed the music for "Goldeneye", a huge success around the world.
"The Big Blue" has sold more than 2.7 million copies world-wide and has received numerous sales and film academy awards.
"Eric Serra - The Soundtracks", was the first ever compilation of Eric's film music. It was released on Virgin Records on 25th november 1996.
Eric Serra also composed the soundtrack for Luc Besson's film : "The 5thElement", released on may 97 and which sold more than 900.000 copies worldwide.
His first solo album, called "RXRA", was released in 1998 and is co-produced by Ruppert Hine.
Serra also composed the soundtrack for the movie: "The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc" (Jeanne D'Arc), directed by Luc Besson.
His most recent works are the soundtracks for the movies "L'Art (delicat) de La Seduction" (2001), "Wasabi" (2001), "Rollerball" (2002) and "Decalage Horaire" (2002). |
