Biography
Eric Serra began to play the guitar when he was five years old. He went on to master the drums, bass, percussions and keyboards, and formed his own band at the age of 15. A year later he became a professional musician playing with such prominent artists as Didier Lockwood, Youssou N’Dour, Mory Kanté and Jacques Higelin.
The turning point in Eric’s career came at the beginning of the 1980s when he met French film director Luc Besson, who asked him to compose the score for his first short film titled L'Avant Dernier (1981) and later, his first feature film The Last Combat (1983). Since then, he has written the music for every Besson film (Subway, The Big Blue, La Femme Nikita, Atlantis, Léon aka The Professional, The Fifth Element etc.).
From 1980 to 1988, Eric was musical director and bass guitarist for French singer rock star Jacques Higelin and released a pop music album entitled RXRA – whose title sounds like the artist's name when pronounced as initial letters in French.
In addition to his film work with Luc Besson, Eric has composed the music for Kamikaze (1986) directed by Didier Grousset, Rollerball (2001) by John McTiernan, Jet Lag (2002) by Danièle Thompson and Paul Hunter’s Bulletproof Monk (2003). Between 2003 and 2005, he worked on several collective projects, producing and co-composing the soundtracks for L’Art délicat de la séduction directed by Richard Berry and Wasabi directed by Gérard Krawczyk. Also, together with Phil Collins, Eric produced the French versions of Walt Disney’s Tarzan songs.
Composer
Movies | |
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2024 |
The Wages of Fear |
2023 |
DogMan |
2019 |
Anna |
2017 |
Renegades |
2014 |
Lucy |
2011 |
The Lady |
2010 |
Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds |
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec |
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2009 |
Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard |
2006 |
Arthur and the Invisibles |
Sexy Pistols |
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2003 |
Bulletproof Monk |
2002 |
Jet Lag |
Rollerball |
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2001 |
L'Art (délicat) de la séduction |
Wasabi |
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1999 |
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc |
1997 |
The Fifth Element |
1995 |
GoldenEye |
1994 |
Léon: The Professional |
1990 |
La Femme Nikita |
1988 |
The Big Blue |
1986 |
Kamikaze |
1985 |
Subway |
1983 |
The Last Battle |
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1984 |
Série noire |
La Nuit du flingueur (E20) |
Documentaries | |
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2019 |
Nah am Tod |
1995 |
A Day in the Life of GoldenEye (TV movie) |
GoldenEye: The Secret Files (TV movie) |
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1991 |
Atlantis |
Short | |
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1981 |
L'Avant dernier |
Actor
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1985 |
Subway |
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2005 |
Village départ |
Documentaries | |
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2002 |
Compositeurs/réalisateurs, dialogue impossible ? |
1995 |
Der Klang der Bilder (TV movie) |
Déjà dimanche (series) |
Music videos | |
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2009 |
TckTckTck: Time for Climate Justice - Beds Are Burning |
Performer
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1992 |
HBO First Look |
1988 |
Lunettes noires pour nuits blanches |
1985 |
Victoires de la musique |
Fans
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