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Biography
BLP IMDB refimprove|date=November 2008Infobox musical artist| name = Éric Serra| image =| caption =| alt =| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist| birth_name = Éric Serra| alias =| birth_date = birth date and age|df
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|birth_place =near Paris , France| origin = Paris | genre = Pop, dance, electronic| associated_acts =| instrument = Guitar, percussion, drums| occupation = Songwriter, record producer, composer, President of EuroVoice European Music Contest| years_active = 1970–present| label = RXRA| website = http://www.ericserra.com www.ericserra.com Éric Serra (born on 9 September 1959) is a French people|French composer . He has often worked on the movies of Luc Besson .
Biography
Éric Serra's father Claude was a famous French songwriter in the 1950s and '60s, and, as such, Éric was exposed to music and its production at a young age. His mother died when he was just seven years old. In the early '80s, Serra met director Luc Besson and was asked to score his first movie Le Dernier Combat (1983). Serra has scored all of Besson's directed movies to date, except Angel-A (2005) (scored by Anja Garbarek ), and several that Besson has written such as Wasabi (film)|Wasabi .
In 1995 , Éric Serra was chosen to compose the score to the James Bond film GoldenEye , and produced a much more modern-sounding avant-garde GoldenEye (soundtrack)|soundtrack compared to previous Bond films. It met with mixed reviews from film critic s. Serra's score is often criticized by Bond fans, and is considered the farthest departure from a traditional Bond score and, by some, as the most inappropriate in the series history. Others find it highly innovative, with the main problem the lack of John Barry's traditional theme. The producers later hired John Altman (composer)|John Altman to provide the music for the tank chase in St. Petersburg. Serra's original track for that sequence can still be found on the soundtrack as "A Pleasant Drive In St. Petersburg".
Occasionally, and mainly due to his album released by this name, he is known in credits as RXRA (pronounced like his name, in French). An example is "Little Light of Love" on The Fifth Element soundtrack, which is credited to RXRA.
Other projects
From 1980 to 1988, Éric Serra played bass guitar for French singer Jacques Higelin .
Éric Serra is also a songwriter, notably having written "It's Only Mystery" for the film Subway (film)|Subway and "My Lady Blue" for The Big Blue|Le Grand Bleu . In 1988 , Éric Serra released an album of rock music titled RXRA which resembles the artist's name when pronounced as initial letters in French.
Most recently he composed the music for the new Criss Angel/Cirque Du Soleil show 'Criss Angel: Be lie ve' to open at the Luxor Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, in October 2008.
Onscreen appearances
Serra has spent little time in front of the camera, choosing to work behind the scenes instead. However, on French television he has made a number of appearances performing music, and notably appeared in the Luc Besson movie Subway (film)|Subway in which he plays 'Enrico the bassist'.
Film scores
Éric Serra has created the scores for the following movies:
The Lady (2011 film)|The Lady (2011)
Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds|Arthur and the War of the Two Worlds (2010)
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (film)|The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010)
Nikita (film)|Nikita a.k.a. La Femme Nikita (1990)
The Big Blue a.k.a. Le Grand Bleu (1988) (European version; a separate soundtrack composed by Bill Conti was created for the US version)
Kamikaze (film)|Kamikaze (1986)
Subway (film)|Subway (1985)
La Nuit du flingueur (1984) (TV)
Le Dernier Combat (1983)
'' L'Avant dernier (1981) ( short film )
External links
official website| http://www.ericserra.com/en iconfr icon
IMDb name|id=0785385
http://www.swi.com.br/asr/serrae.shtml Fan Site
http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/believe/en/show/creators.asp Official Criss Angel Believe show website
S-startSuccession box| title= James Bond music|James Bond film score composer | years=1995 | before= Michael Kamen 1989 | after= David Arnold 1997 —end James Bond musicUse dmy dates|date=August 2010 Persondata | NAME = Serra, Eric | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = 9 September 1959 | PLACE OF BIRTH = near Paris , France | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Serra, Eric Category:French composers Category:1959 births Category:Living people Category:French film score composers
