Fred Avril

Composer, Music Producer

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Mars Express (2023)
Feature Film | Everybody on Deck
Dir. Jérémie Périn
Co-composer with Philippe Monthaye
*Premiere, Cannes Film Festival 2023

Lastman Season 2 (2022)
Animated TV Series | Everybody on Deck, Netflix
Dir. Jérémie Hoareau
Co-composer with Philippe Monthaye

Annette (2021)
Feature Film | CG Films
Dir. Leos Carax
Music Producer: Vocal Arrangements
*Official Selection, Festival de Cannes 2021

Mixte Season 1 (2021)
TV Series | Amazon
Dir. Alexandre Castagnetti

The Big Hit (Un triomphe) (2021)
Feature | Agat Films
Dir. Emmanuel Courcol
*Official Selection, Festival de Cannes 2020

Culottées (Brazen) (2020)
Animated TV Mini-Series | Silex Films
Dir. P. Mai Nguyen & Charlotte Cambon

Qui m’aime me suive! (2019)
Feature | Agat Films
Dir. José Alcala

Pearl (2019)
Feature | Unité de Production, Haut et Court
Dir. Elsa Amiel

Plan Coeur (The Hookup Plan) (2018- )
Season 3 upcoming
TV Series | Netflix
Dir. Noémie Saglio & Renaud Bertrand

I Am Not an Easy Man (Je ne suis pas un homme facile) (2018)
Feature | Film Invaders, Netflix
Dir. Eléonore Pourriat

Dumped (Larguées) (2018)
Feature | Estrella, Pathé
Dir. Eloïse Lang

13 novembre, la vie d’après (2016)
Feature Documentary | Doc Ex Nihilo, Arte
Dir. Olivier Lemaire

Lastman Season 1 (2016)
Animated TV Series | Everybody on Deck, Netflix
Dir. Jérémie Périn

Jukai (2016)
Short Film | Autour de Minuit, Arte
Dir. Gabrielle Lissot

Un Écho Temporel (A Temporal Echo) (2016)
Branded Film | M2Malletier
Dir. Albert Moya

Anissa 2002 (2015)
Short Film | Magnetic Films, Stuff Movies
Dir. Fabienne Facco

Connasse, princesse des coeurs
(The Parisian Bitch) (2015)
Feature | Silex Films, LG, Gaumont
Dir. Eloïse Lang & Noémie Saglio

Les bêtises (2015)
Feature | Asa, Rézo Films
Dir. Rose & Alice Philippon

Regn (Rain) (2014)
Short Film | Kostr Films
Dir. Johannes S. Nilsson

Connasse (2013)
TV Series | Silex Films, Canal+
Dir. Eloïse Lang & Noémie Saglio

Les amis à vendre (2013)
TV Feature | Kien Productions, Arte
Dir. Gaëtan Bevernaege

The Lifeguard (2013)
Feature | La Pistola Films, Focus Features
Dir. Liz Garcia

Les voies impénétrables (2011)
TV Feature | La Parisienne des Images, Canal+
Dir. Noémie Saglio

Sound of Noise (2010)
Feature | Kostr/Bliss, Wild Bunch
Dir. Johannes S. Nilsson & Ola Simmonson

Sparrow (2008)
Feature | Milky Way, Universe
Dir. Johnnie To

Mad Detective (2007)
Feature | Milky Way, Universe
Dir. Johnnie To & Ka-Fai Wai
Composer, additional music

Bio

Fred Avril (he/him) is a bilingual musician and producer with a vast musical palette based in Paris, France. A film buff himself, he has always loved the work of filmmakers like David Lynch, David Fincher, and Jane Campion as much as Noah Baumbach, Miranda July, and John Hamburg. His adoration of cinema and music is inexhaustible and clearly reflected in his passion for scoring. 

Before entering the world of film scoring, Avril started as a guitarist and pianist. A child defector of pop rock (Beatles, Donovan, Hendrix), he fell in love with Miles Davis and picked up the trumpet at age 20. A move to New York introduced him to electronic music, and over the years increasingly gravitated toward orchestral music. Already from his first records on the label F Communications, Avril asserted a cinematographic identity, often with a storytelling element. The hazy, Lynch-like aspect of his debut EP “Now It’s Spring” already heralded a close, yet still fantasized, relationship with film.

Avril’s foray into film scoring began with Man Jeuk (Sparrow). His score to the feature film by acclaimed Hong Kong director Johnnie To develops an unique atmosphere of exotica, mixing Latin percussion and traditional instrumentation. Shortly after, with the experimental and elegant film Sound of Noise, Avril dug deeper and began establishing his voice. The Lifeguard, starring Kristen Bell and featuring a score of ethereal pop music by Avril, premiered at Sundance 2013. During this time, he worked on French box office hits like Harry Me, moving between writing for string quartet and producing with a rock ensemble featuring Toby Dammit, drummer of the Stooges. It’s through these opportunities that Avril continued to refine his orchestral writing and expand his toolbox of sounds.

Each of Fred’s original scores is "the result of a lifetime of musical learning." In his score to Pearl, which first premiered in Venice, he reinforces Elsa Amiel's sharp aesthetic with a hypnotic electronic score, in line with those of Cliff Martinez, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. He has written original music for a variety of projects, from indie films like Cannes 2021 highlight The Big Hit as well as for popular series for Netflix and Amazon. He also writes original songs for films, having collaborated with artists like French singer Christophe and Australian singer Mick Harvey (former Bad Seeds), as well as writing and producing a dark and powerful electronic sound with his collaborator Philippe Monthaye for the cult manga for adults Lastman (adapted from Bastien Vivès, Balak and Sanlaville by Jérémie Périn), recently awarded the European Animation Award.


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