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Fred Avril

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Avril
Frédéric Magnon

Biography from TheMovieDB

Fred Avril Magnon is a French composer based in Montmartre, Paris. As a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, he won international praise for two albums that showed a strong link with cinema.  Avril got his start in film music in 2008 with Hong-Kong acclaimed director Johnnie To. His quasi-musical Man Jeuk's soundtrack was nominated at both the Hong Kong Film Awards and Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards, the film being a box-office hit in China. Fred Avril won the Stockholm Music Award with Swedish film Sound of Noise (Semaine de la critique, Cannes) about "sonic bombing". He then composed the score for the indie feature "The Lifeguard" (Liz W. Garcia) with Kristen Bell, that premiered in Sundance.  Other projects featured singers Mick Harvey (former member of the Bad Seeds) and late Christophe (singer). He co-composed with Marianne Elise the song in French box-office success Connasse, Princesse des cœurs introducing Camille Cottin.  In 2018, he composed the main theme for The Hook Up Plan. The music was uploaded by fans on YouTube and was streamed more than 5 million times throughout the world before being released by Bertelsmann Music Group. Avril also writes orchestral music, such as I Am Not an Easy Man. He won the Emile Award for Best Soundtrack for an Animated Series with adult manga series Lastman.  Source: Article "Avril (French musician)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Film Production

Music:
2013  The Lifeguard
2014  Les amis à vendre
2015  The Parisian Bitch
2023  Mars Express

Original Music Composer:
2008  Sparrow
2010  Sound of Noise
2013  The Lifeguard
2014  Les amis à vendre
2015  The Parisian Bitch
2017  Bad Buzz
2018  Dumped
2018  I Am Not an Easy Man
2018  Pearl
2020  The Big Hit
2023  Mars Express

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TV Production

Music:
2013  Connasse
2016  Lastman

Original Music Composer:
2013  Connasse
2016  Lastman
2020  Brazen

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