Éric Serra

He has scored almost all of Luc Besson's films since the short L'Avant dernier (1981). The Big Blue won him the César in 1989. Then came Nikita, Léon and The Fifth Element. In 1995 he wrote GoldenEye, an electronic score that divided Bond fans. Note that the US version of The Big Blue used different music, by Bill Conti.

Style

Synthesisers, electric bass and percussion, with aquatic and urban moods.

Awards

César for The Big Blue (1989). Several more César nominations.

Discography

• Le dernier combat (1983) Spotify · Apple Music
• Subway (1985) Spotify · Apple Music
• Kamikaze (1986) Spotify · Apple Music
• The Big Blue (1988) Spotify · Apple Music
• Nikita (1990) Spotify · Apple Music
• Atlantis (1991) Spotify · Apple Music
• Léon: The Professional (1994) Spotify · Apple Music
• GoldenEye (1995) Spotify
• The Fifth Element (1997) Spotify · Apple Music
• The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) Spotify
• Bulletproof Monk (2003) Spotify
• Bandidas (2005) Spotify · Apple Music
• Arthur and the Invisibles (2006) Spotify · Apple Music
• Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard (2009) Spotify · Apple Music
• Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds (2010) Spotify
• The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010) Spotify
• The Lady (2011) Spotify
• Lucy (2014) Spotify
• Braqueurs d'élite (2018) Spotify
• Anna (2019) Spotify · Apple Music
• Dogman (2023) Spotify · Apple Music
• The Wages of Fear (2024) Spotify · Apple Music

"Spotify" and "Apple Music" open the album directly on each platform; if only Spotify appears, we have not yet been able to check that album on Apple Music. "Search Spotify" opens an album search for that title. If a link does not lead to the right album, write to [email protected]. "Album" marks the year of that album edition when it differs from the film's.

Listen

• The Big Blue Overture · The Big BlueSpotifyApple MusicYouTube
• Little Light of Love · The Fifth ElementSpotifyApple MusicYouTube

Full biography on Wikipedia