Fred Avril
Composer, Music Producer
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Credits
Mars Express (2023)
Feature Film | Everybody on Deck
Dir. Jérémie Périn
Co-composer with Philippe Monthaye
*Premiere, Cannes Film Festival 2023
*Winner, Best Best Soundtrack in a Feature Film, 2024 Emile Awards
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
Voltaire 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.
