
Bruno Coulais
Highest Rated: 100% My Journey Through French Cinema (2016)
Lowest Rated: 33% Switch (2011)
Birthday: Jan 13, 1954
Birthplace: Paris, France
Bruno Coulais's composing career won him acclaim in France and the United States, with strong scores for such films as the 2004 drama "The Chorus" and the '09 animated feature "Coraline." Since his first full-length score, for Sébastien Grall's "La femme secrète," he has worked on over 100 features and television series. Originally forging a career in French TV, Coulais leapt into more features when he hooked up with documentarians Claude Nuridsany and Marie Pérennou. "Microcosmos," their 1996 look at insect life, placed a heavy emphasis on Coulais's score, winning him his first Crèsar award and making him the most in-demand film composer in France. Soon, Coulais was working on multiple projects each year, returning to nature documentaries with 2001's avian adventure "Winged Migration," and receiving worldwide acclaim for his work on the schoolhouse drama "The Chorus," which won him a Crèsar, and was nominated for an Oscar and a BAFTA Award. Though around this time he said that he wanted to focus on non-film-related projects, such as a children's opera, Coulais's work was still heard in many movies, including the animated adaptation of Neil Gaiman's "Coraline" and the 2010 documentary "Babies."
Photos
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Story of Annette Zelman | Original Music | - | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sitting Duck | Original Music | - | 2022 |
85% | 75% | The Man in the Basement | Original Music | - | 2021 |
79% | 61% | Mama Weed | Original Music | $28.0K | 2020 |
99% | 98% | Wolfwalkers | Original Music | - | 2020 |
35% | No Score Yet | White as Snow |
Music, Original Music |
$7.6K | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | An Irrepressible Woman | Original Music | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Raising Colors | Music | - | 2018 |
80% | 75% | White Fang | Music | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet | 81% | Orchestra Class | Music | - | 2017 |
40% | No Score Yet | Never Ever | Original Music | - | 2016 |
65% | 55% | Marie Curie | Original Music | $124.9K | 2016 |
100% | 60% | My Journey Through French Cinema | Original Music | $52.1K | 2016 |
93% | 87% | Masaan | Music | - | 2015 |
97% | 71% | Seasons | Original Music | $119.1K | 2015 |
66% | 26% | Diary of a Chambermaid | Original Music | $54.2K | 2015 |
80% | 83% | Mune: Guardian of the Moon | Original Music | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet | 100% | Mune | Original Music | - | 2014 |
54% | 43% | Gemma Bovery | Original Music | $191.5K | 2014 |
99% | 92% | Song of the Sea | Original Music | $850.0K | 2014 |
No Score Yet | 53% | Amazonia | Original Music | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet | 39% | Je fais le mort | Original Music | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I Killed for You | Music | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet | 37% | Houba! On the Trail of the Marsupilami | Original Music | - | 2012 |
93% | 56% | Farewell, My Queen | Original Music | $1.3M | 2012 |
No Score Yet | 53% | Ludwig II | Original Music | - | 2012 |
33% | 41% | Switch | Original Music | - | 2011 |
67% | 28% | My Worst Nightmare | Original Music | $21.5K | 2011 |
No Score Yet | 50% | Deep in the Woods | Original Music | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Turk's Head | Original Music | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lucky Luke | Original Music | - | 2009 |
80% | 75% | Oceans | Original Music | $19.4M | 2009 |
90% | 85% | The Secret of Kells | Original Music | $686.4K | 2009 |
90% | 74% | Coraline | Original Music | $75.3M | 2009 |
78% | 71% | Female Agents | Original Music | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 31% | Agathe Cléry | Original Music | - | 2008 |
93% | 79% | Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders | Original Music | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 56% | The Last Deadly Mission | Original Music | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Crime Insiders | Music | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet | 62% | Ulzhan | Music | - | 2007 |
56% | 79% | The White Planet | Original Music | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet | 31% | Je Préfère Qu'on Reste Amis | Original Music | - | 2005 |
69% | 92% | The Chorus | Original Music | $3.6M | 2004 |
No Score Yet | 70% | The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear | Music | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet | 63% | The Libertine | Original Music | $31.3K | 2000 |
68% | 70% | The Crimson Rivers | Original Music | $632.5K | 2000 |
87% | 91% | Himalaya | Original Music | $2.5M | 1999 |
No Score Yet | 59% | Belle maman | Original Music | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Considerable Disturbance | Music | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | 77% | Serial Lover | Original Music | $7.9K | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Flames in Paradise | Original Music | - | 1997 |
97% | 91% | Microcosmos | Original Music | $1.7M | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | La Colline aux Mille Enfants | Original Music | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Casanova's Return | Original Music | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Walking a Tightrope | Original Music | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Zanzibar | Original Music | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Qui trop embrasse... | Music | - | 1986 |