While The Professional marked the American breakthrough of populist French director Luc Besson (and his long-time composer, Eric Serra), the ambitious, futuristic sci-fi adventure The Fifth Element proved to be Besson's stateside sophomore jinx at the box office. Still, Serra's score shouldn't be overlooked. Easily the composer's most digitally daring studio concoction, The Fifth Element offers up a brave stew of synth beats, orchestral flourishes, and ethnic influences ranging from Middle Eastern modalities to Italian operatic arias.
Original soundtrack to Luc Besson's 1991 documentary with music from frequent collaborator Eric Serra (Big Blue, La Femme Nikita, The Fifth Element).
Eric Serra is an award-winning French film music composer best known for his work with director Luc Besson on international blockbusters such as The Fifth Element (1997). Born on September 9, 1959, in Saint-Mandé, Île-de-France, he began his musical career during the mid- to late '70s as a guitarist and bassist in collaboration with a range of French pop/rock acts…
Les confidences, à l'ombre des podiums, d'une reine de beauté.
Devenue mannequin sur la scène internationale à l'âge de 19 ans, Ève Salvail a longtemps laissé les autres modeler son histoire et façonner son image. Égérie et muse de Jean-Paul Gaultier, se distinguant grâce à son tatouage de dragon et son crâne rasé, elle a défilé pour de prestigieux créateurs de mode, fait les couvertures de grands magazines et est apparue au cinéma dans des films comme The Fifth Element (1997), Celebrity (1998), Hostage (1999) et Zoolander (2001)…
This collection compiles music and films by Art of Noise from the period 1995 to 2000, and is mostly comprised of previously unreleased material, including the album 'balance - music for the eye' and the Producer's Cut of 'The Seduction of Claude Debussy' on CD, and two unreleased complete concerts on the DVD, filmed in London at Coexistence studio and Shepherds Bush Empire in 2000.