Roussel

Issu d’une formation classique, Guillaume Roussel débute le piano à l’âge de 5 ans. Il se forme jusqu’à ses 17 ans à l’harmonisation, l’orchestration et la direction et est diplômé du CNR de Saint-Maur en 1998. Il étudie ensuite le jazz au CIM de Paris et à l’école Didier Lockwood, ce qui en 2006 le mène jusqu’aux mythiques studios londoniens d’Abbey Road, où il dirigera le London Philharmonic Orchestra.Inspiré par la musique à l’image, Guillaume s’installe à Los Angeles en 2010 où Hans Zimmer l’invite à rejoindre ses prestigieux studios Remote Control. À ses côtés, il contribue au succès de long-métrages mondialement connus comme Pirates des Caraïbes 4 et Les Schtroumpfs. Sa qualité d’écriture “à la française” plaît outre-atlantique, et lui vaut une reconnaissance toute particulière de ses pairs américains.

The Emie R Roussel Trio calls on a metaphor from the world of physics to describe the ensemble and this album: a quantum is the smallest indivisible unit, while the Montréal-based trio is composed of three individuals with similarities and differences, joining together to create a unique and indivisible core. To further the simile, the nine pieces and four interludes on this album act like atoms, simple individual elements uniting and combining with each other to form a whole, a complete experience. Drawing more than ever upon the creativity and cohesion of all three members, this very personal opus is marked both by the group’s singular acoustic sound and a more pronounced groove colour.

Already ten years have passed since the Emie R Roussel Trio produced their first album. Time has gone by at a crazy pace, leading us in turn to make a stopover in the more classical world of the string quartet, unite in a single and indivisible core, and share our universe with inspired and inspiring musicians met where our influences and paths have crossed. Our music has also traveled, taking us on a journey to discover the beauty and aroma of wonderful places. The dawning of a new decade sees us inspired by all those moments and encounters as we begin a new chapter. That long journey over many years has shaped the identity of the trio. The music of this fifth album is like a conversation, in turn quiet or agitated, even passionate, a testament to our complicity and an important milestone in our collective history.

During the past two years, the Trio has had the privilege of presenting their music in eleven countries on four continents. The time spent together discovering other cultures during these trips deeply impacted and inspired the Trio, who are back with a whole new level of complicity and mutual understanding on their new album, Intersections. The hard-won musical cohesion of the group’s three members puts a particular spotlight on groove and melody via a sound at times more acoustic, at others more electric. On their respective journeys, the members of the group had the chance to cross paths with musicians who affected them tremendously.

Although the music of Robert de Visee has transcended the ages, many scholars are still trying to unravel the mysteries surrounding the composer's life.

Although the music of Robert de Visee has transcended the ages, many scholars are still trying to unravel the mysteries surrounding the composer's life.

Composer Guillaume Roussel has written the original music for the film Couleurs de l’incendie directed by and featuring Clovis Cornillac with co-stars Léa Drucker, Benoît Poelvoorde, Alice Isaaz and Olivier Gourmet. The film is based on the novel by Pierre Lemaitre, who received the Prix Goncourt for his book Au revoir là-haut. The movie adaptation of the latter by Albert Dupontel in 2017 (See You Up There) was a huge success and won several Césars. In Couleurs de l’Incendie, Fanny Ardant plays the role of a heroic opera singer; her singing voice in the film is that of the soprano Sandrine Piau. In addition to the music by Guillaume Roussel (who, among other things, wrote the soundtrack for Cédric Jimenez’s film Bac Nord), we hear Verdi, Saint-Saëns and other classics from the French repertoire, including Plaisir d’amour.

Although he is best remembered for his highly regarded stage and orchestral works, Roussel also composed a significant body of masterful yet relatively unknown chamber music. The Romantic early First Violin Sonata is an epic journey of soaring majesty, while the later Second Violin Sonata is dramatic and succinct, sharing its dynamic neo-Classical style with the String Trio, Roussel’s last completed work.

Original Soundtrack from the Netflix web television series The Spy (2019). The music by Guillaume Roussel (HhhH – The Man with the Iron Heart, Primal). The Spy is a 2019 espionage drama television series based on the life of Israel’s top Mossad spy Eli Cohen. The series is created by Gideon Raff for Netflix, stars Sacha Baron Cohen, Hadar Ratzon-Rotem, Noah Emmerich, Yael Eitan, Nassim Si Ahmed, Moni Moshonov, Alona Tal, Mourad Zaoui.

Although he is best remembered for his highly regarded stage and orchestral works, Roussel also composed a significant body of masterful yet relatively unknown chamber music. The Romantic early First Violin Sonata is an epic journey of soaring majesty, while the later Second Violin Sonata is dramatic and succinct, sharing its dynamic neo-Classical style with the String Trio, Roussel’s last completed work.