BRUNO COULAIS

7-hour long film? what is it about? Is the score released?

Not even KOKO would watch 7 hours of youtube.......

I wouldn't bet on it.

...and you've NEVER heard of The Count of Monte Cristo?

They're actually talking about a Coulais scored French TV series, much closer to the movie than the Kevin Reynolds movie with Shearmur's music, BTW.

There is an interview with Bruno Coulais you can listen to at www.filmmusicsite.com/interviews.

Oceans eh? VERY interesting project, both film and score wise. Keep us posted!

The lyrics are a cominbation of french, english and made up words by coulais himself. All the lyrics that he uses in his scores are made up by Bruno. He told this to me in an interview.

Hihi, another press release

What is Oceans like? I've read several negative opinions now but none of them were very specific. It's Coulais, how bad can it be??

BRUNO COULAIS SCORES 2 NEW WORKS - DISNEYNATURE’S OCEANS AND FOCUS FEATURES’ BABIES

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE COMPOSER OF TWO OF THIS YEAR’S OSCAR® NOMINATED FILMS SCORES TWO ANITCIPATED DOCUMENTARIES – DISNEYNATURE’S OCEANS AND FOCUS FEATURES’ BABIES



LOS ANGELES (March 11, 2010) – The scores of Bruno Coulais are filled with the complexity of international and inanimate sounds that bloom into characters in their own right. Whether writing for a documentary or a kid-friendly animated film, Coulais creates moods and emotions in the absence of actors. On the heels of an Academy award season that saw two of Coulais’ films nominated for Best Animated Feature (CORALINE, THE SECRET OF KELLS), the French composer wrote original scores for two of the year’s highly anticipated documentaries: OCEANS and BABIES.



In Disneynature’s OCEANS (opening Earth Day, April 22), Coulais explores the depths of the seas, its inhabitants and the dangers of the ocean. For Focus Features’ BABIES (opening May 7), he creates a delicate, light, funny and emotional score as the film simultaneously follows the life of four of the world’s newest human beings.



Coualis’ scores are innovative and idiosyncratic with their combination of orchestral pieces, toys, ethnic instruments and children’s voices. Mixing orchestra and adding contrapuntal themes tease additional meanings and emotions from a scene according to Coulais.



Coulais writes the original score and also acts as his own orchestrator. “For me it’s very important to make my own orchestrations because when I think of melody, I think of it with the instruments I’ll write with,” says Coulais. “Depending on the density of sequence, sometimes I will have just a few instruments -- strange instruments like the water phone. It’s a metallic percussion where you put water on a kind of basin with a tube and a bowl. You can play notes on it, and it’s a strange, beautiful, very deep sound.”



An ethereal tone dominates the score to Disneynature’s OCEANS. The documentary offers an unprecedented look beneath the sea, exploring the playful splendor and the harsh reality of the weird and wonderful creatures that live within.



“OCEANS is more than a film. It is a manifest for nature,” Coulais said. To capture the great depth of OCEANS Coulais tries to convey through music how wonderful the world is, but also fragile. Coulais hopes through this film, and his music, the audience will have a greater understanding of how important it is to preserve the splendor of the oceans. His score is written for a full orchestra, a kind of concerto for harp and violin with electronic sounds. His score was recorded in Paris featuring French soloists Marielle Nordmann (harp) and Laurent Korcia (violin); along with the French choir Mikrokosmos.



BABIES is a visually stunning film that simultaneously chronicles the lives of four of the world’s newest human inhabitants – in Mongolia, Namibia, San Francisco and Tokyo, respectively. The joyful documentary follows the babies from first breath to first steps, on a journey at once universal and amazingly original.



“The music of BABIES was written for a very special orchestra that included a lot of toys, a string quintet, wind orchestra, ethnic instruments, piano and percussion,” says Coulais. “The words of the lyrics have no meaning. The vocals sound like the beginning of human language.” Although the cast of BABIES is international, “we didn’t want to adapt the music to the nationality of the babies, but to be universal.” Vocals were recorded by French artist Rosemary.



Coulais’s score to LES CHORISTES earned him an Academy Award-nomination, A BAFTA Award-nomination and won a Cesar Award. Other credits include LUCKY LUKE, VILLA AMALIA and the Academy Award-winning Winged Migration.

Author: Ray Costa

And i will definitely not

No, just read the description

k.

BRUNO COULAIS - BABIES



DUE DATE FOR BRUNO COULAIS’ BABIES

SOUNDTRACK IS MAY 4



LOS ANGELES (April 16, 2010) – The trailer to Focus Features’ BABIES has become an internet sensation that the Today Show calls “three minutes of pure pleasure.” Indubitably the score by Annie award-winning composer Bruno Coulais (CORALINE, THE SECRET OF KELLS, WINGED MIGRATION) adds to the building buzz. Lakeshore Records announces that the BABIES soundtrack will be available in stores as well as iTunes and Amazon.com on May 4th. Beginning on Earth Day, April 22nd, his score to Disneynature’s OCEANS will be heard in theatres.



BABIES (opening Mother’s Day weekend) follows four of the world’s newest inhabitants from birth to first steps. Although the subjects live in different parts of the world – a small African village, a Mongolian farm, a bustling Tokyo and an environmentally conscious San Francisco the film joyfully captures the earliest stages of life that are at once unique and universal to us all.



“(Director) Thomas Balmès and I did not want to adapt the music to the nationality of the babies” said Bruno Coulais. “The music needed to show that no matter what their conditions are, wherever they live, these babies grow up happy as long as they are loved. We hoped to express that universal truth.”


“The music of BABIES was written for a very special orchestra,” said Coulais. “I used a lot of toys, a string quartet, a wind orchestra, ethnic instruments, piano and percussion. The words of the lyrics have no meaning. The vocals sound like the beginning of human language.”


Extracts from Ray Costa's pr.

While visiting the Tenerife Fimucité concerts, I had the chance to listen to Bruno Coulais music for the first time. OK he didn't have an easy job, in the way that he was preceding Bear McCreary, the guy I actually came to Tenerife for, but all in all he made a really good impression on me.

Although he didn't conduct himself, he was present during the performance. It included some pieces from Microcosmos (La fin du rêve, La métamorphose, La plante carnivore, Les abeilles et les fleurs and Les patineuses), one piece from Himalaya (Norbu) and some pieces from Oceans (La raie, Les massacres, Un nouvel Ocean, Le temps des découvertes and La cavalerie sous la mer).

I particularly liked the Himalaya piece and the pieces from Oceans also appealed to me. The pieces from Microcosmos I didn't like as much.

After the concert was finished (and Bear McCreary basically brought the house down) I did have a short chat with him, thanking him for the opportunity to listen to his music. I have to say, I felt a little sad for him, because, he got a nice, friendly applause, but after McCreary's performance, the crowd went wild, with standing ovations and everything).

Bruno Coulais seemed like a very nice gentleman.
I would definitely be interested in listening to some of his music.

Anything you guys can recommend me (because given my limited experience with the man, I'd love to hear your input).

Elin

Himalaya is probably his best work to date; very heartfelt and human-centered.