Éric Serra
Éric Serra is known for Lucy (2014), Léon: The Professional (1994), The Fifth Element (1997).
Biography
Éric Serra (born 9 September 1959) is a French musician and composer. He is a frequent collaborator of film director Luc Besson.
Éric Serra was born in Saint-Mandé. His father Claude was a famous French songwriter in the 1950s and '60s, and so Éric was thus exposed to music and its production at a young age. His mother died when he was just seven years old.
In the early 1980s, Éric Serra met director Luc Besson and was asked to score his first film, Le Dernier Combat (1983). Serra has scored all of Besson's directed films to date, except Angel-A (2005) (scored by Anja Garbarek), and several that Besson has written, such as Wasabi.
In 1995, Serra was chosen to compose the score to the James Bond film GoldenEye, and produced a much more modern-sounding avant-garde soundtrack than had been used in previous Bond films. It met with mixed reviews from film critics. While Serra's score has been seen by some as highly innovative, many Bond fans have criticized it and often highlighted the lack of the classic, instantly recognizable Bond leitmotif originally created by Monty Norman and John Barry. The GoldenEye producers later hired John Altman to score the tank chase sequence, which incorporated a traditional arrangement of the Bond theme.David Arnold would succeed Serra as Bond composer until 2008.
Serra is sometimes known as RXRA due to the French pronunciation of his name. His composition Little Light of Love on the soundtrack of the film The Fifth Element is credited to RXRA.
Serra has been the partner of Australian model Jodi Luschwitz for 17 years, with whom he has two children: Ashani and Mitivaï.
From 1980 to 1988, Éric Serra played bass guitar for French singer Jacques Higelin.
Serra is also a songwriter, notably having written "It's Only Mystery" for the film Subway, "My Lady Blue" for Le Grand Bleu and "Little Light of Love" for The Fifth Element. In 1998 he released an album of rock music titled RXRA which resembles the artist's name when pronounced as initial letters in French.
Serra composed the music for the 2008 Las Vegas Criss Angel/Cirque Du Soleil show 'Criss Angel: Believe'.
Serra has spent little time in front of the camera, choosing to work behind the scenes instead. However, on French television he has made a number of appearances performing music, and notably appeared in the Luc Besson film Subway in which he plays 'Enrico the bassist'.
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Questions about Éric Serra
How many Éric Serra films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 24 films with Éric Serra, from 1981 to 2024.
What is the best rated Éric Serra film?
The best rated Éric Serra film in the catalogue is Léon: The Professional (1994), rated 8.3.
What was the first Éric Serra film?
The first Éric Serra film in the catalogue is The Last Battle, from 1983.
Who has Éric Serra worked with the most?
In the catalogue, Éric Serra shares the most credits with Luc Besson (16 films), Thierry Arbogast (10 films) and Jean Reno (8 films).
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Known for
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8.3 Léon: The Professional
1994
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6.5 Lucy
2014
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7.6 The Fifth Element
1997
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6.9 GoldenEye
1995
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6.7 Anna
2019
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6.4 Arthur and the Invisibles
2006
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7.1 Nikita
1990
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7.4 The Big Blue
1988
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5.8 Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard
2009
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6.7 Wasabi
2001
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7.8 Dogman
2023
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5.8 Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds
2010
Full filmography
25 films — 24 in the catalogue
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Djabote, Doudou N'Diaye Rose
1992
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6.5 Subway
1985 · Le Bassiste
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6.2 The Wages of Fear
2024
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7.8
Dogman
2023
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6.7
Anna
2019
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5.6 Renegades
2017
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6.5
Lucy
2014
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6.8 The Lady
2011
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5.8
Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds
2010
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5.8
Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard
2009
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6.4
Arthur and the Invisibles
2006
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6.1 Bandidas
2006
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5.5 Bulletproof Monk
2003
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5.5 Jet Lag
2002
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3.9 Rollerball
2002
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6.7
Wasabi
2001
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5.1 L'Art (délicat) de la séduction
2001
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7.6
The Fifth Element
1997
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6.9
GoldenEye
1995
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8.3
Léon: The Professional
1994
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7.1
Nikita
1990
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7.4
The Big Blue
1988
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6.4 The Last Battle
1983
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4.6 The Penultimate
1981
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6.3 Kamikaze
1986
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