# François-Eudes Chanfrault

François-Eudes Chanfrault (2 December 1974 – 11 March 2016), also credited as François Eudes and Francois Eudes, was a French composer and musician.

## Quotes
### Twitchfilm.com interview (September 10, 2008)

Perkins, Rodney (10 September 2008). "An interview with VINYAN Composer François-Eudes Chanfrault". Twitch Film (twitchfilm.com). Retrieved on 26 February 2012.
* And while expecting me to be the more free I could be, he pushed me to my own corners, always asking for more. More freedom, more experiments, more noise, more trash, more, more.
* It was a fascinating experience where I literally wrote and recorded music live on the picture while Fabrice was screaming "more, more", yelling and singing to finally explode together in a "yeahhhhhh, that's fucking great!"
* We thought about the movie as a global piece of work, not picture, then voices, then music.
* I think my work is unusual, so when someone comes to me, it's rarely to ask me some Zimmer shit, even though it happens sometimes. When it happens, I do my best to write decent / elegant music that could match their needs and mine. But mostly, people want me to be myself.
* My own story is like a fairy tale nobody would believe because it's exactly what you expect but it never happened.

### CinemaFantastique.net interview (October 2, 2008)

Taymans, Damien (2 October 2008). "Interview du compositeur François-Eudes Chanfrault". CinemaFantastique.net (cinemafantastique.be). Retrieved on 27 February 2012.
* I worked carefully in the darkness and the silence.
* I love working on genre films.
* I enjoy a freedom of tone and experimentation unparalleled, almost unthinkable in more traditional films — producers are becoming more conservative, dramatically.
* Finally, the role of sound in these films is very important, and directors give it a lot of attention. We work hard, we try, it is not just enough to illustrate. We must build a character in its own music.
* But there are constants. The first is anxiety, because you have to reinvent an entire personal universe from that of another, understanding the film, its form, its rhythm, its colors.

## Quotes about François-Eudes Chanfrault

* Chanfrault is one of the few French musicians to accommodate both a classical and a true technological expertise.
** "Computer Assisted Sunset" (in French). FNAC (musique.fnac.com). 17 November 2005. Retrieved on 26 February 2012.
* François-Eudes Chanfrault is a young French musician who participated in the soundtrack for Who Killed Bambi? , a thriller by Gilles Marchand, before he distinguished himself by his compositions and electronic offset to the documentaries of Olivier Meyrou (including that of Beyond Hatred).
** Pauchet, Adrien (18 February 2008). "A l'intérieur (A l'intérieur) - François Eudes-Chanfrault" (in French). Cinezik.fr (www.cinezik.org). Retrieved on 26 February 2012.
* She relates how she then viewed his body at the morgue, while a long static shot of the park where the murder took place unspools, backed by Francois Eudes Chanfrault's sparse, sorrowful, string-based score.
** Felperin, Leslie (15 February 2006). "Beyond Hatred - Au-dela de la haine". Variety (Reed Business Information). Retrieved on 26 February 2012.
* Much attention has been paid … to the music of François-Eudes Chanfrault, composer of The Hills Have Eyes.
** Jeremy Forni, director of documentary film Après la gauche, cited in — Demoulin, Anne (6 January 2011). "Après la gauche désenchantée, réinventer l'utopie". L'Express (www.lexpress.fr; ISSN 0245-9949). Retrieved on 26 February 2012.
* The director/writer team is friends and fans of another French duo, Alexandre Aja and Grégory Levasseur, responsible for the blood-drenched Haute Tension. Logically, they have chosen to share the same editor (Baxter) and composer (François-Eudes Chanfrault), resulting in equally effective jackknife editing and a sonorous score.
** Gopaul, Sarah (17 September 2007). "Reviews: Inside". Popjournalism (www.popjournalism.ca; Robert Ballantyne / Popjournalism Enterprises). Retrieved on 26 February 2012.
* Donkey Punch is powered by claustrophobic menace and a notably effective score, by François-Eudes Chanfrault, that features spectral synths and the eerie clack of electro-castanets.
** Loder, Kurt (23 January 2009). "'Donkey Punch': Crimson Tide, By Kurt Loder: Low budget, high body count, not bad.". MTV.com (www.mtv.com; Viacom International Inc.). Retrieved on 26 February 2012.
* Between survival and the camera bobbing at sea, the film draws from its cast and some convincing gore scenes well, all on a trippy soundtrack by François-Eudes Chanfrault ({{w|Vinyan]], The Hills Have Eyes).
** Hervaud, Alexandre (4 August 2010). "Cinemadness : quadruple dose de films de genre" (in French). Libération (www.ecrans.fr). Retrieved on 26 February 2012.
* The film is supported by its strong, vivid images and a hypnotic score by François-Eudes Chanfrault (known by his equally great music for Inside).
** Beck, Martin. "Intensiver "New Wave" Horror aus Frankreich" (in German). Gamona (www.gamona.de; Webguidez Entertainment GmbH). Retrieved on 26 February 2012.
* ...the frenetic pace, driven by the music which is sometimes metal, and sometimes seraphic, of François-Eudes Chanfrault.
** Festraëts, Marion (21 September 2009). "Festival de la fiction TV: Prix du meilleur film pour Belleville Story" (in French). L'Express (www.lexpress.fr; ISSN 0245-9949). Retrieved on 26 February 2012.
* The whole is supported by a soundtrack by François-Eudes Chanfrault that is absolutely remarkable.
** Libiot, Eric (26 March 2010). "Nuit de fureur à Belleville (Arte)" (in French). L'Express (www.lexpress.fr; ISSN 0245-9949). Retrieved on 26 February 2012.

## See also

* Electronic music
* Film
* France
* Music
* Television

## External links

* Official website
* François-Eudes Chanfrault on IMDb
* François-Eudes Chanfrault, at WorldCat