Guillaume Roussel

Guillaume Roussel (born March, 18 1980) is a French composer of film and television scores, based in Santa Monica, California.
==Early life and Career==
At the age of 5, inspired by his grandfather, composer and director of the Bogota Conservatory , Guillaume Roussel started his studies in piano.
He studied harmony, fugue and counterpoint, at the National Academy of Music in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés until 1998, and then diversified his influences studying improvised music at the CIM in Paris and at Didier Lockwood's School. 
From a very young age, he began composing music in an orchestra style. In 2006, he conducted his own music, performed by the London Philharmonia Orchestra at Abbey Road. 
Guillaume then revealed his talents as a composer through his first feature, "Tomorrow is Today" and received an award for 'Best Score' at the California Independent Film Festival. 
In 2009, he composed the music for the short film Lady Noir for Dior, starring Marion Cotillard; 
In 2010, Hans Zimmer invited him to join the Remote Control team. 
Roussel composed additional music for American films such as "How Do You Know|How do you know" directed by James L. Brooks, "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" by Rob Marshall, or "The Smurfs (film)|The Smurfs" directed by Raja Gosnell, and participated in writing the music for the 84th Academy Awards in 2012. 
During this time he also composed for video games ("Shrek Forever After (video game)|Shrek Forever After", "Rango (video game)|Rango") and advertising. 
Guillaume Roussel composes for many TV Projects such as "The Spy" (Netflix) directed by Gideon Raff, "Happy!"https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshweiss/2019/03/26/happy-composer-says-theres-nothing-imaginary-about-season-2s-big-broadway-musical-number/?sh=6d2940466d1b (Netflix) directed by Brian Taylor or the upcoming BBC Two / Canal+ show Marie Antoinette, a historical drama television series created and written by Deborah Davis.
His recent projects include The Stronghold (BAC Nord)https://variety.com/2022/film/global/france-cesar-nominations-2022-1235163749/ by Cédric Jimenez, for which he was nominated for the 47th César Awards for best original score, Black Beauty https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/features/1156430-cs-score-reviews-solo-deluxe-edition-soundtrack-morehttps://www.postmagazine.com/Publications/Post-Magazine/2020/November-December-2020/Soundtrack-Scoring-Disney-s-I-Black-Beauty-I-.aspxhttps://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/composer-guillaume-roussel/https://makingmusicmag.com/composer-guillaume-roussel-talks-scoring-disneys-film-black-beauty/ by Ashley Avis for his first collaboration with Disney and The Takedownhttps://variety.com/2022/film/reviews/the-takedown-review-loin-du-periph-1235258891/ for Netflix directed by Louis Leterrier. 
In 2022, he was chosen by Martin Bourboulon and Dimitri Rassam to write the music for the diptych the Three Musketeers https://variety.com/2022/film/global/the-three-musketeers-first-stills-1235256895/ https://variety.com/2022/film/global/the-three-musketeers-pathe-international-1235277717/https://filmmusicreporter.com/2022/05/04/guillaume-roussel-to-score-martin-bourboulons-the-three-musketeers-dartagnan-milady/.
Roussel studio is still based in Remote Control, Hans Zimmer’s studio facility.
== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
Year	Title 	Director(s) 	Notes
2006	Tomorrow is today 	Frederic Lumiere 	Award for 'Best Score' at the California Independent Film Festival https://www.caiff.org/awards
2012	"The Dream Team" 	Olivier Dahan 	
2013	It Boy 	David Moreau 	
2014	Le Crocodile du Botswanga 	Fabrice Éboué and Lionel Steketee	
2014	Three Days to Kill 	McG 	
2014	The Connection 	Cedric Jimenez 	
2015	Outcast 	Nick Powell 	
2015	Blind Date 	Clovis Cornillac 	
2017	The Man with the Iron Heart 	Cedric Jimenez 	Based on French writer Lauren Binet's 2010 novel, HHhH.
2017	Coexister 	Fabrice Eboué 	
2019	Losing It (Mais vous êtes fous) 	Audrey Diwan 	
2019	Primal 	Nick Powell 	
2020	Bac Nord 	Cedric Jimenez 	Official Selection 2021 Cannes Film Festival
Nomination for the César for Best Original Score
2020	Black Beauty 	Ashley Avis 	Premiered on Disney+
2021	C'est Magnifique ! 	Clovis Cornillac 	
2021	Barbaque 	Fabrice Eboué 	
2022	The Takedown 	Louis Leterrier 	
2022	King 	David Moreau 	
2022	Kompromat 	Jerome Salle 	
2022	Novembre https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/november-novembre-review-cannes-2022-1235149321/https://filmmusicreporter.com/2022/04/25/guillaume-roussel-scoring-cedric-jimenezs-november/	Cédric Jimenez 	Official Selection 2022 Cannes Film Festival
2022	Couleurs de l'incendie 	Clovis Cornillac 	
2023	The Three Musketeers : D'Artagnan 	Martin Bourboulon 	
2023	The Three Musketeers : Milady 	Martin Bourboulon 	
=== Additional Music ===
Year	Title 	Director(s) 	Composer
2009	Blood: The Last Vampire 	Chris Nahon 	Clint Mansell
2010	How Do You Know 	James L. Brooks 	Hans Zimmer
2011	The Smurfs 	Raja Gosnell 	Heitor Pereira
2011	Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides	Rob Marshall 	Hans Zimmer
2012	Mr. Morgan's Last Love 	Sandra Nettelbeck	Hans Zimmer
2013	The Smurfs 2 	Raja Gosnell 	Heitor Pereira
2014	Grace of Monaco 	Olivier Dahan 	Christopher Gunning
2018	Smallfoot 	Karey Kirkpatrick	Heitor Pereira
2019	Playmobil: The Movie 	Lino DiSalvo 	Heitor Pereira
2019	Angry Birds 2 	Thurop Van Orman 	Heitor Pereira
=== Television ===
Year 	Title 	Network(s) 	Showrunner
2013 - 2014	Crossing Lines 	NBC 	Edward Allen Bernero
2011 - 2015	Doc Martin 	TF1 	N/A
2017 	Ransom 	CBS 	Frank Spotnitz
2018 	Ice 	Audience 	Edward Allen Bernero
2017 - 2019	Happy! 	Syfy Netflix 	Brian Taylor
2019 	The Spy 	Netflix 	Gideon Raff
2022 	Totems 	Amazon Prime Video	Jerome Salle
2022 	Marie-Antoinette	BBC Two / Canal + 	Written by Deborah Davis
=== Video Game ===
Year	Title 	Publisher(s) 	Notes
2010	Shrek Forever After 	Activision 	Main Composer David Buckley
2011	Rango 	Electronic Arts Paramount Digital Entertainment	Main Composer Lorne Balfe
2020	Call of Duty: Mobile	Activision 	Hollywood Music in Media Awards for Original Song/Score — Mobile Video Game
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