Éric Demarsan

Éric Demarsan (born 2 October 1938), also known as Éric de Marsanis, is a French film score composer.

Life and career

After working as arranger for composers Michel Magne then François de Roubaix (including on Le Samouraï) he scored L'Armée des ombres ( Army of Shadows) in 1969 then Le Cercle rouge (a.k.a. The red circle) in 1970, both by director Jean-Pierre Melville.

After that, he scored numerous movies for other great directors like Jean-Pierre Mocky, Costa-Gavras or Patrice Leconte.

Éric Demarsan also composed many songs, the Pop Symphony album under pseudonym Jason Havelock, as well as some musics for sound and light shows.

Since 2000 he works frequently with director Guillaume Nicloux and then Hervé Hadmar.

Selected filmography

1968 : Sébastien parmi les hommes (TV), by Cécile Aubry 1969 : L'Armée des ombres, by Jean-Pierre Melville 1970 : Le Cercle rouge, by Jean-Pierre Melville 1971 : L'Humeur vagabonde, by Édouard Luntz 1974 : Section spéciale, by Costa-Gavras 1975 : La Rage au poing, by Eric Le Hung 1978 : Attention, Les Enfants Regardent, by Serge Leroy 1982 : , by Pierre Lary 1983 : Un bon petit diable, by Jean-Claude Brialy 1983 : Le Bourreau des cœurs, by Christian Gion 1983 : Debout les crabes, la mer monte !, de Jean-Jacques Grand-Jouan 1985 : Les Spécialistes, by Patrice Leconte 1985 : Moi vouloir toi, by Patrick Dewolf 1988 : Juillet en septembre, by Sébastien Japrisot 1998 : Vidange, by Jean-Pierre Mocky 1993 : La Treizième voiture, by Alain Bonnot 2000 : La Candide madame Duff, by Jean-Pierre Mocky 2001 : La Bête de miséricorde, by Jean-Pierre Mocky 2002 : A Private Affair, by Guillaume Nicloux 2003 : That Woman, by Guillaume Nicloux 2006 : Le Concile de Pierre, by Guillaume Nicloux 2007 : Les Oubliées (TV), by Hervé Hadmar 2009 : Pigalle, la nuit (TV), by Hervé Hadmar 2010 : Signature (TV), by Hervé Hadmar 2012 : L'affaire Gordji (TV), by Guillaume Nicloux 2016 : The End, by Guillaume Nicloux