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.

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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.

Taymans, Damien (2 October 2008). "Interview du compositeur François-Eudes Chanfrault". CinemaFantastique.net (cinemafantastique.be). Retrieved on 27 February 2012.

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.

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.

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