Éric Serra (born on 9 September 1959) is a French composer. He has often wo… Read Full Bio ↴Éric Serra (born on 9 September 1959) is a French composer. He has often worked on the movies of Luc Besson.
Éric Serra's father Claude was a famous French songwriter in the 1950s and '60s, and, as such, Éric was exposed to music and its production at a young age. His mother died when he was just seven years old. In the early '80s, Serra met director Luc Besson and was asked to score his first movie Le Dernier Combat (1983). Serra has scored all of Besson's directed movies to date, except Angel-A (2005) (scored by Anja Garbarek), and several that Besson has written such as Wasabi.
In 1995, Éric Serra was chosen to compose the score to the James Bond film GoldenEye, and produced a much more modern-sounding avant-garde soundtrack compared to previous Bond films. It met with mixed reviews from film critics. Serra's score is often criticized by Bond fans, and is considered the farthest departure from a traditional Bond score and, by some, as the most inappropriate in the series history. Others find it highly innovative, with the main problem the lack of John Barry's traditional theme. The producers later hired John Altman to provide the music for the tank chase in St. Petersburg. Serra's original track for that sequence can still be found on the soundtrack as "A Pleasant Drive In St. Petersburg".
Occasionally, and mainly due to his album released by this name, he is known in credits as RXRA (pronounced like his name, in French). An example is "Little Light of Love" on The Fifth Element soundtrack, which is credited to RXRA.
From 1980 to 1988, Éric Serra played bass guitar for French singer Jacques Higelin.
Éric Serra is also a songwriter, notably having written "It's Only Mystery" for the film Subway and "My Lady Blue" for Le Grand Bleu. In 1988, Éric Serra released an album of rock music titled RXRA which resembles the artist's name when pronounced as initial letters in French.
Most recently he composed the music for the new Criss Angel/Cirque Du Soleil show 'Criss Angel: Believe' to open at the Luxor Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, in October 2008.
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 movie Subway in which he plays 'Enrico the bassist'.
Éric Serra's father Claude was a famous French songwriter in the 1950s and '60s, and, as such, Éric was exposed to music and its production at a young age. His mother died when he was just seven years old. In the early '80s, Serra met director Luc Besson and was asked to score his first movie Le Dernier Combat (1983). Serra has scored all of Besson's directed movies to date, except Angel-A (2005) (scored by Anja Garbarek), and several that Besson has written such as Wasabi.
In 1995, Éric Serra was chosen to compose the score to the James Bond film GoldenEye, and produced a much more modern-sounding avant-garde soundtrack compared to previous Bond films. It met with mixed reviews from film critics. Serra's score is often criticized by Bond fans, and is considered the farthest departure from a traditional Bond score and, by some, as the most inappropriate in the series history. Others find it highly innovative, with the main problem the lack of John Barry's traditional theme. The producers later hired John Altman to provide the music for the tank chase in St. Petersburg. Serra's original track for that sequence can still be found on the soundtrack as "A Pleasant Drive In St. Petersburg".
Occasionally, and mainly due to his album released by this name, he is known in credits as RXRA (pronounced like his name, in French). An example is "Little Light of Love" on The Fifth Element soundtrack, which is credited to RXRA.
From 1980 to 1988, Éric Serra played bass guitar for French singer Jacques Higelin.
Éric Serra is also a songwriter, notably having written "It's Only Mystery" for the film Subway and "My Lady Blue" for Le Grand Bleu. In 1988, Éric Serra released an album of rock music titled RXRA which resembles the artist's name when pronounced as initial letters in French.
Most recently he composed the music for the new Criss Angel/Cirque Du Soleil show 'Criss Angel: Believe' to open at the Luxor Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, in October 2008.
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 movie Subway in which he plays 'Enrico the bassist'.
Subway: It's Only Mystery
Eric Serra Lyrics
How can I keep on smiling at their disguise?
When I know nothing good ever comes from lies
My heart is no beginner
But still I can lose my temper
Yeah
How can we keep on watching that fucking TV?
We're so bored we don't even care what we see
Takes our strength away
And never, never shows us the way, no
But I think I know the answer
It's only mystery and I like it
It's only mystery and I like it
It's only mystery and I like it
It's only mystery
How can the banks of a river meet?
Sitting on her bed staring at her feet
She thinks life is water
And love, love is a river
Whoa, yeah
But is a child the answer?
It's only mystery and I like it
It's only mystery and I like it
It's only mystery and I like it
It's only mystery
We could dream of a grand evolution
Where we wouldn't ask anymore questions
There will be no, no more pretenders
Use the love that I offer
Dreaming's not the answer
It's only mystery and I like it
It's only mystery and I like it
It's only mystery and I like it
It's only mystery
It's only mystery
It's only mystery
It's only mystery
Don't know nothing but I do know that it's a mystery
It's only mystery and I like it
It's only mystery and I like it
It's only mystery and I like it
When I know nothing good ever comes from lies
My heart is no beginner
But still I can lose my temper
Yeah
How can we keep on watching that fucking TV?
We're so bored we don't even care what we see
Takes our strength away
And never, never shows us the way, no
But I think I know the answer
It's only mystery and I like it
It's only mystery and I like it
It's only mystery and I like it
It's only mystery
How can the banks of a river meet?
Sitting on her bed staring at her feet
She thinks life is water
And love, love is a river
Whoa, yeah
But is a child the answer?
It's only mystery and I like it
It's only mystery and I like it
It's only mystery and I like it
It's only mystery
We could dream of a grand evolution
Where we wouldn't ask anymore questions
There will be no, no more pretenders
Use the love that I offer
Dreaming's not the answer
It's only mystery and I like it
It's only mystery and I like it
It's only mystery and I like it
It's only mystery
It's only mystery
It's only mystery
It's only mystery
Don't know nothing but I do know that it's a mystery
It's only mystery and I like it
It's only mystery and I like it
It's only mystery and I like it
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Peermusic Publishing
Written by: Corine Marienneau, Eric Serra, Louis Bertignac
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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