Éric Demarsan

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Jason Havelock
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notable role = l'Armée des ombres,Le Cercle rouge
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Éric Demarsan (aka Éric de Marsan), born on October 2nd, 1938 in Paris, is a French film score composer.

Short Biography

After working as arranger for composers Michel Magne then François de Roubaix (including on "Le Samouraï") he scored "L'Armée des ombres" (aka "Army of Shadows") in 1969 then "Le Cercle rouge" (aka "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.

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
* 1983 : "Un bon petit diable", by Jean-Claude Brialy
* 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 : "Une affaire privée", by Guillaume Nicloux
* 2003 : "Cette femme-là", by Guillaume Nicloux
* 2006 : "Le Concile de Pierre", by Guillaume Nicloux
* 2007 : "Les Oubliées" (TV), by Hervé Hadmar

External links

* [http://www.demarsan.com "Éric Demarsan official site"] (in French only)
* [http://edemarsan.free.fr "Éric Demarsan fan site"] (in both French and English)
* [http://french.imdb.com/name/nm0006034 "Éric Demarsan"] on Internet Movie Database

References

* [http://www.demarsan.com/1514.html Autobiography] at [http://www.demarsan.com www.demarsan.com]
* [http://edemarsan.free.fr/Interv_e.htm#interv Interviews] at [http://edemarsan.free.fr edemarsan.free.fr]
* Universal CD booklets by Stéphane Lerouge and Éric Demarsan