Ludovic Bource

Ludovic Bource, a French composer and arranger shaped by the music of Prokofiev, Ravel, and Debussy, built his reputation through a long-running creative partnership with the acclaimed filmmaker Michel Hazanavicius. He began by writing music for television advertisements, then supplied scores for the short films En Attendant, Sirene Song, and Spartacus. Bource also produced records for the French hip-hop trio Svinkels on Bois Mes Paroles, the folk-pop chanteuse Little on Rose Bonbon, and the Gallic rock vocalist Alain Bashung on L'imprudence. He renewed his association with Hazanavicius—after an earlier joint project on the 1999 feature Mes Amis—to create the soundtracks for the 2006 spy comedy OSS 117: Le Caire Nid d'Espions and its 2009 sequel OSS 117: Rio Ne Repond Plus. Following his work on the environmental documentary Nous Resterons Sur Terre, directed by Pierre Barougier and Olivier Bourgeois, the duo reached their widest audience with the 2011 Palme d'Or-nominated silent-era tribute The Artist. The black-and-white comedy traces a 1920s film star’s bond with an extra, and Bource’s orchestral score, recorded with the Flanders Philharmonic Orchestra, functions as an essential narrative element that evokes the silent pictures of the early twentieth century.