Fred Avril

Frederic Magnon, Fred Avril (he/him) is a bilingual musician and producer with a vast musical palette based in Paris, France. His adoration of cinema and music is inexhaustible and clearly reflected in his passion for scoring. Before entering the world of film scoring, Avril started as a guitarist and pianist. A child defector of pop rock (Beatles, Donovan, Hendrix), he fell in love with Miles Davis and picked up the trumpet at age 20. A move to New York introduced him to electronic music, and over the years increasingly gravitated toward orchestral music. Already from his first records on the label F Communications, Avril asserted a cinematographic identity, often with a storytelling element. The hazy, Lynch-like aspect of his debut EP “Now It’s Spring” already heralded a close, yet still fantasized, relationship with film. Avril’s foray into film scoring began with Man Jeuk (Sparrow) by acclaimed Hong Kong director Johnnie To. Shortly after, with the experimental and elegant film Sound of Noise, Avril dug deeper and began establishing his voice. The Lifeguard, starring Kristen Bell and featuring a score of ethereal pop music by Avril, premiered at Sundance 2013. Each of Fred’s original scores is "the result of a lifetime of musical learning." He has written original music for a variety of projects, from indie films like Cannes 2021 highlight The Big Hit (Un Triomphe) as well as for popular series for Netflix and Amazon.