Raphaël Elig

Raphael Elig (born Raphael Eligoulachvili in Paris) is a French musician and composer of Georgian origin.

Life

After classical studies at the École Normale de Musique de Paris and harmony, counterpoint and fugue lessons with Jeannine Richer, Elig followed the film music classes of Laurent Petitgirard. He completed his training by studying electronic music at the CCRMA, (Center For Computer Research In Music & Acoustics) acoustic and musical research centre of the Stanford University in California.

His professional career began as a composer, author and performer at EMI Group where he released two records in the early 1990s (J'me Fais du Bien and Les Garçons Aiment les Filles). In parallel he writes music for the theatre (Patrick Timsit, Clémentine Célarié, Sophia Aram), for the TV (Chic on Arte and Cash Investigation on France 2) and also composes advertising music for prestigious brands (Cartier, Vuitton, Air France, etc.). He writes songs for Gloria Gaynor, Yi Zhou, and composes for the cinema with, among others, in 2008, Dante 01 in collaboration with Eric Wenger, first solo feature film by Marc Caro (Delicatessen and La Cité des enfants perdus) and in 2013, Rue Mandar by Idit Cebula.

Passionate about new technologies, he participated in the creation of the group Res Rocket in the mid-1990s, with English and American musicians on the Internet. The principle was to play music from a distance and use the Internet as a vector of creation. The project was covered by many international media (CNN, MTV, Canal+, etc.).

Selected discography

Raphael Eligoulachvili

• 2020 : Prélude No.7 (Raphael Elig)
• 2020 : Prélude No.3 (Raphael Elig)
• 2020 : Interlude Ma Nishtana (Raphael Elig)

Maintenant

• 2017: That's All We Know (Irradiant Hologram)

White Bamby

• 2014: You Bring the Night (Folistar)
• 2011: On The Sand (Folistar)

Haarpband

• 2011: Black Diamond (Recorder)

Raphael Elig

• 2013: Rue Mandar (BO) (Delabel)
• 2003: DVD by Numbers (Sony Music)
• 1989: Les Garçons aiment les Filles (EMI)
• 1988: J'me Fais du Bien (EMI)

Selective filmography as a composer

Cinema

• 2020: Ibrahim a film by Samir Guesmi
• 2019: Danse avec tes Maux a film by Touria Benzari
• 2016: TAAM by Sophie Bramly
• 2013: Rue Mandar by Idit Cebula
• 2011: Time Project, video installation by Gilles Bensimon
• 2010: L'An prochain à Bombay, documentary by Jonas Pariente and Mathias Mangin
• 2008: Dante 01 by Marc Caro

Television

• 2019: Le Grand Oral on France 2
• 2018: Escape News on France 4
• 2018: Téva Déco on Téva
• 2017: Museum Sound and musical design of the art channel - Museum
• 2013: Le Bureau des affaires sexistes (miniseries) on France TV
• 2012: Cash Investigation on France 2

Theatre

• 2019: A Nos Amours, music for Sophia Aram's One Woman Show, staged by Benoît Cambillard
• 2015: Le Fond de l'Air Effraie, music for Sophia Aram' One Woman Show staged by Benoît Cambillard - Festival d'Avignon
• 2014: La Rose Jaune by Isabelle Bournat, music for Jacques Connort's play - Festival d'Avignon
• 2012: Crise de Foi, music for Sophia Aram's One Woman Show, staged by Benoît Cambillard - Festival d'Avignon

Awards

• Best Music Award (Valois de la Musique) at the Angoulême_Film_Festival 2020 for Ibrahim by Samir Guesmi

External links

• Raphaël Elig at IMDb
• RAPHAEL ELIG "J'me fais du bien" (YouTube)