OLIVIER AND CLARE MANCHON – Composers
Clare first saw Frenchman Olivier standing in front of a Dunkin Donuts across from their Berklee College of Music in Boston. She asked him to play on an arrangement she had written; he laughed, she cried... the rest is history.
Based in Kingston NY (from Brooklyn/Paris/Massachussets), Olivier and Clare Manchon come from a background of writing, recording and touring- Sharing music with live audiences. They had the band Clare & the Reasons and Olivier headed up Orchestre de Chambre Miniature. During these creatively fruitful years, collaborations and tours were had with Van Dyke Parks, Sufjan Stevens, My Brightest Diamond, DeVotchKa, and many more.
They started scoring with a documentary about Ricky Jay about 12 years ago and haven't looked back. Making scores and songs for films and TV such as "Turn Every Page" about Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb, ABC series "Black Box" starring Vanessa Redgrave, music in “The Unbearable Weight of a Massive Talent” (Nick Cage) "Emily in Paris" season 1 and 2 on Netflix, NBC's "Good Girls", "Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band", Amazon's "Modern Love", Oscar-shortlisted short films "Deciding Vote" and “Hysterical Girl”, the Canal Plus French adventure "En Attendant Bojangles", starring Romain Duris and Virginie Efira, and so many more. Most recently, Clare and Olivier wrote the music for a Lizzie Gottlieb (Turn Every Page) directed play in May 2024.
Olivier and Clare approach each film project by creating a sonic universe that supports, paints, juxtaposes and gives an auditory experience that is imperative to the storytelling. They love the sound of a human breathing while playing their instrument, fingers on a fretboard, hair on a string, and deeply appreciate the absence of music.
You can visit us at IMDB: Clare Manchon and Olivier Manchon
Scoring filmography:
“La Vie Devant”: Original songs by Clare and Olivier in each ending scene of the episodes as well as score throughout. Out now In Europe, coming to the US.
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“Secret Mall Apartment” Premiered as sxsw 2024. Executive produced by Jesse Eisenberg release TBA
“Deciding Vote” Score. Oscar shortlisted
“Speaking Freely” Score. American Masters
“The Unbearable Weight of a Massive Talent” - “12 Suns” in end scene and “Petit Edgar” in the film twice including end credits.
“The Resident”: “RadioJazz” licensed for episode 100! on FOX
“Emily in Paris”: original song “La Ballade” 12/22/21 on Netflix
“Turn Every Page”: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb”- premiering at Tribeca 2022!! Out in theaters with Sony Classics Dec. 30th 2022
”En Attendant Bojangles” - French film Jan 5th 2022: starring Romain Duris. Score and original songs by us.
“Hysterical Girl”- Short Listed for an Academy Award! Available on The NY Times Website.
“Charmed” - French song “Amour Secures”
“Emily in Paris” season one- Songs “Amour Secours” and “Viens La” (Netflix)
“Don Quixote in Newark” - Score. PBS 2022
“LA’s Finest” - “Amour Secours” Starring Jessica Alba (Netflix)
“Good Girls” - French song “Viens La” - On NBC
“The Drummer” - Starring Danny Glover. Scripted feature. Release nov 9th 2021
“Once Were Brothers” Robby Robertson Documentary. song “Amour Secours”
“The Resident” - “River Swing Trio” in the hit FOX show. (Fox)
“The Resident” - “In The House” in the hit FOX show. (Fox)
“The Resident” - “Swing Time” in the hit FOX show. (Fox)
“Modern Love” - Additional score for the Amazon show starring Tina Fey, Anne Hathaway etc (Amazon Prime)
French film “Selfie” released 2020- “Rumba for Eli” and “J’tattends”
“The Resident” - “Jazz Trio” in the hit FOX show. (Fox)
“Corners” Short film by Anthony Nicolau. Film Festivals
“Witness Theater” Theatrical and festivals
"L'échappée" by Laetitia Martinoni (french film, festival prize winner!)
"Joseph Pulitzer" - PBS American Masters (EMMY Nominated!)
"Postcards From The Great Divide"- PBS Shorts 2017
"The Perfect Crime"- PBS American Experience
"Uncommon Ground" - Theatrical release & PBS
"Everything is Copy" - HBO (additional music by)
"Colliding Dreams" - Theatrical release
"Black Box"- 13 episodes aired on ABC and worldwide
"Deceptive Practice"- Documentary on Ricky Jay, Theatrical and PBS "American Masters"
"Shut Up And Look"- Documentary on Richard Artschwager
"The Human Body"- PBS
"The Human Brain"- PBS
"18 in New York"- French documentary for european TV
"Home Delivery"- French documentary