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Re: Where can we find Éric Chevalier?

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Can you give us any source that they are somehow linked besides that their music sounds similar?
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Re: Where can we find Éric Chevalier?

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deton24 wrote:Hey people, I just read that Chevalier's music strongly reminds compositions of Danny Elfman.
Some people were thinking that Chevalier is his nickname. Apparently Elfman has something to do with Chevalier's compositions.
I gotta say that I did think of this when I watched Men In Black I & II a while back. In those films, I find it very apparent how Chevalier's and Elfman's music are similar in certain aspects. I just coined it as "happy coincidence" and thought how funny it was that they're both great musical influences of mine, but I never managed to connect the two before rewatching that first MIB movie and realising "hey - this actually sounds a lot like Éric's work".
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Re: Where can we find Éric Chevalier?

Post by Lorenzo »

deton24 wrote:I haven't seen that topic before.
If anyone interested, Chevalier was involved in a great music project "Era" accurately in 2003. Actually, the 1st album is the most popular.
"Era mixes Gregorian chants and occasionally world music with contemporary electronic arrangements."
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Yessss, I'm getting the Chevalier vibes already.
I love it when people mix different genres with sort of interesting 'modern beats' and sounds.
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Re: Where can we find Éric Chevalier?

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Try IMDB Pro.
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gamerz31w wrote:Try IMDB Pro.
Does IMDB Pro actually work?
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Re: Where can we find Éric Chevalier?

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Let's get Mr. Chevalier to write music for Revenge of the Dark.
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Re: Where can we find Éric Chevalier?

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DandyGuy wrote:
gamerz31w wrote:Try IMDB Pro.
Does IMDB Pro actually work?
You have phone numbers to actors and chairmen like Nintendo.
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Re: Where can we find Éric Chevalier?

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Just popping in to say that in preparation of a future RayTunes update, I've done a bit of research on Eric Chevalier and found out what he is doing.

First, I thought I was on to something when I found out there's a French composer called "Eric Chevallier" who's been composing for TV movies for a while now. If you look on the Chevallier-with-two-l's LinkedIn page, you'll see that he worked for "Studio Merjithur", which is also mentioned on Eric Chevalier-with-one-l's Mobygames page.

But it's not the same guy. Note that his photo doesn't match the illustration on the R2 composer's blog at all. However, that illustration does match this Eric Chevalier right here, and the information on that page matches the four names in one of his unfinished blog posts.
You can even see this Eric Chevalier directing various musicians in this video (basically one of the videos Shrooblord posted in the OP, but everyone ignored it), where the description presents him as a very talented composer.
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Yep, that's our Eric Chevalier. Or at least, I'm 95% sure of it.
Currently, a more up to date overview of his work as composer and music programmer for various French artists can be found here. It seems he doesn't compose for video games anymore though. :(

Man, I'd love to see this guy do something similar to what Rémi Gazel is doing now with the Rayman 1 live project.
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Re: Where can we find Éric Chevalier?

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Drolpiraat wrote:
Man, I'd love to see this guy do something similar to what Rémi Gazel is doing now with the Rayman 1 live project.
It would be great if Rémi's project succeeded and flourished some interest to other composers to do identical projects. I would equally be glad to pledge!
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Re: Where can we find Éric Chevalier?

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deton24 wrote:Hey people, I just read that Chevalier's music strongly reminds compositions of Danny Elfman.
Some people were thinking that Chevalier is his nickname. Clearly Elfman has something to do with Chevalier's compositions, but of course not the same person.
I think I found a correlation between the two. Take a listen,

Midnight Run OST Composed by Danny Elfman 19:49
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Re: Where can we find Éric Chevalier?

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Thank you so much for your research, Droolie!

I do hope that would be him: I've been wanting to connect a human person to that beautiful, heart-wrenchingly inspiring music I've known and loved for years and years and years.
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Re: Where can we find Éric Chevalier?

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http://links.universalproductionmusic.com/BFZHbA

This sounds like it could have been composed by Eric Chevalier.

There was a picture on that site:
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Re: Where can we find Éric Chevalier?

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It definitely is composed by him. It's completely his style. Apple Music lists "Simple Wonders", one of the related albums on the site you linked, under his name too. Great to finally hear more from him!
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Re: Where can we find Éric Chevalier?

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Oooh!! Holy shit, I'm so excited, that album is so awesome, it has the Rayman 2 vibe, mmm! It's like rediscovering my childhood - if I had one, L0L

Turns out he's also on Spotify, oh man, December may have already started but I know who's gonna turn up on my "most listened artists" list!

...that's gonna be Muse or Serj Tankian, but anyway, I'm definitely gonna listen to a lot of Mr. Chevalier now!
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Re: Where can we find Éric Chevalier?

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One of my favourites is the "Silly Clockwork" track from the album "Mr Chevalier's Cabinet of Curiosities".
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