FRENCH FILM COMPOSERS AT THE FESTIVAL

Music is an essential part of the creative process in film and television. In 2025, the festival is proud to shine a spotlight on four composers, with the support of SACEM, by inviting them to present their films and series to the festival audience. A global leader in collective rights management, SACEM plays a vital role in cinema and television in France, supporting composers through its dedicated programs and championing the essential place of music in storytelling, where it enriches narratives, conveys emotion, and enhances the power of audiovisual works.

Presented in association with

GUILLAUME ROUSSEL (13 DAYS 13 NIGHTS, DOG 51)
TAFFF 2025 FOCUS ON A COMPOSER.
MASTERCLASS ON MONDAY NOVEMBER 3rd (3:00 pm~3:45 pm) Truffaut Theater. Free admission

With a dual French American musical background, Guillaume Roussel is a composer whose work bridges European sophistication and the energy of American cinema. Trained in classical music, jazz, and orchestral conducting, he has established himself internationally across film, television, and animation.

His scores include Expendables 4, Black Beauty (Disney+), BAC Nord, and The Three Musketeers, both of which earned him César nominations for Best Original Music. After conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra at Abbey Road in 2006, Roussel settled in Los Angeles and joined Hans Zimmer’s Remote-Control Studios, contributing to Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and The Smurfs.

He has developed lasting collaborations with writers/directors Cédric Jimenez (BAC Nord, Chien 51), Martin Bourboulon (The Three Musketeers, Carême), and Jérôme Salle (Kompromat). In 2025, his work includes 13 Days 13 Nights (Cannes Official Selection), Carême (Apple TV), and Chien 51 (U.S. Premiere at TAFFF 2025).

ROBIN COUDERC (ROB) (A PRIVATE LIFE, COLORS OF TIME)

Robin Coudert—known professionally as ROB—is a musician, composer, and producer whose work bridges pop, electronic, and cinematic sound. Trained in classical trumpet, piano, and synthesizer, he began composing electronic music at age 10 and later studied at the Beaux-Arts in Paris.

Discovered by the Source label through members of Phoenix, he released his first EP Musique pour un enfant jouet in 1998, followed by the albums Don’t Kill (2001) and Satyred Love (2002). A long-time collaborator of sound engineer Jack Lahana, ROB has also worked with artists such as Sébastien Tellier, Phoenix, and Alizée.

His film credits include Belle Épine, Populaire (COLCOA 2013 – César nomination for Best Original Music), Maniac, Revenge, Made in France (COLCOA 2016), and Le Bureau des Légendes (COLCOA 2016), for which he composed the music for all five seasons. From his Paris studio Hippocampus, co-founded with Jack Lahana, ROB continues to explore new creative territories across film, television, and music.

DELPHINE MALAUSSENA (CASSANDRE, THE SEDUCTION)

Delphine Malausséna is a French composer whose music blends instrumental writing with sound design and electronic textures. A 2022 Berlinale Talents alumna, she received the Revelation Composer Award at the Les Arcs Film Festival in 2023 and the Michel Legrand Revelation Prize at La Baule for The Blaze written and directed by Quentin Reynaud.

Her recent credits include Le Roi Soleil, the HBO series The Seduction—presented at the festival this year—and Junkyard Dog, for which she earned a César nomination for Best Original Score. She also composed for Cassandre (TAFFF 2025), Oxana, and Winter in Sokcho.

Earlier work includes Final Set (U2C Revelation Talent Award) and Moon, 66 Questions by Jacqueline Lentzou (Berlinale 2021). In 2025, she continues her ascent with new collaborations, including the upcoming film by writer/director Emmanuel Courcol.

CHLOÉ THÉVENIN (GURU)

Winner of the 2022 SACEM Grand Prix for Electronic Music, Chloé Thévenin is a pioneering figure whose music “triggers images as much as it accompanies them” (Philippe Azoury). Since 2015, she has composed original scores for several feature films, including Arthur Rambo by writer/director Laurent Cantet and Blanquita by writer/director Fernando Guzzoni (Best Screenplay Award, Venice Film Festival 2022). She was nominated for the 2024 Prix Lumières and the France Musique–SACEM Listeners’ Award for The Mountain written and directed by Thomas Salvador (SACD Award, Directors’ Fortnight 2022).

In 2025, Chloé composed three new soundtracks, collaborating with Yann Gozlan on Gourou, starring Pierre Niney, and with Mélissa Drigeard on Le Gang des Amazones. She also created the score for the closing film in competition at TAFFF 2025, Guru.

Founder of the Lumière Noire label, she has performed at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games and continues to innovate across music, theater, dance, circus, and visual art projects.