Guillaume Roussel

Guillaume Roussel (born March 18, 1980) is a French music composer.

Biography
At the age of 5, inspired by his grandfather (composer and director of the Bogota Conservatory), Guillaume Roussel started his studies in piano. He studied harmony, fugue and counterpoint, at the CNR (National Academy of Music) in Saint-Maur until 1998, and then diversified his influences studying improvised music at the CIM in Paris and at Didier Lockwood's School.

From a very young age he began composing music in an orchestra style. In 2006, he conducted his own music, performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios. Guillaume then revealed his talents as a composer through his first feature, TOMORROW IS TODAY and received an award for 'Best Score' at the California Independent Film Festival. During this time he also composed for video games (SHREK FOREVER AFTER, RANGO) and advertising (Pepsi, McDonald's, Cartier, Bouygues...). In 2009, he composed the music for the short film LADY NOIR for Dior, starring Marion Cotillard; and composes for many TV Projects such as CROSSING LINES for NBC directed by Philippe Haïm and Xavier Gens.

In 2010, Hans Zimmer invited him to join the Remote Control Productions team. Since then, Guillaume composed additional music for American films such as HOW DO YOU KNOW (COMMENT SAVOIR) directed by James Brooks, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES directed by Rob Marshall, THE SMURFS directed by Raja Gosnell, and participated in writing the music for the Academy Awards Ceremony in 2012. His studio is still based in Remote Control Productions, Hans Zimmer’s studio facility.

With a strong background and his experience overseas, Guillaume is becoming one of the most promising composers in France. In 2012 Guillaume scored his first French feature film LES SEIGNEURS (THE LORDS) directed by Olivier Dahan (after a first collaboration as orchestrator for “La Vie En Rose”). In 2013 he composed the music for VINGT ANS D'ÉCART (IT BOY) directed by David Moreau. In 2014, he scored THREE DAYS TO KILL, directed by McG, starring Kevin Costner and written by Luc Besson, GRACE OF MONACO directed by Oliver Dahan starring Nicole Kidman and Tim Roth, FAST LIFE directed by Thomas N’Gijol, LE CROCODILE DU BOTSWANGA directed by Fabrice Eboué and Lionel Steketee, LA FRENCH directed by Cedric Jimenez starring Jean Dujardin and OUTCAST directed by Nick Powell and starring Nicolas Cage and Haydn Christensen.