Bruno Coulais has been hired to score the upcoming documentary Babies. The movie simultaneously chronicles the lives of four of the world’s newest human inhabitants – in Mongolia, Namibia, San Francisco, and Tokyo, respectively — from first breath to first steps, on a journey at once universal and amazingly original. The movie is directed by Thomas Balmes and will be released in the US this mother’s day weekend on May 7 by Focus Features. To watch the trailer and find out more about the movie, check out the official movie webpage. According to Coulais, the music for Babies was written for a very special orchestra that included a lot of toys, a string quintet, wind orchestra, ethnic instruments, piano and percussion. The score also features vocals by French artist Rosemary.
Coulais also has the Disneynature documentary Oceans coming up. The project reunites Coulais with directors Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud for which the composer previously scored the documentary Winged Migration. The movie about the vanishing wonders of the sub-aquatic world will be released in the US on April 22. A soundtrack album has been released in France and is currently available as an import (click here for audio clips and the Amazon order link). To learn more about the movie, check out Disney’s movie page.
Coulais comes off a very successful year in which he had the Oscar-nominated animated features Coraline and The Secret of Kells coming out. For Coraline, the composer won his first Annie Award.
