Fred Avril
Fred Avril Magnon is a French composer based in Montmartre, Paris. As a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, he won international praise for two albums that showed a strong link with cinema. Avril got his start in film music in 2008 with Hong-Kong acclaimed director Johnnie To. His quasi-musical Man Jeuk's soundtrack was nominated at both the Hong Kong Film Awards and Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards, the film being a box-office hit in China. Fred Avril won the Stockholm Music Award with Swedish film Sound of Noise (Semaine de la critique, Cannes) about "sonic bombing". He then composed the score for the indie feature "The Lifeguard" (Liz W. Garcia) with Kristen Bell, that premiered in Sundance. Other projects featured singers Mick Harvey (former member of the Bad Seeds) and late Christophe (singer). He co-composed with Marianne Elise the song in French box-office success Connasse, Princesse des cœurs introducing Camille Cottin. In 2018, he composed the main theme for The Hook Up Plan. The music was uploaded by fans on YouTube and was streamed more than 5 million times throughout the world before being released by Bertelsmann Music Group. Avril also writes orchestral music, such as I Am Not an Easy Man. He won the Emile Award for Best Soundtrack for an Animated Series with adult manga series Lastman. Source: Article "Avril (French musician)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Composer
- 9 on MovieCove · 18 credits in all
What are Fred Avril's films like?
Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Power.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 2 · Wry 0 · Earnest 6
A split, not a type: Light 5 · Serious 1 · Dark 2
A split, not a type: Grounded 4 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 2
Gentle 3 · Charged 4 · Intense 1
A split, not a type: Steady 4 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 4
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0
Casual 7 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 5 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2
Resolved 5 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet5
- Ambiguous2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Fred Avril's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Fred Avril's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
18 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page.
Dentro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Mars Express(2023)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
The Big Hit(2020)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
Brazen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Qui m'aime me suive!(2019)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Pearl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Dumped (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
I Am Not an Easy Man(2018)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
The Hookup Plan(2018)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows
Bad Buzz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Lastman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Les bêtises(2015)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Les amis à vendre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
'Connasse' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
The Lifeguard(2013)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Sound of Noise(2010)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Sparrow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Career shape
A full career of 16 titles from 2008 to 2026.
Biggest box office
The Parisian Bitch: Princess of hearts (2015)
Highest rated
Mars Express (2023)
Most popular right now
The Hookup Plan (2018)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Fred Avril's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 49th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 54th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
None of their 9 titles divides audiences: 4 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the sound and music 64/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles; fans 73, detractors 50. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Fred Avril's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Fred Avril work with?
People who share at least 2 of Fred Avril's MovieCove titles; Noémie Saglio shares the most, 2.
- Noémie SaglioShared titles: The Hookup Plan (2018), The Parisian Bitch: Princess of hearts (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Noémie Saglio
- Robert GuédiguianShared titles: The Big Hit (2020), Qui m'aime me suive! (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Robert Guédiguian
