Émilie Simon

Émilie Simon at the Octogone in Pully, 6th of May 2006

Émilie Simon (born 1980 in Montpellier, France) is a French singer and composer. Her father is a sound engineer. Location within France Montpellier (Occitan Montpelhièr) is a city in the south of France. ...

She is the composer of the soundtrack to the French-language version of March of the Penguins (La Marche de l'empereur), for which she was nominated for Best Original Score in the 2006 César Awards, and won Best Original Soundtrack in the 2006 Victoires de la musique. This score is not used in the English-language version of the documentary. March of the Penguins (aka La Marche de lempereur) is an Academy Award-winning documentary film by Luc Jacquet. ... The César Award is the national film award of France first given out in 1975. ... Victoires de la musique is a French award show that recognizes the best singers of the year. ...

Her first eponymous album also won a Victoire in 2004, for Best Electronic album.

Discography

Émilie Simon (2003)

• Désert
• Lise
• Secret
• Il pleut
• I Wanna Be Your Dog (Iggy Pop/The Stooges Cover)
• To the Dancers in the Rain
• Dernier lit
• Graines d’étoiles
• Flowers
• Vu d’ici
• Blue Light
• Chanson de toile

• Desert (English Version) Bonus Disc
• Solène (Bonus Track) Bonus Disc
• Femme Fatale (starring Tim Keegan) (Velvet Underground Cover) Bonus Disc
• Desert (Avril Puzzle Mix) Bonus Disc

• Desert (Leila Mix) Maxi
• Désert (Thievery Corporation Mix) Maxi
• Flowers Never Die (F. Pallem & JM Pelatan Mix) Maxi
• Graines d’étoiles (JeanJean Mix) Maxi

• Nous voulons des fleurs (Cyrille Brissot Mix) Maxi

James Newell Osterberg, Jr. ... The Stooges are an American rock music band that was first active from about 1967 to 1974, and then reformed in 2003. ... The Velvet Underground and Nico (from left to right: John Cale, Nico, Lou Reed, Sterling Morrison, and Maureen Tucker) The Velvet Underground (Affectionately known as The Velvets, or V.U. for short) was an American rock and roll band of the late 1960s. ...

La Marche de l'empereur (2005)

• The Frozen World
• Antarctic
• The Egg
• Song of the Sea
• Baby Penguins
• Attack of the Killerbirds
• Aurora Australis
• The Sea Leopard
• Song of the Storm
• Mother's Pain
• To the Dancers on the Ice
• All Is White
• The Voyage
• Footprints in the Snow (Bonus Track)
• Ice Girl (Bonus Track)

Végétal (2006)

• Alicia
• Fleur de saison
• Le vieil amant
• Sweet Blossom
• Opium
• Dame de lotus
• Swimming
• In the Lake
• Rose hybride de thé
• Never Fall in Love
• Annie
• My Old Friend
• En cendres
• Papillon (Bonus Track)
• Ferraille (Bonus Track)

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