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Excerpt from the soundtrack of "Corbo", a fiction film directed by Mathieu Denis.

Week-end (from "Corbo" directed by Mathieu Denis)

Bombe (from "Corbo" directed by Mathieu Denis)

Excerpt from the soundtrack of "Felix & Meira", a fiction film directed by Maxime Giroux.

Ferry (from "Felix & Meira" directed by Maxime Giroux)

The idea behind the piece is to use the building blocks of sound synthesis taken to new levels thanks to the processing power of computers . This piece was composed using a network of 64 sine oscillators in Max/Msp. Each oscillator was assigned a volume curve in order to create harmonic movement. 

Piece for 64 sine wave oscillators

Red Loses (from "China Heavyweight" directed by Yung Chang)

The Great Darkened Days

Fin (from "The Great Darkened Days" directed by Maxime Giroux)

Rest (for saxophone)

Mirages (for 15 instruments)

Olivier Alary is a Montreal-based musician and composer who has released his own recordings, as well as composing for film and exhibitions. Since 2000, he has collaborated with Björk, Nick Knight, Doug Aitken, Monia Chokri, Maxime Giroux, Yung Chang, the NFB and the Centre Pompidou amongst others. 
For the past ten years, he has also provided soundtrack for several feature-length fiction films and documentaries, some of which have received prestigious awards and screenings in Europe, the US and China.

Selected Discography

'u,i' collaborative project with Johannes Malfatti on 130701
'Fiction / Non-Fiction' on 130701
'Pieces for Sine Wave Oscillators' on LINE
'Excerpts', 3rd album with FatCat Records
'Ensemble', 2nd album with FatCat Records
'Disown, delete', e.p on Fat Cat Records
'Sketch Proposals', debut album on Rephlex records
'Sun in my mouth recomposed by Ensemble', Ensemble's 1st Björk remix (Vespertine)
'Cocoon retangled by Ensemble', Ensemble's 2nd Björk remix (Vespertine)
‘Mouth's Cradle recomposed by Ensemble’, Ensemble's 3rd Björk remix (Medúlla)
‘Desired Constellation’ on Björk’s album (Medúlla)


Selected film music:

'La nuit des rois', fiction film directed by Philippe Lacôte
'La femme de mon frère', fiction film directed by Monia Chokri
'The Great Darkened Days', fiction film directed by Maxime Giroux
'First Match', fiction film directed by Olivia Newman
 'Allure', fiction film directed by Carlos and Jason Sanchez
 'Resurrecting Hassan', documentary directed by Carlo Guillermo Proto
 'Oh What a Wonderful Feeling', short fiction film directed by François Jaros
 'Ville-Marie', fiction film directed by Guy Édoin
 'Felix and Meira', fiction film directed by Maxime Giroux
 'Corbo', fiction film directed by Mathieu Denis
 'Yo', fiction film directed by Matias Meyer
 'China Heavyweight', documentary directed by Yung Chang
 'Jo pour Jonathan', fiction film directed by Maxime Giroux
 'Last Train Home', documentary directed by Lixin Fan
 'The Dreaming', short fiction film directed by Anthony Green
 'Up the Yangtze', documentary directed by Yung Chang

Olivier Alary

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