Audrey Ismaël

Audrey Ismaël is a French singer, author, composer and producer. She was born in La Réunion and draws part of her inspiration from the polyrythmic music that’s native to the island she calls home. Her compositions are intimate pieces of work, usually equal parts acoustic and electronic. In 2011 she started the band Smoking Smoking with Vanessa Filho. Their first album entitled « It’s all about love » was released by Jo & Co. « Romantic and oldie, their album is enchanting. » (Huffington Post). Their collaboration laid the groundwork for her career as a film composer. 

Audrey worked with Olivier Coursier (from the band AaRON) on the original soundtrack of Vanessa Filho’s first feature film, Angel Face (2018), starring Marion Cotillard,  which was nominated at Cannes in the category Un Certain Regard. Passionate about The Beatles, Supertramp and Fiona Apple, Audrey naturally knows how to create music for cinema, not unlike Jonny Greenwood in her songwriting-centric approach. In 2019, Audrey and Bastien Burger were awarded with the best music award at La Rochelle Fiction Festival , for their work on the third season of the series Les Grands by Vianney Lebasque.

She composed the original soundtrack for France Télévisions’ successful series Germinal, adapted from Emile Zola ’s eponymous novel and directed by David Hourrègue.

More recently, she made her mark with the soundtrack of Slimane-Baptiste Berhoun’s Vortex series, which won the Best Music Award at the 2022 Rochelle Festival. She is currently working on the music of several documentaries and Vanessa Filho’s next feature film.