Clare Manchon

Based in Kingston NY (from Brooklyn/Paris/Massachussets), Olivier and Clare Manchon come from a background of writing, recording and touring. They had the band Clare & the Reasons and Olivier headed up Orchestre de Chambre Miniature. During these creatively fruitful years, collaborations and tours were had with Van Dyke Parks, Sufjan Stevens, My Brightest Diamond, DeVotchKa, and many more.
They started scoring with a documentary about Ricky Jay about 12 years ago and haven't looked back. Making scores and songs for films and TV such as "Turn Every Page", ABC series "Black Box" starring Vanessa Redgrave, music in “The Unbearable Weight of a Massive Talent” (Nick Cage) Amazon's "Modern Love", Oscar-shortlisted short films "Deciding Vote" and “Hysterical Girl”, the Canal Plus French adventure "En Attendant Bojangles", starring Romain Duris, and so many more. Most recently, Jesse Eisenberg EPd hit doc “Secret Mall Apartment”, directed by Jeremy Workman. In the midst of all this scoring, they produced and arranged 3 songs for John Legend, on the Grammy nominated, Sufjan Stevens majority produced, “My Favorite Dream”.

Olivier and Clare approach each film project by creating a sonic universe that supports, paints, juxtaposes and gives an auditory experience that is imperative to the storytelling. They love the sound of a human breathing while playing their instrument, fingers on a fretboard, hair on a string, and deeply appreciate the absence of music.