ending credits of the animation L'Enfant qui voulait être un ours , and in 2004, on Frédéric Schoendoerffer's Agents secrets. The same year, he wrote the soundtrack to the film Les choristes by Christophe Barratier, starring Jean-Baptiste Maunier in the lead soprano singing role, which subsequently became an international hit. The music for this film received as great praise as the film itself, and it won Coulais his third César award. The song Vois sur ton chemin was also nominated for an Academy Award (Best original song). Since then, Coulais's collaborations in cinema seem to be limited to works by directors with whom he already shares some history, in particular Jacques Perrin, Frédéric Schoendoerffer, and James Huth. In 2009, he won at the 37th Annie Awards, in the "Music in a Feature Production" category for Coraline. In 2009 he also collaborated with Irish band Kíla to produce the soundtrack for the beautifully and uniquely animated feature film, The Secret of Kells, which tells the story of a parentless boy, Brendan, and his involvement with The Book of Kells. The music is equally light and dark and the textures and sounds equally European and Irish. In 2013, he wrote the soundtrack for "Lady Ô", the evening show of the Futuroscope, directed by Skertzò and starring Nolwenn Leroy as the storyteller. In 2022, he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the World Soundtrack Academy. Bruno Coulais's musical style may vary significantly between different projects, but there are some constant factors visible: his taste for opera and for human voice (in particular that of children), for a search for original sonority, for world music and mixing different musical cultures, and finally, a certain tendency to give preference to the ambience created by lighting rather than the film's narration. Filmography Awards and nominations 1997 : César de la meilleure musique écrite pour un film pour Microcosmos : Le Peuple de l'herbe de Claude Nuridsany et Marie Pérennou 1997 : Victoire de la musique de la meilleure musique de film pour Microcosmos : Le Peuple de l'herbe de Claude Nuridsany et Marie Pérennou 2000 : César de la meilleure musique pour Himalaya : L'Enfance d'un chef d'Éric Valli 2001 : Nomination au César de la meilleure musique pour Les Rivières Pourpres 2002 : Nomination au César de la meilleure musique pour Le Peuple Migrateur 2004 : European Award de la meilleure musique de film