‍ABOUT

‍Mathieu Alvado is a French composer, born in 1978.


‍He studied at the Bordeaux Conservatory, where he was awarded six First Prizes (harmony, counterpoint, saxophone, music theory, chamber music, and sight-reading), and later at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, earning three prizes in harmony, counterpoint, and fugue.


‍He has composed the scores for over sixty short films, orchestrated music for Pierre Adenot (Beauty and the Beast), and orchestrated and conducted scores for Guillaume Roussel (The Three Musketeers, Chien 51) and Erwann Kermorvant (Overdose, Carbone). He has also arranged music for Christophe Héral (The Adventures of Tintin: The Video Game, Rayman Legends).


‍In 2012, L’Attaque du monstre géant suceur de cerveaux de l’espace received three Jerry Goldsmith Awards. In 2016, To Build a Fire won Best Short Film Score at Fimucité, an award Rebirth received three years later. In 2018, A Song for the Whales was named Best Short Film Score by the French Union of Film Music Composers (UCMF). In 2025, he was honored with the Golden Jerry Goldsmith Award for Best Composer.


‍Throughout his career, he has recorded and conducted with prestigious ensembles such as the London Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Paris Symphonic Orchestra, and the Paris Scoring Orchestra.

‍Photo © Laurent Bugnet

AWARDS & NOMINATIONS


2026 : Best Original Score for Television Award by the  International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) for Astérix & Obélix : The Big Fight

2026 : Best Original Score for an Animated Series Award by  Movie Music UK for Astérix & Obélix : The Big Fight

2025 : Best Original Score for a TV Series Award by the  Association of TV Series Critics for Astérix & Obélix : The Big Fight

2025 : Golden Jerry Goldsmith Award for Best Composer at the Jerry Goldsmith Awards

2025 : Nomination for Best Original Score Video Game Score  at  Ivor Novello Awards  for Empire of the Ants

2020 : Best Original Score for an Animated Short Film Award by l’UCMF for Blind Eye and Royal Madness

2019 : Best Original Score for a Short Film Award at  Fimucité for Rebirth

2019 : Nomination for Best Music in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production at  Annie Awards for Back to the Moon

2019 : Best Original Score for a Short Film Award at  Los Angeles Film Awards for Safety

2018 : Best Original Score for an Animated Short Film Award by UCMF for A Song for the Whales

2016 : Best Original Score for a Short Film Award at  Fimucité for To Build a Fire

2012 : Jerry Goldsmith Award for Best Composer at the Jerry Goldsmith Awards

2012 : Best Song Award at the Jerry Goldsmith Awards for L’ Attaque du Monstre Géant Suceur de Cerveaux de l’Espace

2012 : Best Original Score for a Short Film Award at the Jerry Goldsmith Awards for L’ Attaque du Monstre Géant Suceur de Cerveaux de l’Espace

2011 : Best Original Score for a Short Film Award at the Courts Devant  festival for L’ Attaque du Monstre Géant Suceur de Cerveaux de l’Espace

2009 : Best Original Score for a Short Film Award at the Premier Regard Festival for Love Recipe

2008 : Best Original Score for a Short Film Award at the Effets Stars Festival for Steel Life

FILMOGRAPHY


SERIES

2025 : Astérix and Obélix : The Big Fight (Netflix) Alain Chabat & Fabrice Joubert


VIDEO GAMES

2024 : Empire of the Ants (Tower Five/Microids) Renaud Charpentier

2022 : Celebrating Pétanque (Google) Hélène Leroux

2019 : Ghost of a tale  Lionel Gallat


COMMERCIALS

2025 : Lemonade

2020 : Zweifel Story

2015 : La petite robe noire

2012 :  Pomme d’Api


SHORT MOVIES

2025 : Don Quichotte contre les Forces du Mal (Sacrebleu Productions) Guillaume Rieu

2024 : The Smurfs and the Magic Grimoire (Ellipse Animation) Arnaud Janvier

2019 : Royal Madness (Gobelins) Milàn Salmona, Mriganka Bhuyan, Romain Couderette, Eunbyeol Ko, Sean Lewis, Wenkai Wang

2019 : Blind Eye (Gobelins) Isabela Littger de Pinho, Germaine Colajanni, Bruno Cohen, Rohan Deshchougule, Rohit Kelkar, Diego Porral, Yujia Wang

2018 : Rebirth Marcin Karolewski

2018 : Safety Fabrice Joubert

2018 : Back to the Moon (Google) FX Goby & Hélène Leroux

2017 : A Song for the Whales Lorenzo Fresta

2016 : To Build a Fire FX Goby

2016 : Quenottes Pascal Thiebaux

2015 : Tarim le Brave contre les mille et un Effets Guillaume Rieu

2014 : Rien ne peut t’arrêter David Hourrègue

2013 : Floating in my mind Hélène Leroux

2011 :  L’Attaque du monstre géant suceur de cerveaux de l’espace Guillaume Rieu

2010 : Le Royaume Ulysse Malassagne, Nuno Alves-Rodrigues, Kevin Aymeric, Oussama Bouacheria, Julien Chheng, Franck Monier

2008 : Love recipe Felipe Pizarro Saenz de Urtury, Frédéric Bajou, Morgan Bourdon

2007 : Al Dente Jean-François Barthélémy, Carlos Felipe Leon, MaëlFrançois

OTHER 


VIDEO GAMES

2013 : Rayman Legends (Ubisoft) Michel Ancel (Orchestration)

2011 : Rayman Origins (Ubisoft) Michel Ancel (Orchestration/Arrangement)

2011 : The adventures of Tintin : The Secret of the Unicorn (Ubisoft) Jacques Exertier (Orchestration/Arrangement/Conducting)



FEATURE FILMS

2026 : Les Rayons et les Ombres Xavier Giannoli (Orchestration/Conducting)

2025 : Chien 51 Cédrix Jimenez (Orchestration/Conducting)

2025 : 13 jours, 13 nuits Martin Bourboulon (Orchestration/Conducting)

2024 : Loups-Garous  François Uzan (Orchestration/Conducting)

2023 : Ici et là-bas Ludovic Bernard (Orchestration/Conducting)

2023 : Milady Martin Bourboulon (Orchestration/Conducting) 

2022 : D’Artagnan  Martin Bourboulon (Orchestration/Conducting) 

2023 : 10 jours encore sans maman Ludovic Bernard (Orchestration/Conducting)

2022 : Loin du périph Louis Leterrier (Orchestration/Conducting) 

2020 : Black Beauty Ashley Avis (Orchestration)

2020 : Le Lion Ludovic Colbeau-Justin (Orchestration/Conducting)

2019 : Le Voyage du Prince Jean-François Laguionie, Xavier Picard (Orchestration/Conducting)

2017 : Carbone Olivier Marchal (Orchestration/Conducting)

2016 : HHhH Cédric Jimenez (Orchestration)

2015 : Human Yann Arthus-Bertrand (Orchestration/Arrangement)

2014 : Astérix : Le Domaine des dieux Louis Clichy, Alexandre Astier (Additional Orchestration)

2014 : L’Enquête Vincent Garenq (Orchestration/Conducting)

2014 : Outcast Nick Powell (Orchestration/Conducting)

2014 : La French Cédric Jimenez (Orchestration/Conducting)

2013 : Braquo (saison 3) Olivier Marchal (Orchestration/Conducting)

2013 : 3 days to kill Mc G (Conducting)

2013 : Beauty and the Beast Christophe Gans (Orchestration)

2013 : 20 ans d’écart David Moreau (Orchestration/Conducting)

2012 : Les seigneurs Olivier Dahan (Orchestration)

2012 : Thérèse Desqueyroux Claude Miller (Arrangement)