I come from Marseille (South of France). Complete classical training : piano, cello, musical director. I never wanted to be typecasted which is why I carried out a "different" career. I began playing in a band that I co-founded with a drummer, Vincent Séno. I played double-bass. At one point I decided to move up to Paris where so much was happening. It was quite different from what I though it was and it wasn't exactly easy for me to understand what was going on.

I played with different bands :
  • MAGMA with Christian Vander
  • TROC with André Ceccarrelli
  • FUSION with Christian Vander & Benoît Widemann

My involvement with all these bands included composing and playing.

My very first "studio" session was with Michel Colombier for the LP titled "Wings".

Recorded sessions for commercials such as :
Citroën "La Muraille de Chine", Ricqlès "Fraîcheur Ricqlès", Philips "Sound Machine"
Land Rover for the Station Wagon, Siemens corporate advert, Renault various films.

As well as sessions for or with artists such as Rachid Bahri, Michel Jonasz, Françoise Hardy
Nicole Rieu, Gabriel Yared, etc...

I met Michel Berger. We started working together. And as the years went by, I got along with him quite well. He became a very important part of my life, as important as Magma.

Michel Berger was busy putting together a team.
Serge Perathoner on keyboards completed the team along with the drummer...


MICHEL BERGER & FRANCE GALL
Producer of all albums since 1981
Musician of all albums and shows since 1977
Musical Director of rock opera STARMANIA written by Michel Berger and Luc Plamondon
Musical Director of LA LEGENDE DE JIMMY (musical and album) directed by Jérôme Savary
Musical Director of musical STARMANIA 1993 at the Mogador theatre followed by the Palais des Congrès (directed by Lewis Furey) as well as of album "Starmania Mogador 94"
Musical Director of album TYCOON (STARMANIA in english) featuring Cyndi Lauper, Céline Dion, Peter Kingsbery & Bros
Musical Director of album Tennessee (composed by Michel Berger) for Johnny Hallyday

With Serge, we never really planned on working together. It just happened that way, because we had so much in common, because we enjoyed it, because of the mutual respect we've always had for one another.

COLLABORATIONS WITH
  • Le Petit Prince Musical
    Bass, Musical Director, Arranger
  • Johnny Hallyday
    Musical Director for Johnny from1985 thru 1993 : all albums and venues
    (3 Bercy & Le Parc des Princes)
  • Bernard Lavilliers
    Arranger of albums "Noir et Blanc", "Seigneur de Guerre"
    (co-composer with Bernard Lavilliers),
    "Solo" (co-composer with Bernard Lavilliers of track "Mister H")
    and of album "Clair Obscur"
  • Louis Chédid
    Album "Anne Ma Soeur Anne" - Album "Répondez-moi"
  • Celine Dion
    Producer of album "Dion Chante Plamondon"
  • Les Ballets Roland Petit
    Producer and Musical Director of show "Gainsbourg" performed by the
    Roland Petit Ballet Corps starring Zizi Jeanmaire as well as album & Ballet "Mère Méditerranée"
  • Jean Guidoni
    Arranger of album "Rouge et Rose"
    Composer of 4 tracks on album "Cas Particulier"

MUSICIAN WITH
  • Ray Charles album "Imagine"
  • Eurythmics & Dave Stewart album "Revenge"
  • Ennio Morricone - Albums of film scores
  • Herbie Hancock, Don Cherry, Lalo Schifrin, Julia Migenez Johnson, Barbara Hendricks, Peter Kingsbery, Bros,
    Nina Hagen, Kim Carnes, Céline Dion, Francis Cabrel.

COMPOSER OF THE FOLLOWING FILM SCORES
FILLES UNIQUES ! by Pierre Jolivet
BIENVENUE CHEZ LES ROZES by Francis Palluau
LE FRERE DU GUERRIER by Pierre Jolivet starring Vincent Lindon, Guillaume Canet & Mélanie Doutey
ORIGINE CONTROLEE by Zakia & Ahmed Bouchaala
EN PLEIN COEUR by Pierre Jolivet starring Carole Bouquet, Gérard Lanvin, Virginie Ledoyen
FRED by Pierre Jolivet starring Vincent Lindon & Clotilde Courau
A L'HEURE OU LES GRANDS FAUVES VONT BOIRE by Pierre Jolivand
SIMPLE MORTEL by Pierre Jolivet starring Philippe Volter
FORTUNE EXPRESS by Olivier Schatzky
FORCE MAJEURE by Pierre Jolivet starring Patrick Bruel & François Cluzet
LE COMPLEXE DU KANGOUROU by Pierre Jolivet
STRICTEMENT PERSONNEL by Pierre Jolivet starring Pierre Arditi
PACO L'INFAILLIBLE by Didier Haudepin starring Patrick Dewaere

COMPOSER OF THE FOLLWOING TELEVISION SERIES
MELLE NAVARRO by Jean Sagols - 90'
LE LION by José Pinheiro - 90' (France 2
LE PROC - Police Series - 90' (TF1)
LE BLEU DE L’OCÉAN by Didier Albert - Summer series - 5x 90’ (TF1)
ALEX SANTANA, NÉGOCIATEUR starring Georges Corraface - 90’ police series (TF1)
FABIO MONTALE starring Alain Delon - 3x90' TV police series (TF1)
NAVARRO starring Roger Hanin - police series + 90x 90' episodes (TF1)
QUAI NUMERO UN starring Sophie Duez - 90’ - Ident track (France 2)
GROUPE NUIT starring Jacques Perrin - police series - 2x90' (TF1)
CLOVIS by François Leterrier starring Michel Galabru - police series - 2x90' (France 2)
KLEBER starring Gérard Lanvin - police series - 6x90' (TF1)
OPERATION MOZART - Teenage series 26x26’ (France 3)
EXTREME LIMITE - Teenage series 26x26’ (TF1)

COMPOSER OF THE FOLLWOING TELEVISION PROGRAMMES
USHUAIA NATURE "Un Jardin pour la Planète" (Brésil) and “Les Glaces Racontent” (Greenland)
hosted by Nicolas Hulot & directed by Jacques Lainé
OPERATION OKAVANGO hosted by Nicolas Hulot
Main Ident track & music of the 4 films directed by Jacques Lainé, Alain Tixier and Philippe Lallet
USHUAIA hosted by Nicolas Hulot, Segment tracks, plus album "Ushuaïa-Les Musiques de l'Extrême"