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About

Jordan Paul Rousseau was born on the second of January 1996, on a cold winter’s night. At a very young age, he discovered his passion for music when he saw his great-grandmother play the piano. It was then that he knew that he wanted to become a musician. Throughout his childhood he would play a couple of instruments. In his teenage years he would play in a vast array of bands, tour around and write music for other artists. 

After the loss of his great-grandmother, he would go back to where it all began. Rousseau sat down at the piano, started composing and never looked back. For years he focussed on finding his own musical voice. Being inspired by the sounds and textures of nature and the beauty of silence. His style is minimal and raw. The strength of Rousseau's music lies in conveying a message with a minimum amount of information. His haunting and often simple melodies have created some of the most memorable moments in recent indie cimena history. 
When Rousseau is not in his studio, you can find him painting or writing poetry. 

Rousseau’s career in film started when a friend of his asked him to compose a theme for her short film. In 2022, he won his first award at Cannes Film Awards for Best Composer for the drama Burn the Time. This in turn made him a household name in the independent film industry.
In 2023, Rousseau did it again and won the award for Best Composer of The Future at Cannes.

Besides his endeavours in the world of film and tv, Rousseau has established himself as one of the top sound designers in the fashion industry.
Providing the soundscapes for household names such as Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana, Tom Ford, Moschino and Burberry to name a few.
His soundscapes have also been featured in some of the most legendary fashion magazines such as Vogue's September Issue, ICON, Harper's Bazaar and L'Officiel. 

 
 
Awards

  1. London International Film Festival: Honour Award Best Soundtrack (Burn The Time)

  2. Europe Film Festival: Winner Best Soundtrack (Burn The Time)

  3. Tokyo International Monthly Film Festival: Honour Award Best Soundtrack (Burn The Time)

  4. Tokyo Film Awards: Winner Best Music Composer (Ten Days)

  5. Athens International Monthly Film Festival: Honour Award Best Soundtrack (Ten Days)

  6. London International Monthly Film Festival: Honour Award Best Soundtrack (Ten Days)

  7. Tokyo International Monthly Film Festival: Honour Award Best Soundtrack (Ten Days)

  8. Emerald Peacock Film Festival Berlin: Winner Best Soundtrack (Ten Days)

  9. Tokyo Film Awards: Winner Best Composer (Burn The Time)

  10. Halicarnassus Film Festival: Winner Best Soundtrack Short Film (Burn The Time)

  11. World Film Carnival: Winner Best Film Score (THEYSUCK)

  12. Cult Movies International Film Festival: Winner Best Composer (Burn The Time)

  13. Onyko Film Awards: Winner Best Soundtrack (THEYSUCK)

  14. Fox International Film Festival: Winner Best Original Soundtrack (Ten Days)

  15. Europe Film Festival: Winner Diamond Award Best Soundtrack (THEYSUCK)

  16. Golden Lemur Film Festival: Winner Best Original Soundtrack (Burn The Time)

  17. Paris Film Awards: Winner Best Original Soundtrack (Burn The Time)

  18. Florence Film Awards: Honour Award Best Original Soundtrack (Burn The Time)

  19. New York Movie Awards: Honour Award Best Original Soundtrack (Burn The Time)

  20. London Movie Awards: Winner Best Original Soundtrack (Burn The Time)

  21. Milan Gold Awards: Honour Award Best Original Soundtrack (Burn The Time)

  22. Seoul International Film Festival: Honour Award Best Soundtrack (THEYSUCK)

  23. Arrow International Film Festival: Winner Best Original Soundtrack (Ten Days)

  24. Arrow International Film Festival: Winner Best Composer (Ten Days)

  25. Indie House Film Festival: Winner Best Soundtrack (THEYSUCK)

  26. Cult Movies International Film Festival: Winner Best Composer (THEYSUCK)

  27. Indie Clips Short Film Festival: Winner Best Original Score (THEYSUCK)

  28. NYC International Film Festival: Winner Best Composer (Ten Days)

  29. V.i.Z. Film Fest: Winner Best Original Score (Burn The Time)

  30. Medusa Film Festival: Winner Best Composer (Burn The Time)

  31. Medusa Film Festival: Winner Best Composer (THEYSUCK)

  32. Golden Giraffe Film Festival: Winner Best Original Soundtrack (THEYSUCK)​

  33. ​New Creators Film Awards: Winner Best Original Music (THEYSUCK)​

  34. Rome International Film Festival: Winner Best Original Score (I Saw Myself Dead)

  35. Venice Art & Film Festival: Winner Best Original Soundtrack (Burn The Time)

  36. Venice Art & Film Festival: Winner Best Music Composer (Burn The Time)

  37. World Carnival Film Festival Singapore: Winner Best Film Score (I Saw Myself Dead) 

  38. Tokyo Film Awards: Winner Best Music Composer (I Saw Myself Dead)

  39. Cannes Film Awards: Winner Best Composer (Burn The Time) 

  40. Hollywood Gold Awards: Honour Award Best Original Soundtrack (Burn The Time)

  41. Amsterdam Freedom Filmfest: Winner Best Original Soundtrack (I Saw Myself Dead)

  42. Cult Movies International Film Festival: Winner Best Composer (I Saw Myself Dead)

  43. Royal Society of Television & Motion Picture Awards: Winner Best Film Score (I Saw Myself Dead)

  44. Snow Leopard Film Festival Madrid: Winner Best Composer (Ten Days)

  45. Snow Leopard Film Festival Madrid: Winner Best Original Score (Ten Days)

  46. Snow Leopard Film Festival Madrid: Honour Award Best Original Soundtrack (Ten Days)

  47. Druk International Film Festival: Winner Best Film Score (I Saw Myself Dead)

  48. Black Swan International Film Festival: Winner Best Film Score (I Saw Myself Dead)

  49. Tokyo International Film Festival: Winner Best Soundtrack (I Saw Myself Dead)

  50. San Francisco Arthouse Film Festival: Winner Best Composer (I Saw Myself Dead)

  51. Gangtok International Film Festival: Winner Best Film Score (I Saw Myself Dead)

  52. Corsenal Production International Monthly Film Festival: Winner Best Soundtrack (Burn The Time)

  53. Munich Film Awards: Winner Best Soundtrack (Ten Days)

  54. London International Monthly Film Festival: Winner Best Original Score (I Saw Myself Dead)

  55. Phoenix Shorts Film Festival: Winner Best Original Score (Burn The Time)

  56. Berlin Shorts Award: Winner Best Original Score (I Saw Myself Dead)

  57. Berlin Shorts Award: Winner Best Music Score (I Saw Myself Dead)

  58. Berlin Film Awards: Winner Best Music Composer (I Saw Myself Dead)

  59. Vienna Indie Film Festival: Winner Best Soundtrack (I Saw Myself Dead)

  60. Philadelphia World Film Festival: Winner Best Composer (I Saw Myself Dead)

  61. South Film and Arts Academy Festival: Winner Best Original Score (Burn The Time)

  62. Bare Bones Music & Documentary Festival: Winner Best Original Music Score (I Saw Myself Dead)

  63. Oniros Film Awards - New York: Winner Best Soundtrack (I Saw Myself Dead)

  64. Make Art Not Fear Film Festival: Best Fearless Soundtrack (Ten Days)

  65. Cannes World Film Festival:  Winner Best Soundtrack (I Saw Myself Dead)

  66. Human Shades Film Festival: Winner Best Original Score (Code Rood)

  67. Onyko Film Festival: Winner Best Composer (Code Rood)

  68. London Film & Television Festival: Honour Award Best Original Soundtrack (THEYSUCK)

  69. London International Monthly Film Festival: Honour Award Best Original Score (Code Rood)

  70. Brussels International Film Festival: Winner Best Original Score (I Saw Myself Dead)

  71. Out of the Can International Film Festival: Winner Best Original Soundtrack (I Saw Myself Dead)

  72. Lily Indie Film Festival: Winner Best Original Score (Burn The Time)

  73. Edinburgh Indepedent Film Festival: Winner Best Original Soundtrack (Ten Days)

  74. West Europe International Film Festival - Brussels Edition: Winner Best Original Soundtrack (Burn The Time)

  75. Eternal Film Festival: Winner Best Composer (I Saw Myself Dead)

  76. Japan International Film Festival: Winner Best Soundtrack (Ten Days)

  77. International Gold Awards: Winner Best Original Score (Burn The Time)

  78. Shanghai International Short Week: Winner Best Original Score (Ten Days)

  79. Canadian Cinematography Awards: Winner Best Original Score (I Saw Myself Dead)

  80. Genesis International Film Festival: Winner Best Original Score (Burn The Time)

  81. Tokyo International Cosmopolitan Film Festival: Winner Best Original Music (Burn The Time)

  82. Cannes Arts Fest: Winner Best Composer (I Saw Myself Dead)

  83. Cannes World Film Festival: Winner Best Composer of the Future 2023

  84. Royal Society of Television & Motion Picture: Honorary Award for Contribution to Film Music 

  85. Beyond The Curve Film Festival: Winner Best Original Music (DAY9)

  86. Indie Shorts Fest: Winner Best Original Score (DAY9)

  87. Independent Film Awards: Winner Best Score (DAY9)

  88. Hong Kong International Film Carnival: Winner Best Film Score (DAY9)

  89. The Grand Cine Carnival Maldives: Winner Best Film Score (I Saw Myself Dead)

  90. British Indie Film & Music Festival: Honour Award Best Original Soundtrack (I Saw Myself Dead)

  91. Hong Kong Indie Film Festival: Winner Best Composer (DAY9)

  92. Hong Kong Indie Film Festival: Winner Best Music (DAY9)

  93. Amsterdam International Film Festival: Honour Award Best Score & Sound Design (I Saw Myself Dead)

  94. The Retro Avant Garde Film Festival Cairo Egypt: Winner Best Original Music/Score (I Saw Myself Dead)

  95. Cult Movies International Film Festival: Winner Best Composer (DAY9)

  96. Paris Play International Film Festival: Winner Best Score (DAY9)

  97. Paris Film Awards: Winner Best Original Score (DAY9)

  98. Castielle Soulplace Film Festival: Winner Best Original Soundtrack (I Saw Myself Dead)

  99. Greece International Film Festival: Honour Award Best Original Score (Burn The Time)

  100. Royal Society of Television and Motion Picture: Crown of Honour Award in honour of Rousseau's contribution to music and sound for television and cinema

  101. ​The Accolade Global Film Competition: Award of Excellence Best Original Score (Over the Moon)

  102. ​Kiez Berlin Film Festival: Honour Award Best Original Score (Orage)
     

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Nominations

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  1. Hallucinea Film Festival Paris: Nominee Best Soundtrack (Ten Days)

  2. Golden Short Film Festival: Nominee Golden Soundtrack (Burn The Time)

  3. Hollywood on the Tiber Film Awards: Nominee Best Original Score (Burn The Time)

  4. 8 & Halfilm Festival: Nominee Best Original Soundtrack (Burn The Time) 

  5. Fox International Film Festival: Nominee Best Composer (Ten Days)

  6. Stanley Film Awards: Nominee Best Original Score (Burn The Time)

  7. Hallucinea Film Festival: Nominee Best Soundtrack (THEYSUCK)

  8. Golden Short Film Festival: Nominee Golden Soundtrack (THEYSUCK)

  9. Golden Giraffe International Film Festival: Nominee Best Original Soundtrack (Ten Days)

  10. Golden Giraffe International Film Festival: Nominee Best Composer (Ten Days)

  11. Hollywood Gold Awards: Nominee Best Original Song (Burn The Time)

  12. Hollywood On The Tiber Film Festival: Nominee Best Original Score (THEYSUCK)

  13. Arrow International Film Festival: Nominee Best Score (Ten Days)

  14. Stockholm Gold Film Awards: Nominee Best Original Score (Ten Days)

  15. Masters of Cinema Film Festival: Nominee Best Original Soundtrack (Burn The Time)

  16. Masters of Cinema Film Festival: Nominee Best Original Score (Burn The Time)

  17. 4Theatre Film Festival: Nominee Best Original Score (Burn The Time)

  18. ​Beyond The Curve Film Festival: Nominee Best Original Music (Burn The Time)​​​​​

  19. ​Hollywood Shorts Fest Film Festival: Nominee Best Original Soundtrack (Burn The Time)​​​​

  20. ​4Theatre Film Festival: Nominee Best Original Soundtrack (I Saw Myself Dead)​​​​​​​​​​

  21. ​Swedish International Film Festival: Nominee Best Original Music (Burn The Time)

  22. Grand New York Film Awards: Nominee Best Original Sountrack (Burn The Time)

  23. Grand New York Film Awards: Nominee Best Original Score (Burn The Time)

  24. Indie Eye Film Festival: Nominee Best Original Score (I Saw Myself Dead)

  25. International Cosmopolitan Film Festival of Tokyo: Nominee Best Original Soundtrack (I Saw Myself Dead)

  26. Amsterdam Freedom Filmfest: Nominee Best Original Score (I Saw Myself Dead)

  27. Amsterdam Freedom Filmfest: Nominee Best Original Score (Ten Days)

  28. Amsterdam Freedom Filmfest: Nominee Best Original Soundtrack (Ten Days)

  29. Madrid International Movie Awards: Nominee Best Original Score (I Saw Myself Dead)

  30. Hong Kong Indie Film Festival: Nominee Best Composer (I Saw Myself Dead)

  31. San Francisco Arthouse Film Festival: Nominee Best Score (I Saw Myself Dead)

  32. Sacramento World Film Festival: Nominee Best Composer (I Saw Myself Dead)

  33. Paris Art & Movie Awards: Nominee Best Composer (Ten Days)

  34. Corsenal Production International Monthly Film Festival: Nominee Best Soundtrack (I Saw Myself Dead)

  35. Phoenix Shorts Film Festival: Nominee Best Composer (Burn The Time)

  36. Vienna Indie Film Festival: Nominee Best Soundtrack (I Saw Myself Dead)

  37. Philadelphia World Film Festival: Nominee Best Composer (I Saw Myself Dead)

  38. Portland New Alternative Voices Film Festival: Nominee Best Original Score (I Saw Myself Dead)

  39. Dallas Movie Awards Festival: Nominee Best Soundtrack (I Saw Myself Dead)

  40. Budapest Film Festival: Nominee Best Composer (Ten Days)

  41. International Sound & Film Music Festival: Nominee Best Short Film Score (I Saw Myself Dead)

  42. APEX Film Festival: Nominee Best Score (I Saw Myself Dead)

  43. Yucca Valley Film Festival: Nominee Best Music Composer (Ten Days)

  44. Swedish International Film Festival: Nominee Best Original Soundtrack (I Saw Myself Dead)

  45. Cannes World Film Festival: Nominee Best Composer of the Future (I Saw Myself Dead)

  46. San Diego Shorts Film Festival: Nominee Best Original Score (I Saw Myself Dead)

  47. Bucharest ShortCut CineFest: Nominee Best Soundtrack Award (I Saw Myself Dead)

  48. Brussels World Film Festival: Nominee Best Original Soundtrack (Burn The Time) 

  49. Arthouse Film Festival of Beverly Hills: Nominee Best Original Soundtrack (I Saw Myself Dead)

  50. Cine Paris Film Festival: Nominee Best Original Score (I Saw Myself Dead)

  51. San Jose Indepedent Film Festival: Nominee Best Original Music (I Saw Myself Dead)

  52. London Film & Television Festival: Nominee Best Original Soundtrack (I Saw Myself Dead)

  53. CLIMAX Critics Awards: Nominee Best Original Score (I Saw Myself Dead)

  54. Montreal Indepedent Film Festival: Nominee Best Composer (I Saw Myself Dead)

  55. Horror Unleashed Film Festival: Nominee Best Original Soundtrack (THEYSUCK)

  56. Best International Film Festival: Nominee Best Original Soundtrack (Code Rood)

  57. Filmhaus Berlin: Nominee Best Original Soundtrack (I Saw Myself Dead)

  58. Melbourne Indepedent Film Festival: Nominee Best Original Soundtrack (I Saw Myself Dead)

  59. Sensei Film Fest: Nominee Best Original Score (I Saw Myself Dead)

  60. Los Angeles CineFest: Nominee Best Original Soundtrack (Code Rood)

  61. Chicago Independent Film Festival: Nominee Best Original Soundtrack (I Saw Myself Dead)

  62. Niagra Falls International Film Festival: Nominee Best Original Soundtrack (I Saw Myself Dead)

  63. Chicago Filmmaker Awards: Nominee Best Original Score (I Saw Myself Dead)

  64. Sydney Independent Film Festival: Nominee Best Original Score (I Saw Myself Dead)

  65. Shanghai International Short Week: Nominee Best Original Score (Burn The Time)

  66. Seoul International Film Festival: Nominee Best Original Score (Ten Days)

  67. Lonely Wolf International Film Festival: Nominee Best Original Score (I Saw Myself Dead)

  68. Roma Short Film Festival: Nominee Best Original Score (Ten Days)

  69. LA Shorts Film Festival: Nominee Best Original Score (Day9)

  70. Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation & Technology: Nominee Best Original Music (I Saw Myself Dead)

  71. Venice Shorts Film Festival: Nominee Best Original Soundtrack (I Saw Myself Dead)

  72. New York International Film Awards: Nominee Best Soundtrack (DAY9)

  73. British International Film Festival: Nominee Best Film Score (I Saw Myself Dead)

  74. Amsterdam International Film Festival: Nominee Best Original Soundtrack (I Saw Myself Dead)

  75. Miraban Film Festival: Nominee Best Film Score (Burn The Time)

  76. Cult Movies International Film Festival: Nominee Best Composer (DAY9)

  77. MAGMA International Film Festival: Nominee Best Composer (I Saw Myself Dead)

  78. Vancouver International Film Festival: Nominee Best Original Score (I Saw Myself Dead)

  79. RED Movie Awards: Nominee Best Original Score (DAY9)

  80. Miraban UK Film Festival: Nominee Best Film Score (Burn The Time)

  81. Golden Short Film Festival: Nominee Golden Score (DAY9)

  82. Golden Oniros Film Awards: Nominee Best Soundtrack (DAY9)

  83. Indie X Film Fest: Nominee Best Original Soundtrack (DAY9)

84. Replay International Film Festival: Nominee Best Original Score (Over The Moon)
85. Cannes World Film Festival: Nominee Best Original Score (Over The Moon)

Contact

Jordan Paul Rousseau

jordanpaulrousseau@gmail.com

+32491223083

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"Rousseau has the rare gift of translating emotions into sound, of shaping absence into melody, and in Over The Moon, his latest soundtrack, he reaffirms this sensitivity with a touch of pure introspection."

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- Radio Armazem, Award winning Brazillian Radio

"Rousseau's distinct blend of cinematic scoring and sound design has earned him recognition across multiple industries, making him one of the most innovative and sought-after composers of his generation"

- Music Crowns

"Rousseau's ability to evoke vivid imagery with just a few carefully placed notes is nothing short of remarkable"

- Naomi Joan, Illustrate Magazine

"His (Jordan Paul Rousseau) dedication to his craft is unbelievable and it shows in the award-winning work he creates."

- Rory Fitzpatrick,

director I Saw Myself Dead

"His (Jordan Paul Rousseau) name will be in lights for decades to come."

- John Gul, Munich Film Awards

"His music is flagrant with depth, layers and details as if he's writing from the afterworld."

- Nai, singer

"I can't wait to tell my kids that he was the greatest composer of our generation"

- Nick Christod, director

"Over the past two years Jordan Paul Rousseau has become a staple in the independent film scene"

- Snow Leopard Film Festival

"Rousseau plays with silence, like a playwright or comedian would. It is perfection. It is philosphical!"

- Ambient Travelers, N°1 Ambient Music Podcast in France

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