---
name: "Christian Mazzalai"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/christian-mazzalai"
fi1m_id: "christian-mazzalai"
imdb_id: "nm2408772"
tmdb_id: 2747841
wikidata_id: "Q64176254"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "8 March 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-22T02:46:00.159840+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Christian Mazzalai

## Identity

Christian Mazzalai

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/christian-mazzalai
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** christian-mazzalai
- **IMDb ID:** nm2408772
- **TMDB ID:** 2747841
- **Wikidata ID:** Q64176254
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64176254, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2408772/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2747841

Composer. Born 8 March 1976 in France.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 8 March 1976, France
- **Active:** 2006–present
- **Also known as:** Phoenix, フェニックス
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 1 acting, 2 crew, 1 other
- **Frequently works with:** [Sofia Coppola](https://film.one/person/sofia-coppola.md), [Youree Henley](https://film.one/person/youree-henley.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 74 (1), 2020s 75 (3)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64176254, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2408772/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2747841

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Priscilla*](https://film.one/film/priscilla.md) (74)
- **Apple TV:** [*On the Rocks*](https://film.one/film/on-the-rocks.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Christian Mazzalai is a French composer and guitarist. He is a founding member of the indie rock band Phoenix, formed in Versailles in the mid-1990s, and has contributed to the band's songwriting and performances.

Mazzalai has worked extensively with director Sofia Coppola. He composed original music for her films *Somewhere* (2010), *The Beguiled* (2017), *On the Rocks* (2020) and *Priscilla* (2023), and also appeared as an actor in *Marie Antoinette* (2006).

He has additional soundtrack credits on films including *Boyhood* (2014) and *Now You See Me* (2013).

*Sources: imdb.com, watch.plex.tv, moviemeter.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

### Performed in (1)

- *Marie Antoinette* (2006), Fi1m 74, as Petit Trianon Musicians — [page](https://film.one/film/marie-antoinette.md)

### Crew (2) — the average rests on these

- *Priscilla* (2023), Fi1m 74, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/priscilla.md)
- *On the Rocks* (2020), Fi1m 74, Music Supervisor, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/on-the-rocks.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Making Marie Antoinette* (2026), Fi1m 78, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/making-marie-antoinette.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Priscilla* (2023), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/priscilla.md)
- *On the Rocks* (2020), Original Music Composer, Music Supervisor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/on-the-rocks.md)
- *The Beguiled* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Paris Can Wait* (2016), Thanks
- *A Very Murray Christmas* (2015), as Chef
- *From a Mess To The Masses* (2011), Actor
- *Somewhere* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Marie Antoinette* (2006), as Petit Trianon Musicians — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/marie-antoinette.md)

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