Damien Salançon begins piano lessons at the age of 9. In his teenage years he learns also oboe, electric guitar, drums, and synthesizers.

After high school graduation he moves from his hometown Montpellier (France) to Boston and enrolls in the Berklee college of music film scoring program. He graduates in 1996, then moves back to France and establishes himself in Paris.

He will later on complete his knowledge of orchestration with orchestrator Conrad Pope (Star Wars, Lord of the Rings) and mixing skills with Mixer Alan Meyerson (Batman, Gladiator, Inception).

 

His carreer starts by composing for TV commercials (L'Oréal, Mercedes, McDonalds) and short films. He then moves on towards TV series, arranging and co-composition for established composers. His credits include Spirals (season 3, 4 and 5), Cherif (season 2 to 6), Blood of the Vine (Season 1), Alice Nevers...

 

In 2013 he writes his own score for the TV movie Les mauvaises têtes directed by Pierre Isoard.

The year before he wrote the music for the European campaign Disneyland Paris 20 years anniversary.

 

Between 2015 and 2022 he composes numerous musics for radio fiction series: The truth about Harry Québert's case, Night milk man, Beyond Evil's border, by director Pascal Deux, whom he met at the French artist residencies Émergence.

 

In 2017, he writes the music for the documentary Let the child be the guide, about the Montessouri child education method, directed by Alexandre Mourot.

 

He is also active in the movie business, writing and conducting the orchestral arrangements for the movies We are family (2016), What is this granny? (2019),What is this grandpa ? (2020), collaborating with singer Da Silva and composer Frédéric Fortuny.

He co-composed and arranged his first score for animation with the French-german movie The fairy princess and the unicorn (2019).

 

 

He also collaborates on a regular basis with singers. He's written strings parts for French stars Jenifer, Julie Zenatti, Da Silva, Olivier Zanarelli.

He recently released a pop-cinematographic album The Hours under the artist name Damien Esse.