Clare first saw Frenchman Olivier standing in front of a Dunkin Donuts across from their Berklee College of Music in Boston. She asked him to play on an arrangement she had written; he laughed, she cried... the rest is history. 

Based in Kingston NY (from Brooklyn/Paris/Martha's Vineyard), Olivier and Clare Manchon come from a background of writing, recording and touring- Sharing music with live audiences. They had the band Clare & the Reasons and Olivier headed up Orchestre de Chambre Miniature.  During these creatively fruitful years, collaborations and tours were had with Van Dyke Parks, Sufjan Stevens, My Brightest Diamond, DeVotchKa, and many more.

They started scoring with a documentary about Ricky Jay about 12 years ago and haven't looked back. Making scores and songs for films and TV such as "Turn Every Page" about Rober Caro and Robert Gottlieb,  ABC series "Black Box" starring Vanessa Redgrave, music in “The Unbearable Weight of a Massive Talent” (Nick Cage) "Emily in Paris" season 1 and 2 on Netflix, NBC's "Good Girls", "Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band", Amazon's "Modern Love", Oscar-shortlisted short films "Deciding Vote" and “Hysterical Girl”, the Canal Plus French adventure "En Attendant Bojangles", starring Romain Duris and Virginie Efira, and so many more. Most recently, Clare and Olivier wrote the music for a Lizzie Gottlieb (Turn Every Page) directed play in May 2024.

Olivier and Clare approach each film project by creating a sonic universe that supports, paints, juxtaposes and gives an auditory experience that is imperative to the storytelling. They love the sound of a human breathing while playing their instrument, fingers on a fretboard, hair on a string, and deeply appreciate the absence of music.