Forever Pavot

Forever Pavot is the musical project of French composer, multi-instrumentalist and producer Émile Sornin. At the crossroads of psychedelic pop, progressive rock and film music, he has created a distinctive sonic universe where lush orchestration, vintage instrumentation and cinematic melodies come together to form deeply evocative works.

Signed to Born Bad Records, Forever Pavot draws inspiration from the orchestral pop of the 1960s and 1970s, classic European film scores and library music. Each album further explores this fascination with cinematic worlds through baroque arrangements, analogue experimentation and a melodic language that is instantly recognisable.

Alongside Forever Pavot, Émile Sornin has established himself as one of France's rising film composers. He has written the original scores for the feature films La Morsure by Romain de Saint-Blanquat, Simple comme Sylvain by Monia Chokri, selected for the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival, and L'Engloutie by Louise Hémon, selected for the Directors' Fortnight at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.

Through both Forever Pavot and his film compositions, Émile Sornin has developed a musical language in which songwriting, orchestral music and sonic illustration constantly enrich one another. His gift for orchestration, his passion for analogue timbres and his vivid cinematic imagination have shaped a unique body of work, where every composition feels like the soundtrack to a film waiting to be imagined.