Robert Marcel Lepage

Robert Marcel Lepage (born 5 July 1951) is a Canadian musician and film score composer.

Robert Marcel Lepage
Lepage at the Place Bonaventure in 2016.
Born1951 (age 71–72)[1]
NationalityFrench Canadian
Alma materUniversité de Montréal[1]
Occupation(s)Musician, film score composer

Born in Montreal, Lepage trained in music at the age of 20, and learned to play the clarinet and saxophone.[2] He performed with René Lussier and Pierre Hébert during the 1980s and 1990s.[2]

He went on to write the scores for 150 films.[2] He was nominated for the Genie Award for Best Score and the Jutra Award for Best Music for the 2008 film The Necessities of Life.[3][4] Marc-André Lussier of La Presse positively reviewed Lepage's score for Iqaluit (2016) as "lyrical".[5] In 2017, Lepage also received a Prix Iris nomination for Best Music for Before the Streets.[6]

In his personal life, he has three children, Félix; Étienne Lepage, a playwright; and Florence, an artist.[2]

References
  1. Lefebvre, Marie-Therese (2016). "3". La contre-culture au Québec (in French). Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal. ISBN 978-2760635722.
  2. Tremblay, Odile (15 April 2017). "Histoires de filiations culturelles". Le Devoir. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  3. Dumais, Manon (3 April 2009). "Génie 2009 : Ça Intéresse-T-I Quelqu'un ?". Voir. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  4. Lussier, Marc-André (28 March 2009). "Benoît Pilon: la belle lancée". La Presse. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  5. Lussier, Marc-André (10 March 2017). "Iqaluit: un récit prévisible dans un beau film d'atmosphère ***". La Presse. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  6. Boutros, Magdaline (5 April 2017). "Gala Québec cinéma: Juste la fin du monde et Two Lovers and a Bear en tête". La Presse. Retrieved 1 May 2017.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.