Robert_Marcel_Lepage

Robert Marcel Lepage

Robert Marcel Lepage

Canadian musician and composer

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

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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 [fr] 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 [fr], a playwright; and Florence, an artist.[2]

References

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


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