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 69–70)[1]
NationalityFrench Canadian
Alma materUniversité de Montréal[1]
OccupationMusician, 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 2760635724.
  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.


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