Michel Corriveau (born June 29, 1962) is a Canadian composer of film and television scores from

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. He has received multiple nominations and awards throughout his career for Canadian and international films and TV productions

Biography

Based in

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, Michel Corriveau was raised in Grand-Mère,

."« Omnitudes », le nouvel album de Michel Corriveau est déjà en vente"
''Lien Multimédia'', May 5, 2018. His maternal grandfather, Philippe Filion, was an orchestral conductor for whom the main concert hall at the Centre des arts de Shawinigan in

Shawinigan Shawinigan () is a city located on the Saint-Maurice River in the Mauricie area in Quebec, Canada. It had a population of 49,349 as of the 2016 Canadian census. Shawinigan is also a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) an ...

is named, and served as lieutenant chief of music for the

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. His musical career started in 1986 when he joined

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's band as a keyboardist and accordionist. At the same time, he worked on multiple projects with keyboardist Jean-Alain Roussel, including albums by

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, Corey Hart and

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. Over the years, he composed the music for international advertising campaigns, including for

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, and for over 50 Canadian and international movies and television series. He has received multiple nominations for his work at the

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and

Canadian Screen Awards The Canadian Screen Awards (french: link=no, Les prix Écrans canadiens) are awards given for artistic and technical merit in the film industry recognizing excellence in Canadian film, English-language television, and digital media (web series) p ...

, the Quebec Cinema (Jutra/Iris) Awards, the

Gemini Awards The Gemini Awards were awards given by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television between 1986–2011 to recognize the achievements of Canada's television industry. The Gemini Awards are analogous to the Emmy Awards given in the United States a ...

and the

Prix Gémeaux The Prix Gémeaux () or Gémeaux Awards honour achievements in Canadian television and digital media that is broadcast in French. It has been sponsored by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television since 1987. Introduced as a French-language equ ...

, as well as winning awards from the Société professionnelle des auteurs et des compositeurs du QuébecDaniel Lemay
"La SPACQ honore espoirs et bâtisseurs"
'' La Presse'', September 24, 2014. and the

Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) is a Canadian performance rights organization that represents the performing rights of more than 135,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers. The organization collects ...

."Gala de la SOCAN: Robert Charlebois recevra deux prix spéciaux"
'' La Presse'', September 27, 2017. He now works with his son, Jérémie Corriveau. In addition to his work in film and television, he has also released two albums as a composer of

electroacoustic music Electroacoustic music is a genre of popular and Western art music in which composers use technology to manipulate the timbres of acoustic sounds, sometimes by using audio signal processing, such as reverb or harmonizing, on acoustical instrumen ...

, ''Omni'' (2014) and ''Omnitudes'' (2018)."« Omnitudes », le nouvel album de Michel Corriveau est déjà en vente"
''Lien Multimédia'', May 5, 2018.

Filmography

Films

Series

Awards

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Corriveau, Michel 1962 births Living people 20th-century Canadian keyboardists 20th-century Canadian composers 21st-century Canadian composers Canadian film score composers Canadian television composers Canadian male composers French Quebecers Musicians from Quebec People from Shawinigan Canadian rock keyboardists