Normand Roger (born 1949 in

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) is a Canadian

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

, sound editor and

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. He is particularly known for his work as a composer of

soundtrack A soundtrack is recorded music accompanying and synchronised to the images of a motion picture, drama, book, television program, radio program, or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack o ...

s for

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, having composed more than 200 such works since 1970. He has also worked on the creation of music for

documentaries A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in term ...

, feature films, television dramas, children's series,

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, and new technologies with 3D and virtual reality. He is the composer of many original soundtracks for

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, Paul Driessen,

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and Aleksandr Petrov. Thirteen of his works have been nominated for

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, of which six have won. He also notably wrote the theme for the

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's ''

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''. Roger lectures throughout the world on music and sound for animation. Roger has spent nearly 40 years creating soundtracks for the

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(NFB) in his hometown of Montreal, after first being hired for its animation department at the age of 22. His extensive NFB credits include '' Every Child'' and '' The Sand Castle'', both winners of the

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. He is married to animation film director and producer

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, whom he met while working with on her film, ''Paradisia''.

Filmography

* 1977 '' The Sand Castle'' * 1979 '' Every Child'' - (Sound, sound designer) * 1980 ''

'' - (Composer, opening and closing theme) * 1980 ''

The Sweater ''The Hockey Sweater'' (''Le chandail de hockey'' in the original French) is a short story by Canadian author Roch Carrier and translated to English by Sheila Fischman. It was originally published in 1979 under the title "'" ("An abominable mapl ...

'' - (Composer, music score, sound editor) * 1981 ''

The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin ''The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin'' is a 1981 Canadian animated short by Janet Perlman that comically adapts the tale of Cinderella with penguins. Produced by the National Film Board of Canada, it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best ...

'' - (Sound, sound designer) * 1981 ''

Crac ''Crac'' is a 1981 animated short film produced, written and directed by Frédéric Back. Plot The story follows the experiences of a rocking chair, from its creation from a tree through its time as a member of a Canadian farming family. Recept ...

'' * 1987 ''

The Man Who Planted Trees ''The Man Who Planted Trees'' (French title: ''L'homme qui plantait des arbres'') is a short story published in 1953 by French author Jean Giono. An allegorical tale, it tells the story of one shepherd's long and successful single-handed effort to ...

'' * 1988 ''

The Dingles ''The Dingles'' is a 1988 Canadian animated family short film directed by Les Drew. Summary Based on a book by Helen Levchuk about a caring, grandmotherly lady and her three cats whose iydlic lives were interrupted by a big windstorm. See also * ...

'' - (Composer, sound editor) * 1992 ''No Problem'' - (Composer) * 1995 ''The Champagne Safari'' - (Composer) * 1996 '' How Wings Are Attached to the Backs of Angels'' (Composer) * 1996 ''Shyness'' - (Composer, sound editor) * 1999 ''

The Old Man And The Sea ''The Old Man and the Sea'' is a novella written by the American author Ernest Hemingway in 1951 in Cayo Blanco (Cuba), and published in 1952. It was the last major work of fiction written by Hemingway that was published during his lifetime. ...

'' - (Composer) * 2000 ''

Father and Daughter "Father and Daughter" is a song by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon. The song, written for the animated family film ''The Wild Thornberrys Movie'', was released as a single in October 2002. An alternate version later appeared on Simon's 11t ...

'' - (Music score) * 2010 '' Glimpses/Impressions'' - (Music score)

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