Paul Baillargeon (born 1943) is a Canadian composer, known for his music for television shows. He contributed music to 41 episodes of Star Trek shows, and won the 2002 ASCAP Award (Top TV Series) for

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, shared with the series' other regular composers.

Early life

Baillargeon was born in

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."Paul Baillargeon and Dean Morgan"
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Career

Baillargeon began creating arrangements for the group Les Baronets in the 1960s. He released three albums, including ''Viens, Mon Amour'' in 1970 and 1971's ''Soleil'' with Jean-Pierre Ferland. He arranged orchestrations for and directed

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's orchestra during her first tour, and composed her song "

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". Baillargeon composed music for television shows in Quebec, and in 1989 he and Ferland created a musical, ''Gala'', about the artist

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and his wife. Baillargeon began composing music for the television series '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', and later ''

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'' and '' Star Trek: Voyager''. In 2007, Baillargeon was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Francophone

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Awards held in Montreal.

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