Robert Marcel Lepage (born 5 July 1951) is a Canadian musician and
film score
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composer.
Born in
Montreal
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, Lepage trained in music at the age of 20, and learned to play the clarinet and
saxophone
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. He performed with
René Lussier
René Lussier (born April 15, 1957) is a jazz guitarist based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is a composer, guitarist, bass guitarist, percussionist, bass clarinetist, and singer. Lussier has collaborated with Fred Frith, Chris Cutler, Jean De ...
and Pierre Hébert during the 1980s and 1990s.
He went on to write the scores for 150 films. He was nominated for the Genie Award for Best Score and the
Jutra Award
The Prix Iris is a Canadian film award, presented annually by Québec Cinéma, which recognizes talent and achievement in the mainly francophone feature film industry in Quebec.The Necessities of Life''. of '' La Presse'' positively reviewed Lepage's score for ''
Iqaluit
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'' (2016) as "lyrical". In 2017, Lepage also received a
Prix Iris
The Prix Iris is a Canadian film award, presented annually by Québec Cinéma, which recognizes talent and achievement in the mainly francophone feature film industry in Quebec.Before the Streets
''Before the Streets'' (french: Avant les rues) is a 2016 Canadian drama film directed by Chloé Leriche. Set among the Atikamekw people of northern Quebec, the film stars Rykko Bellemare as Shawnouk, a man undertaking the process of restorat ...
''.
In his personal life, he has three children, Félix; , a playwright; and Florence, an artist.
Internet Movie Database
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