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Robert Marcel Lepage
Canadian musician and composer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert Marcel Lepage (born 5 July 1951) is a Canadian musician and film score composer.
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![]() Lepage at the Place Bonaventure in 2016. | |
Born | 1951 (age 72–73)[1] |
Nationality | French Canadian |
Alma mater | Université de Montréal[1] |
Occupation(s) | Musician, 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 [fr] 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 [fr], a playwright; and Florence, an artist.[2]