FM Le Sieur

FM Le Sieur
Residence Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation Composer, musician
Website
http://fmlesieur.com

FM Le Sieur is a Canadian musician and composer.[1][2] He has been nominated for awards for television and film music in his native Canada, that include garnering five Gemini award wins and four additional nominations; one Genie award nomination; and three Jutra award nominations.

Life and work

He studied at Collège Marguerite-Bourgeoys and at McGill University, where he became inspired from a master class with Philip Glass. In the 1980s he was part of the rock band Tango Tango, before moving into television and film scoring.[3]

FM’s career has spanned over fifteen years, and his other work includes Tony & Ridley Scott’s series The Hunger starring David Bowie; the films of Alain Desrochers, his long-time collaborator, beginning with La Bouteille; and television series Musée Eden, Nos Étés et Music Hall, “Les Soeurs Elliot”, “Les Bougon” and “Charlie Jade”, an international co-production filmed in South Africa.

Le Sieur scored three films that premiered in 2011: drama Frisson des Collines; comedy A Sense of Humor; and biopic of Quebec rock star Gerry Boulet, Gerry, for which FM remastered Boulet’s original tracks.[4]

Le Sieur won an ASCAP award in 2012 for his work on "Being Human, a North American version of the British show of the same name.[5][6]

Awards

Year Award Category
2013 Gemini Awards Won Best Original Music - Dramatic (Meilleure musique originale: Dramatique) for Tu m'aimes-tu? (2012) (TV series).
2013 Gemini Awards Won Best Musical Theme - All Categories (Meilleur thème musical: Toutes catégories) for Tu m'aimes-tu? (2012) (TV series).
2012 Jutra Awards Nominated Best Score (Meilleure Musique Originale) for Le sens de l'humour (2011) (feature film).
2010 Gemini Awards Won Original Music for a Program or Series - Dramatic (Meilleure musique originale pour une émission ou une série: Dramatiques) for Musée Eden (2010).
2009 Gemini Awards Nominated Best Original Music - Dramatic (Meilleure musique originale: Dramatique) for Les soeurs Elliot (2007).
2009 Gemini Awards Nominated Best Musical Theme - All Categories (Meilleur thème musical: Toutes catégories) for Les soeurs Elliot (2007).
2008 Gemini Awards Nominated Best Original Music - Dramatic (Meilleure musique originale: Dramatique) for C.A. (2006) (series).
2008 Gemini Awards Nominated Best Musical Theme - All Categories (Meilleur thème musical: Toutes catégories) for Les soeurs Elliot (2007) (series).
2008 Jutra Awards Nominated Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score for Nitro (2007).
2004 Gemini Awards Won Best Musical Theme - All Categories (Meilleur thème musical: Toutes catégories) for Les Bougon: C'est aussi ça la vie (2004).
2004 Genie Awards Nominated Best Achievement in Music - Original Song for Mambo Italiano (2003) • For the song "Montréal Italiano".

Shared With: Broughton, Adam James, Dompierre, Jeanne, Steve Galluccio

2004 Jutra Awards Nominated Best Score (Meilleure Musique) for Mambo italiano (2003).

References

  1. ↑ http://quebec.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/07/10/fm-le-sieur-ascap_n_1662134.html
  2. ↑ http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2012/07/10/fm-le-sieur-remporte-un-prix
  3. ↑ http://www.lienmultimedia.com/article.php3?id_article=27846
  4. ↑ http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118042347?refcatid=16&printerfriendly=true
  5. ↑ http://www.ledevoir.com/culture/actualites-culturelles/354086/le-compositeur-fm-le-sieur-remporte-un-prix
  6. ↑ http://www.socan.ca/news/robertson-le-sieur-win-2012-ascap-film-tv-awards

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