Michel Corriveau

Michel Corriveau (born June 29, 1962) is a Canadian composer of film and television scores from Quebec. He has received multiple nominations and awards throughout his career for Canadian and international films and TV productions

Biography

Based in Montreal, Michel Corriveau was raised in Grand-Mère, Quebec. His maternal grandfather, Philippe Filion, was an orchestral conductor for whom the main concert hall at the Centre des arts de Shawinigan in Shawinigan is named,

His musical career started in 1986 when he joined Luba's band as a keyboardist and accordionist. At the same time, he worked on multiple projects with keyboardist Jean-Alain Roussel, including albums by Céline Dion, Corey Hart and Martine St-Clair.

Over the years, he composed the music for international advertising campaigns, including for McDonald's, and for over 50 Canadian and international movies and television series. He has received multiple nominations for his work at the Genie and Canadian Screen Awards, the Quebec Cinema (Jutra/Iris) Awards, the Gemini Awards and the Prix Gémeaux, as well as winning awards from the Société professionnelle des auteurs et des compositeurs du Québec and the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada.

He now works with his son, Jérémie Corriveau.

In addition to his work in film and television, he has also released two albums as a composer of electroacoustic music, Omni (2014) and Omnitudes (2018). 2023 - Ru 2024 - All Stirred Up! (Tous toqués!)

Series

Awards Year Award Ceremony Work Result Ref(s) 2005 Genie Award for Best Original Score 25th Genie Awards The Last Tunnel (Le Dernier tunnel) Jutra Award for Best Original Music 7th Jutra Awards 2006 Genie Award for Best Original Song 26th Genie Awards The Outlander (Le Survenant) — "Comme un plume au vent" (with Sylvain Cossette, Robert Marchand) 2007 Jutra Award for Best Original Music 9th Jutra Awards Bon Cop, Bad Cop Best Original Music Score for a Program or Miniseries 22nd Gemini Awards Answered by Fire 2008 Best Original Music - Dramatic Gémeaux Awards Les Lavigueur 2011 Best Original Music for a Program or Series - Dramatic or Documentary Waterfront Cities of the World 2013 Jutra Award for Best Original Music 15th Jutra Awards Ésimésac 2014 Richard Grégoire Award Société professionnelle des auteurs et des compositeurs du Québec Best Original Music - Dramatic Gémeaux Awards Mensonges 2016 Prix Iris for Best Original Music 18th Quebec Cinema Awards Anna Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Score 4th Canadian Screen Awards 2017 Composer of the Year Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada True North (Les Pays d'en haut) 2021 Best Original Music Score - Program or Series Best Music Theme