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Yves Laferrière

Yves Laferrière (1943 – December 11, 2020) was a Canadian musician and composer. He was a two-time Genie Award winner, for Best Original Song at the 6th Genie Awards in 1985 for "Touch Me", which he

Yves Laferrière (1943 – December 11, 2020) was a Canadian musician and composer. He was a two-time Genie Award winner, for Best Original Song at the 6th Genie Awards in 1985 for “Touch Me”, which he cowrote with Paule Baillargeon and Marjolène Morin for the film A Woman in Transit (La Femme de l’hôtel), and for Best Original Score at the 11th Genie Awards in 1990 for Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal). Filmography Composer *The Red Kitchen (La Cuisine rouge) - 1980 *La Phonie furieuse - 1982 *Lucien Brouillard - 1983 *Just a Game (Rien qu’un jeu) - 1983 *A Woman in Transit (La Femme de l’hôtel) - 1984 *Like a Heartbreak (C’est comme une peine d’amour) - 1985 *Sonia - 1986 *Transit - 1986 *Le Chemin de Damas - 1988 *Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal) - 1989 *White Is the Night (Blanche est la nuit) - 1989 *Impasse de la vignette - 1990 *Babylone - 1990 *Moody Beach - 1990 *Solo - 1991 *Montreal Stories (Montréal vu par…) - 1991 *Kitty Cats - 1991 *Le Complexe d’Édith - 1991 *Between the Solitudes - 1992 *The Sex of the Stars (Le sexe des étoiles) - 1993 *Bandes-hommages 100 ans de cinéma - 1996 *Poverty and Other Delights (Joyeux Calvaire) - 1996 *The Secret Laughter of Wome

Era
Post-War
Lived
1943–2020
From
Canada
Died in
Montreal
Known as
actor, film score composer, composer, film actor, bassist