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

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 Women - 1999

Claude Jutra, portrait sur film - 2002

Plain Truth - 2004

Actor

Le Complexe d'Édith (Short, 1991)

Yves Laferrière

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1943 births

2020 deaths

20th-century Canadian composers

21st-century Canadian composers

Canadian male composers

20th-century Canadian male musicians

21st-century Canadian male musicians

Best Original Song Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners

Best Original Score Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners

Canadian male songwriters

Canadian film score composers

Yves Laferrière