Occupation Composer, musician | Name FM Sieur Role Musician | |
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Residence Montreal, Quebec, Canada Nominations Genie Award for Best Achievement in Music - Original Song Music director Mambo Italiano, Nitro, Father and Guns, Gerry, A Sense of Humor Similar People Emile Gaudreault, Alain Desrochers, Steve Galluccio, Denise Robert, Ginette Reno | ||
Composer interview fm le sieur
FM Le Sieur is a Canadian musician and composer. 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.
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Being Human Composer FM Le Sieur
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.
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.
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.