Normand Roger
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Normand Roger (born 1949) is a Canadian composer, sound editor and sound designer. He is particularly known for his work as a composer of soundtracks for animated films, having composed more than 200 such works since 1970. He has also worked on the creation of music for documentaries, feature films, television dramas, children's series, commercials, and new technologies with 3D and virtual reality. He is the composer of many original soundtracks for Frédéric Back, Paul Driessen, Michaël Dudok de Wit, Caroline Leaf and Aleksandr Petrov. Thirteen of his works have been nominated for Academy Awards, of which six have won. He also notably wrote the theme for the PBS's Mystery!. Roger lectures throughout the world on music and sound for animation.{{cite web|website=Oscars.org|url=http://old.oscars.org/events/past/2008/animation/roger/roger_program.pdf|title=Normand Roger}}
Roger has spent nearly 40 years creating soundtracks for the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) in his hometown of Montreal, after first being hired for its animation department at the age of 22. His extensive NFB credits include Every Child and The Sand Castle, both winners of the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.{{cite web | url=http://filmjourney.weblogger.com/2008/08/12/normand-roger-and-frdric-back/ | title=Normand Roger and Frédéric Back | work=Film Journey | date=August 12, 2008 | accessdate=June 10, 2012 | author=Cummings, Doug}}
He is married to animation film director and producer Marcy Page, whom he met while working with on her film, Paradisia.{{cite news|url=http://www.awn.com/animationworld/sound-animation-interview-normand-roger|title=The Sound of Animation: An Interview with Normand Roger|last=Hofferman|first=Jon|date=29 April 2008|work=Animation World Network|accessdate=2 April 2015}}
Filmography
- 1977: The Sand Castle
- 1979: Every Child - Sound, sound designer
- 1980: Mystery! - Composer, opening and closing theme
- 1980: The Sweater - Composer, music score, sound editor
- 1981: The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin - Sound, sound designer
- 1981: Crac
- 1987: The Man Who Planted Trees
- 1988: The Dingles - Composer, sound editor
- 1992: No Problem - Composer
- 1995: The Champagne Safari - Composer
- 1996: How Wings Are Attached to the Backs of Angels - Composer
- 1996: Shyness - Composer, sound editor
- 1999: The Old Man and the Sea - Composer
- 2000: Father and Daughter - Music score
- 2010: Glimpses/Impressions{{cite web|title=Glimpses - The Soundtrack|url=http://www.expo2010canada.gc.ca/partnerships/glimp-eng.cfm|work=Canada at Expo 2010 Shanghai|publisher=Government of Canada|accessdate=8 March 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706181529/http://www.expo2010canada.gc.ca/partnerships/glimp-eng.cfm|archivedate=6 July 2011}} - Music score
- 2019: Uncle Thomas: Accounting for the Days - Composer, sound designer
- 2023: A Bear Named Wojtek - Music score
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0736664}}
- [http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/eng/collection/result.php?type=credit&pid=19980&nom=Normand+Roger Filmography] at the National Film Board of Canada
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Category:Canadian film score composers
Category:Canadian male film score composers
Category:National Film Board of Canada people