Philippe Brault (born 1981) is a Canadian record producer and film score composer from Montreal, Quebec. He is most noted as a two-time Prix Iris winner for Best Original Music, winning at the 21st Quebec Cinema Awards in 2019 for The Fireflies Are Gone (La disparition des lucioles) and at the 24th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2022 for Drunken Birds (Les Oiseaux ivres).
He has received two other nominations in the category, alongside Pierre Lapointe at the 14th Jutra Awards in 2012 for The Salesman (Le vendeur) and in 2022 for Maria Chapdelaine, and was a Canadian Screen Award nominee at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019 for The Fireflies Are Gone.
His other film credits have included All That We Make (Fermières), The Procession (Le Cortège), A Revision (Une révision), Norbourg and The Origin of Evil (L'Origine du mal).
He is a regular collaborator with Lapointe, and has produced albums for Émile Bilodeau, Koriass, Patrice Michaud, Laurence Nerbonne, Ariane Moffatt and Safia Nolin.
References
- Helen Faradji, "La disparition des lucioles et les souvenirs de Philippe Brault". Ici Radio-Canada, April 21, 2021.
- "1991, de Ricardo Trogi, sacré meilleur film au Gala Québec Cinéma". Ici Radio-Canada, June 2, 2019.
- Marc-André Lussier, "Les oiseaux ivres se distingue au Gala des artisans". La Presse, June 5, 2022.
- "Jutra : Le Vendeur en nomination dans cinq catégories". Ici Radio-Canada Saguenay—Lac-Saint-Jean, January 31, 2012.
- Howard Druckman, "TWENTY-SEVEN SOCAN MEMBERS EARN CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS 2019 NOMS". Words & Music, February 8, 2019.
- Philippe Renaud, "#COMPOSERSWHOSCORE : PHILIPPE BRAULT CATCHES THE MOVIE BUG". Words & Music, January 11, 2022.
- Marc Cassivi, "Philippe Brault, le (bon) parrain". La Presse, October 28, 2018.