Richard Grégoire
Richard Grégoire | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 18, 1944 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | December 10, 2025 (aged 80) |
| Occupation | Composer |
| Years active | 1960s–2025 |
| Notable work | Being at Home with Claude |
Richard Grégoire (May 18, 1944 – December 10, 2025) was a Canadian film and television composer from Montreal, Quebec. He was most noted for his work on the film Being at Home with Claude, for which he won the Genie Award for Best Original Score at the 13th Genie Awards in 1992.
Grégoire was a graduate of the Université de Montréal, where he was a student of Serge Garant. He later studied and worked with the Groupe de recherches musicales in Paris, France, under composer Pierre Schaeffer.
In television, he was best known for composing the theme music to the 1990 drama series Les Filles de Caleb, while in film he has worked most frequently, although not exclusively, on the films of director Yves Simoneau. His film credits have included Chocolate Eclair (Éclair au chocolat), Night Magic, Intimate Power (Pouvoire intime), In the Shadow of the Wind (Les Fous de Bassan), In the Belly of the Dragon (Dans le ventre du dragon), Perfectly Normal, Cruising Bar and Octobre.
Grégoire died on 10 December 2025, at the age of 81.