Benoît Charest

Benoît Charest
Benoît Charest photographed in Montréal, Québec, Canada at Diese Onze.
Background information
Born1964 (age 60–61)
Montreal, Quebec
Occupation(s)Guitarist, film score composer
InstrumentGuitar

Benoît Charest (French pronunciation: [bənwa ʃaʁɛ]; born in 1964) is a Canadian guitarist and film score composer from Quebec. He is best known for the soundtrack of the animated film The Triplets of Belleville (Les Triplettes de Belleville) (2003), for which he won a César Award for Best Music Written for a Film as well as a Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Music. The song "Belleville Rendez-vous", in particular, earned him an Academy Award nomination as well as a Grammy Award nomination.

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