Benoît Charest (born in 1964) is a Canadian guitarist and film score composer from Quebec. He is best known for the soundtrack of the animated film 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.
Cesar Award for Best Original Score, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Music
Albums
Belleville Rendez-Vous
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Radius
2017/II
completed
Radius
2017/I
post-production
Goldfish
2015/I
Short
Crazy Love
2015
Short
Paul à Québec
2015
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
2015
TV Series 7 episodes
The Wanted 18
2014
Documentary
Imelda
2014
Short
Gingerbread House
2013
Short
The Mars et Avril Experience
2013
TV Movie documentary
Treading Water
2013
Touch the Sky
2012
Documentary
Upside Down
2012/I
Mars et Avril
2012
Une bouteille à la mer
2011
Oliver Sherman
2010
Route 132
2010
Runaway
2009/II
Short
Polytechnique
2009
Adam's Wall
2008
Ma tante Aline
2007
Maxed Out
2006
Documentary as Benoit Charest
The Triplets of Belleville
2003
La vie après l'amour
2000
Matroni et moi
1999
Montréal rétro
1992
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
So You Think You Can Dance
TV Series music - 2 episodes, 2007 writer - 1 episode, 2013
Mars et Avril
2012
writer: "L'harmonie du monde" 3:43, "La pleine-muse" 2:36, "Les cosmologues" 2:30, "Le gravophone" 3:18, "Le rêve" 1:19, "Le soupirotique" 2:23, "Le Sexe à piles" 2:42, "L'arrivée sur Mars" 2:55, "L'atelier d'Eugène" 1:44, "Dream Pétrole" 2:57, "Dans l'instrument" 4:21, "Le dernier concert" 7:38, "La renaissance" 2:17
Guide de la petite vengeance
2006
arranger: "What the World Needs Now Is Love"
The 76th Annual Academy Awards
2004
TV Special music: "The Triplets of Belleville" aka "Belleville Rendez-vous" / performer: "The Triplets of Belleville" aka "Belleville Rendez-vous"
The Triplets of Belleville
2003
music: "Belleville Rendezvous"
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Gingerbread House
2013
Short composer: theme music
Une bouteille à la mer
2011
composer: theme music
Maxed Out
2006
Documentary musician: electric guitar - as Ben Charest
La vie après l'amour
2000
music engineer
Editorial Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne
2000
TV Series post-production - 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Mars et Avril Experience
2013
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Belleville Rendez-Vous: The Making of
2004
Video documentary short
Himself (Compositor)
The 76th Annual Academy Awards
2004
TV Special
Himself - Performer: 'Belleville Rendez-vous'
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2011
Jutra
Jutra Awards
Best Score (Meilleure Musique Originale)
Route 132 (2010)
2004
César
César Awards, France
Best Music Written for a Film (Meilleure musique écrite pour un film)
Les triplettes de Belleville (2003)
2004
LAFCA Award
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
Best Music
Les triplettes de Belleville (2003)
2004
Étoile d'Or
Étoiles d'Or, France
Best Composer (Compositeur de musique originale)
Les triplettes de Belleville (2003)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2014
Jutra
Jutra Awards
Best Score (Meilleure Musique Originale)
Upside Down (2012)
2013
Canadian Screen Award
Canadian Screen Awards, CA
Achievement in Music - Original Score
Mars et Avril (2012)
2013
Jutra
Jutra Awards
Best Score (Meilleure Musique Originale)
Une bouteille (2011)
2013
Jutra
Jutra Awards
Best Score (Meilleure Musique Originale)
Mars et Avril (2012)
2010
Genie
Genie Awards
Best Achievement in Music - Original Score
Polytechnique (2009)
2010
Jutra
Jutra Awards
Best Score (Meilleure Musique Originale)
Polytechnique (2009)
2005
Genie
Genie Awards
Best Achievement in Music - Original Score
Les triplettes de Belleville (2003)
2005
Grammy
Grammy Awards
Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
Les triplettes de Belleville (2003)
2004
Oscar
Academy Awards, USA
Best Music, Original Song
Les triplettes de Belleville (2003)
2004
CFCA Award
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
Best Original Score
Les triplettes de Belleville (2003)
2004
IOMA
Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA)
Best Original Score (Miglior colonna sonora originale)