Maxime Goulet (composer)

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Maxime Goulet (composer)
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Goulet in 2017
Background information
Born (1980-06-07) June 7, 1980 (age 43)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation(s)Composer
Years active2007–present

Maxime Goulet (1980) is a Canadian composer, who writes concert music for orchestra and scores for video games.

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Early life and education

Maxime Goulet was born and raised in Montreal, Canada to a French speaking family. He studied music composing at Université de Montréal [1] with Alan Belkin. He earned his B. Mus. in 2005 and his Master's degree in 2007. Later, he attended several trainings and master classes, namely at the Festival international du film d'Aubagne in 2007, [2] and the ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop, with Richard Bellis in Los Angeles in 2009. [3]

Career

Concert music

The concert music of Maxime Goulet has been performed by a wide range of ensembles and musicians in countries around the world, including the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Vancouver Opera, [4] the Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège, the Houston Symphony , Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, and many others. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

Maxime Goulet's works often explore themes of daily life and playfulness: Symphonic Chocolates evokes various chocolate flavours [11] [7] [10]   , Checkmate! is structured as a chess match between a piano and an orchestra, [12] Symphonic Aerobic Dance is a workout for orchestra, On Halloween Night evokes creatures associated with Halloween, A Bassoon Circus is composed as circus acts [13] and Fishing Story evokes a fishing trip. [14]

His other works are often inspired by historical events: Ice Storm Symphony commemorates the 25th anniversary of the 1998 historical ice storm in Canada, [15] [16] [17] United Anthems celebrates the 150th anniversary of Canada [18] [19]  , Symphonic Factory celebrates the 375th anniversary of the City of Montreal, [20] [21] and Citius, Altius, Fortius! celebrates the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics [22] .

The album Maxime Goulet: Symphonie de la tempête du verglas, recorded by the Orchestre classique de Montréal won a Juno Award [23] in the categorie "Classical Album of the Year (Large Ensemble)" [24] [25] [26] .

Video game music

Between 2007 and 2013, Maxime Goulet has been staff composer for Gameloft. [27] During his tenure, he wrote music for video games such as Brothers in Arms 3: Sons of War , [28] The Amazing Spiderman , Dungeon Hunter: Alliance , Dungeon Hunter 4 [29] , Order & Chaos Online, Wild Blood, Shrek Forever After and Iron Man 2.

Since 2013, Maxime Goulet has been working as a freelance video game composer. He has composed music for games such as Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade , Roller Coaster Tycoon World and Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey .

In 2017, along with Orchestre Métropolitain and conductor Dina Gilbert, he created The Montreal Video Game Symphony, a multimedia concert that features music of games developed in the city of Montreal [30] [31]

List of works

List of concert music composition by Maxime Goulet.

Orchestral works

Concertante

Operas

Chamber music

Discography

List of game music

List of video games for which Maxime Goulet has composed music (as main composer or as additional music composer).

Video games
YearTitleDeveloperNotes
2007Schlag den Raab Gameloft
2008Prince of Persia Zero Gameloft
Abracadaball Gameloft
Uno Gameloft
2009 Tank Battles Gameloft
Ghost Mansion Party Gameloft
Castle Frenzy Gameloft
Siberian Strike Gameloft
2010Dungeon Hunter 2 [32] Gameloft
Shrek Forever After [32] Gameloft
Iron Man 2 [32] [33] Gameloft
Brothers in Arms 2: Global Front [32] [33] Gameloft
Legend of Exidia Gameloft
Eternal Legacy Gameloft
2011Dungeon Hunter 3 [32] Gameloft
Dungeon Hunter: Alliance [32] Gameloft
Order & Chaos Online [32] Gameloft
BackStab Gameloft
The Adventures of Tintin Gameloft
2012 The Amazing Spider-Man [32] [34] [38] [33] Gameloft
Ice Age Village Gameloft
2013Dungeon Hunter 4 [32] Gameloft
Wonder Zoo Gameloft
2014Wild Blood Gameloft
Brothers in Arms 3: Sons of War [32] [33] Gameloft
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 [34] [38] [33] Gameloft
Magical World of WordsAmarok Games
2015Splash Pop Frima
2016 Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade [32] [34] [33] [38] Behaviour Interactive
Roller Coaster Tycoon World [32] [38] Nvizzio & Atari
2017Rise of MadnessAmarok Games
Mini Guns Riposte Games
2019 Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey Panache Digital Games Additional music by Maxime Goulet (on an original theme by Mamo Koba [39] )
2023One More Gate: A Wakfu Legend Ankama

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