Joseph Albert Maurice Blackburn (22 May 1914 – 29 March 1988) was a Canadian composer, conductor, sound editor for film, and builder of string instruments. He is known for his soundtracks for animated film.[1]
Blackburn was born in Quebec City, Quebec.[2] He was a graduate of the Université Laval and the New England Conservatory in Boston.[2] He won the George Allan Prize in 1940.
He was married to screenwriter Marthe Blackburn, and was the father of science fiction writer Esther Rochon.[3]
From 1942-1978 Blackburn worked as a film composer for the National Film Board of Canada, where he was a frequent collaborator of Norman McLaren.[2] Together they developed techniques for etching sound and image directly on film.[4] Blackburn composed the music for McLaren's animation film Blinkity Blank (1954)[5] which won twelve prizes, including the Short Film Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.[6] In 1969 he created an animated film of his own, Ciné-Crimé.[7]
He composed the opera Une mesure de silence, whose libretto was written by his wife Marthe.[8]
In 1983 he was awarded the Albert-Tessier Prize by the Quebec government.[3]
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