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Maxime Goulet (born June 7, 1980) is a Montreal-based Canadian composer who writes concert music as well as video game soundtracks. He currently teaches composition at the University of Sherbrooke.[1] in Quebec, Canada.

Maxime Goulet (composer)
Goulet in 2017
Background information
Born (1980-06-07) June 7, 1980 (age 42)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation(s)Composer
Years active2007–present

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[2] 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,[3] and the ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop, with Richard Bellis in Los Angeles in 2009.[4]


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,[5] the Toronto Symphony Orchestra,[6] the Vancouver Opera,[5] the Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège, the Houston Symphony,[5] the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra,[7] the Orchestre Régional de Basse Normandie,[8] the National Art Center Orchestra, the Orchestre Symphonique de Québec,[9] the Orchestre Métropolitain,[10] the Pacific Opera Victoria,[11] the Ensemble Symphonique Neuchâtel,[12] Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà.[13]

Some of Goulet's works entered David Daniels' Orchestral Music Handbook.[14]

In 2008, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra commissions him the overture Citius, Altius, Fortius![15][16] to celebrate the 2010 Winter Olympics. In 2017, the work is featured on the album Les plaisirs coupables of the Sherbrooke Symphony Orchestra, as well as on the album Jean-Willy Kunz: Au grand orgue Pierre-Béique, published at ATMA Classique.[17]

In 2011–2012, as part of the Brott Music Festival, he was Composer-in-Residence for the National Academy Orchestra of Canada.[18] During his residency, he composed Symphonic Chocolates, an orchestral suite meant to accompany chocolate tasting.[19] In 2014, the work is recorded by the Prague FILMharmonic orchestra and released on the album Chocolats symphoniques.

In 2013–2014, he was Composer-in-Residence for McGill Chamber Orchestra.[20] During his residency, he composed the clarinet concerto Fishing Story.[21]

In 2017, he composed a movement of the collective work La Symphonie d'Hochelaga, commissioned for the 375th anniversary of Montreal and premiered by Orchestre Métropolitain.[22]

That same year, he was also commissioned, for the 150th anniversary of Canada, to compose United Anthems, an orchestral mashup of 35 national anthems from around the world, as part of a Canada-wide project launched by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.[23][24][25][26]

In 2018, he composed a piano concerto titled Checkmate and inspired by the legendary 1996 match, in which IBM's Deep Blue computer defeated former world chess champion Garry Kasparov. It was commissioned and premiered by the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra and pianist Lara Downes.[27][28]

His opera The Flight of the Hummingbird, on a libretto by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas and Barry Gilson, commissioned by the Vancouver Opera and the Pacific Opera Victoria, was premiered in 2020.[29]

In 2020, he published the song cycle Micro Meteo as a series of short videos[30]


Video game music


Between 2007 and 2013, Maxime Goulet has been staff composer for Gameloft.[31] During his tenure, he wrote music for video games such as Brothers in Arms 3: Sons of War,[32] The Amazing Spiderman, Dungeon Hunter: Alliance, Dungeon Hunter 4[33], 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[34][35]


List of works


A selection of concert music composition by Maxime Goulet.


Orchestral works



Concertante



Operas



Chamber music



List of game music


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

Video games
Year Title Developer Notes
2007 Schlag den Raab Gameloft
2008 Prince of Persia Zero Gameloft
Abracadaball Gameloft
Uno Gameloft
2009 Tank Battles Gameloft
Ghost Mansion Party Gameloft
Castle Frenzy Gameloft
Siberian Strike Gameloft
2010 Dungeon Hunter 2[5] Gameloft
Shrek Forever After[5] Gameloft
Iron Man 2[5][36] Gameloft
Brothers in Arms 2: Global Front[5][36] Gameloft
Legend of Exidia Gameloft
Eternal Legacy Gameloft
2011 Dungeon Hunter 3[5] Gameloft
Dungeon Hunter: Alliance[5] Gameloft
Order & Chaos Online[5] Gameloft
BackStab Gameloft
The Adventures of Tintin Gameloft
2012 The Amazing Spider-Man[5][37][38][36] Gameloft
Ice Age Village Gameloft
2013 Dungeon Hunter 4[5] Gameloft
Wonder Zoo Gameloft
2014 Wild Blood Gameloft
Brothers in Arms 3: Sons of War[5][36] Gameloft
The Amazing Spider-Man 2[37][38][36] Gameloft
Magical World of Words Amarok Games
2015 Splash Pop Frima
2016 Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade[5][37][36][38] Behaviour Interactive
Roller Coaster Tycoon World[5][38] Nvizzio & Atari
2017 Rise of Madness Amarok 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])

References


  1. "Goulet, Maxime". www.usherbrooke.ca. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
  2. "Université de Montréal", Wikipédia (in French), September 21, 2020, retrieved September 21, 2020
  3. "Cinezik.org : les Infos". www.cinezik.org. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
  4. www.ascap.com https://www.ascap.com/press/2009/0708_film_tv_workshop.aspx. Retrieved February 16, 2020. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. "L'Artiste de la Semaine | Maxime Goulet: l'imagination débordante d'un compositeur, au delà des jeux vidéo". Ludwig Van Montreal (in French). November 19, 2018. Retrieved May 1, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "Listen to 25 national anthems… in just 2 minutes". Classic FM. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
  7. "Greater Hamilton Musician: An Interview With Maxime Goulet, Composer-in-Residence, National Academy Orchestra". Greater Hamilton Musician. August 12, 2013. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
  8. "Concert au Chocolat". www.regarts.org. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
  9. "L'Orchestre symphonique de Québec et la Symphonie du jeu vidéo". www.mediades2rives.com. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
  10. "Une exaltante expérience orchestrale et visuelle". Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved February 16, 2020.
  11. BWW News Desk. "The Flight of the Hummingbird, An Opera For Children Streaming Beginning May 19". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  12. "Au théâtre du Passage, l'Ensemble symphonique Neuchâtel a accordé ses violons avec du chocolat". www.arcinfo.ch (in French). Retrieved February 16, 2020.
  13. "Angèle Dubeau et la Pietà: blancs sentiments". La Presse (in French). October 24, 2014. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
  14. "Maxime Goulet – Daniels' Orchestral Music Online". Retrieved February 16, 2020.
  15. "The Mathematics of Music". Orchestre symphonique de Montréal. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  16. "Citius! Altius! Fortius! pour la première fois à Rimouski". Radio-Canada.ca (in Canadian French). Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  17. "Have You Not Heard?". www.pipedreams.org. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  18. Fawcett, David S. (August 8, 2013). "Composer's Notebook: Ian Parker Plays Gershwin at the Brott Festival". Composer's Notebook. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
  19. "Chocolats symphoniques". Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  20. "Chocolats symphoniques". Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved February 16, 2020.
  21. "Bricolage…". Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  22. "Un succès pour La Symphonie d'Hochelaga". Un succès pour La Symphonie d'Hochelaga. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
  23. "Watch: Orchestral Mashup Blends 35 National Anthems | WQXR Blog". WQXR. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
  24. "McGill Chamber Orchestra". Toronto Symphony Orchestra Canada Mosaic. August 5, 2016. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  25. "'United Anthems' celebrates diversity for Canada's 150th anniversary". Global News. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  26. "Listen to 25 national anthems… in just 2 minutes". Classic FM. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  27. Knox, Lawrence Elizabeth (September 19, 2018). "ROCO brings music to the famous 'Deep Blue' chess match". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
  28. Gray, Chris (March 23, 2020). "ROCO ahead of the corona curve with an emphasis on streaming". Houston Arts & Entertainment Guide. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  29. Devlin, Mike. "From book to opera: B.C. artist's call to action". Times Colonist. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  30. "Les éclaircies poétiques de Maxime Goulet". Le Devoir (in French). May 21, 2020. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  31. Variety Staff (July 13, 2009). "Maxime Goulet". Variety. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
  32. Ortiz, Lisa (December 17, 2014), Brothers in Arms 3: Sons of War (Action, War), Tyler Bunch, Kevin T. Collins, Michael Leigh Cook, Wayne Grayson, Gameloft, Gearbox Software, retrieved September 21, 2020
  33. "Dungeon Hunter 4 (Video Game 2013)". IMDb. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  34. Rodriguez, Christophe. "Orchestre Métropolitain : la fabuleuse symphonie du jeu vidéo". Le Journal de Montréal. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
  35. "Une exaltante expérience orchestrale et visuelle". Le Devoir (in French). September 30, 2017. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  36. Leclerc, Yves. "L'OSQ en mode " gamer "". Le Journal de Québec (in French). Retrieved May 1, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  37. "L'OCM présente la Symphonie de la tempête de verglas". Westmount Magazine (in French). December 17, 2020. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
  38. "Orchestre Métropolitain is game for 375th-anniversary celebrations". montrealgazette. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
  39. "Panache Digital Games - The making of Ancestor's Soundtrack". panachedigitalgames.com. Retrieved May 1, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)




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