impressive multimedia project that marries
dance, music and video. He is also composing the music
for a special new parade Gary Goddard Entertainment will
be debuting at select Six Flags parks in early 2008.
Benoit recently composed the soundtrack for the film
Borderline directed by Lyne Charlebois and produced by
Roger Frappier to be released in February 2008.
Michaël Girard's debut album ILTEMPO executive produced
by Josélito Michaud, which was recorded both in Montreal
and London's Abbey Road studios, is enriched by two very
special Jutras songs-- Lasciatemi Cadere and Non Cercare
Lontano , which Michaël sang with Natalie Choquette to a
standing ovation during its debut performance before a
large audience at La TOHU at the Montreal release party
in November.
Benoit also scored the TV film Wind in the Willows, a
joint BBC/CBC production starring Bob Hoskins, Matt
Lucas & Imelda Staunton and directed by Rachel Tallalay.
Le Rêve, the resident show created for the multi-billion
dollar megaresort Wynn Las Vegas, is another of the more
recent projects undertaken by Benoit Jutras and his
third production running concurrently in Vegas. Directed
by Franco Dragone (Celine Dion's A New Day). This unique
and extraordinary show premiered, and is currently
running, in its own 2,100-seat theater.
Benoit has been one of Cirque du Soleil's premier
composers for the past 20 years. Critically acclaimed
productions include "O", the resident show at the
Bellagio in Las Vegas, La Nouba, the resident show at
Walt Disney World in Florida, and Mystère at the
Treasure Island in Las Vegas, not to mention his earlier
production Quidam, which concluded a lengthy tour of
Asia and is currently touring in Mexico and Europe.
Benoit Jutras also composed Francesco, Il Musical with
book by Vincenzo Cerami (Life Is Beautiful), a modern
musical based on the life of St. Francis of Assisi,
which opened in it's own custom-built theater in Italy
in May 2000.
In addition, he recently
composed the original movie soundtracks for Robert
Lepage’s Far Side Of The Moon, Cirque's Alegria the
Movie, for which he earned a Claude Jutra Award for Best
Original Score, and the IMAX 3D films Journey of Man and
Ultimate G’s: Zac’s Flying Dream.
His music is not confined to
this world; it wafted through space in the spring of
1999 when Canadian astronaut Julie Payette brought two
of his compact discs, “Quidam” and “O”, aboard the space
shuttle Discovery. The musical note on Payette’s crest
is a reminder that humans distinguish themselves by
their creativity, sensibility and adaptability—qualities
that are present in all of Jutras’ compositions.
Benoit’s musical tastes are as
eclectic as the Cirque’s many shows – classical, trip
hop, electronic, pop, world beat – and he fuses these
styles and loves to compliment images, whether for film
or the stage. |