Richard Gregoire was born in Montreal in 1944. Studied music at the faculty of music at the Université de Montréal and composition with the well known french-Canadian composer Serge Garant. He won a National Arts Council grant in 1968 and served an apprenticeship in france with the prestigious O.R.T.F. under the direction of Pierre Schaeffer. He also stidied with Gilbert Amy. In 1968 he wrote a Cantata which was performed in march of the following year for the society of contemporary music of Québec. During the seventies he honed his skills in writing commercial and pop music. In 1983, composer Lewis Furey hired Grégoire to conduct his score for the film Maria Chapdelaine. In 1985, Yves Simoneau hired him to write the score for his feature Pouvoir Intime. Today Grégoire is considered one of the primary talents in the film and television scoring field in Québec.
