Mon, Jan 28, 2013 | 10:49 GMT
Heavy Rain composer passes away at 56
Normand Corbeil, the composer who worked with Quantic Dream and created part of the Heavy Rain soundtrack has passed away at the age of 56 from Pancreatic Cancer.
The news was confirmed on The Cancer Forums by Corbeil’s son, who posted, “My father, Normand Corbeil, 56, passed away today at 2:56 PM. He was a great composer and an amazing dad… I am in shock.”
According to 8bitfix, and courtesy of GameInformer, his son’s signature on the forum reads:
“- Dad, 56, diagnosed with Stage IV Pancreatic Cancer August 15, 2012.
- Dad passed away January 25, 2013 at 2:56 PM.”
Corbeil won many awards for his composition work, including BAFTA and AIAS awards for Heavy Rain. His site has a full list of his awards.
The Heavy Rain song ‘Painful Memories’ is available below.
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7 comments
#1
Telepathic.Geometry
28/01/13, 6:53 am
#2
Dragonborn
28/01/13, 8:37 am
What a loss
, the soundtrack he composed for the game was amazing , may he R.I.P
#3
polygem
28/01/13, 9:02 am
shame. too young. rest in peace kid.
#4
ShaiKhulud
28/01/13, 9:59 am
Embedded song is written by Terry Delvine King guys, not by Normand.
What a shame, srsly.
#5
Sam Clay
28/01/13, 10:40 am
@4 spotted – I’ll change it now.
A very sad piece of news to start the week
– I was lucky enough to interview the great Normand Corbeil a couple of years ago when he won his BAFTA for Heavy Rain.
He said he was a very lucky man and was so down to earth in his reaction. He also found it overwhelming that I thought of him as one of the best video game composers ever.
#6
Beta
28/01/13, 11:07 am
Brilliant composer, RIP sir.
#7
Eddie Rodrigues
28/01/13, 6:37 pm
More and more brilliant souls are departing from life… 2013 is getting pretty sad so far.