Ian LeFeuvre is a Canadian musician, record producer, singer, and songwriter.

Early career

He was initially a member of the

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alternative rock band Fun for Malakaï in the early 1990s, until the band broke up when drummer Peter von Althen moved to

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to join

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."Starling takes flight". ''

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'', January 30, 1997. LeFeuvre then spent several years as a guitarist for singer-songwriter Lynn Miles before reuniting with von Althen in the late 1990s to form the new band Starling. By the time that band released its debut album ''Sustainer'' in 2000 on

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, its lineup also included

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, April 10, 2000. Although widely hyped as a "next big thing", the album's sales fell short of expectations and the label soon dropped them. Michel then left the band to pursue a solo career, and LeFeuvre concentrated on session and production work with Miles,

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and Jim Bryson until the band released its second and final album, ''Stuff You Should Have Said Before'', independently in 2002. The band briefly reunited in 2007, changing its name to The Hundreds and Thousands."Ex-birds have new zing; The Hundreds and Thousands aren't riding on the faded glory of their Starling days". ''

'', April 25, 2007.

Composing work

Following Starling's breakup, LeFeuvre did extensive soundtrack and composing work, including for the television series '' What's Up Warthogs!'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The Adventures of Napkin Man'', '' 24 Hour Rental'', ''

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'', and '' Hi Opie!'', the films '' The Husband'', and '' James vs. His Future Self'', the

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documentary series '' The Age of Persuasion'' and '' Under the Influence'', and interstitial music for

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and

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. He received a

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nomination for Best Original Song at the

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'' Indiewire'', January 13, 2015. at the

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in 2020, he received nominations for both Best Original Song and Best Original Score (shared with

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) for his work on ''James vs. His Future Self''.

Other

The song " 22 Steps", which he cowrote with Stochansky for the album '' Five Star Motel'', was covered by Australian pop singer

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on his album '' Where We Land'', and was a Top 40 hit in Australia in 2006. The song "Ride with the Tide", which LeFeuvre cowrote with

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, has been featured in the television series ''

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'' and ''

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''. He has also appeared as a session musician on recordings by k-os,

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, Jason Plumb, The Carnations,

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, Scott Merritt,

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and

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lefeuvre, Ian Canadian rock singers Canadian rock guitarists Canadian male guitarists Canadian male songwriters Canadian film score composers Canadian television composers Singers from Ottawa Writers from Ottawa Living people Canadian male film score composers Year of birth missing (living people)