Maxime Lacoste-Lebuis

Maxime Lacoste-Lebuis, also known online as Max LL is a Canadian composer and filmmaker,[1] who works principally in collaboration with his long-term partner Maude Plante-Husaruk.[2]

They are most noted for the 2016 short film The Botanist, [3]which was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2017,[4] and the 2021 feature documentary film Far Beyond the Pasturelands (Au-delà des hautes vallées), for which Lacoste-Lebuis received Prix Iris nominations for Best Original Music in a Documentary and Best Sound in a Documentary at the 25th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2023.[5]

His other credits as a composer have included the video games Jotun, Sundered, Spiritfarer, [6][7]33 Immortals, At Fate's End, all of which were developed by indie developer Thunder Lotus Games, and the film To Live and Die and Live.

References

  1. ↑ "Maude Plante-Husaruk et Maxime Lacoste-Lebuis communiquent une expérience humaine avec « The Botanist »". Lien Multimédia, December 8, 2016.
  2. ↑ Olivier Du Ruisseau, "«Au-delà des hautes vallées»: entre tradition et modernité". Le Devoir, December 9, 2022.
  3. ↑ Ruisseau, Olivier Du (2022-12-09). "«Au-delà des hautes vallées»: entre tradition et modernité". Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved 2026-07-30.
  4. ↑ Norman Wilner, "Canada’s Top Ten has some glaring omissions" Archived 2021-12-10 at the Wayback Machine. Now, December 6, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Québec Cinéma dévoile les finalistes aux PRIX IRIS 2023". CTVM, November 14, 2023.
  6. ↑ Chesler, Josh (2021-09-29). "Max LL is the Musical Master Behind Thunder Lotus Games Like Spiritfarer". SPIN. Retrieved 2026-07-30.
  7. ↑ Remington, Kate (2021-03-01). "Max LL's 'Spiritfarer' Soundtrack Gently Leads Souls Home". WSHU. Retrieved 2026-07-30.