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Leonard Cohen(1934-2016)

  • Music Artist
  • Music Department
  • Composer
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Leonard Cohen
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Leonard Cohen was born on 21 September 1934 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He was a music artist and composer, known for Night Magic (1985), Watchmen : Les Gardiens (2009) and Tueurs nés (1994). He died on 7 November 2016 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornSeptember 21, 1934
DiedNovember 7, 2016(82)
BornSeptember 21, 1934
DiedNovember 7, 2016(82)
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  • Awards
    • 12 wins & 22 nominations total

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Known for

Night Magic (1985)
Night Magic
6.2
Movie
  • Music Department
  • 1985
Billy Crudup, Malin Akerman, Matthew Goode, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Patrick Wilson in Watchmen : Les Gardiens (2009)
Watchmen : Les Gardiens
7.6
Movie
  • Soundtrack("Hallelujah", "First We Take Manhattan")
  • 2009
Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis in Tueurs nés (1994)
Tueurs nés
7.2
Movie
  • Soundtrack("Waiting for the Miracle", "Anthem", "The Future")
  • 1994
Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, and Juliette Lewis in Strange Days (1995)
Strange Days
7.2
Movie
  • Soundtrack("Dance Me to the End of Love")
  • 1995

Credits

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Music Department

  • Winter of Empires
    • songwriter
    • Post-production
    • 2025
  • Tinder - Move On (2024)
    Tinder - Move On
    Video
    • Music Department
    • 2024
  • Joanna & Bahar: Hallelujah (2022)
    Joanna & Bahar: Hallelujah
    Music Video
    • original song
    • 2022
  • Milan Fras in Laibach: The Future (2022)
    Laibach: The Future
    7.2
    Music Video
    • original song
    • 2022
  • Niño de Elche in eXtrañas heterodoXias (2021)
    eXtrañas heterodoXias
    Podcast Series
    • perfomer: If it be your will
    • 2022
  • Leonard Cohen: Puppets (2021)
    Leonard Cohen: Puppets
    Music Video
    • Music Department
    • 2021
  • Hallelujah by Marshall Matthews
    Short
    • music and lyrics by
    • 2021
  • Arthur Hanlon & Evaluna Montaner: Hallelujah
    Music Video
    • Music Department
    • 2021
  • Lily Cole in Leonard Cohen: Thanks for the Dance (2020)
    Leonard Cohen: Thanks for the Dance
    6.0
    Music Video
    • Music Department
    • 2020
  • Leonard Cohen in Leonard Cohen: Happens to the Heart (2019)
    Leonard Cohen: Happens to the Heart
    Music Video
    • Music Department
    • 2019
  • Hallelujah for the NRA
    Music Video
    • Music Department
    • 2019
  • Trio Cor Nuiten XL: Liefste, Liefste, Liefste
    TV Mini Series
    • original lyrics
    • 2019
  • Dance Me (2019)
    Dance Me
    • music
    • 2019
  • John Goodman, Noma Dumezweni, Michaela Coel, and Emmanuel Imani in Rwanda, la couleur du sang (2018)
    Rwanda, la couleur du sang
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Music Department
    • 2018
  • Don Caron in Everybody Knows Parody (2018)
    Everybody Knows Parody
    Music Video
    • Music Department
    • 2018
  • Don Caron in Hallelujah Parody (2018)
    Hallelujah Parody
    Music Video
    • Music Department
    • 2018

Composer

  • Francis Cabrel - Suzanne (Les yeux fermés)
    Music Video
    • Composer
    • 2023
  • TheSnakeCharmer
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 2020
  • Leonard Cohen: The Goal (2019)
    Leonard Cohen: The Goal
    Music Video
    • Composer
    • 2019
  • John Cale in John Cale: Hallelujah (2016)
    John Cale: Hallelujah
    Music Video
    • Composer
    • 2016
  • Hallelujah (2016)
    Hallelujah
    7.2
    Short
    • Composer
    • 2016
  • Leonard Cohen: Live in Dublin (2014)
    Leonard Cohen: Live in Dublin
    9.1
    • Composer
    • 2014
  • Beth Jeans Houghton - Hey, thats no way to say goodbye
    Music Video
    • Composer
    • 2013
  • Lana Del Rey in Lana Del Rey: Chelsea Hotel No. 2 (2013)
    Lana Del Rey: Chelsea Hotel No. 2
    7.2
    Music Video
    • Composer
    • 2013
  • Hallelujah (2012)
    Hallelujah
    Video
    • Composer
    • 2012
  • Leonard Cohen: Lover Lover Lover (2011)
    Leonard Cohen: Lover Lover Lover
    Short
    • Composer
    • 2011
  • Jeff Buckley in Jeff Buckley: Hallelujah (2007)
    Jeff Buckley: Hallelujah
    7.7
    Music Video
    • Composer
    • 2007
  • Leonard Cohen in Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man (2005)
    Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
    6.8
    • Composer (music composed by)
    • 2005
  • Tapani Kansa: Salaisuudessain
    Music Video
    • Composer
    • 2004
  • Leonard Cohen in Leonard Cohen: In My Secret Life (2002)
    Leonard Cohen: In My Secret Life
    6.9
    Music Video
    • Composer
    • 2002
  • One of Us Cannot Be Wrong
    Short
    • Composer
    • 2001

Videos6

Tráiler [OV]
Trailer 1:50
Tráiler [OV]
A Song for You: The Austin City Limits Story
Trailer 2:28
A Song for You: The Austin City Limits Story
A Song for You: The Austin City Limits Story
Trailer 2:28
A Song for You: The Austin City Limits Story
Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love
Trailer 2:38
Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
Trailer 2:19
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
HALLELUJAH: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song | Official Trailer (2022)
Trailer 2:24
HALLELUJAH: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song | Official Trailer (2022)
Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love - Trailer
Trailer 2:37
Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love - Trailer

Personal details

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  • Official sites
    • -Last.fm
    • -MySpace
  • Alternative name
    • L.C.
  • Height
    • 1.73 m
  • Born
    • September 21, 1934
    • Montréal, Québec, Canada
  • Died
    • November 7, 2016
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(in sleep following a fall)
  • Other works
    Besides his hundreds of poems and song lyrics, also wrote the novel Beautiful Losers in the early 1960s.
  • Publicity listings
    • 6 Biographical Movies
    • 5 Print Biographies
    • 1 Portrayal
    • 4 Interviews
    • 22 Articles

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    His "Greatest Hits" collection was voted the most depressing album ever, the vote made by a British magazine.
  • Quotes
    I didn't want to write for pay. I wanted to be paid for what I write.
  • Trademarks
      His distinctive singing voice, which became significantly deeper over time
  • Nicknames
    • The Godfather of Gloom
    • The High Priest of Pathos
    • Pop's Poet Laureate

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