 His first film score, for director Gilles Carle's "La Tête de Normande St. Onge" (1975), won a Canadian Film Award.In 1977, he worked on the Gilles Carle film "L'Ange et la femme" along with his future wife, the actress and singer Carole Laure.This project involved more than composing alone; Furey and Laure are famously seen performing a sex act in the film.