Michel Legrand
Known For: Sound
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: February 24, 1932
Day of Death: January 26, 2019 (87 years old)
Place of Birth: Bécon-les-Bruyères, Paris, France
Michel Jean Legrand (24 February 1932 – 26 January 2019) was a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, and jazz pianist. Legrand was a prolific composer, having written over 200 film and television scores, in addition to many songs. His scores for the films of French New Wave director Jacques Demy, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) and The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967), earned Legrand his first Academy Award nominations. Legrand won his first Oscar for the song "The Windmills of Your Mind" from The Thomas Crown Affair (1968). Legrand was born in Paris to his father, Raymond Legrand, who was himself a conductor and composer, and his mother, Marcelle Ter-Mikaëlian, who was the sister of conductor Jacques Hélian. Raymond and Marcelle were married in 1929. His maternal grandfather was Armenian. Legrand composed more than two hundred film and television scores. He won three Oscars and five Grammys. He studied music at the Conservatoire de Paris from age 11, working with, among others, Nadia Boulanger and graduated with top honors as both a composer and a pianist. He burst upon the international music scene at 22 when his album I Love Paris (album) became a surprise hit. He established his name in the United States by working with such jazz stars as Miles Davis and Stan Getz. His sister Christiane Legrand was a member of The Swingle Singers and his niece Victoria Legrand is a member of the dream pop band Beach House. Legrand composed music for Jacques Demy's films The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) and The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967), and appeared and performed in Agnès Varda's Cléo from 5 to 7 (1961). He also composed music for Joseph Losey's Eva (1962), The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) (which features "The Windmills of Your Mind"), Ice Station Zebra (1968), The Picasso Summer (1969), The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun (1970), The Go-Between (1971), Summer of '42 (1971), Clint Eastwood's Breezy (1973), The Three Musketeers (1973), Orson Welles's last-completed film F for Fake (1974) and would later compose the score for Welles's posthumously-released movie The Other Side of the Wind (2018). He also composed the score for Yentl (1983), as well as the film score for Louis Malle's film Atlantic City (1980). His instrumental version of the theme from Brian's Song charted 56th in 1972 on the Billboard's pop chart. Legrand died of sepsis, during the night of 25–26 January 2019, at the American Hospital of Paris in Neuilly-sur-Seine, where he had been hospitalized for two weeks for a pulmonary infection. His funeral was held in Paris at the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral on 1 February 2019. He was interred at the Père Lachaise Cemetery. He remained active until his death and had concerts scheduled to take place in the spring. In 1997, Legrand composed the score for the musical Le Passe-muraille, with a book by Didier Van Cauwelaert. It premiered on Broadway in 2002 as Amour and was translated into English by Jeremy Sams and was directed by James Lapine. This musical was his Broadway debut and he was nominated for a Tony Award in 2003 for Best Score. Later he recorded Legrand Affair with Melissa Errico, a 100-piece symphony orchestra that included songs with lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman. ... Source: Article "Michel Legrand" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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The Three Musketeers
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Breezy
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A Doll's House
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A Slightly Pregnant Man
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The Hostage Gang
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Cops and Robbers
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40 Carats
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Bequest to the Nation
Conductor
A Doll's House
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F for Fake
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Story of a Love Story
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The Adventures Of Don Quixote
1972
Actor Grondin
A Time for Loving
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Hearth Fires
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A Time for Loving
Conductor
One Is a Lonely Number
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The Outside Man
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One Is a Lonely Number
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The Old Maid
Conductor
The Old Maid
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Not Dumb, the Bird
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Lady Sings the Blues
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Portnoy's Complaint
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La Vie sentimentale de Georges le tueur
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The Thomas Crown Affair
Music Director
The Man in the Buick
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The Man in the Buick
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Sweet November
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Ice Station Zebra
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How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
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A Hatful of Rain
Conductor
The Thomas Crown Affair
Conductor
Ice Station Zebra
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Actor Self
Cinépanorama: Jacques Demy et Michel Legrand
Actor Jean (singing voice) (uncredited)
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
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Band of Outsiders
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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
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Le Grand Escroc
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Agent 38-24-36
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The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
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From a Distant Gaze
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The Lovers of the France
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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1963
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Actor Bob, the Pianist
Cléo from 5 to 7
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Vivre Sa Vie
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L'Envie
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La colère
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La Gourmandise
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Eva
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Cléo from 5 to 7
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Lust
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Cléo from 5 to 7
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The Seven Deadly Sins
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Playtime in Paris
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La Paresse
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The Gentleman from Epsom
