Michel Legrand
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- February 24, 1932
- Died
- January 26, 2019 (aged 86)
- Birthplace
- Bécon-les-Bruyères, Paris, France
Biography
Michel Jean Legrand (24 February 1932 – 26 January 2019) was a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, jazz pianist, and singer. Legrand was a prolific composer, having written more than 200 film and television scores, in addition to many songs. His scores for two of 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), and additional Oscars for Summer of '42 (1971) and Barbra Streisand's Yentl (1983). Legrand was born in Paris, France, to his father, Raymond Legrand, who was himself a conductor and composer, and his mother, Marcelle Der-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 the age of 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 1954 album I Love Paris 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) (from which Recit de Cassard came and in turn, in English became the standard Watch What Happens) and The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967), from which the relyricized "You Must Believe in Spring" is considered a jazz standard. Legrand 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), TriStar Pictures 1998 family film Madeline, 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. ... Source: Article "Michel Legrand" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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Filmography
May December
Movie · Music
Michel Legrand, la musique enchantée
Movie · Original Music Composer
Le cinéma de Michel Legrand
Movie · Original Music Composer
Michel Legrand, enchanted music
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Other Side of the Wind
Movie · Original Music Composer
I Lost Albert
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Guardians
Movie · Original Music Composer
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
Movie · Music Director
The Price of Fame
Movie · Original Music Composer
Oscar and the Lady in Pink
Movie · Original Music Composer
Disco
Movie · Original Music Composer
Once Upon a Time... Planet Earth
TV · Original Music Composer · 51 eps
Deadly Lessons
Movie · Original Music Composer
Cavalcade
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Young Girls of Rochefort
Movie · Music Arranger
Amber Wings
Movie · Original Music Composer
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
Movie · Original Music Composer
Season's Beatings
Movie · Original Music Composer
Madeline
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Ring
Movie · Original Music Composer
Once Upon a Time... The Explorers
TV · Original Music Composer · 26 eps
Les Miserables
Movie · Original Music Composer
The World of Jacques Demy
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Real Shlemiel
Movie · Original Music Composer
Prêt-à-Porter
Movie · Original Music Composer
Once Upon a Time... The Discoverers
TV · Original Music Composer · 26 eps
The Young Girls Turn 25
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Pickle
Movie · Original Music Composer
Once Upon a Time... The Americas
TV · Original Music Composer · 26 eps
Dingo
Movie · Original Music Composer
Mountain of Diamonds
Movie · Original Music Composer
Eternity
Movie · Conductor, Original Music Composer
Gaspard and Robinson
Movie · Original Music Composer
Carnaval
Movie · Main Title Theme Composer
Flight from Paradise
Movie · Original Music Composer
Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Jeweller's Shop
Movie · Original Music Composer
Un coupable
Movie · Original Music Composer
Switching Channels
Movie · Original Music Composer
Three Seats for the 26th
Movie · Original Music Composer
Spiral
Movie · Original Music Composer
Casanova
Movie · Original Music Composer
Once Upon a Time... Life
TV · Original Music Composer · 26 eps
You've Got Beautiful Stairs, You Know...
Movie · Original Music Composer
As Summers Die
Movie · Original Music Composer
Going and Coming Back
Movie · Original Music Composer
Promises to Keep
Movie · Original Music Composer
Zoom the White Dolphin
Movie · Original Music Composer
Parking
Movie · Original Music Composer
Palace
Movie · Original Music Composer
Hell Train
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Jesse Owens Story
Movie · Original Music Composer
Paroles et musique
Movie · Original Music Composer
Secret Places
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Love in Germany
Movie · Original Music Composer
Yentl
Movie · Original Music Composer, Songs
Never Say Never Again
Movie · Original Music Composer
Revenge of the Humanoids
Movie · Original Music Composer
Best Friends
Movie · Music, Original Music Composer, Songs
A Woman Called Golda
Movie · Original Music Composer
Bankers Also Have Souls
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Button
Movie · Original Music Composer
Slapstick of Another Kind
Movie · Original Music Composer
Once Upon a Time… Space
TV · Original Music Composer · 26 eps
Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid
Movie · Original Music Composer
Bolero
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Mountain Men
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Hunter
Movie · Original Music Composer
Atlantic City
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor
Falling in Love Again
Movie · Original Music Composer
Lady Oscar
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen
Movie · Original Music Composer
Roads to the South
Movie · Original Music Composer
One Can Say It Without Getting Angry
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Phoenix
Movie · Original Music Composer
Once Upon a Time… Man
TV · Original Music Composer · 26 eps
The Other Side of Midnight
Movie · Original Music Composer
Gulliver's Travels
Movie · Original Music Composer
Gable and Lombard
Movie · Original Music Composer
La Décharge
Movie · Original Music Composer
Ode to Billy Joe
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Smurfs and the Magic Flute
Movie · Original Music Composer
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York
Movie · Original Music Composer
Cage Without a Key
Movie · Original Music Composer
Lovers Like Us
Movie · Original Music Composer
Our Time
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor
It's Good to Be Alive
Movie · Original Music Composer
Give Me Liberty
Movie · Music
The Three Musketeers
Movie · Original Music Composer
Breezy
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Doll's House
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor
A Slightly Pregnant Man
Movie · Original Music Composer
Cops and Robbers
Movie · Original Music Composer
40 Carats
Movie · Original Music Composer
Bequest to the Nation
Movie · Original Music Composer
F for Fake
Movie · Original Music Composer
Impossible Object
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Hostage Gang
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Adventures Of Don Quixote
Movie · Original Music Composer
Le Temps de vivre... Le Temps d'aimer
TV · Original Music Composer · 40 eps
Hearth Fires
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Time for Loving
Movie · Original Music Composer
One Is a Lonely Number
Movie · Conductor, Original Music Composer
The Outside Man
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Old Maid
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor
Lady Sings the Blues
Movie · Original Music Composer
Portnoy's Complaint
Movie · Original Music Composer
Not Dumb, the Bird
Movie · Original Music Composer
La Vie sentimentale de Georges le tueur
Movie · Original Music Composer
ABC Afterschool Special
TV · Original Music Composer · 1 ep
The Married Couple of the Year Two
Movie · Original Music Composer
Le Mans
Movie · Original Music Composer
Brian's Song
Movie · Original Music Composer
Touch and Go
Movie · Original Music Composer
Summer of '42
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Little Sun in Cold Water
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Go-Between
Movie · Original Music Composer
Donkey Skin
Movie · Original Music Composer, Songs
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
Movie · Original Music Composer
Wuthering Heights
Movie · Original Music Composer
Pieces of Dreams
Movie · Original Music Composer, Songs
To Catch a Pebble
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Swimming Pool
Movie · Original Music Composer
Play Dirty
Movie · Conductor, Original Music Composer
The Picasso Summer
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor
Castle Keep
Movie · Conductor, Original Music Composer
The Happy Ending
Movie · Original Music Composer, Songs
The Thomas Crown Affair
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor
The Man in the Buick
Movie · Music Director, Original Music Composer
Sweet November
Movie · Original Music Composer
Ice Station Zebra
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Hatful of Rain
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Oldest Profession
Movie · Original Music Composer
La Chinoise
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Young Girls of Rochefort
Movie · Songs, Original Music Composer, Music Director, Other
1999 A.D.
Movie · Original Music Composer
Pretty Polly
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor
A Matter of Resistance
Movie · Original Music Composer
Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
Movie · Original Music Composer
Funny Money
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean
Movie · Conductor, Original Music Composer
The Spy Who Went Into Hell
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Botanical Avatar of Mademoiselle Flora
Movie · Original Music Composer
Band of Outsiders
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor, Songs
Le Grand Escroc
Movie · Original Music Composer
Agent 38-24-36
Movie · Original Music Composer
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
Movie · Original Music Composer
From a Distant Gaze
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Lovers of the France
Movie · Original Music Composer
Maigret Sees Red
Movie · Original Music Composer
Lunar America
Movie · Music
Bay of Angels
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Lovely Month of May
Movie · Original Music Composer
Love is a Ball
Movie · Original Music Composer
Illuminations
Movie · Music
Vivre Sa Vie
Movie · Original Music Composer
L'Envie
Movie · Music
La Colère
Movie · Music
La Gourmandise
Movie · Sound
Eva
Movie · Original Music Composer
Cléo from 5 to 7
Movie · Original Music Composer, Songs
Fiancés on the Bridge
Movie · Musician, Original Music Composer
Lust
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Seven Deadly Sins
Movie · Original Music Composer
La Paresse
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Gentleman from Epsom
Movie · Original Music Composer
Playtime in Paris
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Swelled Head
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Woman Is a Woman
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Counterfeiters of Paris
Movie · Original Music Composer
Lola
Movie · Original Music Composer
It Means That Much to Me
Movie · Original Music Composer
Melancholia
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Door Slams
Movie · Original Music Composer
The French Game
Movie · Original Music Composer
America as Seen by a Frenchman
Movie · Original Music Composer
Jack of Spades
Movie · Original Music Composer
Jours de mes années
Movie · Music
Sinners of Paris
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Tricyclist
Movie · Original Music Composer
Too Many Lovers
Movie · Conductor
Lovers' Net
Movie · Original Music Composer
Razzia
Movie · Music Director, Music Arranger
Visages de Paris
Movie · Original Music Composer