Michel Portal
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- November 25, 1935 (age 90)
- Birthplace
- Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
Biography
Michel Portal (born 27 November 1935) is a French composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist. He plays both jazz and classical music and is considered to be "one of the architects of modern European jazz". Portal was born in Bayonne on 27 November 1935. His family was musical and there were several instruments in his house when he was growing up. His interest in jazz began after hearing it on the radio after World War II. He studied clarinet at the Conservatoire de Paris and conducting with Pierre Dervaux. Portal "gained experience in light music with the bandleaders Henri Rossotti and (in Spain in 1958) Perez Prado, as well as with the drummer Benny Bennett (1960), Raymond Fonsèque (1963), Aimé Barelli, and, for many years, the singer Claude Nougaro". Portal co-founded the free improvisation group New Phonic Art. During 1969, Portal played on a recording of Karlheinz Stockhausen's Aus den sieben Tagen. Portal began scoring music for films in the 1980s. He has won the César Award for Best Music Written for a Film three times. Source: Article "Michel Portal" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
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Filmography
Icelandic Fisherman
Movie · Music
Le Professeur
Movie · Original Music Composer
Here Below
Movie · Music
Cigarettes et bas nylons
Movie · Original Music Composer
Lies
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Girl from the Chartreuse
Movie · Original Music Composer
Le porteur de cartable
Movie · Sound
Un fils de notre temps
Movie · Original Music Composer
Jacques Lacan, la psychanalyse réinventée
Movie · Original Music Composer
Passionnément
Movie · Original Music Composer
Buud Yam
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Colors of the Devil
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Comedian
Movie · Original Music Composer
1914 the Glorious Summer
Movie · Original Music Composer
Doctor Semmelweis
Movie · Music
Eugénie Grandet
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Machine
Movie · Original Music Composer
Au Sud du Sud
Movie · Music
The Return of Casanova
Movie · Original Music Composer
Dr. Petiot
Movie · Original Music Composer
Angels
Movie · Original Music Composer
Ke arteko egunak
Movie · Original Music Composer
Adventure of Catherine C.
Movie · Original Music Composer
Alcyon
Movie · Music
A Tale of the Wind
Movie · Music
Children of Chaos
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Mortal Fortune
Movie · Original Music Composer
À corps et à cris
Movie · Music
No Harm Intended
Movie · Original Music Composer
Sorceress
Movie · Original Music Composer, Musician
Milan noir
Movie · Original Music Composer
Yeelen
Movie · Original Music Composer
Field of Honor
Movie · Music
Max My Love
Movie · Original Music Composer
Fou comme l'oiseau
Movie · Music
The Return of Martin Guerre
Movie · Original Music Composer
Short Memory
Movie · Original Music Composer
Paradise for All
Movie · Musician
Café Plongeoir
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Red Shade
Movie · Music
Le Beau Monde
Movie · Music
Droit de Réponse
Movie · Original Music Composer
See Here My Love
Movie · Music
The Dogs
Movie · Original Music Composer
Adoption
Movie · Original Music Composer
La Cecilia
Movie · Music
Surreal Estate
Movie · Original Music Composer
Tahia Ya Didou !
Movie · Music
Les Trois Cousins
Movie · Music
The Bamboo Incident
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Question of Rape
Movie · Music