Michel Legrand
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.
Hommage à Michel Legrand et Jacques Demy au festival Sœurs Jumelles
(Self (archive footage))
Her Last Christmas
(Le chef d'orchestre (uncredited))
Dans les pas de Jean-Paul Rappeneau
(Self)
The World of Jacques Demy
(Self)
The Young Girls Turn 25
(Self)
A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making
(Self - Composer)
Callas Assoluta
(Self (archive footage))
Cléo from 5 to 7
(Bob, the Pianist)
L’or et le plomb
(Le musicien)
Once Upon a Time Michel Legrand
Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer
(Self)
A Time for Loving
(Grondin)
Cinépanorama: Jacques Demy et Michel Legrand
(Self)
Love Lasts Three Years
(Michel Legrand)
The Beaches of Agnès
(Self (archive footage))
Ann-Margret Smith
(Himself)
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
(Self)
La La La
(Self - Music Composer)
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
(Jean (singing voice) (uncredited))
Once Upon a Time... The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
(Self)
Françoise Dorléac, une promesse
(Self)
Un film et son époque
(Self)
Behind the Screen
(Self)
The Oscars
(Self)
Victoires de la musique
(Self (Variety/Instrumental Album of the Year))
Nulle part ailleurs
(Self)
Le Grand Échiquier
(Self - Guest)
Tony Awards
(Self - Nominee)
ABC Afterschool Special
Spécial cinéma
(Self)
Le Grand Échiquier
(Self)
Le Grand Échiquier
(Self - Main Guest)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
(Self)
Numéro un
(Self)
Système 2
(Self)
Champs-Elysées
(Self - Main Guest)
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
(Self (archive footage))
Cinépanorama
(Self)
Champs-Elysées
(Self)
Le monde est à vous
(Self)
Discorama
(Self)
Vivement dimanche
(Self)
The Danny Kaye Show
(Self)
30 millions d'amis
(Self)
Samedi soir
(Self)
A Love in Germany
(Original Music Composer)
Vivre Sa Vie
(Original Music Composer)
Yentl
(Original Music Composer)
Hearth Fires
(Original Music Composer)
The Thomas Crown Affair
(Original Music Composer)
A Matter of Resistance
(Original Music Composer)
The Married Couple of the Year Two
(Original Music Composer)
The Three Musketeers
(Original Music Composer)
Donkey Skin
(Original Music Composer)
Prêt-à-Porter
(Original Music Composer)
The Door Slams
(Original Music Composer)
The Swimming Pool
(Original Music Composer)
Le Mans
(Original Music Composer)
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
(Original Music Composer)
Band of Outsiders
(Original Music Composer)
Lady Oscar
(Original Music Composer)
Our Time
(Original Music Composer)
The Jesse Owens Story
(Original Music Composer)
A Time for Loving
(Original Music Composer)
Breezy
(Original Music Composer)
Disco
(Original Music Composer)
The Happy Ending
(Music)
The Man in the Buick
(Music Director)
Secret Places
(Music)
Mountain of Diamonds
(Music)
Dingo
(Original Music Composer)
Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
(Original Music Composer)
Play Dirty
(Conductor)
Best Friends
(Music)
The Smurfs and the Magic Flute
(Original Music Composer)
The Mountain Men
(Original Music Composer)
Maigret Sees Red
(Original Music Composer)
La colère
(Music)
L'Envie
(Music)
La Gourmandise
(Sound)
Five Days in June
(Director)
Flight from Paradise
(Music)
Un coupable
(Original Music Composer)
The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen
(Music)
It's Good to Be Alive
(Original Music Composer)
Our Time
(Conductor)
Funny Money
(Original Music Composer)
Spiral
(Original Music Composer)
A Doll's House
(Original Music Composer)
Gable and Lombard
(Original Music Composer)
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York
(Original Music Composer)
Eva
(Original Music Composer)
Amber Wings
(Music)
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
(Original Music Composer)
Cage Without a Key
(Original Music Composer)
Never Say Never Again
(Original Music Composer)
Brian's Song
(Original Music Composer)
Aaron’s Magic Village
(Music)
Cléo from 5 to 7
(Original Music Composer)
One Is a Lonely Number
(Conductor)
Le Grand Escroc
(Original Music Composer)
A Slightly Pregnant Man
(Original Music Composer)
The Ring
(Original Music Composer)
Revenge of the Humanoids
(Original Music Composer)
The Hunter
(Original Music Composer)
A Woman Called Golda
(Original Music Composer)
Agent 38-24-36
(Original Music Composer)
Wuthering Heights
(Original Music Composer)
Roads to the South
(Original Music Composer)
The Outside Man
(Original Music Composer)
La Décharge
(Original Music Composer)
The Hostage Gang
(Music)
Bolero: Dance of Life
(Music)
Les Miserables
(Original Music Composer)
Castle Keep
(Music)
Parking
(Music)
The Oldest Profession
(Original Music Composer)
The Botanical Avatar of Mademoiselle Flora
(Music)
Michel Legrand, la musique enchantée
(Original Music Composer)
Falling in Love Again
(Music)
Cops and Robbers
(Original Music Composer)
Le cinéma de Michel Legrand
(Original Music Composer)
The Fiancés of Macdonald Bridge
(Original Music Composer)
The Fiancés of Macdonald Bridge
(Musician)
Lovers' Net
(Original Music Composer)
You've Got Beautiful Stairs, You Know...
(Original Music Composer)
The Spy Who Went Into Hell
(Music)
La luxure
(Original Music Composer)
Five Days in June
(Writer)
The Phoenix
(Music)
Pieces of Dreams
(Original Music Composer)
Touch and Go
(Original Music Composer)
Lovers Like Us
(Music)
Summer of '42
(Original Music Composer)
The Picasso Summer
(Original Music Composer)
Cléo from 5 to 7
(Songs)
One Is a Lonely Number
(Original Music Composer)
The Old Maid
(Original Music Composer)
The Old Maid
(Conductor)
A Woman Is a Woman
(Original Music Composer)
The Other Side of Midnight
(Original Music Composer)
The French Game
(Original Music Composer)
Pretty Polly
(Music)
Palace
(Music)
Carnaval
(Music)
One Can Say It Without Getting Angry
(Original Music Composer)
Not Dumb, the Bird
(Music)
Zoom the White Dolphin
(Music)
La Chinoise
(Original Music Composer)
Gaspard and Robinson
(Music)
40 Carats
(Original Music Composer)
Lola
(Music)
Casanova
(Music)
The Jeweller's Shop
(Original Music Composer)
Going and Coming Back
(Original Music Composer)
Promises to Keep
(Original Music Composer)
Yentl
(Songs)
The Young Girls of Rochefort
(Songs)
Donkey Skin
(Songs)
A Little Sun in Cold Water
(Original Music Composer)
Lady Sings the Blues
(Original Music Composer)
Hell Train
(Music)
The Man in the Buick
(Music)
Ice Station Zebra
(Original Music Composer)
Sweet November
(Original Music Composer)
The Go-Between
(Original Music Composer)
Atlantic City
(Original Music Composer)
Atlantic City
(Conductor)
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
(Music Director)
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
(Author)
1999 A.D.
(Original Music Composer)
Portnoy's Complaint
(Original Music Composer)
The Seven Deadly Sins
(Original Music Composer)
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
(Original Music Composer)
Eternity
(Original Music Composer)
Eternity
(Conductor)
Season's Beatings
(Original Music Composer)
The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean
(Original Music Composer)
The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean
(Conductor)
Madeline
(Original Music Composer)
Paroles et musique
(Original Music Composer)
Cavalcade
(Original Music Composer)
The Other Side of the Wind
(Original Music Composer)
Bequest to the Nation
(Original Music Composer)
The World of Jacques Demy
(Original Music Composer)
Too Many Lovers
(Music)
Playtime in Paris
(Music)
From a Distant Gaze
(Music)
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
(Original Music Composer)
Melancholia
(Music)
Ode to Billy Joe
(Original Music Composer)
The Young Girls of Rochefort
(Music)
The Young Girls of Rochefort
(Music Arranger)
The Picasso Summer
(Music)
Gulliver's Travels
(Music)
A Hatful of Rain
(Music)
The Young Girls Turn 25
(Original Music Composer)
The Guardians
(Original Music Composer)
The Lovers of the France
(Music)
Razzia
(Music Director)
The Counterfeiters of Paris
(Original Music Composer)
A Doll's House
(Conductor)
The Thomas Crown Affair
(Conductor)
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
(Conductor)
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
(Songs)
F for Fake
(Original Music Composer)
Jours de mes années
(Music)
L'Amérique lunaire
(Music)
Three Seats for the 26th
(Music)
Castle Keep
(Conductor)
To Catch a Pebble
(Original Music Composer)
Play Dirty
(Music)
Deadly Lessons
(Music)
Lola
(Original Music Composer)
Bay of Angels
(Original Music Composer)
The Tricyclist
(Music)
Sinners of Paris
(Music)
America as Seen by a Frenchman
(Music)
Jack of Spades
(Music)
It Means That Much to Me
(Music)
The Young Girls of Rochefort
(Original Music Composer)
The Young Girls of Rochefort
(Other)
The Young Girls of Rochefort
(Music Director)
Ice Station Zebra
(Conductor)
Bankers Also Have Souls
(Original Music Composer)
The Lovely Month of May
(Original Music Composer)
Love Is a Ball
(Original Music Composer)
La Vie sentimentale de Georges le tueur
(Music)
Oscar and the Lady in Pink
(Music)
La Paresse
(Original Music Composer)
Story of a Love Story
(Music)
The Gentleman from Epsom
(Music)
The Pickle
(Music)
Switching Channels
(Original Music Composer)
The Button
(Music)
Once Upon a Time... The Americas
(Music)
Love at First Sight
(Director)
Once Upon a Time... Life
(Music)
ABC Afterschool Special
(Book)
ABC Afterschool Special
(Music)
Le Temps de vivre... Le Temps d'aimer
(Original Music Composer)
Once Upon a Time... Man
(Original Music Composer)
Once Upon a Time… Space
(Original Music Composer)
Once Upon a Time... The Discoverers
(Original Music Composer)
Once Upon a Time... The Explorers
(Original Music Composer)
Once Upon a Time... Planet Earth
(Original Music Composer)