Francis Lai
Komponist, Skuespiller
26. april 1932 — 7. november 2018 (86 år)
Francis Albert Lai (26 April 1932 – 7 November 2018) was a French composer, noted for his film scores. He won the 1970 Oscar for Best Music, Original Score and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score for the film Love Story. The soundtrack album went to No. 2 in the Billboard album charts and the film's theme, "Where Do I Begin", was a hit single for Andy Williams.
Lai was born on 26 April 1932, in Nice, France, the son of market gardeners of Italian origin. From a very early age, Lai was fascinated by music and he played first in his local regional orchestras. In Marseilles he discovered jazz and met Claude Goaty, a singer of popular songs in the 50s.
While in his twenties, Lai left home and followed Goaty to Paris, where he became part of the lively Montmartre music scene. The "Taverne d'Attilio" on the Place du Tertre in Montmartre, was a favorite place for the young talented Bernard Dimey with whom Lai composed his first song. Their song-writing partnership would extend to a hundred or so. After a short period with the orchestra of Michel Magne, Lai became an accompanist for Édith Piaf and composed for her.
In 1965, he met filmmaker Claude Lelouch and was hired to help write the score for the film A Man and a Woman. Released in 1966, the film was an international success, earning a number of Academy Awards. The young Lai received a Golden Globe Award nomination for "Best Original Score". This initial success brought more opportunities to work for the film industry both in his native France, where he continued to work with Lelouch on scores to films such as Vivre pour vivre (1967), Un homme qui me plaît (1969), Le voyou (1970) and La bonne année (1973), as well as in Great Britain and the United States. He was known for his support of Mireille Mathieu in many compositions and recordings. In 1970 he wrote the score for director René Clément's film, Rider on the Rain ("Le passager de la pluie"). It sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc in September 1971.
In 1970, Lai won the Academy Award for Best Music, Original Score and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score for the film Love Story. In the United States, the soundtrack album reached No. 2 in the Billboard album charts and the film's theme, "Where Do I Begin", was a hit single with lyrics by Carl Sigman for singer Andy Williams. The song would also be recorded successfully by Lai himself, with a full orchestra, and by Henry Mancini and Shirley Bassey. Lai's "Love Story" theme was heard in the 1978 Love Story sequel titled Oliver's Story, although the main score was composed by Lee Holdridge. ...
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Lai was born on 26 April 1932, in Nice, France, the son of market gardeners of Italian origin. From a very early age, Lai was fascinated by music and he played first in his local regional orchestras. In Marseilles he discovered jazz and met Claude Goaty, a singer of popular songs in the 50s.
While in his twenties, Lai left home and followed Goaty to Paris, where he became part of the lively Montmartre music scene. The "Taverne d'Attilio" on the Place du Tertre in Montmartre, was a favorite place for the young talented Bernard Dimey with whom Lai composed his first song. Their song-writing partnership would extend to a hundred or so. After a short period with the orchestra of Michel Magne, Lai became an accompanist for Édith Piaf and composed for her.
In 1965, he met filmmaker Claude Lelouch and was hired to help write the score for the film A Man and a Woman. Released in 1966, the film was an international success, earning a number of Academy Awards. The young Lai received a Golden Globe Award nomination for "Best Original Score". This initial success brought more opportunities to work for the film industry both in his native France, where he continued to work with Lelouch on scores to films such as Vivre pour vivre (1967), Un homme qui me plaît (1969), Le voyou (1970) and La bonne année (1973), as well as in Great Britain and the United States. He was known for his support of Mireille Mathieu in many compositions and recordings. In 1970 he wrote the score for director René Clément's film, Rider on the Rain ("Le passager de la pluie"). It sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc in September 1971.
In 1970, Lai won the Academy Award for Best Music, Original Score and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score for the film Love Story. In the United States, the soundtrack album reached No. 2 in the Billboard album charts and the film's theme, "Where Do I Begin", was a hit single with lyrics by Carl Sigman for singer Andy Williams. The song would also be recorded successfully by Lai himself, with a full orchestra, and by Henry Mancini and Shirley Bassey. Lai's "Love Story" theme was heard in the 1978 Love Story sequel titled Oliver's Story, although the main score was composed by Lee Holdridge. ...
Source: Article "Francis Lai" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmografi
| 2026 | The Cinema of Francis Lai · as Original Music Composer |
| 2019 | The Best Years of a Life · as Original Music Composer |
| 2017 | Everyone's Life · as Original Music Composer |
| 2016 | |
| 2015 | Un + Une · as Original Music Composer |
| 2014 | Salaud, on t'aime. · as Original Music Composer |
| 2011 | D'un film à l'autre · as Original Music Composer |
| 2010 | What War May Bring · as Original Music Composer |
| 2006 | Amore e libertà - Masaniello · as Original Music Composer |
| 2006 | Une équipe de rêve/Zidane's Dream Team · as Composer |
| 2005 | Le courage d'aimer · as Original Music Composer |
| 2004 | Le genre humain - 1ère partie: Les Parisiens · as Composer |
| 2003 | Ripoux 3 · as Composer |
| 2003 | |
| 2000 | Les insaisissables · as Composer |
| 1999 | Une pour toutes · as Original Music Composer |
| 1998 | Hasards ou coïncidences · as Original Music Composer |
| 1996 | Hommes, femmes, mode d'emploi · as Original Music Composer |
| 1995 | Les Misérables · as Original Music Composer |
| 1994 | Le voleur et la menteuse · as Original Music Composer |
| 1993 | Tout ça... pour ça! · as Original Music Composer |
| 1992 | Stranger in the House · as Original Music Composer |
| 1992 | La belle histoire · as Original Music Composer |
| 1991 | Les clés du paradis · as Original Music Composer |
| 1990 | Le provincial · as Original Music Composer |
| 1990 | The Passion of Bernadette · as Original Music Composer |
| 1990 | There Were Days... and Moons · as Original Music Composer |
| 1990 | Tolgo il disturbo · as Original Music Composer |
| 1990 | My New Partner at the Races · as Original Music Composer |
| 1989 | Too Beautiful for You · as Original Music Composer |
| 1989 | Disperatamente Giulia · as Composer |
| 1988 | Itinerary of a Spoiled Child · as Original Music Composer |
| 1988 | Les pyramides bleues · as Composer |
| 1988 | Bernadette · as Original Music Composer |
| 1988 | |
| 1987 | Dark Eyes · as Original Music Composer |
| 1987 | Bandits · as Original Music Composer |
| 1987 | Association of Wrongdoers · as Composer |
| 1986 | A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later · as Original Music Composer |
| 1986 | Sins · as Composer |
| 1985 | AIDS: Love in Danger · as Original Music Composer |
| 1985 | Marie · as Original Music Composer |
| 1985 | Seijo densetsu · as Original Music Composer |
| 1984 | I Believe in Santa Claus · as Original Music Composer |
| 1984 | My New Partner · as Original Music Composer |
| 1984 | Dog DayPå Plex |
| 1983 | Edith and Marcel · as Original Music Composer |
| 1983 | |
| 1981 | Les uns et les autres · as Composer |
| 1981 | |
| 1981 | |
| 1981 | Bolero · as Original Music Composer |
| 1980 | Les Borsalini · as Composer |
| 1979 | Beyond the Reef · as Original Music Composer |
| 1979 | Us Two · as Original Music Composer |
| 1978 | The Small Timers · as Composer |
| 1978 | International Velvet · as Original Music Composer |
| 1978 | |
| 1978 | Boarding School · as Original Music ComposerPå Plex |
| 1977 | |
| 1977 | Another Man, Another Chance · as Original Music Composer |
| 1977 | Bilitis · as Original Music Composer |
| 1977 | The Forbidden Room · as Original Music Composer |
| 1977 | Striptease · as Original Music Composer |
| 1976 | |
| 1976 | Second Chance · as Composer |
| 1976 | Midnight cinema · as Composer |
| 1976 | The Good and the Bad · as Original Music Composer |
| 1975 | Emmanuelle II · as Original Music Composer |
| 1975 | Wanted: Babysitter · as Original Music Composer |
| 1975 | Cat and Mouse · as Original Music Composer |
| 1974 | Marriage · as Original Music Composer |
| 1974 | Child Under a Leaf · as Original Music Composer |
| 1974 | |
| 1974 | |
| 1974 | Un amour de pluie · as Original Music Composer |
| 1974 | |
| 1974 | Par le sang des autres · as Original Music Composer |
| 1973 | Merry-Go-Round · as Original Music Composer |
| 1973 | Happy New Year · as Original Music Composer |
| 1973 | Men · as Original Music Composer |
| 1972 | |
| 1972 | |
| 1972 | ...And Hope to Die · as Original Music Composer |
| 1972 | |
| 1972 | L'odeur des fauves · as Composer |
| 1971 | The Legend of Frenchie King · as Original Music ComposerPå Plex |
| 1971 | |
| 1971 | Early Morning · as Composer |
| 1970 | The Love Mates · as Composer |
| 1970 | Love Story · as Original Music Composer |
| 1970 | The Crook · as Original Music Composer |
| 1970 | |
| 1970 | Hello-Goodbye · as Original Music Composer |
| 1970 | The Modification · as Original Music Composer |
| 1970 | The Games · as Original Music Composer |
| 1970 | Eyes Full of Sun · as Original Music Composer |
| 1970 | Rider on the Rain · as Original Music ComposerPå Plex |
| 1970 | With Love in Mind · as Composer |
| 1969 | Love Is a Funny Thing · as Original Music Composer |
| 1969 | Three Into Two Won't Go · as Original Music Composer |
| 1969 | Hannibal Brooks · as Original Music Composer |
| 1969 | |
| 1968 | |
| 1968 | Tender Moment · as Original Music Composer |
| 1968 | House of Cards · as Original Music Composer |
| 1968 | Mayerling · as Original Music Composer |
| 1968 | Challenge in the Snow · as Original Music Composer |
| 1968 | |
| 1967 | I'll Never Forget What's'isname · as Original Music Composer |
| 1967 | The Bobo · as Original Music Composer |
| 1967 | Live for Life · as Original Music Composer |
| 1967 | My Love, My Love · as Original Music Composer |
| 1967 | Action Man · as Original Music ComposerPå Plex |
| 1966 | Hector's House · as Composer |
| 1966 | A Man and a Woman · as Original Music Composer |
| 1983 | Edith and Marcel · as Cast |
| 1981 | Bolero · as Blind Accordeon Player |
| 1976 | The Good and the Bad · as L'accordéoniste |
| 1971 | Smic Smac Smoc · as Blind Accordionist |
| 2016 | Tourner pour vivre · as Self |
| 2011 | D'un film à l'autre · as Self |
| 2005 | Le courage d'aimer · as Self |
| 2003 | Piaf: Her Story, Her Songs · as Self |
| 2003 | Piaf, sans amour on n'est rien du tout · as Self |
| 1998 | Roll on Sunday · as Self |
| 1985 | Les Victoires de la Musique · as Self |
| 1982 | Champs-Elysees · as Self |
| 1976 | César Awards · as Self |
| 1975 | Sunday meetings · as Self |
| 1972 | Top to ... · as Self |