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Michel Legrand
Composer, Actor, Director, Writer, Additional Credits
Born February 24, 1932Died January 26, 2019 (86 years)
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.
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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Michel Legrand Filmography
| 2019 | Varda by Agnès (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2018 | The Other Side of the Wind · as Original Music Composer |
| 2018 | I Lost Albert · as Original Music Composer |
| 2017 | The Guardians · as Original Music Composer |
| 2014 | The Price of Fame · as Original Music Composer |
| 2009 | Oscar and the Lady in Pink · as Original Music Composer |
| 2009 | Once Upon a Time... Planet Earth (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 2008 | Disco · as Original Music Composer |
| 2006 | Deadly Lessons · as Original Music Composer |
| 2005 | Cavalcade · as Original Music Composer |
| 2002 | And Now Ladies & Gentlemen · as Composer |
| 2000 | La Bicyclette bleue (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1999 | The Log · as Original Music Composer |
| 1999 | Doggy Bag · as Composer |
| 1998 | Madeline · as Original Music Composer |
| 1998 | In and Out of Fashion · as Composer |
| 1996 | Once Upon a Time ... The Explorers (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 1996 | The Ring · as Original Music Composer |
| 1995 | The Real Shlemiel · as Original Music Composer |
| 1995 | The World of Jacques Demy · as Original Music Composer |
| 1995 | Les enfants de Lumière · as Composer |
| 1995 | Les Misérables · as Original Music Composer |
| 1994 | Ready to Wear · as Original Music Composer |
| 1994 | Once Upon a Time... The Discoverers (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 1993 | The Young Girls Turn 25 · as Original Music Composer |
| 1993 | The Pickle · as Original Music Composer |
| 1991 | Once Upon a Time... The Americas (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 1991 | Mountain of Diamonds · as Original Music Composer |
| 1991 | The Burning Shore (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1991 | Dingo · as Original Music Composer |
| 1990 | Gaspard et Robinson · as Original Music Composer |
| 1990 | Eternity · as Original Music Composer |
| 1990 | Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less · as Composer |
| 1990 | Flight from Paradise · as Original Music Composer |
| 1990 | Fate · as Composer |
| 1989 | Five Days in June · as Composer |
| 1988 | The Jeweller's Shop · as Original Music Composer |
| 1988 | Three Seats for the 26th · as Original Music Composer |
| 1988 | Switching Channels · as Original Music Composer |
| 1987 | Once Upon a Time... Life (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 1987 | Casanova · as Original Music Composer |
| 1987 | Club de rencontres · as Composer |
| 1986 | You've Got Beautiful Stairs, You Know... · as Original Music Composer |
| 1986 | As Summers Die · as Original Music Composer |
| 1986 | Danielle Steel's Crossings (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1986 | Sins (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1985 | Promises to Keep · as Original Music Composer |
| 1985 | Parking · as Original Music Composer |
| 1985 | Partir, revenir · as Original Music Composer |
| 1985 | Palace · as Original Music Composer |
| 1985 | Hell Train · as Original Music Composer |
| 1984 | Paroles et musique · as Original Music Composer |
| 1984 | The Jesse Owens Story · as Original Music Composer |
| 1984 | Secret Places · as Original Music Composer |
| 1983 | Yentl · as Original Music Composer |
| 1983 | A Film Is Born: The Making of 'Yentl' · as Composer |
| 1983 | A Love in Germany · as Original Music Composer |
| 1983 | Never Say Never Again · as Original Music Composer |
| 1983 | Revenge of the Humanoids · as Original Music Composer |
| 1982 | |
| 1982 | Slapstick of Another Kind · as Composer |
| 1982 | Once Upon a Time... Space (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 1982 | Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David? · as Composer |
| 1982 | A Woman Called Golda · as Original Music Composer |
| 1982 | Bankers Also Have Souls · as Original Music Composer |
| 1981 | Les uns et les autres (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1981 | Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid · as Original Music Composer |
| 1981 | Bolero · as Original Music Composer |
| 1980 | Falling in Love Again · as Original Music Composer |
| 1980 | Atlantic City · as Original Music Composer |
| 1980 | The Hunter · as Original Music Composer |
| 1980 | The Mountain Men · as Original Music Composer |
| 1979 | The Fabulous Adventures of Baron Munchausen · as Original Music Composer |
| 1979 | Lady Oscar · as Original Music Composer |
| 1978 | Once Upon a Time... Man (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 1978 | Mon premier amour · as Composer |
| 1978 | Firebird: Daybreak Chapter · as Original Music Composer |
| 1978 | Roads to the South · as Original Music Composer |
| 1978 | One Can Say It Without Getting Angry · as Original Music Composer |
| 1977 | The Other Side of Midnight · as Original Music Composer |
| 1977 | Gulliver's Travels · as Original Music Composer |
| 1976 | Ode to Billy Joe · as Original Music Composer |
| 1976 | The Honeymoon Trip · as Composer |
| 1976 | Gable and Lombard · as Original Music Composer |
| 1975 | The Smurfs and the Magic Flute · as Original Music Composer |
| 1975 | Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York · as Original Music Composer |
| 1975 | Le Sauvage · as Original Music Composer |
| 1975 | Cage Without a Key · as Original Music Composer |
| 1975 | To Catch a Pebble · as Original Music Composer |
| 1974 | Our Time · as Original Music Composer |
| 1974 | It's Good to Be Alive · as Original Music Composer |
| 1973 | F for Fake · as Original Music Composer |
| 1973 | The Three Musketeers · as Original Music Composer |
| 1973 | 40 Carats · as Original Music Composer |
| 1973 | Breezy · as Original Music Composer |
| 1973 | The Nelson Affair · as Original Music Composer |
| 1973 | A Slightly Pregnant Man · as Original Music Composer |
| 1973 | Cops and Robbers · as Original Music Composer |
| 1973 | Story of a Love Story · as Original Music Composer |
| 1973 | A Doll's House · as Original Music Composer |
| 1973 | The Hostage Gang · as Original Music Composer |
| 1972 | The Outside Man · as Original Music Composer |
| 1972 | Lady Sings the Blues · as Original Music Composer |
| 1972 | The ABC Afterschool Special (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 1972 | Portnoy's Complaint · as Original Music Composer |
| 1972 | Hearth Fires · as Original Music Composer |
| 1972 | Time for Loving · as Original Music Composer |
| 1972 | The Old Maid · as Original Music Composer |
| 1971 | Brian's Song · as Original Music Composer |
| 1971 | Zoom the White Dolphin (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1971 | A Few Hours of Sunlight · as Original Music Composer |
| 1971 | Touch and Go · as Original Music Composer |
| 1971 | La ville-bidon · as Original Music Composer |
| 1971 | Le Mans · as Original Music Composer |
| 1971 | The Go-Between · as Original Music Composer |
| 1971 | Summer of '42 · as Original Music Composer |
| 1971 | The Swashbuckler · as Original Music Composer |
| 1970 | Donkey Skin · as Original Music Composer |
| 1970 | The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun · as Original Music Composer |
| 1970 | Pieces of Dreams · as Original Music Composer |
| 1970 | Wuthering Heights · as Original Music Composer |
| 1969 | The Happy Ending · as Original Music Composer |
| 1969 | Call Me Mathilde · as Composer |
| 1969 | The Picasso Summer · as Original Music Composer |
| 1969 | The Swimming Pool · as Original Music Composer |
| 1968 | Ice Station Zebra · as Original Music Composer |
| 1968 | The Thomas Crown Affair · as Original Music Composer |
| 1968 | Sweet November · as Original Music Composer |
| 1968 | How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life · as Original Music Composer |
| 1967 | A Matter of Innocence · as Original Music Composer |
| 1967 | The Chinese · as Original Music Composer |
| 1967 | The Oldest Profession · as Original Music Composer |
| 1966 | Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? · as Original Music Composer |
| 1966 | The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean · as Original Music Composer |
| 1966 | Tender Scoundrel · as Composer |
| 1966 | Monnaie de singe · as Original Music Composer |
| 1966 | A Matter of Resistance · as Original Music Composer |
| 1965 | Play of the Month (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1965 | Code Name: Jaguar · as Original Music Composer |
| 1965 | When the Pheasants Pass · as Composer |
| 1964 | The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers · as Original Music Composer |
| 1964 | Band of Outsiders · as Original Music Composer |
| 1964 | The Ravishing Idiot · as Original Music Composer |
| 1964 | The Umbrellas of Cherbourg · as Original Music Composer |
| 1963 | La douceur du village · as Composer |
| 1963 | Maigret voit rouge · as Original Music Composer |
| 1963 | Love Is a Ball · as Original Music Composer |
| 1963 | Le joli mai · as Original Music Composer |
| 1963 | Bay of Angels · as Original Music Composer |
| 1962 | L'empire de la nuit · as Composer |
| 1962 | The Gentleman from Epsom · as Original Music Composer |
| 1962 | Eva · as Original Music Composer |
| 1962 | Vivre sa vie · as Original Music Composer |
| 1962 | Cléo from 5 to 7 · as Original Music Composer |
| 1962 | The Seven Deadly Sins · as Original Music Composer |
| 1962 | A Fat Head · as Composer |
| 1961 | Lust · as Original Music Composer |
| 1961 | The Winner · as Composer |
| 1961 | Keep Talking, Baby · as Composer |
| 1961 | A Woman Is a Woman · as Original Music Composer |
| 1961 | The Counterfeiters of Paris · as Original Music Composer |
| 1961 | Me faire ça à moi · as Original Music Composer |
| 1961 | Lola · as Original Music Composer |
| 1961 | The Fiancés of the Bridge Mac Donald · as Original Music Composer |
| 1960 | Le coeur battant · as Original Music Composer |
| 1960 | The Door Slams · as Original Music Composer |
| 1960 | Jack of Spades · as Original Music Composer |
| 1960 | Wasteland · as Composer |
| 1960 | America as Seen by a Frenchman · as Original Music Composer |
| 1958 | Sinners of Paris · as Original Music Composer |
| 1957 | The Tricyclist · as Original Music Composer |
| 1955 | Lovers' Net · as Original Music Composer |
| 2024 | |
| 2014 | The Price of Fame · as L'homme Qui Demande La Rançon |
| 1972 | Time for Loving · as Grondin |
| 1964 | The Umbrellas of Cherbourg · as Jean (singing Voice) (uncredited) |
| 1962 | Cléo from 5 to 7 · as Bob, The Pianist |
| 1952 | Son dernier Noël · as Conductor (uncredited) |
| 2024 | Il était une fois Michel Legrand · as Self |
| 2022 | Deneuve, la reine Catherine · as Self |
| 2021 | Mireille Mathieu - Singen, nur singen! · as Self |
| 2020 | |
| 2019 | The Oscars · as Self - Composer (in Memoriam) |
| 2018 | Michel Legrand: Let the Music Play · as Self |
| 2018 | Françoise Dorléac, une promesse · as Self |
| 2016 | Quotidien (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown · as Self |
| 2011 | Love Lasts Three Years · as Self |
| 2008 | The Beaches of Agnès · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2007 | Callas assoluta · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2006 | Salut les Terriens (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | Ce soir (ou jamais !) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Tout le monde en parle (QC) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | The 57th Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2003 | Il était une fois... (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2000 | L'invité (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1998 | Le plus grand Cabaret du monde (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1998 | Roll on Sunday (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1998 | Tout le monde en parle (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | The World of Jacques Demy · as Self |
| 1993 | The Young Girls Turn 25 · as Self |
| 1990 | Faut pas rêver (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1987 | NPA (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1987 | Night of the Molières (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1985 | Les Grosses Tetes (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1985 | Les Victoires de la Musique (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1985 | Partir, revenir · as Michel Legrand |
| 1984 | The 56th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner & Nominee |
| 1982 | Wogan (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | Champs-Elysees (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1976 | César Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Ann-Margret Smith · as Self |
| 1975 | Number One (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Système 2 (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Sunday meetings (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1974 | Dinah! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1972 | The ABC Afterschool Special (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1972 | The 44th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 1971 | Parkinson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | The Two Ronnies (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1970 | The 42nd Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee & Performer |
| 1969 | Playboy After Dark (TV Series) · as Self - Singer |
| 1966 | The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1966 | The 38th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee & Performer |
| 1963 | The Danny Kaye Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Self - Composer |
| 1958 | Garry Moore Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1956 | Tony Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Nominee |
| 1956 | Cinépanorama (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1953 | The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Reflets de Cannes (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1972 | The ABC Afterschool Special (TV Series) · as Book |
| 1972 | One Is a Lonely Number · as Conductor |
| 1969 | Castle Keep · as Conductor |
| 1969 | Play Dirty · as Conductor |
| 1968 | The Man in the Buick · as Music Director |
| 1967 | The Young Girls of Rochefort · as Songs |
| 1957 | Charmants garçons · as Conductor |
| 1955 | Razzia · as Music Director |