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.

Known For: Sound

Born: Bécon-les-Bruyères, Paris, France, 1932-02-24

Died: 2019-01-26

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1952	Her Last Christmas	Conductor (uncredited)	0
2	1962	Cléo from 5 to 7	Bob, the Pianist	77
3	1964	The Umbrellas of Cherbourg	Jean (singing voice) (uncredited)	74
4	1966	Behind the screens : Les demoiselles de Rochefort	Himself	0
5	1966	L’Or et le plomb	Musician	0
6	1972	A Time for Loving	Grondin	40
7	1975	Ann-Margret Smith	Himself	70
8	1993	The Young Girls Turn 25	Self	71
9	1995	The World of Jacques Demy	Self	68
10	2006	Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer	Self	0
11	2007	Callas Assoluta	Self (archive footage)	65
12	2008	Once Upon a Time... The Umbrellas of Cherbourg	Self	80
13	2008	The Beaches of Agnès	Self (archive footage)	77
14	2008	La chanson 'Lola'	Self	0
15	2011	Michel Legrand and the Cinema	Musician	0
16	2011	Love Lasts Three Years	Michel Legrand	57
17	2018	Françoise Dorléac, une promesse	Self	60
18	2018	A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making	Self - Composer	68
19	2018	La La La	Self - Music Composer	72
20	2018	Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure	Self	90
21	2021	Hommage à Michel Legrand et Jacques Demy au festival Sœurs Jumelles	Self (archive footage)	0
22	2022	Dans les pas de Jean-Paul Rappeneau	Self	60
23	2024	Once Upon a Time Michel Legrand	Self	65

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1953	The Oscars	Self	71
2	1956	Cinépanorama	Self	80
3	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Nominee	51
4	1959	Discorama	Self	0
5	1963	The Danny Kaye Show	Self	63
6	1966	Behind the Screen	Self	0
7	1971	Samedi soir	Self	60
8	1972	Le Grand Échiquier	Self	80
9	1972	Le Grand Échiquier	Self - Main Guest	80
10	1972	ABC Afterschool Special		64
11	1974	Spécial cinéma	Self	0
12	1975	Les Rendez-vous du dimanche	Self	60
13	1975	Système 2	Self	0
14	1975	Numéro un	Self	60
15	1976	30 millions d'amis	Self	58
16	1982	Champs-Elysées	Self - Main Guest	63
17	1982	Champs-Elysées	Self	63
18	1985	Victoires de la musique	Self	20
19	1987	Nulle part ailleurs	Self	56
20	1987	Sacrée soirée	Self	65
21	1987	Le monde est à vous	Self	0
22	1998	Vivement dimanche	Self	30
23	2003	Un film et son époque	Self	100
24	2022	Il était une fois Champs-Élysées	Self (archive footage)	66

Michel Legrand

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