Sound
Michel Legrand
EN, FR, RU, IT cinema · 199 credits
Born
24 February 1932
Died
26 January 2019 (aged 86)
Birthplace
Bécon-les-Bruyères, Paris, France
Also known as Michel Jean Legrand
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.
Known for
Filmography
Quincy Jones, Music Man
as Self (archive footage)
Michel Legrand, la musique enchantée
Original Music Composer
Le cinéma de Michel Legrand
2022
Le cinéma de Michel Legrand
Original Music Composer
Michel Legrand, enchanted music
Original Music Composer, Author, Compositor
Hommage à Michel Legrand et Jacques Demy au festival Sœurs Jumelles
as Self (archive footage)
A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making
as Self - Composer
La La La
as Self - Music Composer
The Other Side of the Wind
Original Music Composer
I Lost Albert
Original Music Composer
The Guardians
Original Music Composer
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
Music Director, Author
The Price of Fame
Original Music Composer
Oscar and the Lady in Pink
Original Music Composer
The Beaches of Agnès
as Self (archive footage)
Disco
Original Music Composer
Callas Assoluta
as Self (archive footage)
Deadly Lessons
Original Music Composer
Cavalcade
Original Music Composer
The Young Girls of Rochefort
Music Arranger
Amber Wings
Original Music Composer
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
Original Music Composer
Season's Beatings
Original Music Composer
Madeline
Original Music Composer
The Ring
Original Music Composer
The World of Jacques Demy
as Self, Original Music Composer
Les Miserables
Original Music Composer
The Real Shlemiel
Original Music Composer
Prêt-à-Porter
Original Music Composer
The Young Girls Turn 25
as Self, Original Music Composer
The Pickle
Original Music Composer
Dingo
Original Music Composer
Mountain of Diamonds
Original Music Composer
Eternity
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Gaspard and Robinson
Original Music Composer
Carnaval
Main Title Theme Composer
Flight from Paradise
Original Music Composer
Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less
1990
Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less
Original Music Composer
Five Days in June
Director, Writer
The Jeweller's Shop
Original Music Composer
Un coupable
Original Music Composer
Switching Channels
Original Music Composer
Three Seats for the 26th
Original Music Composer
Spiral
Original Music Composer
Casanova
Original Music Composer
You've Got Beautiful Stairs, You Know...
Original Music Composer
As Summers Die
Original Music Composer
Going and Coming Back
Original Music Composer
Promises to Keep
Original Music Composer
Zoom the White Dolphin
Original Music Composer
Parking
Original Music Composer
Palace
Original Music Composer
Hell Train
Original Music Composer
The Jesse Owens Story
Original Music Composer
Paroles et musique
Original Music Composer
Secret Places
Original Music Composer
A Love in Germany
Original Music Composer
Yentl
Original Music Composer, Songs
Never Say Never Again
Original Music Composer
Revenge of the Humanoids
Original Music Composer
Best Friends
Music, Original Music Composer, Songs
A Woman Called Golda
Original Music Composer
Bankers Also Have Souls
Original Music Composer
The Button
Original Music Composer
Slapstick of Another Kind
Original Music Composer
Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid
Original Music Composer
Bolero
Original Music Composer
The Mountain Men
Original Music Composer
The Hunter
Original Music Composer
Atlantic City
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Falling in Love Again
Original Music Composer
Lady Oscar
Original Music Composer
The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen
Original Music Composer
Roads to the South
Original Music Composer
One Can Say It Without Getting Angry
Original Music Composer
The Phoenix
Original Music Composer
The Other Side of Midnight
Original Music Composer
Gulliver's Travels
Original Music Composer
Gable and Lombard
Original Music Composer
La Décharge
Original Music Composer
Ode to Billy Joe
Original Music Composer
The Smurfs and the Magic Flute
Original Music Composer
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York
Original Music Composer
Cage Without a Key
Original Music Composer
Lovers Like Us
Original Music Composer
Our Time
Original Music Composer, Conductor
It's Good to Be Alive
Original Music Composer
The Three Musketeers
Original Music Composer
Breezy
Original Music Composer
A Doll's House
Original Music Composer, Conductor
A Slightly Pregnant Man
Original Music Composer
Cops and Robbers
Original Music Composer
40 Carats
Original Music Composer
Bequest to the Nation
Original Music Composer
F for Fake
Original Music Composer
Impossible Object
Original Music Composer
The Hostage Gang
Original Music Composer
The Adventures Of Don Quixote
Original Music Composer
A Time for Loving
as Grondin, Original Music Composer
Hearth Fires
Original Music Composer
One Is a Lonely Number
Conductor, Original Music Composer
The Outside Man
Original Music Composer
The Old Maid
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Lady Sings the Blues
Original Music Composer
Portnoy's Complaint
Original Music Composer
Not Dumb, the Bird
Original Music Composer
La Vie sentimentale de Georges le tueur
Original Music Composer
The Married Couple of the Year Two
Original Music Composer
Le Mans
Original Music Composer
Brian's Song
Original Music Composer
Touch and Go
Original Music Composer
Summer of '42
Original Music Composer
A Little Sun in Cold Water
Original Music Composer
The Go-Between
Original Music Composer
Donkey Skin
Original Music Composer, Songs
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
Original Music Composer
Wuthering Heights
Original Music Composer
Pieces of Dreams
Original Music Composer, Songs
To Catch a Pebble
1970
To Catch a Pebble
Original Music Composer
The Swimming Pool
Original Music Composer
Play Dirty
Conductor, Original Music Composer
The Picasso Summer
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Castle Keep
Conductor, Original Music Composer
The Happy Ending
Original Music Composer, Songs
The Thomas Crown Affair
Original Music Composer, Conductor
The Man in the Buick
Music Director, Original Music Composer
Sweet November
Original Music Composer
Ice Station Zebra
Original Music Composer, Conductor
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
Original Music Composer
A Hatful of Rain
Original Music Composer
The Oldest Profession
Original Music Composer
La Chinoise
Original Music Composer
The Young Girls of Rochefort
Songs, Original Music Composer, Other, Music Director
1999 A.D.
Original Music Composer
Pretty Polly
Original Music Composer, Conductor
L’Or et le plomb
as Musician
A Matter of Resistance
Original Music Composer
Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
Original Music Composer
Funny Money
Original Music Composer
The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean
Original Music Composer, Conductor
The Spy Who Went Into Hell
Original Music Composer
The Botanical Avatar of Mademoiselle Flora
Original Music Composer
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
as Jean (singing voice) (uncredited), Original Music Composer, Conductor, Songs
Band of Outsiders
Original Music Composer
Le Grand Escroc
Original Music Composer
Agent 38-24-36
Original Music Composer
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
Original Music Composer
From a Distant Gaze
Original Music Composer
The Lovers of the France
Original Music Composer
Maigret Sees Red
Original Music Composer
Bay of Angels
Original Music Composer
The Lovely Month of May
Original Music Composer
Love is a Ball
Original Music Composer
Cléo from 5 to 7
as Bob, the Pianist, Original Music Composer, Songs
Vivre Sa Vie
Original Music Composer
L'Envie
Music
Eva
Original Music Composer
Fiancés on the Bridge
Original Music Composer, Musician
Lust
Original Music Composer
The Seven Deadly Sins
Original Music Composer
La Paresse
Original Music Composer
The Gentleman from Epsom
Original Music Composer
Playtime in Paris
Original Music Composer
A Swelled Head
Original Music Composer
A Woman Is a Woman
Original Music Composer
The Counterfeiters of Paris
Original Music Composer
Lola
Original Music Composer
It Means That Much to Me
Original Music Composer
Melancholia
1961
Melancholia
Original Music Composer
The Door Slams
Original Music Composer
The French Game
Original Music Composer
America as Seen by a Frenchman
Original Music Composer
Jack of Spades
Original Music Composer
Sinners of Paris
Original Music Composer
The Tricyclist
Original Music Composer
Too Many Lovers
Conductor
Lovers' Net
Original Music Composer
Razzia
Music Director, Music Arranger
Visages de Paris
Original Music Composer
Her Last Christmas
as Conductor (uncredited)