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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.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1932-02-24
- event Death Date 2019-01-26
- school Known for: Sound
- star Popularity: 6.8
- info Birth Place Bécon-les-Bruyères, Paris, France
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Hommage à Michel Legrand et Jacques Demy au festival Sœurs Jumelles
2021-08-16
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Her Last Christmas
1952-12-12
6
Dans les pas de Jean-Paul Rappeneau
2022-03-24
6.5
The World of Jacques Demy
1995-09-22
7.1
The Young Girls Turn 25
1993-05-19
6.8
A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making
2018-09-01
6.5
Callas Assoluta
2007-12-20
7.7
Cléo from 5 to 7
1962-04-11
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L’or et le plomb
1966-03-16
0
Once Upon a Time Michel Legrand
2024-12-04
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Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer
2006-01-23
4
A Time for Loving
1972-04-01
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Cinépanorama: Jacques Demy et Michel Legrand
1964-01-01
5.7
Love Lasts Three Years
2011-12-10
7.7
The Beaches of Agnès
2008-12-17
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Ann-Margret Smith
1975-11-20
9
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
2018-12-25
7
La La La
2018-11-25
7.4
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964-02-19
8
Once Upon a Time... The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
2008-05-18
6
Françoise Dorléac, une promesse
2018-07-10
10
Un film et son époque
2003-05-17
0
Behind the Screen
1966-01-01
7
The Oscars
1953-03-19
2
Victoires de la musique
1985-11-23
5.6
Nulle part ailleurs
1987-08-31
8
Le Grand Échiquier
1972-01-12
5
Tony Awards
1956-04-01
6.3
ABC Afterschool Special
1972-10-04
0
Spécial cinéma
1974-09-25
8
Le Grand Échiquier
1972-01-12
8
Le Grand Échiquier
1972-01-12
6
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975-01-12
6
Numéro un
1975-04-05
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Système 2
1975-01-19
6.2
Champs-Elysées
1982-01-16
6.6
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022-12-21
8
Cinépanorama
1956-02-04
6.2
Champs-Elysées
1982-01-16
0
Le monde est à vous
1987-09-13
0
Discorama
1959-02-04
3.2
Vivement dimanche
1998-09-20
6.3
The Danny Kaye Show
1963-09-25
5.8
30 millions d'amis
1976-01-06
6
Samedi soir
1971-01-09
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A Love in Germany
1983-10-26
6
Vivre Sa Vie
1962-09-20
6
Yentl
1983-11-18
6
Hearth Fires
1972-05-24
6
The Thomas Crown Affair
1968-06-26
6
A Matter of Resistance
1966-01-25
6
The Married Couple of the Year Two
1971-04-07
6
The Three Musketeers
1973-12-11
6
Donkey Skin
1970-12-20
6
Prêt-à-Porter
1994-12-23
6
The Door Slams
1960-12-21
6
The Swimming Pool
1969-01-31
6
Le Mans
1971-06-23
6
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
1970-10-22
6
Band of Outsiders
1964-08-05
6
Lady Oscar
1979-03-03
6
Our Time
1974-04-10
6
The Jesse Owens Story
1984-07-09
6
A Time for Loving
1972-04-01
6
Breezy
1973-11-18
6
Disco
2008-04-02
6
The Happy Ending
1969-12-21
6
The Man in the Buick
1968-01-12
6
Secret Places
1984-05-11
6
Mountain of Diamonds
1991-10-09
6
Dingo
1991-06-02
6
Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
1966-10-21
6
Play Dirty
1969-01-02
6
Best Friends
1982-12-17
6
The Smurfs and the Magic Flute
1976-01-21
6
The Mountain Men
1980-06-01
6
Maigret Sees Red
1963-09-18
6
La colère
1962-03-07
6
L'Envie
1962-03-07
6
La Gourmandise
1962-03-07
6
Five Days in June
1989-03-01
6
Flight from Paradise
1990-01-01
6
Un coupable
1988-12-18
6
The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen
1979-10-24
6
It's Good to Be Alive
1974-02-22
6
Our Time
1974-04-10
6
Funny Money
1966-03-09
6
Spiral
1987-09-23
6
A Doll's House
1973-08-16
6
Gable and Lombard
1976-02-11
6
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York
1975-12-01
6
Eva
1962-10-03
6
Amber Wings
2003-06-06
6
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964-02-19
6
Cage Without a Key
1975-03-14
6
Never Say Never Again
1983-10-07
6
Brian's Song
1971-11-30
6
Aaron’s Magic Village
1995-10-11
6
Cléo from 5 to 7
1962-04-11
6
One Is a Lonely Number
1972-06-19
6
Le Grand Escroc
1964-08-14
6
A Slightly Pregnant Man
1973-09-20
6
The Ring
1996-10-20
6
Revenge of the Humanoids
1983-01-26
6
The Hunter
1980-08-01
6
A Woman Called Golda
1982-04-26
6
Agent 38-24-36
1964-03-12
6
Wuthering Heights
1970-06-09
6
Roads to the South
1978-04-28
6
The Outside Man
1972-12-21
6
La Décharge
1976-01-14
6
The Hostage Gang
1973-02-01
6
Bolero: Dance of Life
1981-05-27
6
Les Miserables
1995-03-22
6
Castle Keep
1969-07-23
6
Parking
1985-05-29
6
The Oldest Profession
1967-04-07
6
The Botanical Avatar of Mademoiselle Flora
1965-05-05
6
Michel Legrand, la musique enchantée
2022-01-27
6
Falling in Love Again
1980-11-21
6
Cops and Robbers
1973-08-15
6
Le cinéma de Michel Legrand
2022-02-02
6
The Fiancés of Macdonald Bridge
1961-01-01
6
The Fiancés of Macdonald Bridge
1961-01-01
6
Lovers' Net
1955-01-18
6
You've Got Beautiful Stairs, You Know...
1986-08-27
6
The Spy Who Went Into Hell
1965-08-13
6
Lust
1962-03-07
6
Five Days in June
1989-03-01
6
The Phoenix
1978-08-12
6
Pieces of Dreams
1970-09-23
6
Touch and Go
1971-09-01
6
Lovers Like Us
1975-11-26
6
Summer of '42
1971-04-19
6
The Picasso Summer
1969-08-08
6
Cléo from 5 to 7
1962-04-11
6
One Is a Lonely Number
1972-06-19
6
The Old Maid
1972-01-05
6
The Old Maid
1972-01-05
6
A Woman Is a Woman
1961-09-06
6
The Other Side of Midnight
1977-06-08
6
The French Game
1960-12-26
6
Pretty Polly
1967-10-19
6
Palace
1985-01-23
6
Carnaval
1990-02-07
6
One Can Say It Without Getting Angry
1978-01-11
6
Not Dumb, the Bird
1972-11-15
6
Zoom the White Dolphin
1985-01-01
6
La Chinoise
1967-08-30
6
Gaspard and Robinson
1990-12-19
6
40 Carats
1973-06-28
6
Lola
1961-03-03
6
Casanova
1987-03-01
6
The Jeweller's Shop
1989-04-07
6
Going and Coming Back
1985-03-27
6
Promises to Keep
1985-10-15
6
Yentl
1983-11-18
6
The Young Girls of Rochefort
1967-03-08
6
Donkey Skin
1970-12-20
6
A Little Sun in Cold Water
1971-10-29
6
Lady Sings the Blues
1972-10-12
6
Hell Train
1985-01-09
6
The Man in the Buick
1968-01-12
6
Ice Station Zebra
1968-10-23
6
Sweet November
1968-02-08
6
The Go-Between
1971-06-16
6
Atlantic City
1980-09-03
6
Atlantic City
1980-09-03
6
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
2015-06-07
6
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
2015-06-07
6
1999 A.D.
1967-01-01
6
Portnoy's Complaint
1972-06-19
6
The Seven Deadly Sins
1962-03-07
6
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
1964-08-14
6
Eternity
1990-11-15
6
Eternity
1990-11-15
6
Season's Beatings
1999-11-24
6
The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean
1966-10-01
6
The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean
1966-10-01
6
Madeline
1998-07-10
6
Paroles et musique
1984-12-19
6
Cavalcade
2005-05-25
6
The Other Side of the Wind
2018-11-02
6
Bequest to the Nation
1973-04-18
6
The World of Jacques Demy
1995-09-22
6
Too Many Lovers
1957-12-11
6
Playtime in Paris
1962-09-14
6
From a Distant Gaze
1964-09-14
6
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
1968-01-17
6
Melancholia
1961-01-01
6
Ode to Billy Joe
1976-06-04
6
The Young Girls of Rochefort
2004-10-27
6
The Young Girls of Rochefort
2004-10-27
6
The Picasso Summer
1969-08-08
6
Gulliver's Travels
1977-01-01
6
A Hatful of Rain
1968-03-03
6
The Young Girls Turn 25
1993-05-19
6
The Guardians
2017-12-06
6
The Lovers of the France
1964-04-29
6
Razzia
1955-04-07
6
The Counterfeiters of Paris
1961-09-27
6
A Doll's House
1973-08-16
6
The Thomas Crown Affair
1968-06-26
6
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964-02-19
6
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964-02-19
6
F for Fake
1973-09-01
6
Jours de mes années
1959-12-24
6
L'Amérique lunaire
1963-01-08
6
Three Seats for the 26th
1988-11-23
6
Castle Keep
1969-07-23
6
To Catch a Pebble
1970-01-01
6
Play Dirty
1969-01-02
6
Deadly Lessons
2006-03-24
6
Lola
1961-03-03
6
Bay of Angels
1963-03-01
6
The Tricyclist
1957-12-04
6
Sinners of Paris
1958-01-15
6
America as Seen by a Frenchman
1960-06-08
6
Jack of Spades
1960-12-21
6
It Means That Much to Me
1961-05-19
6
The Young Girls of Rochefort
1967-03-08
6
The Young Girls of Rochefort
1967-03-08
6
The Young Girls of Rochefort
1967-03-08
6
Ice Station Zebra
1968-10-23
6
Bankers Also Have Souls
1982-03-24
6
The Lovely Month of May
1963-05-01
6
Love Is a Ball
1963-04-24
6
La Vie sentimentale de Georges le tueur
1972-01-17
6
Oscar and the Lady in Pink
2009-11-15
6
La Paresse
1962-03-07
6
Story of a Love Story
1973-05-24
6
The Gentleman from Epsom
1962-10-03
6
The Pickle
1993-04-30
6
Switching Channels
1988-03-05
6
The Button
1982-02-11
6
The Adventures Of Don Quixote
1973-01-07
6
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York
1975-12-01
6
Once Upon a Time... The Americas
1992-09-09
6
Love at First Sight
1992-02-12
6
Once Upon a Time... Life
1987-09-13
6
ABC Afterschool Special
1972-10-04
6
ABC Afterschool Special
1972-10-04
6
Le Temps de vivre... Le Temps d'aimer
1973-04-02
6
Once Upon a Time... Man
1978-09-23
6
Once Upon a Time… Space
1982-10-09
6
Once Upon a Time... The Discoverers
1994-01-03
6
Once Upon a Time... The Explorers
1996-12-10
6
Once Upon a Time... Planet Earth
2008-12-15