Michel 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. ...
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Fotos
Filmes (199)
Quincy Jones, Music Man
2025 · Self (archive footage)
Once Upon a Time Michel Legrand
2024 · Self
Jacques Demy: The Pink and the Black
2024
Segredos de um Escândalo
2023 · Music
Dans les pas de Jean-Paul Rappeneau
2022 · Self
Le cinéma de Michel Legrand
2022 · Original Music Composer
Michel Legrand, enchanted music
2022 · Original Music Composer, Author, Compositor
Michel Legrand, la musique enchantée
2022 · Original Music Composer
Françoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of Rochefort
2021 · self
Hommage à Michel Legrand et Jacques Demy au festival Sœurs Jumelles
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
2018 · Self
La La La
2018 · Self - Music Composer
O Outro Lado do Vento
2018 · Original Music Composer
Eu Perdi o Albert
2018 · Original Music Composer
A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making
2018 · Self - Composer
Françoise Dorléac, une promesse
2018 · Self
As Guardiãs
2017 · Original Music Composer
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
2015 · Music Director, Author
O Preço da Fama
2015 · Original Music Composer
O Amor Dura Três Anos
2011 · Self
Michel Legrand and the Cinema
2011 · Musician
Oscar and the Lady in Pink
2009 · Original Music Composer
La chanson 'Lola'
2008 · Self
As Praias de Agnès
2008 · Self (archive footage)
Once Upon a Time... The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
2008 · Self
Disco
2008 · Original Music Composer
Callas Assoluta
2007 · Self (archive footage)
Deadly Lessons
2006 · Original Music Composer
Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer
2006 · Self
Cavalcade
2005 · Original Music Composer
The Young Girls of Rochefort
2004 · Music Arranger
Amber Wings
2003 · Original Music Composer
Amantes & Infiéis
2002 · Original Music Composer
Season's Beatings
1999 · Original Music Composer
Madeline
1998 · Original Music Composer
The Ring
1996 · Original Music Composer
The Real Shlemiel
1995 · Original Music Composer
The World of Jacques Demy
1995 · Self, Original Music Composer
Les Miserables
1995 · Original Music Composer
Prêt-à-Porter
1994 · Original Music Composer
The Young Girls Turn 25
1993 · Self, Original Music Composer
The Pickle
1993 · Original Music Composer
Mountain of Diamonds
1991 · Original Music Composer
Dingo
1991 · Original Music Composer
Gaspard and Robinson
1990 · Original Music Composer
Eternity
1990 · Conductor, Original Music Composer
Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less
1990 · Original Music Composer
Carnaval
1990 · Main Title Theme Composer
Flight from Paradise
1990 · Original Music Composer
The Jeweller's Shop
1989 · Original Music Composer
Five Days in June
1989 · Director, Writer
Un coupable
1988 · Original Music Composer
Three Seats for the 26th
1988 · Original Music Composer
Switching Channels
1988 · Original Music Composer
Spiral
1987 · Original Music Composer
Casanova
1987 · Original Music Composer
You've Got Beautiful Stairs, You Know...
1986 · Original Music Composer
As Summers Die
1986 · Original Music Composer
Promises to Keep
1985 · Original Music Composer
Parking
1985 · Original Music Composer
Going and Coming Back
1985 · Original Music Composer
Palace
1985 · Original Music Composer
Hell Train
1985 · Original Music Composer
Zoom the White Dolphin
1985 · Original Music Composer
Paroles et musique
1984 · Original Music Composer
The Jesse Owens Story
1984 · Original Music Composer
Secret Places
1984 · Original Music Composer
Yentl
1983 · Original Music Composer, Songs
A Love in Germany
1983 · Original Music Composer
Never Say Never Again
1983 · Original Music Composer
Revenge of the Humanoids
1983 · Original Music Composer
Best Friends
1982 · Music, Original Music Composer, Songs
Slapstick of Another Kind
1982 · Original Music Composer
A Woman Called Golda
1982 · Original Music Composer
Bankers Also Have Souls
1982 · Original Music Composer
The Button
1982 · Original Music Composer
Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid
1981 · Original Music Composer
Bolero
1981 · Original Music Composer
Falling in Love Again
1980 · Original Music Composer
Atlantic City
1980 · Original Music Composer, Conductor
The Hunter
1980 · Original Music Composer
The Mountain Men
1980 · Original Music Composer
The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen
1979 · Original Music Composer
Lady Oscar
1979 · Original Music Composer
The Phoenix
1978 · Original Music Composer
Roads to the South
1978 · Original Music Composer
One Can Say It Without Getting Angry
1978 · Original Music Composer
The Other Side of Midnight
1977 · Original Music Composer
Gulliver's Travels
1977 · Original Music Composer
Ode to Billy Joe
1976 · Original Music Composer
Gable and Lombard
1976 · Original Music Composer
La Décharge
1976 · Original Music Composer
The Smurfs and the Magic Flute
1975 · Original Music Composer
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York
1975 · Original Music Composer
Lovers Like Us
1975 · Original Music Composer
Ann-Margret Smith
1975 · Self
Cage Without a Key
1975 · Original Music Composer
Give Me Liberty
1974 · Music
Our Time
1974 · Original Music Composer, Conductor
It's Good to Be Alive
1974 · Original Music Composer
The Three Musketeers
1973 · Original Music Composer
Breezy
1973 · Original Music Composer
A Slightly Pregnant Man
1973 · Original Music Composer
F for Fake
1973 · Original Music Composer
A Doll's House
1973 · Original Music Composer, Conductor
Cops and Robbers
1973 · Original Music Composer
40 Carats
1973 · Original Music Composer
Impossible Object
1973 · Original Music Composer
Bequest to the Nation
1973 · Original Music Composer
The Hostage Gang
1973 · Original Music Composer
The Adventures Of Don Quixote
1973 · Original Music Composer
The Outside Man
1972 · Original Music Composer
Not Dumb, the Bird
1972 · Original Music Composer
Lady Sings the Blues
1972 · Original Music Composer
One Is a Lonely Number
1972 · Conductor, Original Music Composer
Portnoy's Complaint
1972 · Original Music Composer
Hearth Fires
1972 · Original Music Composer
A Time for Loving
1972 · Grondin, Original Music Composer
La Vie sentimentale de Georges le tueur
1972 · Original Music Composer
The Old Maid
1972 · Original Music Composer, Conductor
Brian's Song
1971 · Original Music Composer
A Little Sun in Cold Water
1971 · Original Music Composer
Touch and Go
1971 · Original Music Composer
Le Mans
1971 · Original Music Composer
The Go-Between
1971 · Original Music Composer
Summer of '42
1971 · Original Music Composer
The Married Couple of the Year Two
1971 · Original Music Composer
Donkey Skin
1970 · Original Music Composer, Songs
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
1970 · Original Music Composer
Pieces of Dreams
1970 · Original Music Composer, Songs
Wuthering Heights
1970 · Original Music Composer
To Catch a Pebble
1970 · Original Music Composer
The Happy Ending
1969 · Original Music Composer, Songs
The Picasso Summer
1969 · Original Music Composer, Conductor
Castle Keep
1969 · Conductor, Original Music Composer
The Swimming Pool
1969 · Original Music Composer
Play Dirty
1969 · Conductor, Original Music Composer
The Thomas Crown Affair
1968 · Original Music Composer, Conductor
Ice Station Zebra
1968 · Original Music Composer, Conductor
A Hatful of Rain
1968 · Original Music Composer
Sweet November
1968 · Original Music Composer
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
1968 · Original Music Composer
The Man in the Buick
1968 · Music Director, Original Music Composer
Pretty Polly
1967 · Original Music Composer, Conductor
La Chinoise
1967 · Original Music Composer
The Oldest Profession
1967 · Original Music Composer
The Young Girls of Rochefort
1967 · Songs, Original Music Composer, Music Director, Other
1999 A.D.
1967 · Original Music Composer
Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
1966 · Original Music Composer
The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean
1966 · Conductor, Original Music Composer
L’Or et le plomb
1966 · Musician
Funny Money
1966 · Original Music Composer
A Matter of Resistance
1966 · Original Music Composer
Behind the screens : Les demoiselles de Rochefort
1966 · Self
The Spy Who Went Into Hell
1965 · Original Music Composer
The Botanical Avatar of Mademoiselle Flora
1965 · Original Music Composer
From a Distant Gaze
1964 · Original Music Composer
Le Grand Escroc
1964 · Original Music Composer
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
1964 · Original Music Composer
Band of Outsiders
1964 · Original Music Composer
The Lovers of the France
1964 · Original Music Composer
Agent 38-24-36
1964 · Original Music Composer
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · Jean (singing voice) (uncredited), Original Music Composer, Conductor, Songs
Maigret Sees Red
1963 · Original Music Composer
The Lovely Month of May
1963 · Original Music Composer
Love is a Ball
1963 · Original Music Composer
Bay of Angels
1963 · Original Music Composer
Lunar America
1963 · Music
Illuminations
1963 · Music
Eva
1962 · Original Music Composer
The Gentleman from Epsom
1962 · Original Music Composer
Vivre Sa Vie
1962 · Original Music Composer
Playtime in Paris
1962 · Original Music Composer
Cléo from 5 to 7
1962 · Bob, the Pianist, Original Music Composer, Songs
Fiancés on the Bridge
1962 · Musician, Original Music Composer
L'Envie
1962 · Music
La Colère
1962 · Music
La Gourmandise
1962 · Sound
Lust
1962 · Original Music Composer
The Seven Deadly Sins
1962 · Original Music Composer
La Paresse
1962 · Original Music Composer
A Swelled Head
1962 · Original Music Composer
The Counterfeiters of Paris
1961 · Original Music Composer
A Woman Is a Woman
1961 · Original Music Composer
It Means That Much to Me
1961 · Original Music Composer
Lola
1961 · Original Music Composer
Melancholia
1961 · Original Music Composer
The French Game
1960 · Original Music Composer
The Door Slams
1960 · Original Music Composer
Jack of Spades
1960 · Original Music Composer
America as Seen by a Frenchman
1960 · Original Music Composer
Jours de mes années
1959 · Music
Sinners of Paris
1958 · Original Music Composer
Too Many Lovers
1957 · Conductor
The Tricyclist
1957 · Original Music Composer
Razzia
1955 · Music Director, Music Arranger
Lovers' Net
1955 · Original Music Composer
Visages de Paris
1955 · Original Music Composer
Her Last Christmas
1952 · Conductor (uncredited)
Séries (33)
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Era Uma Vez... Planeta Terra
2008 · Original Music Composer
Parkinson
2004 · Self - Guest / Performer (archive footage)
Un film et son époque
2003 · Self
Vivement dimanche
1998 · Self
Once Upon a Time... The Explorers
1996 · Original Music Composer
Once Upon a Time... The Discoverers
1994 · Original Music Composer
Once Upon a Time... The Americas
1992 · Original Music Composer
Love at First Sight
1992 · Director
Le monde est à vous
1987 · Self
Once Upon a Time... Life
1987 · Original Music Composer
Sacrée soirée
1987 · Self
Nulle part ailleurs
1987 · Self
Victoires de la musique
1985 · Self
Once Upon a Time… Space
1982 · Original Music Composer
Champs-Elysées
1982 · Self - Main Guest, Self
Once Upon a Time… Man
1978 · Original Music Composer
Cérémonie des César
1976 · Self - Presenter, Self - Host
30 millions d'amis
1976 · Self
Numéro un
1975 · Self
Système 2
1975 · Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Self
Spécial cinéma
1974 · Self
Le Temps de vivre... Le Temps d'aimer
1973 · Original Music Composer
ABC Afterschool Special
1972 · Self, Book, Original Music Composer
Le Grand Échiquier
1972 · Self, Self - Main Guest
Samedi soir
1971 · Self
Behind the Screen
1966 · Self
The Danny Kaye Show
1963 · Self
Discorama
1959 · Self
Tony Awards
1956 · Self - Nominee
Cinépanorama
1956 · Self
The Oscars
1953 · Self