Michel Legrand
French film score composer (1932-2019) · France · On the map · Musicians · Died at 86
Michel Jean Legrand 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.
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Nadia Boulanger Taught Michel- Elek Bacsik Bandmate in Michel Legrand et son orchestre
Sarah McKenzie Studied under Michel
Miles Davis Duets: Dingo - Selections From the Motion Picture Soundtrack (1991)
Catherine Deneuve Michel wrote The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1966)
Anna Karina Michel wrote Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)
Jean-Paul Belmondo Michel wrote A Woman Is a Woman (1961)
Steve McQueen Michel wrote Le Mans and The Hunter
Jean-Claude Brialy Michel wrote A Woman Is a Woman (1961)
Sami Frey Michel wrote Cléo from 5 to 7 and Bande à part
Oja Kodar Michel wrote F for Fake and Tender Scoundrel
Bernard Lavalette Michel directed Cinq jours en juin (1989)
Elizabeth Teissier Michel wrote Castle Keep and Tender Scoundrel
Bradley Cole Michel directed Cinq jours en juin (1989)
André Weber Michel directed Cinq jours en juin (1989)
Susan Sarandon Michel wrote Atlantic City (1981)
Jean-Luc Godard Michel wrote Cléo from 5 to 7 and Bande à part
Marcello Mastroianni Michel wrote Prêt-à-Porter (1995)
Burt Lancaster Michel wrote Atlantic City and Castle Keep
Jeanne Moreau Michel wrote A Woman Is a Woman (1961)
Faye Dunaway Michel wrote The Three Musketeers (1973)
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Anouk Aimée Michel wrote Prêt-à-Porter and Lola
Carlo Ponti Produced Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)
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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).
