Michel Legrand
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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.
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Once Upon a Time... The Discoverers
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Once Upon a Time... The Explorers
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Once Upon a Time... The Americas
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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
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Dans les pas de Jean-Paul Rappeneau
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Age 90 (now 86)Le cinéma de Michel Legrand
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Michel Legrand, enchanted music
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Michel Legrand, la musique enchantée
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Françoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of Rochefort
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Hommage à Michel Legrand et Jacques Demy au festival Sœurs Jumelles
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A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making
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Oscar and the Lady in Pink
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Once Upon a Time... The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
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Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer
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And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
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The World of Jacques Demy
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Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less
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You've Got Beautiful Stairs, You Know...
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Slapstick of Another Kind
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Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid
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The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen
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One Can Say It Without Getting Angry
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The Other Side of Midnight
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The Smurfs and the Magic Flute
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Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York
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The Adventures Of Don Quixote
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La Vie sentimentale de Georges le tueur
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A Little Sun in Cold Water
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The Married Couple of the Year Two
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The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
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How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
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The Young Girls of Rochefort
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Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
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The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean
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Behind the screens : Les demoiselles de Rochefort
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The Spy Who Went Into Hell
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The Botanical Avatar of Mademoiselle Flora
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The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
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The Counterfeiters of Paris
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America as Seen by a Frenchman
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Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
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Once Upon a Time... The Explorers
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Once Upon a Time... Life
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Once Upon a Time… Space
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Le Temps de vivre... Le Temps d'aimer
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ABC Afterschool Special
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Also Known As
Michel Jean Legrand
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