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Francis Lai
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Francis Albert Lai was a French composer, pianist, film score composer, and accordionist. Born in Nice in 1932, he began his work period in 1952 and continued until 2018. He was a male citizen of France who spoke French. His musical genres included classical music and middle of the road styles. He performed on the accordion, piano, and voice.
Lai received the Academy Award for Best Original Score and was nominated for the same honor. His notable works include *White Knights*, *Where Do I Begin (Love Theme)*, and *Magnificent music from Live for life*. He is associated with SACEM as his copyright representative. He died in the 8th arrondissement of Paris in 2018 and was buried in Nice.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 6
Top works
- White Knights
- Where Do I Begin (Love Theme) (Sheet Music)
- Magnificent music from Live for life =
- Common Sense Medicine
- Great Love/Film Themes
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Film & TV
Sound · Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Francis Albert Lai (26 April 1932 – 7 November 2018) was a French composer, noted for his film scores. He won the 1970 Oscar for Best Music, Original Score and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score for the film Love Story. The soundtrack album went to No. 2 in the Billboard album charts and the film's theme, "Where Do I Begin", was a hit single for Andy Williams. Lai was born on 26…
Known for
- Shoot to Live — Self2022
- In The Tracks Of - Special Edition — Self2020
- Victoires de la musique — Self1985
- Champs-Elysées — Self1982
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self1975
- Le Grand Échiquier — Self1972
- Smic, Smac, Smoc — Blind Accordionist1971
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- France
- Active from
- 1932
- Active to
- 2018
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 529,581
- Total plays
- 4,624,726
Tags
Francis Lai (Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France, 26 April 1932 - 7 November 2018) was a French composer, noted for his film scores. While in his twenties, Lai left home and went to Paris, where he became part of the lively Montmartre music scene. In 1965 he met filmmaker Claude Lelouch and was hired to help write the score for the film A Man and a Woman. Released in 1966, the film was a major international success, earning a number of Academy Awards. The young Lai received a Golden Globe Award nomin
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 20,845x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,612x
- Guidelines for the Process of Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Self-Report Measures
· 2000 · cited 10,916x
- Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 10,798x
- The Sequence of the Human Genome
· 2001 · cited 10,201x
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Official website
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Le site officiel du célèbre compositeur de Love Story, Un Homme et Une femme... Official website of Francis Lai composer of Love Story, A Man & A Woman...
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Albert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Nice
- Place of death
- 8th arrondissement of Paris
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- French
- Award
- Academy Awards
- Genre
- middle of the road
- Instrument
- piano
- Official website
- francislai.com
- Image
- Identite-FrancisLai-1954-Sacem.png
Show 13 more facts
- date of birth
- 1932-04-26
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Original Score
- name in native language
- Francis Lai
- date of death
- 2018-11-07
- start of work period
- 1952-00-00
- end of work period
- 2018-00-00
- birth name
- Francis Albert Lai
- related category
- Category:Films scored by Francis Lai
- place of burial
- Nice
- copyright representative
- SACEM
- P8168
- Frank Freeman
- social media followers
- 128000
- Commons category
- Francis Lai
Sources (8)
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