Michel Legrand
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Michel Legrand was a renowned French composer who created memorable musical scores for films throughout his long career from the mid-20th century until his death in 2019. His work matters because he shaped the sound of cinema by composing elegant and emotionally resonant music that complemented some of the most celebrated films of his era.
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- Born
- 1932
- Died
- 2019
- Works
- 22
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- Michel Legrand
- Etude des équilibres de solubilité dans l'eau des chlorures et sulfates de fer et de potassium
- Guide Ultime des Médias Sociaux Pour Gens D'Affaires
- Cléo de 5 à 7
- LA PSYCHOLOGIE DANS L'ECOLE
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Sound · Bécon-les-Bruyères, Paris, France
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…
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- Quincy Jones, Music Man — Self (archive footage)2025
- Once Upon a Time Michel Legrand — Self2024
- Jacques Demy: The Pink and the Black2024
- Dans les pas de Jean-Paul Rappeneau — Self2022
- Il était une fois Champs-Élysées — Self (archive footage)
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Michel Jean Legrand ( French pronunciation: [miʃɛl ləɡʁɑ̃]; 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).
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1932 births2019 deaths20th-century French conductors (music)20th-century French male musicians21st-century French conductors (music)21st-century French male musiciansBest Original Music BAFTA Award winnersBest Original Music Score AACTA Award winnersBest Original Music Score Academy Award winnersBest Original Song Academy Award–winning songwritersBroadway composers and lyricists