Michel Legrand
Sound
Born February 24, 1932 in 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 (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.
Filmography
Quincy Jones, Music Man
Self (archive footage)
Once Upon a Time Michel Legrand
Self
Jacques Demy: The Pink and the Black
May December
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Self (archive footage)
Dans les pas de Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Self
Michel Legrand, enchanted music
Michel Legrand, la musique enchantée
Françoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of Rochefort
self
Hommage à Michel Legrand et Jacques Demy au festival Sœurs Jumelles
Self (archive footage)
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
Self
La La La
Self - Music Composer
The Other Side of the Wind
J'ai perdu Albert
A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making
Self - Composer
Françoise Dorléac, une promesse
Self
The Guardians
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
The Price of Fame
Love Lasts Three Years
Self
Michel Legrand and the Cinema
Musician
Oscar and the Lady in Pink
La chanson 'Lola'
Self
The Beaches of Agnès
Self (archive footage)
Once Upon a Time... Planet Earth
Once Upon a Time... The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Self
Disco
Callas Assoluta
Self (archive footage)
Deadly Lessons
Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer
Self
Cavalcade
The Young Girls of Rochefort
Amber Wings
Un film et son époque
Self
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
Season's Beatings
Vivement dimanche
Self
Madeline
Once Upon a Time... The Explorers
The Ring
The Real Shlemiel
The World of Jacques Demy
Self
Les Miserables
Prêt-à-Porter
Once Upon a Time... The Discoverers
The Young Girls Turn 25
Self
The Pickle
Once Upon a Time... The Americas
Love at First Sight
Mountain of Diamonds
Dingo
Gaspard and Robinson
Eternity
Carnaval
Flight from Paradise
The Jeweller's Shop
Five Days in June
Un coupable
Three Seats for the 26th
Switching Channels
Spiral
Le monde est à vous
Self
Once Upon a Time... Life
Sacrée soirée
Self
Nulle part ailleurs
Self
Casanova
You've Got Beautiful Stairs, You Know...
As Summers Die
Victoires de la musique
Self
Promises to Keep
Parking
Going and Coming Back
Palace
Hell Train
Zoom the White Dolphin
Paroles et musique
The Jesse Owens Story
Secret Places
Yentl
A Love in Germany
Never Say Never Again
Revenge of the Humanoids
Best Friends
Slapstick of Another Kind
Once Upon a Time… Space
A Woman Called Golda
Bankers Also Have Souls
The Button
Champs-Elysées
Self - Main Guest
Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid
Bolero
Falling in Love Again
Atlantic City
The Hunter
The Mountain Men
The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen
Lady Oscar
Once Upon a Time… Man
The Phoenix
Roads to the South
One Can Say It Without Getting Angry
The Other Side of Midnight
Gulliver's Travels
Ode to Billy Joe
Cérémonie des César
Self - Presenter
Gable and Lombard
La Décharge
30 millions d'amis
Self
The Smurfs and the Magic Flute
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York
Lovers Like Us
Ann-Margret Smith
Self
Numéro un
Self
Cage Without a Key
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
Spécial cinéma
Self
Our Time
It's Good to Be Alive
The Three Musketeers
Breezy
A Slightly Pregnant Man
F for Fake
A Doll's House
Cops and Robbers
40 Carats
Impossible Object
Bequest to the Nation
Le Temps de vivre... Le Temps d'aimer
The Hostage Gang
The Adventures Of Don Quixote
The Outside Man
Not Dumb, the Bird
Lady Sings the Blues
ABC Afterschool Special
Self
One Is a Lonely Number
Portnoy's Complaint
Hearth Fires
A Time for Loving
Grondin
La Vie sentimentale de Georges le tueur
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
The Old Maid
Brian's Song
A Little Sun in Cold Water
Touch and Go
Le Mans
The Go-Between
Summer of '42
The Married Couple of the Year Two
Donkey Skin
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
Pieces of Dreams
Wuthering Heights
The Happy Ending
The Picasso Summer
Castle Keep
The Swimming Pool
Play Dirty
The Thomas Crown Affair
Ice Station Zebra
A Hatful of Rain
Sweet November
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
The Man in the Buick
Pretty Polly
La Chinoise
The Oldest Profession
The Young Girls of Rochefort
1999 A.D.
Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean
L’Or et le plomb
Musician
Funny Money
A Matter of Resistance
Behind the screens : Les demoiselles de Rochefort
Self
The Spy Who Went Into Hell
The Botanical Avatar of Mademoiselle Flora
From a Distant Gaze
Le Grand Escroc
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
Band of Outsiders
The Lovers of the France
Agent 38-24-36
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Jean (singing voice) (uncredited)
The Danny Kaye Show
Self
Maigret Sees Red
The Lovely Month of May
Love is a Ball
Bay of Angels
Illuminations
Eva
The Gentleman from Epsom
Vivre Sa Vie
Playtime in Paris
Cléo from 5 to 7
Bob, the Pianist
Fiancés on the Bridge
La Colère
L'Envie
La Gourmandise
Lust
The Seven Deadly Sins
La Paresse
A Swelled Head
The Counterfeiters of Paris
A Woman Is a Woman
It Means That Much to Me
Lola
The French Game
The Door Slams
Jack of Spades
America as Seen by a Frenchman
Jours de mes années
Discorama
Self
Sinners of Paris
Too Many Lovers
The Tricyclist
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
Cinépanorama
Self
Razzia
Lovers' Net
Visages de Paris
The Oscars
Self
Her Last Christmas
Conductor (uncredited)