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Michel Legrand
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French film score composer (1932–2019)
OverviewAI-generated
Michel Legrand (1932–2019) was a French and American conductor, composer, actor, and singer. Born in Paris, he was educated at the Conservatoire de Paris and studied under Nadia Boulanger. His musical work spanned jazz, instrumental music, film scores, and easy listening. Legrand was married to Macha Méril and was the son of Raymond Legrand.
He received the Order of the Badge of Honour, the Commander of the Legion of Honour, a BAFTA Award for Best Original Music, and a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. Legrand was also nominated for Academy Awards for Best Original Score and Best Original Song, a Tony Award for Best Original Score, and a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Musical Score. His recordings were released on Columbia Records, Philips Records, and United Artists Records.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1932
- Died
- 2019
- Works
- 22
Top works
- 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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Film & TV
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…
Known for
- 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)2022
- Hommage à Michel Legrand et Jacques Demy au festival Sœurs Jumelles — Self (archive footage)2021
- Françoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of Rochefort — self2021
- A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making — Self - Composer2018
- Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure — Self2018
- La La La — Self - Music Composer2018
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1932
- Active to
- 2019
Discography
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 220,776
- Total plays
- 2,399,309
Tags
Michel Legrand (Michel Jean Legrand, Paris, France, 24 February 1932 – 26 January 2019) was a French composer, arranger, conductor, and pianist. A prolific composer, having written over 200 film and television scores, in addition to many memorable songs, he is best known for his often haunting, jazz-tinged film music. His celebrated scores for 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 Ac
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Colorimetric Method for Determination of Sugars and Related Substances
· 1956 · cited 42,296x
- AutoDock4 and AutoDockTools4: Automated docking with selective receptor flexibility
· 2009 · cited 23,170x
- General atomic and molecular electronic structure system
· 1993 · cited 19,129x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,955x
- The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship
· 2016 · cited 14,615x
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jean
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Paris
- Place of death
- Neuilly-sur-Seine
- Spouse
- Macha Méril
- Father
- Raymond Legrand
- Occupation
- musician
- Educated at
- Conservatoire de Paris
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Student of
- Nadia Boulanger
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Mercury Records
- Official website
- www.michellegrandofficial.com
- Image
- Michel Legrand Cabourg 2015.jpg
- Height
- 1.87
- Number of children
- 4
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- Commons category
- Michel Legrand
- date of birth
- 1932-02-24
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Original Song
- topic's main category
- Category:Michel Legrand
- name in native language
- Michel Legrand
- start of work period
- 1952-00-00
- date of death
- 2019-01-26
- end of work period
- 2019-00-00
- birth name
- Michel Jean Legrand
- cause of death
- sepsis
- place of burial
- Père Lachaise Cemetery
- student
- Sarah McKenzie
- related category
- Category:Films scored by Michel Legrand
- manner of death
- natural causes
- writing language
- English language
- relative
- Jacques Hélian
Sources (12)
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Works in European collections
5 objects attributed to Michel Legrand, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
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).
Life and career
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