Michel Legrand
Michel Legrand | |
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Legrand in 2015 at the Cabourg Film Festival | |
| Born | Michel Jean Legrand 24 February 1932 Paris, France |
| Died | 26 January 2019 (aged 86) Neuilly-sur-Seine, France |
| Occupation(s) | Film score composer Jazz pianist |
| Years active | 1946–2019 |
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 over 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).