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Michel Legrand
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Pianists · 1932–2019

Michel Legrand

French film score composer (1932–2019)

Born
24 February 1932
Paris
Died
26 January 2019
Paris
Country
France
Active
1952–2019
Record labels
Columbia Records, Philips Records, RCA Records, Mercury Records, Bell Records
Discography
109 albums

Biography

Michel Legrand was a jazz musician who played piano and voice. Michel Legrand was born on 24 February 1932 in Paris and died on 26 January 2019 in Paris. The music is usually filed under jazz, easy listening and film score. Record labels: Columbia Records, Philips Records, RCA Records and Mercury Records. The discography here lists 109 albums, from “Legrand Jazz” (1958) to “Il était une fois les Explorateurs” (2021). Honours include Academy Award for Best Original Song (1969), Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song (1969) and Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score (1972).

Michel Jean Legrand 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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Discography

Studio and live albums

Legrand Jazz 1958
Broadway Is My Beat 1962
Love Is a Ball 1963
Archi-Cordes 1964
Les Amoureux du France 1964
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg 1964
Michel Legrand chante et s'accompagne 1964
Sérénades du XXe siècle 1964
A Matter of Innocence 1967
Les Demoiselles de Rochefort (1967 original film cast) 1968
The Thomas Crown Affair 1968
La piscine 1969
Michel Legrand chante Les Moulins de mon cœur 1969
The Happy Ending 1969
Brian's Song 1970
La dame dans l'auto avec des lunettes et un fusil (Bande originale du film) 1970
Peau d'âne 1970
Le Mans 1971
Les mariés de l'an deux 1971
Summer of '42 / The Picasso Summer 1971
Time for Loving 1972
Breezy 1973
L'évenement le plus important depuis que l'Homme a marche sur la Lune 1973
Les Trois Mousquetaires 1973
Michel Legrand Meets Miles Davis 1974
Le sauvage 1975
Recorded Live at Jimmy's 1975 · Live
Gable and Lombard 1976
Michel Legrand and Friends 1976
Michel Legrand and Friends 1976 · Live
Disco Magic Concorde 1978
Performs His Symphonic Suite From "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" Theme and Variations for Two Pianos and Orchestra From "The Go-Between" 1979
ベルサイユのばら = Lady Oscar 1979
Atlantic City 1981
Les Uns et les Autres 1981
Bolero 1982
Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David ? 1982
Never Say Never Again 1983
Slapstick 1983
Un amour en allemagne = ein Liebe in Deutschland 1983
Yentl 1983
Parking 1984
Paroles et musique 1984
Secret Places 1984
Slapstick of Another Kind 1984
Love Songs 1985
Palace 1985
At Shelly's Manne-Hole 1988 · Live
Trois places pour le 26 1988
Le Jazz Grand 1990
Legrand Piano 1990
Il était une fois... les Amériques 1991
Legrand "Live" Jazz 1991
The Burning Shore - La montagna dei diamanti 1991
The Three Musketeers 1991
Michel Legrand & Stephane Grappelli 1992
Piano Works 1993
Four Piano Blues 1994
I Love Paris 1994
Michel Plays Legrand 1994
Le Monde est un grand Chelm 1995
Les Enfants de lumière 1995
Les mariés de l'an II / Le sauvage / La vie de château 1995
Présence 1995
Danielle Steel's The Ring 1996
Douce France 1996
The Warm Shade of Memory 1996
Ice Station Zebra 1997
Les Moulins de mon cœur (The Windmills of your Mind) 1998
Music From the Motion Picture Madeline 1998
Big Band 1999
Doggy Bag 1999
Il était une fois... L'Espace 1999
La Bûche 1999
I Was Born in Love With You: Jessye Norman Sings Michel Legrand 2000
La bicyclette bleue 2000
Il etait une fois... LA VIE 2001
Eva 2002
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing 2002
Jazz in Paris: Paris Jazz Piano 2003
Les Demoiselles de Rochefort : La Comédie Musicale (2003 French cast) 2003
Amour 2005
Legrand Nougaro 2005
Le Mans / The Hunter 2007
Michel Legrand by Michel Legrand 2007
Marguerite: The World Premiere of a New Musical 2008
Écoutez Le Cinéma 48 : La Piscine / Un homme est Mort / Un peu de soleil dans l'eau froide 2008
Cops and Robbers 2009
Il était une fois... notre Terre 2009
Oscar et la dame rose 2009
Wuthering Heights 2009
Noël ! Noël !! Noël !!! 2011
Rich and Famous / One Is a Lonely Number 2011
The Music of Michel Legrand 2011
Les Fabuleuses Aventures du Légendaire Baron de Münchausen/La flûte a six Schtroumpfs 2012
The Mountain Men 2012
Entre elle et lui 2013
Jazzic in Classic 2014
Lady Oscar 2014
The Other Side of Midnight 2014
La Rançon de la gloire 2015
Les feux de la chandeleur / La vieille fille 2015
Michel Legrand & ses amis 2015
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow (The Extraordinary Story of an Ordinary Woman) 2017
Concerto pour piano / Concerto pour violoncelle 2017
Peau d'Âne : Féerie musicale 2018
The Other Side of the Wind 2018
Il était une fois les Explorateurs 2021
Paris Was Made for Lovers

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Albums where Michel Legrand is credited as a sideman

1962 Rhapsody in Blue / Un américain à Paris — George Gershwin; Grand Orchestre Symphonique, direction et piano Michel Legrand conductor, piano
1966 Color Me Barbra — Barbra Streisand arranger, conductor
1966 Je m’appelle Barbra — Barbra Streisand arranger, conductor
1969 What About Today? — Barbra Streisand arranger, conductor

Standards written by Michel Legrand

TitleKeyFormGroove
Watch What Happens E♭ major AABA · 36 Bossa nova
I Will Wait For You F major AA · 32 Medium swing
What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life? A minor AABA · 40 Ballad
The Summer Knows F minor ABC · 24 Ballad
You Must Believe In Spring C minor ABC · 26 Ballad

Awards

Historic 78 rpm records

  • LOVER MICHEL LEGRAND et son Orchestre de danse · Richard Rogers archive.org ↗

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Frequently asked questions

What instrument did Michel Legrand play?

Michel Legrand is known for playing piano and voice.

When and where was Michel Legrand born?

Michel Legrand was born 24 February 1932 in Paris.

What are Michel Legrand's best-known albums?

Albums in our database include Legrand Jazz (1958), Broadway Is My Beat (1962), Love Is a Ball (1963), Archi-Cordes (1964) and Les Amoureux du France (1964).

External links

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