Michel Legrand

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Michel Legrand was a French composer, arranger, and jazz pianist renowned for his prolific film scores and memorable melodies, including work on classic films of the 1960s and 1970s.

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Michel Legrand canonical 36
Michel Jean Legrand 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf arranger
composer
conductor
film composer
human
jazz pianist
singer
activeYearsStart 1950
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Score
surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score

Academy Award for Best Original Song
Academy Award for Best Adapted Song Score
surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score
burialPlace Père Lachaise Cemetery
causeOfDeath sepsis
countryOfCitizenship France
dateOfBirth 1932-02-24
dateOfDeath 2019-01-26
educatedAt Conservatoire de Paris
familyName Schneider
surface form: Legrand
father Raymond Legrand
fullName Michel Legrand self-linksurface differs
surface form: Michel Jean Legrand
gender male
genre film score
jazz
givenName Michel
instrument piano
languageOfWorkOrName English
French
notableAchievement composed scores for numerous French New Wave and Hollywood films
notableWork I Will Wait for You
Summer of '42
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968 film score)
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
The Windmills of Your Mind
The Young Girls of Rochefort
Yentl (songs)
surface form: Yentl (1983 film score)
numberOfAcademyAwardsWon 3
occupation arranger
composer
conductor
pianist
placeOfBirth Paris
surface form: Paris, France
placeOfDeath Paris
surface form: Paris, France
recordLabel Columbia Records
Philips Records
sibling Christiane Legrand
spouse Catherine Michel
Christine Bouchard
Mabel Mercer
workedWith Barbra Streisand
Jacques Demy
Norman Jewison
Orson Welles

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The Thomas Crown Affair musicBy Michel Legrand
subject surface form: The Thomas Crown Affair (1968 film)
The Thomas Crown Affair composer Michel Legrand
subject surface form: The Windmills of Your Mind
The Go-Between musicBy Michel Legrand
Never Say Never Again musicBy Michel Legrand
Yentl (1983 film) musicBy Michel Legrand
The Happy Ending musicBy Michel Legrand
The Happy Ending composer Michel Legrand
film "Lady Sings the Blues" musicBy Michel Legrand
subject surface form: Lady Sings the Blues
Wuthering Heights (1970 film) musicBy Michel Legrand
Among the Paths to Eden composer Michel Legrand
Among the Paths to Eden performer Michel Legrand
Among the Paths to Eden albumArtist Michel Legrand
Among the Paths to Eden hasCreator Michel Legrand
Among the Paths to Eden artist Michel Legrand
subject surface form: Music for Chameleons
Vivre sa vie musicBy Michel Legrand
F for Fake musicBy Michel Legrand
The Swimming Pool musicBy Michel Legrand
Cléo from 5 to 7 musicBy Michel Legrand
Cléo from 5 to 7 featuresActor Michel Legrand
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg composer Michel Legrand
Portnoy's Complaint (film) musicBy Michel Legrand
Bande à part musicBy Michel Legrand
Impressions de France musicBy Michel Legrand
Gable and Lombard (1976 film) composer Michel Legrand
subject surface form: Gable and Lombard
Jacques Demy collaboratedWith Michel Legrand
The Windmills of Your Mind composer Michel Legrand
The Windmills of Your Mind musicBy Michel Legrand
Michel Legrand fullName Michel Legrand self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Michel Jean Legrand
Marilyn Bergman collaboratedWith Michel Legrand
Summer of '42 musicBy Michel Legrand
Summer of '42 awardReceivedBy Michel Legrand
Ice Station Zebra composer Michel Legrand
Joseph Losey collaboratedWith Michel Legrand
The Smurfs and the Magic Flute musicBy Michel Legrand
The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967 film) composer Michel Legrand
subject surface form: The Young Girls of Rochefort
The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967 film) musicBy Michel Legrand
subject surface form: The Young Girls of Rochefort