Michel Legrand Biography (1932-)

Full name, Michel Jean Legrand; born February 24, 1932, in Paris, France; immigrated to the United States, 1955; son of Raymond (a musician) and MarcelleLegrand; married Christine Bouchard, 1958; children: Herve, Benjamin, Eugenie, Dominique. Addresses: Contact: c/o Jim DiGiovanni, PO Box 2040, NewYork, NY 10101-2040.

Nationality: French
Gender: Male
Occupation: Composer, musician, director, writer
Birth Details: February 24, 1932; Paris, France

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Work
Music Director, Unless Otherwise Noted
Music conductor, Charmants garcons (also known as Charming Boys and Too Many Lovers), 1957
Music conductor, Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (also known as TheUmbrellas of Cherbourg and Die Regenschirme von Cherbourg), Laundau, 1964
The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean, 1965
Les Demoiselles de Rochefort (also known as The Young Girls ofRochefort), Warner Bros./Seven Arts, 1967
Music conductor, Pretty Polly (also known as A Matter of Innocence), 1967
Music conductor, Ice Station Zebra, Filmways/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,1968
Castle Keep, Columbia, 1969
The Happy Ending, United Artists, 1969
La Dame dans l'auto avec des lunettes et fusil (also known asThe Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun), Columbia, 1970
Wuthering Heights, American International Pictures, 1970
Le Mans, National General, 1971
Music conductor, Summer of '42, Warner Bros., 1971
Music conductor, One Is a Lonely Number (also known as Two Is aHappy Number), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1972
(Uncredited) Portnoy's Complaint, Warner Bros., 1972
Atlantic City (also known as Atlantic City U.S.A.), Paramount, 1981
(And orchestrator) Yentl, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1983
Secret Places, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1984
Director, Five Days in June (also known as Cinq jours en juin), AAA, 1988
Director, Chase the Moon (also known as Masque de lune), 1991
Film Appearances
Bob, the pianist, Cleo de 5 a 7 (also known as Cleo from 5 to 7, Cleo dalle 5 alle 7, and Cleo de cinq a sept), Rome ParisFilm, 1962
Monsieur Grondin, A Time for Loving (also known as Paris Was Made for Lovers), London Screen Plays, 1971
Voice, Peau d'ane (also known as Donkey Skin, MagicDonkey, and Once upon a Time), 1970, released by Janus, 1975
Les Demoiselles ont eu 25 ans (also known as The Young Girls Turn 25), 1993
Television Work
Specials
Director, "Michel's Mixed-Up Musical Bird," ABC Afterschool Special, ABC, 1978
Conductor, Laura Fygi: Live from the Royal Carre, PBS, 1999
Movies
Music conductor, The Jesse Owens Story, Paramount Pictures Television, 1984
Episodic
Director of an episode of Coup de Foudre.
Television Appearances
Specials
The Maurice Chevalier Show, NBC, 1956
The Dick Van Dyke Special, CBS, 1968
Ann-Margaret Smith, NBC, 1975
"Michel's Mixed-Up Musical Bird," ABC Afterschool Special, ABC, 1978
The Shirley Bassey Special, syndicated, 1981
Music performer, Laura Fygi: Live from the Royal Carre, PBS, 1999
Stage Work
Music arranger, Brainchild, Forrest Theatre, Philadelphia, PA, 1974
Orchestrator and music arranger, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, New York City, 1979
Stage Appearances
Andy Williams with Michel Legrand, Uris Theatre, New York City, 1974
RECORDINGS
Albums
I Love Paris, Columbia, 1954
Holiday in Rome, Columbia, 1955
Castle in Spain, Columbia, 1956
Michel Legrand Plays Cole Porter, Columbia, 1957
Legrand in Rio, Columbia, 1958
Legrand Jazz, Phillips, 1958
I Love Movies, Columbia, 1958
Scarlet Ribbons: Michel Legrand's Folksongs for Orchestra, Columbia, 1959
The New I Love Paris, Columbia, 1961
Michel Legrand Plays Richard Rodgers, Phillips, 1962
Strings on Fire, Columbia, 1962
Michel Legrand Sings, Phillips, 1964
Michel Legrand Plays for Dancers, Phillips, 1965
Cinema le Grand, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1967
Michel Legrand at Shelly's Manne-Hole, Verve, 1968
Communication '72, Verve, 1972
Michel Legrand and Friends Recorded Live, RCA, 1975
The Concert Legrand, RCA, 1976
Le Jazz Grand, Gryphon, 1978
Legrand Piano, Columbia, 1981
After the Rain, Pablo, 1982
The Columbia Album of Cole Porter, CBS, 1983
Legrand Live Jazz, Jive/Novus, 1983
Atlantic City, DRG, 1986
Ice Station Zebra, MCA, 1988
Cole Porter, Sony, 1991
Compact Jazz: Michel Legrand, PolyGram, 1991
Three Musketeers, Bay Cities, 1992
Legrand/Grappelli, Verve, 1992
Michel Plays Legrand, LaserLight, 1993
The Very Best of Michel Legrand, TriStar, 1994
The Warm Shade of Memory, Evidence/Alfa, 1995
Music and Cinema: Suite for Harp, Travelling, 1996
Peau d'Ane, Orphe, 1996
Windmills of Your Mind, Prism, 1967
Paris Was Made for Lovers, Delta, 1997
Happy Radio Days, Elektra/Asylum, 1998
I FTF 42, Arcade, 1999
Le Meilleur de Michel Legrand, Polygram France, 1999
(With Jessye Norman) I Was Born in Love with You, 2000
Recorded more than 100 albums, including Images, recorded with Phil Woods and the Michel Legrand Orchestra; music arranger for albums, including I Love Paris, Columbia, 1954.
WRITINGS
Film Music
Beau Fixe (short film), 1953
Les Amants du tage, 1955
Lovers' Net, 1955
Le Triporteur (also known as The Tricyclist), 1957
Rafles sur la ville (also known as Sinners of Paris), 1958
L'Amerique insolite (also known as L'Amerique vue par un francais), 1958
Chien de pique, 1960
Terrain vague, 1960
Les Portes claquent (also known as The Doors Slam), 1960
Le Coeur battant (also known as The French Game), 1960, released by Atlantic, 1963
Me faire ca a moi (also known as It Means That Much to Me),1960
(With Jacques Demy) Lola (also known as Donna di vita), Films Around the World, 1961
(And song, "Chanson d'Angela") Une femme est une femme (also known as A Woman Is a Woman), Pathe Contemporary, 1961
(With Francis Lemarque) Le Cave se rebiffe il re dei faisari (alsoknown as The Counterfeiters, The Counterfeiters of Paris, Money, Money, Money, Le Cave se rebiffe, and Il re dei falsari), Cite/CCM/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1961
Cause toujours mon lapin (also known as Keep Talking, Baby), 1961
Une grosse tete, 1961
Comme un poisson dans l'eau, 1961
L'Empire de la nuit, 1961
Cleo de 5 a 7 (also known as Cleo from 5 to 7, Cleo dalle 5 alle 7, and Cleo de cinq a sept), Rome Paris Film, 1962
"Anger," "Gluttony," "Lust," "Envy," and "Laziness" (segments also knownas "La Colere," "La Gourmandaise," "La Luxure," "L'Envie," and "La Paresse"), Les Sept peches capitaus (also known as The Seven Capital Sins, The Seven Deadly Sins, and I sette peccati capitali), Embassy, 1962
Vivre sa vie (also known as It's My Life, My Life toLive, and Vivre sa vie: Film en douze tableaux), Union/Pathe Contemporary, 1962
Le Gentleman d'Epsom (also known as Duke of the Derby, The Gentleman from Epsom, Les Grands seigneurs: Les gentleman d'Epsom, and Il re delle corse), 1962
Un coeur gros comme ca!, 1962
(And song, "Adam and Eve") Eva the Devils' Woman (also known as Eva and Eve), Paris Film/Interopa, 1963
Love Is a Ball (also known as All This and Money Too), United Artists, 1963
(With Demy) La Baie des anges (also known as Bay of Angelsand Bay of the Angels), Pathe, 1963
Le Joli mai, 1963

(With Demy) Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (also known as The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and Die Regenschirme von Cherbourg), Laundau, 1964
"Le Grand Escroc," Les Plus belles escroqueries du monde (also known as The Beautiful Swindlers, World's Greatest Swindles, The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers, and Le piu belle truffe del mondo), 1964
Bande a part (also known as Band of Outsiders and The Outsiders), 1964, released by Royal, 1966
Monnaie de singe (also known as I sette falsari and La viuda soltera), 1965
L'Or et le plomb, 1965
Quand passent les faisans, 1965
Corrida pour uneEspion (also known as Code Name: Jaguar, The Spy Who Went into Hell, Persecucion a un espia, and Der Spion, der in die Hoelle Ging), 1965
Monkey Money, 1965
The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean, 1965
Qui etes-vous, Polly Magoo&quest; (also known as Who Are You, Polly Magoo&quest;), 1966
Une ravissante idiote (also known as Adorable Idiot, Agent 38-24-36, Bewitching Scatterbrain, A Ravishing Idiot, The Ravishing Idiot, The Warm-Blooded Spy, and Un adorabile idiota), Seven Arts, 1966
Et la femme crea l'amour, 1966
Tendre vouyou (also known as Tender Scoundrel and Un avventuriero a Tahiti), 1966, released by Embassy, 1967
La Vie de chateau (also known as Gracious Living and A Matter of Resistance), Royal, 1967
(With Demy) Les Demoiselles de Rochefort (also known as The Young Girls of Rochefort), Warner Bros./Seven Arts, 1967
La Chinoise (also known as La Chinoise, ou plutot a la chinoise: Un film en train de se faire and Kinesiskan), 1967
L'Homme a la Buick, 1967
(And title song) Pretty Polly (also known as A Matter of Innocence), Universal, 1967
Le Plus vieux metier du monde (also known as Love through the Centuries, The Oldest Profession, The Oldest Profession in the World, L'Amore attraverso i secoli, L'Amour a travers les ages, and Das Alteste Gewerbe der Welt), 1967, released by Goldstone/VIP, 1968
(And song, "The Winds of Change") How To Save a Marriage--and Ruin Your Life (also known as Band of Gold), Columbia, 1968
Ice Station Zebra, Filmways/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1968
(And song, "Sara's Theme") Sweet November, Warner Bros./SevenArts, 1968
(And song, "The Windmills of Your Mind") The Thomas Crown Affair (also known as The Crown Caper and Thomas Crown and Company), United Artists, 1968
Play Dirty (also known as Written on the Sand), 1968, released by United Artists, 1969
Castle Keep, Columbia, 1969
(And song, "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life&quest;") The Happy Ending, United Artists, 1969
La Piscine (also known as The Swimming Pool and La piscina), 1969
The Picasso Summer, 1969
Le Decharge, 1970
Appellez-moi Mathilde, 1970
La Dame dans l'auto avec des lunettes et fusil (also known asThe Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun), Columbia, 1970
Pieces of Dreams, United Artists, 1970
Wuthering Heights, American International Pictures, 1970
Songwriter, The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart, 1970
C'etait un jour comme les autres, 1970
Peau d'ane (also known as Donkey Skin, Magic Donkey, and Once upon a Time), 1970, released by Janus, 1975
Les Maries de l'an II (also known as The Scarlet Buccaneer, Scoundrel, The Swashbuckler, and Gli sposi dell'anno secondo), 1971
The Go-Between, Columbia, 1971
Le Mans, National General, 1971
Summer of '42, Warner Bros., 1971
A Time for Loving (also known as Paris Was Made for Lovers), London Screen Plays, 1971
Un peu de soleil dans l'eau froide, 1971
La Poudre d'escampette (also known as French Leave, Touch and Go, and Darsela a gambe), 1971
Lady Sings the Blues, Paramount, 1972
One Is a Lonely Number (also known as Two Is a Happy Number), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1972
Portnoy's Complaint, Warner Bros., 1972
Barbe-bleue (also known as Bluebeard), 1972
Les Feux de la chandeleur (also known as Hearth Fires), 1972
La Vielle fille (also known as The Old Maid and La Tardona), 1972
Pas folle la guepe, 1972
La Gang des otages (also known as The Hostage Gang, TheHostages, and Quelli della banda Beretta), 1972
Ma mie, ma loue, 1972
Score, 1972
L'Evenement le plus important depuis qui l'homme a marche surla lune (also known as A Slightly Pregnant Man and Niente di grave, suo marito e incinto), 1973
Breezy, Universal, 1973
Cops and Robbers, United Artists, 1973
A Doll's House, World Film Services, 1973
Forty Carats, Columbia, 1973
Impossible Object (also known as Story of a Love Story, L'Impossible objet, and Questo impossibile oggetto), Valoria,1973
The Nelson Affair (also known as Bequest to the Nation), Universal, 1973
Un homme est mort (also known as The Outside Man and Funerale a Los Angeles), United Artists, 1973
The Three Musketeers (also known as Los tres mosqueteros),Twentieth Century-Fox, 1973
Longue Distance Oblige, 1973
Our Time (also known as Death of Her Innocence), Warner Bros., 1974
Additional music, The Four Musketeers (also known as The Revenge of Milady and Los cuatro mosqueteros), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1974
Le Sauvage (also known as Lovers like Us, The Savage, and Il mio uomo e selvaggio), Gaumont, 1975
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York, Paramount, 1975
Verites et mensonges (also known as F for Fake), 1975
La Ville bidon, 1975
Section speciale, 1975
Jalousie 1976 (also known as Honeymoon Trip and Le Voyage de noces), 1976
Gable and Lombard, Universal, 1976
Ode to Billy Joe, Warner Bros., 1976
Gulliver's Travels (animated/live-action), Sunn Classic, 1977
The Other Side of Midnight, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1977
Semi-Tough, 1977
Lady Oscar (also known as Berusaiyu no bara), Toho, 1978
On peut le dire sans se facher (also known as The Beautiful Nuisance, One Can Say It without Getting Angry, and La Belle emmerdeuse), 1977
Songwriter, Ca fait tilt!, 1977
Les Fabuleuses aventures du legendaire Baron de Munchauisen (alsoknown as The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen), 1978
Mon premier amour (also known as My First Love), 1978
Les Routes du sud (also known as Roads to the South and Las rutas del sur), 1978
Je vous ferai simer la vie, 1978
Le Baratineur, 1978
Funny Valentine, 1979
Falling in Love Again (also known as In Love), International Picture Show of Atlanta, 1980
(With Jun Fukamachi) Hi no tori (also known as The Firebird, Fire's Bird, and The Phoenix), Toho, 1980
The Hunter, Paramount, 1980
The Mountain Men, Columbia, 1980
(And song, "Windmills of Your Mind") Melvin and Howard, 1980
Atlantic City (also known as Atlantic City U.S.A.), Paramount, 1981
(With Francis Lai) Bolero (also known as Within Memory andLes Uns et les autres), Double 13, 1981
"La Trentaine," "Allez Viens," "Bien Sur," "Prends le Temps," "D'egala Egal," "Feline," and "Que Je T'aime," Qu-est-ce qui fait courir David&quest; (also known as What Makes David Run&quest;), 1981
Le Cadeau (also known as The Gift and Il regalo), 1981, released by Samuel Goldwyn Company, 1983
You're Ticket Is No Longer Valid (also known as Finishing Touch, A Slow Descent into Hell, and L'Ultime passion),1981
(And songs, "How Do You Keep the Music Playing&quest;" and "Think about Love") Best Friends, Warner Bros., 1982
La Revanche des humanoides, 1982
Friends of the Family, 1982
(And songs, title song and "Une chanson d'amour") Never Say NeverAgain, Warner Bros., 1983
Yentl, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1983
La Flute a six schtroumnpfs (also known as The Smurfs and the Magic Flute), 1983, released by Atlantic Releasing, 1984
Un Amour en allemagne (also known as A Love in Germany andEine Liebe in Deutschland), 1983, released by Triumph, 1984
(And title song) Secret Places, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1984
Train d'enfer, 1984
"Lonesome No More," Slapstick (of Another Kind) (also known as Slapstick), 1984
Song, "Something in My Life," Micki & Maude, 1984
Partir revenir (also known as Going and Coming Back), Films13/Union Generale Cinematographique/Top 1/FR 3, 1985
Palace (also known as Die Dame vom Palast Hotel), Wonderland/Third Wave/Rapid, 1985
Parking, American, 1985
Paroles et Musique (also known as Love Songs and Words and Music), SpectraFilm, 1986
Club de recontres (also known as Lonely Hearts Club), AMLF,1987
Spirale (also known as Spiral), Union Generale Cinematographique, 1987
Switching Channels, Tri-Star, 1988
Five Days in June (also known as Cinq jours en juin), AAA,1988
Trois places pour le 26 (also known as Three Places for the 26th and Three Seats for the 26th), 1988
La Bottega dell'orefice (also known as The Jeweller's Shop and La Boutique de l'orfevre), 1988
Eternity, 1989
Gaspard et Robinson, 1990
Title theme, Tropical Gamble (also known as Jogo tropical),1990
Title theme, Sunday Pursuit (also known as Perseguicao de domingo), 1990
Title theme, Le Retour (also known as The Return), 1990
Title theme, Ransom (also known as O Resgate), 1990
Title theme, Puerto Verde, 1990
Title theme, Pas de deux, 1990
Title theme, Mirage (also known as Miragem), 1990
Title theme, Inspiration (also known as Inspiracao), 1990
Title theme, A Ilha (also known as The Island), 1990
Fate, 1990
Title song, Encontro em Lisboa (also known as Rendezvous in Lisbon), 1990
Title theme, Carnaval (also known as Carnival), 1990
Title song, Arrivederci Roma (also known as Adeus Roma), 1990
Mountain of Diamonds, 1991
Fuga dal paradiso, 1991
(With Miles Davis) Dingo (also known as Dingo--Dog of the Desert), 1992
The Pickle, 1993
Les Demoiselles ont eu 25 ans (also known as The Young Girls Turn 25), 1993
Pret-a-Porter (also known as Ready to Wear), 1994
Les Miserables (also known as Les Miserables du vingtieme siecle), 1995
Les Enfants de Lumiere (also known as The Children of Lumiere), 1995
Die Schelme von Schelm (also known as Aaron's Magic Village and Le Monde est un grand chelm), 1995
Music excerpts, One Hundred and One Nights, 1995
Song, "The Cuckoo and the Nightingale," Madeline, Columbia TriStar, 1998
Song, Clay Pigeons, 1998
Doggy Bag, UGC-Fox Distribution, 1999
Set Me Free, 1999
La Buche (also known as Season's Beatings), Pathe, 1999, subtitled version, Empire Pictures, 2000
Television Music
Movies
Brian's Song, ABC, 1971
The Adventures of Don Quixote (also known as Play of the Month:The Adventures of Don Quixote), BBC, 1973
It's Good to Be Alive, CBS, 1974
Cage without a Key, CBS, 1975
A Woman Called Golda, Paramount Pictures Television, 1982
The Jesse Owens Story, Paramount Pictures Television, 1984
Promises to Keep, CBS, 1985
As Summers Die, HBO, 1986
Sins (also known as 3 Sins), CBS, 1986
Casanova (also known as Il veneziano, vita, e amori di GiacomoCasanova), 1987
Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less, BBC, then TNT, 1990
Miniseries
Crossings, ABC, 1986
The Ring (also known as Danielle Steel's "The Ring"), NBC, 1996
La Bicyclette Bleue, 2000
Specials
Song, "Blind Sunday," ABC Holiday Weekend Special, ABC, 1976
Song, "Michel's Mixed-Up Musical Bird," ABC Afterschool Special, ABC, 1978
Song, "The Way He Makes Me Feel," Evening at the Pops, 1988
Song, "How Do You Keep the Music Playing&quest;," Tony Bennett, 1988
Songs, "One Day" and "Somewhere," Time Warner Presents the Earth Day Special, 1990
Laura Fygi: Live from the Royal Carre, PBS, 1999
Screenplays
Translator of French lyrics, Darling Lili, 1970
(With Pierre Uytterhoeven and Benjamin Legrand) Five Days in June(screenplay; also known as Cinq jours en juin), AAA, 1988
Stage Music
Brainchild, Forrest Theatre, 1974
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, New York Shakespeare Festival, PublicTheatre, 1979
Other Writings
(With George Mendoza) Michel's Mixed-Up Musical Bird (children's book), Bobbs-Merrill (New York City), 1978

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

International Dictionary of Film and Filmmakers, Volume 4: Writers and Production Artists, St. James Press (Detroit, MI), 1993.

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