Francis Lai Biography (1932-)

Full name, Francis Albert Lai; born April 26, 1932, in Nice, France; son of market gardeners; married Dagmar Puetz, 1968; children: two sons, one daughter. Addresses: Office: 23 Rue Franklin, 75016 Paris, France.; Agent: Milander, Schleussner, Kaufman Agency, 4146 Lankershim Blvd., Suite 401, North Hollywood, CA 91602.

Nationality: French
Gender: Male
Occupation: Composer
Birth Details: April 26, 1932; Nice, France

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
(Uncredited) Blind man, Smic, Smac, Smoc, GSF, 1971
Edith et Marcel (also known as Edith and Marcel), Miramax,1984
Hasards ou coiencidences (also known as Chance or Coincidence and Chances or Coincidences), UGC-Fox Distribution, 1998
Film Work
Music performer, Robert et Robert, Quartet, 1978
Television Appearances
Specials
Interviewee, Edith Piaf: La vie en rose, PBS, 1998
RECORDINGS
Albums
Love Story (soundtrack recording), MCA, 1970
Lai's music is represented on a number of albums, including the soundtrack recordings from Bilitis, A Man and a Woman (album from Unhomme et une femme), and Vivre pour vivre, and on the albums Les etoiles du cinema and Francis Lai--The Man and His Music. Recordings of singles include "Bonsoir Tristesse," "Et ce soir tu telephones," and"Pour un homme."
WRITINGS
Film Music
Circle of Love (also known as La ronde), Continental, 1964
Un homme et une femme (also known as A Man and a Woman), Allied Artists, 1966
Masculine Feminine (also known as Masculin feminin), Royal,1966
The Bobo, Warner Bros., 1967
Vivre pour vivre (also known as Live for Life and Vivereper vivere), United Artists, 1967
Mon amour, mon amour (also known as My Love, My Love), 1967
I'll Never Forget What's 'is Name, Regional, 1968
La louve solitaire (also known as The Lone She Wolf and La gatta dagli artigli d'oro), 1968
13 jours en France (documentary; also known as Challenge in theSnow and Grenoble), 1968
La lecon particuliere (also known as Tender Moment), 1968
Le soleil des voyous (also known as Action Man, Leatherand Nylon, and Il piu grande colpo del secolo), H. K. Film Distribution, 1969
La vie, l'amour, la mort (also known as Life Love Death andLa vita, l'amore, la morte), Lopert, 1969
Three into Two Won't Go, Universal, 1969
House of Cards, Universal, 1969
Mayerling, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1969
Hannibal Brooks, United Artists, 1969
The Games, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1970
Hello-Goodbye, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1970
Un homme qui me plait (also known as Again a Love Story, Love Is a Funny Thing, A Man I Like, Histoire d'aimer, andUn tipo che mi piace), United Artists, 1970
Le passager de la pluie (also known as Passenger in the Rain, Rider in the Rain, and L'uomo venuto dalla pioggia), Avco Embassy, 1970
Love Story, Paramount, 1970
Madly (also known as The Love Mates and Madly, il piacere dell'uomo), New Line Cinema, 1970
Le petite matin (also known as Early Morning), 1970
Du soliel plein les yeux (also known as Eyes Full of Sun),1970
La modification, 1970
Smic, Smac, Smoc, GSF, 1971
Le voyou (also known as The Crook and Simon the Swiss), United Artists, 1971
Les petroleuses (also known as Frenchie King, The Legendof Frenchie King, The Oil Girls, The Petroleum Girls, andLe pistolere), Hemdale, 1971
L'odeur des fauves (also known as Scandal Man), 1971
La course du lievre a travaers leschamps (also known as ... AndHope to Die and La corsa della lepre attraverso i campi), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1972
L'aventure c'est l'aventure (also known as Money Money Money and L'avventura e l'avventura), GSF, 1972
Le petite poucet (also known as Tom Thumb), 1972
Un homme libre (also known as A Free Man), 1973
Par le sang des autres (also known as By the Blood of Others), 1973
Un amour de pluie (also known as Loving in the Rain, Male d'amore, and Sommerliebelei), 1973
La bonne annee (also known as Happy New Year, The HappyNew Year Caper, and Una donna e una canaglia), Avco Embassy, 1973
Les hommes (also known as Killing in the Sun, Men, and Regolamenti di conti), Cocinor, 1973
Reigen (also known as Dance of Love and Merry-Go-Round), 1973
Dans le poussiere du soleil (also known as Dust in the Sunand Lust in the Sun), 1973

Visit to a Chief's Son, United Artists, 1974
Emmanuelle, 1974
Jeune fille libre le soir (also known as The Babysitter, L.A. Babysitter, The Raw Edge, Wanted: Babysitter, Babysitter--Un maledetto pasticcio, and Das Banz grosse Ding), Titanus, 1975
Le chat et la souris (also known as Cat and Mouse and Seven Suspects for Murder), Quartet, 1975
Child under a Leaf (also known as Love Child), Cinema National, 1975
Toute une vie (also known as And Now My Love and Tutta una vita), Avco Embassy, 1975
Mariage (also known as Marriage), 1975
Emmanuelle II (also known as Emmanuelle's 7th Heaven, Emmanuelle: The Joys of a Woman, and Emmanuelle l'antivierge), 1975
Si c'etait a refaire (also known as If I Had to Do It All OverAgain and Second Chance), United Artists Classics, 1976
Le corps de mon ennemi (also known as Body of My Enemy), AMLF, 1976
Le bon et les mechants (also known as The Good Guys and the BadGuys), 1976
The Good and the Bad, Paramount, 1976
Bilitis, Topar, 1976
Strip-tease (also known as Insanity), 1976
Un autre homme, une autre chance (also known as Another Man, Another Chance and Another Man, Another Woman), United Artists, 1977
Anima persa (also known as The Forbidden Room, Lost Soul, and Ames perdues), Dean Films/Les Productions Fox Europe, 1977
Nido de viudas (also known as Widow's Nest), Navarro Productions, 1977
First musical theme, Robert et Robert, Quartet, 1978
International Velvet, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1978
Les ringards (also known as The Small Timers), 1978
Leidenschaftliche Bluemchen (also known as Boarding School, Passion Flower Hotel, Preppy School Girls, and Virgin Campus), 1978
(With Lee Holdridge; and song "Oliver's Theme") Oliver's Story, Paramount, 1979
A nous deux (also known as An Adventure for Two and Us Two), AMLF, 1979
Les borsalini, 1980
(And song "J'attends l'amour") Beyond the Reef (also known as Sea Killer and Shark Boy of Bora Bora), Universal, 1981
Madame Claude 2 (also known as Intimate Moments), 1981
(With Michel Legrand) Bolero (also known as Within Memory and Les uns et les autres), Double 13/Sharp Features, 1982
Salut la puce, Naja Film, 1983
Canicule (also known as Dog Day), UGC, 1984
Edith et Marcel (also known as Edith and Marcel), Miramax,1984
Les ripoux (also known as My New Partner and Le cop), AMLF, 1984
(With Roman Romanelli) Gefahr fuer die Liebe--Aids (also known asAIDS--A Danger for Love and A.I.D.S.: Trop jeune pour mourir),Cinevox, 1985
J'ai rencontre le Pere Noel (also known as Here Comes Santa Claus), New World, 1985
Marie (also known as Marire: A True Story), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1985
Saijo densetsu, 1985
Un homme et une femme: Vingt ans deja (also known as A Man anda Woman: Twenty Years Later), Warner Bros., 1986
Attention Bandits! (also known as Bandits), Grange Communications/Jerry Winters, 1987
Oci ciornie (also known as Dark Eyes and Ochi Chyornye), Island Pictures, 1987
(With others) Date with an Angel, DeLaurentiis Entertainment Group, 1987
L'association des malfaiteurs (also known as Association of Wrongdoers), AMLF, 1987
Bernadette, Cannon, 1988
Les pyramides bleues (also known as The Novice, ParadiseCalling, and La novicia), Sofracima/FR3 Films/Artedis, 1988
Itineraire d'un enfant gate (also known as Itinerary of a Spoiled Child and Der Loewe), AFMD, 1988
Keys to Freedom (also known as Death Dealers), RPB Pictures/Queen's Cross Productions, 1989
Der Atem (also known as The Spirit), 1989
La passion de Bernadette, 1989
Ripoux contre ripoux (also known as My New Partner at the Races, My New Partner II, and Le cop 2), AMLF, 1990
Tolgo il disturbo (also known as I'll Be Going Now and Valse d'amour), 1990
Il y a des jours ... et des lunes (also known as There Were Days and Moons), 1990
Le provincial, 1990
Les cles du paradis (also known as The Keys to Paradise), 1991
La belle histoire (also known as The Beautiful Story), 1992
L'inconnu dans la maison (also known as Stranger in the House), 1992
Tout ca ... pour ca! (also known as All That ... for This?), Jose Frade Producciones Cinematograficas, 1993
Le voleur et la menteuse (also known as The Thief and the Liar), Les Films 13/Les Films Tapon, 1994
Les Miserables (also known as Les miserables du vingtieme siecle), Warner Bros., 1995
Hommes, femmes, mode d'emploi (also known as Men, Women: A User's Manual), Gala Films, 1996
Le serment sous la lune, 1997
Hasards ou coiencidences (also known as Chance or Coincidence and Chances or Coincidences), UGC-Fox Distribution, 1998
Une pour toutes (also known as One 4 All), Bac Films, 1999
Les insaisissables, Opening Distribution, 2000
Plastic Tree, 2003
Ripoux 3, Gaumont, 2003
Also composer for the film Indian Summer.
Songs Featured in Films
Many of Lai's original film songs have been featured in subsequent films.The music from Love Story was featured in Earth Girls Are Easy, released in 1988; Trop belle pout roi (also known as Too Beautiful for You), released by Orion Classics in 1990; and 200 Cigarettes, released by Paramount in 1999. Excerpts of his music were included in One Hundred and One Nights, released by Cinema Village Features in 1995. The music from Un homme et une femme was featured in Hustle, released in 1970; My Best Friend's Wedding, released by TriStar in 1997; in Bringing Down the House, released by Buena Vista in 2003; and in The In-Laws, released in 2003. Several of Lai's songs were featured in the film The Kid Stays in the Picture, released by Focus Features in 2002.
Television Music
Miniseries
Les uns et les autres, 1983
(Including theme song, "Hard to Be Tender") Sins (also known as 3Sins), CBS, 1986
Disperatamente Giulia, 1989
Movies
The Berlin Affair, NBC, 1970
Theme song, The Sex Symbol, ABC, 1974
Other
Brigitte Bardot (special), NBC, 1968
Ein Abend zu zweit, 1969
Pig in the Middle (series), 1980
Also composer of music for Les etoiles du cinema. The theme musicfor the film Love Story was also featured in the television series Love Story, broadcast by NBC in 1973. Lai's original compositions have been featured in subsequent television programs. The music from the film Bilitis was featured in the television series Celeste, broadcast in 1977; and Celeste siempre Celeste, broadcast in 1994.
Other
Contributor to periodicals, including Film Francais.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 4: Writers and Production Artists, St. James Press, 1996

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