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Michel Legrand
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Michel Legrand studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Nadia Boulanger and then became a jazz arranger. In 1958 he made the album Legrand Jazz with, among others, Miles Davis and John Coltrane. In the nouvelle vague he wrote for Agnès Varda, Jean-Luc Godard and above all Jacques Demy. Les parapluies de Cherbourg (1964) by Demy is sung throughout, even the ordinary dialogue. Legrand built the film from jazz harmony and recurring melodies. In Les demoiselles de Rochefort (1967) he opted for swing and big dance numbers. In Hollywood he won an Oscar for The Windmills of Your Mind from The Thomas Crown Affair (1968).
Listening
Listening tip. Notice the jazz chords beneath the melodies and how ordinary dialogue in Cherbourg is set to music as song.
Sur le quai · Michel Legrand, 1964
Chanson de Maxence · Michel Legrand, 1967
The Windmills of Your Mind · Noel Harrison, 1968
Les parapluies de Cherbourg · Michel Legrand, 1964
Discography
Studio albums
- 1956April in Paris
- 1956Rock and Roll
- 1958Legrand Jazz
- 1959Reunion In Rhythm
- 1962Broadway Is My Beat
- 1962Rhapsody in Blue / Un américain à Paris
- 1963Love Is a Ball (soundtrack)
- 1964Archi-Cordes
- 1964Les Amoureux du France (soundtrack)
- 1964Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (soundtrack)
- 1964Michel Legrand chante et s'accompagne
- 1964Sérénades du XXe siècle
- 1968Les Demoiselles de Rochefort (1967 original film cast) (soundtrack)
- 1968The Thomas Crown Affair (soundtrack)
- 1969La piscine (soundtrack)
- 1969Michel Legrand chante Les Moulins de mon cœur
- 1969The Happy Ending (soundtrack)
- 1970Brian's Song
- 1970La dame dans l'auto avec des lunettes et un fusil (Bande originale du film) (soundtrack)
- 1970Peau d'âne (soundtrack)
- 1971Le Mans (soundtrack)
- 1971Les mariés de l'an deux (soundtrack)
- 1971Summer of '42 / The Picasso Summer (soundtrack)
- 1972Time for Loving (soundtrack)
- 1973Breezy (soundtrack)
- 1973L'évenement le plus important depuis que l'Homme a marche sur la Lune (soundtrack)
- 1973Les Trois Mousquetaires (soundtrack)
- 1974Michel Legrand Meets Miles Davis
- 1975Le sauvage (soundtrack)
- 1975Lena & Michel
- 1976Gable and Lombard (soundtrack)
- 1976Michel Legrand and Friends
- 1978Disco Magic Concorde
- 1979Performs 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 (soundtrack)
- 1981Atlantic City (soundtrack)
- 1981Les Uns et les Autres (soundtrack)
- 1982Bolero (soundtrack)
- 1982Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David ? (soundtrack)
- 1983Never Say Never Again (soundtrack)
- 1983Slapstick (soundtrack)
- 1983Un amour en allemagne = ein Liebe in Deutschland (soundtrack)
- 1983Yentl (soundtrack)
- 1984Parking (soundtrack)
- 1984Paroles et musique (soundtrack)
- 1984Secret Places (soundtrack)
- 1984Slapstick of Another Kind (soundtrack)
- 1985Love Songs (soundtrack)
- 1985Palace (soundtrack)
- 1985Partir Revenir (soundtrack)
- 1988Trois places pour le 26 (soundtrack)
- 1990Le Jazz Grand
- 1990Legrand Piano
- 1990Sarah Vaughan with Michel Legrand
- 1991Dingo (soundtrack)
- 1991Il était une fois... les Amériques (soundtrack)
- 1991The Burning Shore - La montagna dei diamanti (soundtrack)
- 1991The Three Musketeers (soundtrack)
- 1992Michel Legrand & Stephane Grappelli
- 1993Piano Works
- 1994Fauré: Requiem, op. 48 / Duruflé: Requiem, op. 9
- 1994Four Piano Blues
- 1994I Love Paris
- 1994Michel Plays Legrand
- 1995Le Monde est un grand Chelm (soundtrack)
- 1995Les Enfants de lumière (soundtrack)
- 1995Les mariés de l'an II / Le sauvage / La vie de château (soundtrack)
- 1995Présence
- 1996Danielle Steel's The Ring (soundtrack)
- 1996Douce France
- 1996The Warm Shade of Memory
- 1997Ice Station Zebra (soundtrack)
- 1998Les Moulins de mon cœur (The Windmills of your Mind)
- 1998Music From the Motion Picture Madeline (soundtrack)
- 1999Big Band
- 1999Doggy Bag (soundtrack)
- 1999Il était une fois... L'Espace (soundtrack)
- 1999La Bûche (soundtrack)
- 2000I Was Born in Love With You: Jessye Norman Sings Michel Legrand
- 2000La bicyclette bleue (soundtrack)
- 2001Il etait une fois... LA VIE (soundtrack)
- 2002Eva (soundtrack)
- 2002The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (soundtrack)
- 2003Jazz in Paris: Paris Jazz Piano
- 2003Les Demoiselles de Rochefort : La Comédie Musicale (2003 French cast) (soundtrack)
- 2003The Appointment (soundtrack)
- 2004The Shoes of the Fisherman / Ice Station Zebra / Where Eagles Dare (soundtrack)
- 2005Amour (soundtrack)
- 2005Legrand Nougaro
- 2007Le Mans / The Hunter (soundtrack)
- 2007Michel Legrand by Michel Legrand
- 2008Écoutez Le Cinéma 48 : La Piscine / Un homme est Mort / Un peu de soleil dans l'eau froide (soundtrack)
- 2008Marguerite: The World Premiere of a New Musical (soundtrack)
- 2009Cops and Robbers (soundtrack)
- 2009Il était une fois... notre Terre (soundtrack)
- 2009Oscar et la dame rose (soundtrack)
- 2009Wuthering Heights (soundtrack)
- 2011Noël ! Noël !! Noël !!!
- 2011Rich and Famous / One Is a Lonely Number (soundtrack)
- 2011The Music of Michel Legrand
- 2012Les Fabuleuses Aventures du Légendaire Baron de Münchausen/La flûte a six Schtroumpfs (soundtrack)
- 2012The Mountain Men (soundtrack)
- 2013Entre elle et lui
- 2014Jazzic in Classic
- 2014Lady Oscar (soundtrack)
- 2014The Other Side of Midnight (soundtrack)
- 2015La Rançon de la gloire (soundtrack)
- 2015Les feux de la chandeleur / La vieille fille (soundtrack)
- 2015Michel Legrand & ses amis
- 2017Between Yesterday and Tomorrow (The Extraordinary Story of an Ordinary Woman)
- 2017Concerto pour piano / Concerto pour violoncelle
- 2018Peau d'Âne : Féerie musicale (soundtrack)
- 2018The Other Side of the Wind (soundtrack)
- 2021Il était une fois les Explorateurs (soundtrack)
- 2023May December: Soundtrack from the Netflix Film (soundtrack)
- ?Paris Was Made for Lovers (soundtrack)
Other work
- 1961Lola
- 1962Cléo de 5 à 7
- 1967Les demoiselles de Rochefort
- 1971Summer of '42
In School of Rock
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- Film Music MapNL Map
- The Dream Factory: Film Reel 3NL Reader
Mentioned in other articles
- Nouvelle vague Genre
With Jacques Demy, Michel Legrand made Les parapluies de Cherbourg (1964), a film in which all the dialogue is sung.