Michel Legrand

Michel Legrand (born February 24, 1932) is a French composer, arranger, conductor and pianist.

Born in Paris to Raymond Legrand, the France's most popular composer/conductors of that time.

First, he made significant contribution to jazz working with such great jazz innovators like Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Stan Getz[?] and Bill Evans.

Later he became famous from writing for films.

Filmography

• Beau fixe (short) 1953
• Lovers Net (Les amants du Tage) 1954
• Charmants garcons 1958
• L'Americain se detend (TV) 1958
• Le Triporteur 1958
• L'Amerique insolite (Documentary) 1958
• Lola 1960
• Terrain vague (co-composer) 1960
• A Woman is a Woman (Une femme est une femme) 1960
• The French Game (Le coeur battant) 1960
• Les Portes claquent 1960
• Cleo from 5 to 7 (Cleo de 5 a 7)1961
• The 7 Capital Sins (Les sept peches capitaux) (co-composer)1961
• The Winner (Une coeur gros comme ca) (Documentary)1961
• Retour a New York (Documentary)1962
• Comme un poisson dans l'eau 1962
• Eva 1962
• Une grosse tete 1962
• My Life to Live (Vivre sa vie) 1962
• Bay of Angels (La baie des anges) 1962
• L'Amerique lunaire (Documentary) 1962
• Histoire d'un petit garcon devenu grand 1962
• Le joli mai 1962
• Illuminations (Documentary)1963
• Le grand escroc 1963
• L'Empire de la nuit 1963
• Love Is A Ball 1963
• The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Les parapluies de Cherbourg[?]) 1964
• A Ravishing Idiot (Une ravissante idiote) 1964
• Band of Outsiders (Bande a part) 1964
• Fascinante amazonie 1964
• Les amoureux du France (Documentary) 1964
• La Douceur du village (Documentary) 1964
• A Matter of Resistance (La vie de chateau) 1965
• Quand passent les faisans 1965
• Tender Scoundrel (Tendre voyou) 1965
• Monnaie de singe 1965
• The Young Girls of Rochefort (Les Demoiselles de Rochefort[?]) 1966
• Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? (Qui etes-vous, Polly Maggoo?) 1966
• The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean 1966
• L'an 2000 1966
• Gold and Lead (L'or et le plumb) 1966
• A Matter of Innocence (Also: Pretty Polly) 1967
• L'homme a la Buick 1967
• How to Save a Marriage -- And Ruin Your Life 1967
• Michel's Mixed Up Musical Bird (TV)1968
• Sweet November 1968
• The Thomas Crown Affair 1968
• The Swimming Pool (La piscine) 1968
• Play Dirty 1968
• Ice Station Zebra 1968
• Castle Keep 1969
• The Happy Ending 1969
• Picasso Summer 1969
• Pieces of Dreams 1969
• 'The Go-Between' 1970
• The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart 1970
• Wuthering Heights 1970
• The Swashbuckler (Les maries de l'an II) 1970
• Donkey Skin (Peau d'ane) 1970
• The Lady in the Car With Glasses And a Gun (La dame dans l'auto avec des lunettes et un fusil) 1970
• Un peu de soleil dans l'eau froide 1970
• Le mans 1970
• Brian's Song (TV) 1970
• Summer of '42 1971
• La vieille Fille 1971
• A Time for Loving (Also: Paris Was Made For Lovers) 1971
• Lady Sings the Blues 1972
• Portnoy's Complaint 1972
• Les feux de la Chandeleur 1972
• The Impossible Object 1972
• One Is a Lonely Number 1972
• The Adventures of Don Quixote (TV) 1973
• A Doll's House 1973
• The Nelson Affair (Also: A Bequest to the Nation) 1973
• The Outside Man (Un homme est mort) 1973
• The Hostages (Le gang des otages) 1973
• Forty Carats 1973
• Cops and Robbers 1973
• Breezy 1973
• The Three Musketeers 1974
• Our Time 1974
• It's Good To Be Alive (TV) 1974
• The Most Important Event Since Man Walked on the Moon (L'Evenement le plus important depuis que l'homme marche sur la lune) 1974
• The Savage (Le sauvage) 1975
• Gulliver's Travels 1975
• F for Fake 1975
• Sheila Levine is Dead -- and Living in New York 1975
• Cage Without a Key (TV) 1975
• Gable and Lombard 1976
• Ode to Billy Joe 1976
• Le voyage de noces 1976
• The Smurfs and the Magic Flute (La flute a six schtroumpfs) (Animated Feature) 1976
• The Other Side of Midnight 1977
• Routes to the South (Les routes du sud) 1978
• Mon premier amour 1978
• Lady Oscar 1978
• The Fabulous Adventures of Baron Munchhausen (Animated) 1979
• Atlantic City 1980
• The Hunter 1980
• The Mountain Men 1980
• Bolero (Les uns et les autres) 1980
• Hinotori (co-composer) 1980
• Falling in Love Again 1981
• What Makes David Run? (Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David?) 1981
• La cadeau 1981
• Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid 1982
• La revanche des humanoides (Animated) 1982
• Best Friends 1982
• A Woman Named Golda (TV) 1982
• The Gift
• Yentl 1983
• Never Say Never Again 1983
• A Love in Germany (Un amour en Allemagne) 1983
• Secret Places 1984
• The Jesse Owens Story (TV) 1984
• Micki and Maude 1984
• Love Songs (Paroles et musique) 1984
• Palace 1985
• Partir revenir 1985
• Train to Hell (Train d'enfer) 1985
• Parking 1985
• Promises to Keep (TV) 1985
• Crossings (Miniseries) 1986
• As Summers Die (Cable) 1986
• Sins (Miniseries) 1986
• Casanova (TV) 1987
• Social Club (Club de recontres) 1987
• Spirale 1987
• Switching Channels 1988
• Three Seats For the 26th (Trois places pour le 26) 1988
• Five Days in June (Cinq jours en juin) 1989
• Escape from Paradise (Fuga dal Paradiso) 1990
• Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less (Miniseries) 1990
• Dingo 1991
• Gaspard et Robinson 1991
• The Burning Shore 1991
• (La Montagna dei Diamanti) (Miniseries) 1991
• The Pickle 1993
• Ready to Wear (Pret-a-Porter) 1994
• Les enfants de lumiere 1995
• The Ring (Miniseries) 1995
• Aarons Magic Village (Animated) 1997