MICHEL LEGRAND
Genres: Jazz Related Soundtracks, Third Stream, Hard Bop, Big Band, Swing, Pop, Art Song, Folk • France

Michel Legrand (French pronunciation: ​[miʃɛl ləɡʁɑ̃]; 24 February 1932 – 26 January 2019) was a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, and jazz pianist. Legrand was a prolific composer, having written over 200 film and television scores, in addition to many songs. His scores for the films of French New Wave director Jacques Demy, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) and The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967), earned Legrand his first Academy Award nominations. Legrand won his first Oscar for the song "The Windmills of Your Mind" from The Thomas Crown Affair (1968). Legrand was born in Paris. His father, Raymond Legrand, was a conductor and composer.and his mother was Marcelle Ter-Mikaëlian, sister of conductor Jacques Hélian. They married in 1929. He was of Armenian descent. Legrand composed more than two hundred film and television scores. He won three Oscars and five Grammys.  He studied music at the Conservatoire de Paris from read more...