French film score composer (1932-2019)

Michel Legrand

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French film score composer (1932-2019)
Awards Received
Order of the Badge of Honour
Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score
Academy Award for Best Original Song Score
Commander of the Legion of Honour
Nominated For
Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score Academy Award for Best Original Song Score Academy Award for Best Original Score Academy Award for Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score Academy Award for Best Original Score, no Musical Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Musical Score
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Michel Jean 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).