Michel Legrand - Filmography

Musician, born in Paris, France, the son of the orchestra conductor Raymond Legrand. He wrote the scores for many of the films of the nouvelle vague, including Jacques Demy's Lola (1961) and Les parapluies de Cherbourg (1964). His work for American films includes The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) and Barbra Streisand's Yentl (1983).

The following are some of the awards and nominations with which Legrand's works have been honored:

Academy Award nominations

Music score, substantially original: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1965) Original score for a motion picture, not a musical: The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) Score of a musical picture, original or adaptation: The Young Girls of Rochefort (1968) Original dramatic score: Summer of '42 (1971) (won) Original song score or adaptation score: Yentl (1983) Original song: "I Will Wait for You" from The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1965) "The Windmills of Your Mind" (won) from The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) "What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" from The Happy Ending (1969) "Pieces of Dreams" from Pieces of Dreams (1970) "Breezy's Song" from Breezy (1973) "Yesterday's Dreams" from Falling in love again (1980) "The Way He Makes Me Feel" from Yentl (1983)

Grammy Award nominations

Best arrangement accompanying vocalist: Happy Ending (Sarah Vaughn) (1972) Song of the year: "The Summer Knows" from Summer of '42 (1972) Best instrumental composition: "Brian's Song" [TV] (1972) Best original score written for a motion picture or television special: The Three Musketeers (1974) Best instrumental composition: "Images" (1982) Best jazz performance by a Big Band: "Images" (1982) Best original score album: Yentl (1983) Best instrumental arrangement accompanying vocals: Yentl (Barbra Streisand) (1983)

Emmy Award nominations

Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Limited Series or a Special (Dramatic Underscore): "A Woman Called Golda" [TV] (1982)

Fennecus nominations

Song score, original or adaptation: Yentl (1983) Original song: "The Way He Makes Me Feel" from Yentl (1983)

Apex nominations

Original score, comedy: Best Friends (1982) Original song, drama: "The Way He Makes Me Feel" from Yentl (1983) Original song score/adaptation/compilation, drama: Yentl (1983)

Australian Film Institute Award nominations

Best Original Music Score: Dingo (1991)

Prix Moliere Award (France)

Best musical: Le Passe-Muraille

ASCAP (The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers)

Henry Mancini Award for Le Passe-Muraille

Golden Eagle Award

Outstanding contribution to world cinema (2002)

Filmography

Beau fixe (short) (1953) Lovers Net (Les amants du Tage) (1954) Charmants garçons (1958) L'Americain se détend (TV) (1958) Le Triporteur (1958) L'Amérique 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 cœur battant) (1960) Les Portes claquent (1960) Cléo from 5 to 7 (Cléo de 5 à 7) (1961) The 7 Capital Sins (Les Sept péchés capitaux) (co-composer) (1961) The Winner (Un cœur gros comme ça) (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: Film en Douze Tableaux) (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 à part) (1964) Fascinante amazonie (1964) Les amoureux du France (documentary) (1964) La Douceur du village (documentary) (1964) A Matter of Resistance (La vie de château) (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 êtes-vous, Polly Maggoo?) (1966) The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean (1966) L'an 2000 (1966) Gold and Lead (L'or et le plomb) (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 mariés de l'an II) (1970) Donkey Skin (Peau d'Âne) (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 (1973) Our Time (1974) The Four Musketeers (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) (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 (1982) 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 (Prêt-à-Porter) (1994) Les enfants de lumiere (1995) The Ring (miniseries) (1995) Aaron's Magic Village (animated) (1997)