Michel Legrand, who died in Paris Saturday at the age of 86, was among the most renowned film composers and songwriters of our time. He won three Oscars and five Grammys, and many of his songs have ...
Michel Legrand loved a good love song. For this French composer and pianist, who died Saturday in Paris at age 86, romance was an inexhaustible subject in the lush and sentimental music he wrote for ...
Michel Legrand, three-time Oscar winner and composer of such classic film songs as “The Windmills of Your Mind,” “I Will Wait for You,” “You Must Believe in Spring” and “What Are You Doing the Rest of ...
In 1964, a French television interviewer asked composer Michel Legrand if writing for film is “sort of like selling your soul.” The occasion was the release that year of director Jacques Demy’s “The ...
Singer, actress, and writer Melissa Errico is one of the lucky few who got to work closely with legendary Oscar-winning composer Michel Legrand, famous for some of the most iconic movie scores of all ...
It is difficult to pin the multi-talented Michel Legrand down into one single category. This amazingly versatile French singer, songwriter, composer, arranger, conductor and producer has enjoyed a ...
There are plenty of great songs about racing, but for every track to achieve the stature of “Shut Down” or “Hot Rod Lincoln,” there are dozens -- maybe hundreds -- that history has forgotten. Usually ...
On Nov. 8, Warner Music/Ghostlight Records is releasing Legrand Affair: Deluxe Edition, which Errico made with the late composer Singer, actress, and writer Melissa Errico is one of the lucky few who ...
Michel Legrand, three-time Oscar winner and composer of such classic film songs as “The Windmills of Your Mind,” “I Will Wait for You,” “You Must Believe in Spring” and “What Are You Doing the Rest of ...
Reporting from Paris — Oscar-winning composer and pianist Michel Legrand, whose hits included the score for the ‘60s romance “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg” and the song “The Windmills of Your Mind” and ...
Three-time Oscar-winning composer, songwriter and pianist Michel Legrand died Saturday at his home in France. He was 86. The conservatory-trained musician worked across genres but was best known as a ...