Michel Legrand
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Michel Jean Legrand was a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, jazz pianist, and singer. Legrand was a prolific composer, having written more than 200 film and television scores, in addition to many songs. His scores for two of 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), and additional Oscars for Summer of '42 (1971) and Barbra Streisand's Yentl (1983).
For video game industry, he composed music only for Torin's Passage.
Gameography
| Released | Title | Sample | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995-10-31 | Torin's Passage (W16) | Themes Composed By. Arranged by David Henry and Mark Seibert. |
Picture Gallery
Legrand at the 2015 Cabourg Film Festival.
Links
- mobygames.com/person/20339/michel-legrand - MobyGames.
- allowe.com/games/torin/music-downloads.html - Original recordings of themes for Torin's Passage in Al Lowe's Humor Site.
