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Some of my favorites of GEORGES are THE INNOCENT-61- BRIDGE TO THE SUN-61-THE JOURNEY-59- THE SPIDER AND THE FLY-49- BONJOUR TRISTESSE-58- GOODBYE AGAIN-61 And the Main title to LE SALAIRE DE LA PEUR. Wish more of Mr. Auric's music were available on CD. His stuff is gold.
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Feb 23, 2014 - 10:33 AM
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dan the man
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MICHEL LEGRAND was born on FEBRUARY 24, 1932 in BECON- LES BRUYERES, PARIS, FRANCE.MICHEL is indeed one of the most popular film composers of all time. While he is often not put into the bunch of French composers who started doing popular scores during the FRENCH WAVE in the 60's[possibly because unlike the others he has blended so much into the American culture, one got to think of him like Henry Mancini and others] He did indeed start off in the 50's doing films in France. But after his success with UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOUGH, by the late 60's he was doing major films from Hollywood. This , plus the fact his music was being exposed by major pop stars of the American culture like BARBARA STREISAND and the like. However at the same time he always went back at a steady rate to his roots doing French films.In reality pass the assumption looking at his total output, it stand close to the 50% mark. Films he did in his country and films he has done around the world. In short he is probably the most successful French film composer in America.He has done over 200 films and to list all his well known scores would be fitted for another thread.Here though are a few, THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR-68-ICE STATION ZEBRA-68-THE YOUNG GIRLS OF RICHEFERT-67-THE HAPPY ENDING-69-LE MANS-71PIECES OF DREAMS-71-THE GO BETWEEN-71WUTHERING HEIGHTS-71-SUMMER OF 42- 71[SMASH]BRIAN'S SONG-71[SMASH]LADY SINGS THE BLUES-72-THE OTHER SIDE OF MIDNIGHT-75-BEST FRIENDS--82-[BIG HIT]NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN-83- YENTL-83 ETC ETC ETC,MICHEL is alive and well currently at the age of 82
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