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I don't know as much of his work as I should but BOY do I love Ice Station Zebra.
RIP.
Yes!
Shows he had tremendous range .
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I've only recently been acquainting myself with his works, but altogether an impressive career. Merci, Monsieur Legrand.
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Jan 27, 2019 - 4:04 AM
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Laurent78
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Governor, you're definitely right when talking about Legrand's versatility. If you look cloosely at his credentials and for instance at the contents of Stéphane Lerouge's boxes for Universal France, especially the ones of 15 and 20 CD's, you realize at once that Legrand has been active in a wide array of musical territories: jazz, classical, stage musicals, albums as a singer and for other singers, for virtuosos such as Maurice André, etc, etc. There seemed to be no limit to his curiosity and to his will to create.
Among his soundtracks, I listened again to stuff he came up with for animated movies and he was very at ease in this area as well: OUM LE DAUPHIN, LA FLUTE A 6 SCHTROUMPFS, IL ETAIT UNE FOIS L'ESPACE, etc.
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Jan 27, 2019 - 4:34 AM
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Nono
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Governor, you're definitely right when talking about Legrand's versatility. If you look cloosely at his credentials and for instance at the contents of Stéphane Lerouge's boxes for Universal France, especially the ones of 15 and 20 CD's, you realize at once that Legrand has been active in a wide array of musical territories: jazz, classical, stage musicals, albums as a singer and for other singers, for virtuosos such as Maurice André, etc, etc. There seemed to be no limit to his curiosity and to his will to create.
Among his soundtracks, I listened again to stuff he came up with for animated movies and he was very at ease in this area as well: OUM LE DAUPHIN, LA FLUTE A 6 SCHTROUMPFS, IL ETAIT UNE FOIS L'ESPACE, etc.
The last and very recent Universal France 20 CDs box-set seems to be sold out now :
https://edition-limitee.fr/index.php/10-c-d-vinyle-edition-limitee-edition-collector/2987-michel-legrand-coffret-collector-20cd-moulins-de-son-coeur-vinyle
There might be a new pressing though, but with Universal we never know.
So if you see it somewhere at a decent price (90 euros was the regular price in France), don't hesitate.
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Rest in peace Michel Legrand, thank you for all the great music.
I was fortunate enough (with Stefan Schlegel, who I met for the first time) to see what is now sadly one of his last concerts, with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at The Royal Festival Hall in London in September last year. It was a great evening, although the music did not always synchronise with the movie excerpts shown on a big screen. I would have preferred just the music. Legrand looked very frail and spoke very quietly, however when he played the piano during the jazz music from DINGO he livened up and in fact his piano playing was extraordinary. For those interested here is the programme of music he played:
ICE STATION ZEBRA - Suite
GABLE AND LOMBARD - love theme
PICASSO SUMMER - Suite (stunning!)
SUMMER OF 42 - Suite
YENTL - Suite
WUTHERING HEIGHTS - Suite
TRIBUTE TO JEAN PAUL RAPPENEAU - La Vie De Chateau, Le Sauvage, Le Maries De L'an 2
DINGO - Lament/Rock
THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG
TRIBUTE TO STEVE MCQUEEN - The Hunter, Le Mans, The Thomas Crown Affair
A couple of years ago I began exploring Legrand's music, and have now become an ardent fan. Just like most of European film composers, much of his best work is hidden in movies not shown in the US or UK so fans are not so familiar with them. As Laurent alluded he had a tremendous range. So I have been picking up many of his scores, apart from those already mentioned I would like to mention his delightful score to A MATTER OF INNOCENCE (only on vinyl) and his wonderful music to LES ENFANTS DE LUMIERE (a documentary about 100 years of French Cinema, where he shoes the full range of his music). But there are many other gems to be discovered, and hopefuly the likes of Music Box will bring some to us. A great starter point for me in getting into his music was 4 cd LE CINEMA DE MICHEL LEGRAND on Ecoutez, but it seems unfortunately out of print.
Rest in peace Maestro, your music will live on!!!
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I was fortunate enough (with Stefan Schlegel, who I met for the first time) to see what is now sadly one of his last concerts, with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at The Royal Festival Hall in London in September last year.
Indeed, Dave, how lucky we have been that we could see Legrand live at that great concert in London last September. And who would have thought that he would pass away just four months later. It is really sad news.
Of course, he looked frail when he entered the podium- maybe also because of that pneumonia he apparently had had in March last year -, but his piano playing during the concert was still superb and just stunning. We will both certainly remember that wonderful evening for a long time.
Rest in peace Monsieur Legrand.
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That concert sounds incroyable!
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Would love to see a release of his Don Quixote score. There's a suite on that box set. Burlingame raves about the score in his TV's Biggest Hits book.
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Jan 27, 2019 - 12:09 PM
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Grecchus
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What utterly, utterly awful news.
I've always loved his score to Ice Station Zebra without reservation. Unfortunately, all I have is that, The Thomas Crown affair and FSM's The Appointment, which contains one hell of an assortment of combined composers upon it: Michel Legrand, John Barry and Stu Phillips - thank God we still have Stu.
It is abundantly obvious that Legrand's entries for The Appointment are not mainstream score fare. But I do find those scintillating assemblies and experimental examples of progressions that kind of sit there and mesmerise quite charming. Of all things, that is what I'll play to remember him by way of tribute.
Oh, yeah, another thing. "His eyes, her eyes," is the kind of sentiment from the age I grew up in.
RIP Michel Legrand.
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Thanks for posting those laurent
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Another Legrand score not on CD.
I have a pandora Legrand page and selections from this pop up occasionally.
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