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January 29, 2019: RIP Michel Legrand
Morricone Island pays tribute to French child prodigy pianist and composer of over 200 soundtracks Michel Legrand passed away at 86 on Saturday, best known for his 1968 Oscar-winning "Windmills of Your Mind" from The Thomas Crown Affair and Jacques Demy's Palme D'Or-winning 1964 The Umbrellas of Cherbourg working with the likes of musicians Miles Davis, Getz, Coltrane, Ray Charles, Streisand and Maurice Chevalier and filmmakers Godard, Altman, Louis Malle, Orson Wells and Claude Lelouch.
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Artist | Track | Album | Label | Year | Comments | Images | Approx. start time | |
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Dusty Springfield |
The Windmills Of Your Mind
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Dusty In Memphis | Atlantic | 1969 | 0:00:00 (MP3 | ) | |||
Michel Legrand |
Boston Wrangler
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The Thomas Crown Affair | UA | 1968 | ||||
Michel Legrand |
Alcatraz
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Songs For Dancers | Philips | 1964 | 0:06:55 (MP3 | ) | |||
Michel Legrand |
Mi, Sol, Mi, Mi, Re, Re, Mi
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La Dame Dans L' Auto | Disques Vogue | 1970 | 0:08:32 (MP3 | ) | |||
Music behind DJ: Michel Legrand/Stephane Grappelli/Christiane Legrand |
Le Piscine | Emarcy | 1969 | 0:15:59 (MP3 | ) | ||||
Michel Legrand |
The Race, First Laps
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Le Mans | Columbia | 1971 | 0:17:07 (MP3 | ) | |||
Michel Legrand |
The Beautiful Transformation
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A Matter Of Innocence | Decca | 1967 | 0:18:02 (MP3 | ) | |||
Michel Legrand |
Peau D'âne S'enfuit
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Peau D'âne | Play Time | 1970 | 0:20:45 (MP3 | ) | |||
Michel Legrand |
Look Back
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Les Grands Compositeurs Français de Musique de Film | Fremaix Entertainment | 1984 | From the 1984 "Eternity" LP | 0:23:21 (MP3 | ) | ||
Michel Legrand |
Rocking Chair
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Breezy | MCA | 1973 | 0:25:19 (MP3 | ) | |||
Michel |
Le Cercle Rouge
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Le Cercle Rouge | Play Time | 1970 | Unused Score | 0:31:26 (MP3 | ) | ||
Michel Legrand |
La Guerre
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Summer of '42 | Warner Bros. | 1971 | 0:34:28 (MP3 | ) | |||
Michel Legrand |
Ralph Thorson In Action
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The Hunter | Emarcy | 1980 | 0:37:44 (MP3 | ) | |||
Michel Legrand |
Le Complot
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Il Etait Une Fois... L'Espace | Procodis | 1983 | 0:38:45 (MP3 | ) | |||
Miles Davis/Michel Legrand |
Parris Walking II
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Dingo | Warner | 0:44:13 (MP3 | ) | ||||
Michel Legrand/Bill Medley |
Nobody Knows
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The Magic Garden Of Stanley Sweetheart | MGM | 1969 | 0:48:21 (MP3 | ) | |||
Michel Legrand/Claude Parent |
Chanson de Solange
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Les Demoiselles de Rochefort | Philips | 0:51:53 (MP3 | ) | ||||
Michel Legrand/Agnès Varda/Corinne Marchand |
Cléo De 5 à 7
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Cléo De 5 à 7 | Philips | 1972 | 0:54:02 (MP3 | ) | |||
Michel Legrand/Danielle Licari |
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
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Umbrellas of Cherbourg | Philips | 1964 | 0:55:53 (MP3 | ) | |||
Astrud Gilberto |
Once Upon A Summertime
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Look To The Rainbow | Verve | 1965 | 0:58:06 (MP3 | ) |
Listener comments! | |
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![]() Dusty my love. good evening everyone! |
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Tue. 1/29/19 7:01pm
Kat in Chicago:
I really like that photo of the late Mr. Legrand |
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![]() Not too terribly bad an album. |
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![]() hi all |
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Tue. 1/29/19 7:02pm
dale:
that cover totally says dusty was a hot mess. a must-own album. |
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![]() this certainly brings back a time |
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![]() Dusty did pretty well, considering what she was up against. she was part of an amazing collaboration with her main squeeze, after all! |
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Tue. 1/29/19 7:03pm
dale:
...and gaylord fields' 'dust covers' is the second must-own album |
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![]() Wow. |
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![]() we kids of the 60s wouldn't be who we are without Michel Legrand. |
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![]() @Linda Lee absolutely correct. |
Tue. 1/29/19 7:10pm
Yayson:
amazing sounds! thanks from jackson heights :) | |
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Tue. 1/29/19 7:11pm
TDK60:
Hello. |
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![]() Evening, Devon & all! |
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Tue. 1/29/19 7:15pm
TDK60:
Dig all those dances mentioned on the "Plays For Dancers" cover. |
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Tue. 1/29/19 7:21pm
ultradamno:
RIP Legrand. Looking forward to that Thirlwell show. |
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![]() @TDK60 ~ i've actually done a couple myself! |
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![]() { heh reading that dance list as "Bird Surf" and "Dog Monkey Stomp" -- could only imagine what those could be :) } |
Tue. 1/29/19 7:24pm
John from Florham Park:
Hey guys what’s up | |
Tue. 1/29/19 7:25pm
John from Florham Park:
And damn I missed dusty | |
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![]() i wonder if the tracks had accompanying dances listed! that wasn't uncommon for dance music lps. |
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![]() .. especially if the dances were 'exotic' ~ like the cha cha! |
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![]() Good evening! The steveo family is enjoying the Legrand greatly! |
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![]() anyone doing the hully gully, steveo? :-D |
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![]() (And damn we missed Dusty.) |
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![]() You'll have to teach us that one, LL! |
Tue. 1/29/19 7:31pm
John from Florham Park:
Linda I don’t think I could do the hilly gully might hurt myself(G) | |
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![]() here ya go dear! youtu.be... |
Tue. 1/29/19 7:32pm
John from Florham Park:
Hully gully | |
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![]() the hully gull's fairly tame. just don't try the monkey if you're unsure. |
Tue. 1/29/19 7:33pm
John from Florham Park:
@linda I am not that coordinated | |
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![]() i know the feeling well :-) |
Tue. 1/29/19 7:36pm
John from Florham Park:
@linda lee hee hee hee | |
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![]() stopped drinking in '87 but i still have my moments :-D |
Tue. 1/29/19 7:40pm
John from Florham Park:
@linda don’t really drink either, don’t need the hangover | |
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![]() Love |
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Tue. 1/29/19 7:43pm
TDK60:
the twist is hard to do.. |
Tue. 1/29/19 7:44pm
dano59:
Dust Covers is a new one to me -- Vant! | |
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![]() Thanks for listening. Nice to see JaHi is represented, Yayson. |
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Tue. 1/29/19 7:46pm
ultradamno:
You could cakewalk or mess around manchesterlindy.files.wordpress.com... |
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Tue. 1/29/19 7:47pm
TDK60:
this is groovy. |
Tue. 1/29/19 7:48pm
dano59:
Or do the Madison. Or the Pony. Breezy - the one with Kay Lenz? | |
Tue. 1/29/19 7:48pm
John from Florham Park:
TDK50 very groovy | |
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![]() Bill Medley was the pre-Righteous Brothers members vocal group The Paramours with Bobby Hatfield |
Tue. 1/29/19 7:48pm
John from Florham Park:
I meant 60 | |
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![]() Hypothesis: Rawk Rebellion meant/s a different thing in the U.S. than in countries that - actually have &/or honor Culture... |
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Tue. 1/29/19 7:55pm
ultradamno:
I love this Varda movie. |
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![]() absolutely, Rev. i believe so too. |
Tue. 1/29/19 7:57pm
judy from croton:
If it takes forever, I will wait for you. Help, I’m goin down fast. Killin me | |
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![]() look at how pretty she was. unbelievable. |
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Tue. 1/29/19 7:58pm
TDK60:
thanks Devin. |
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![]() oh my. what a closer! |
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![]() i'm starting to believe that Michel Legrand showed a small child what being an adult was like. |
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Tue. 1/29/19 7:59pm
TDK60:
[o] |
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![]() Thanks, Linda, will look at the hully gully video when I can... |
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![]() Thanks for this collection! He did a lot more movie scores than I realized! LES PARAPLUIES DE CHERBOURG has been staged as an opera, which must be really good. |
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