Posted on 02/01/2019 10:30:10 AM PST by Beowulf9
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 Your Life?,” along with the groundbreaking musical score for “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg,” has died. He was 86.
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He died again?
Tribute to THE OTHER SIDE OF MIDNIGHT and MARIE-FRANCE PISIER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jB9wd1JkRw
Still dead, is he?
I think it’s a song about how the brain functions.
Summer of 42 is my favorite.
That’s a good one.
I work 14 hour days. I did not see it.
This is my tribute to this great composer a favorite of my own.
He was one of the greats.
Summer of 42 is my favorite.
Mine too. Read the book recently. Just finished The Thorn Birds.
Michel Legrand and Babs on French TV circa 1978-79ish,
with Legrand and host coaxing and cajoling her into an unrehearsed
performance of ‘What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life’
(words & music by The Great Michel Legrand):
https://bit.ly/2GjtUMr
‘What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life’
original studio version from ‘The Way We Were’ (1974)
Words & Music: Alan and Marilyn Bergman & Michel Legrand
https://bit.ly/2DNQH1t
Wonder if it's as good as "The Other Side of Darkness"? (A Kramer pick).
You think he knew Lenny?
Love it! I love the words too although they aren’t in that version. I had the sheet music back when I took piano lessons. I can sort of play it.
Great music
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