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Michel Legrand, Oscar-Winning Composer, Dies at 86
https://variety.com ^ | January 26, 2019 | Jon Burlingame

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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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: movies; music; oscar; reallyoldnews; romance

1 posted on 02/01/2019 10:30:10 AM PST by Beowulf9
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To: Beowulf9

He died again?


2 posted on 02/01/2019 10:30:33 AM PST by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?)
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To: Beowulf9

Tribute to THE OTHER SIDE OF MIDNIGHT and MARIE-FRANCE PISIER

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jB9wd1JkRw


3 posted on 02/01/2019 10:37:14 AM PST by Beowulf9
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To: Beowulf9

Still dead, is he?


4 posted on 02/01/2019 10:41:47 AM PST by Sans-Culotte (Time to get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US!)
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To: Beowulf9

He died earlier this week:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3723071/posts


5 posted on 02/01/2019 10:50:03 AM PST by CaptainK ('No collusion, no obstruction, he's a leaker')
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To: Sans-Culotte

I think it’s a song about how the brain functions.


6 posted on 02/01/2019 10:51:48 AM PST by FreeperCell
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To: Beowulf9

Summer of 42 is my favorite.


7 posted on 02/01/2019 10:58:55 AM PST by teletech
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To: teletech

That’s a good one.


8 posted on 02/01/2019 11:13:12 AM PST by hsmomx3
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To: CaptainK

I work 14 hour days. I did not see it.

This is my tribute to this great composer a favorite of my own.


9 posted on 02/01/2019 11:13:50 AM PST by Beowulf9
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To: Beowulf9

He was one of the greats.


10 posted on 02/01/2019 11:21:05 AM PST by CaptainK ('No collusion, no obstruction, he's a leaker')
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To: teletech

Summer of 42 is my favorite.

Mine too. Read the book recently. Just finished The Thorn Birds.


11 posted on 02/01/2019 1:01:48 PM PST by dandiegirl (BO)
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To: Beowulf9

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


12 posted on 02/01/2019 3:54:06 PM PST by CaliforniaCraftBeer
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To: CaliforniaCraftBeer

‘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


13 posted on 02/01/2019 4:06:17 PM PST by CaliforniaCraftBeer
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To: Beowulf9; Gamecock; SaveFerris; PROCON; Yaelle
Tribute to THE OTHER SIDE OF MIDNIGHT

Wonder if it's as good as "The Other Side of Darkness"? (A Kramer pick).

14 posted on 02/01/2019 4:17:07 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: Larry Lucido; SaveFerris

You think he knew Lenny?


15 posted on 02/01/2019 5:10:00 PM PST by Gamecock (In church today, we so often find we meet only the same old world, not Christ and His Kingdom. AS)
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To: CaliforniaCraftBeer
I love this. Thank you 💜
16 posted on 02/01/2019 7:20:42 PM PST by Beowulf9
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To: dandiegirl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWMxX5MGuHI


17 posted on 02/01/2019 7:23:28 PM PST by Beowulf9
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To: Beowulf9

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.


18 posted on 02/01/2019 9:55:42 PM PST by dandiegirl (BO)
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To: Beowulf9

Great music


19 posted on 02/01/2019 10:00:46 PM PST by KC Burke (If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
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