{"id":792414,"date":"2019-01-26T09:09:23","date_gmt":"2019-01-26T16:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=784972"},"modified":"2019-01-26T09:09:23","modified_gmt":"2019-01-26T16:09:23","slug":"michel-legrand-oscar-winning-film-composer-dead-at-86","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/michel-legrand-oscar-winning-film-composer-dead-at-86\/","title":{"rendered":"Michel Legrand, Oscar-Winning Film Composer, Dead at 86"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Michel Legrand, composer of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg<\/em>, Yentl<\/em> and The Thomas Crown Affair<\/em>, died Saturday at the age of 86.<\/p>\n

Legrand\u2019s death was first reported by\u00a0Agence France-Presse. The songwriter\u2019s publicist also confirmed Legrand\u2019s death to\u00a0Variety<\/em><\/a>, adding that he died early Saturday at his Paris home with his wife, French actress Macha Meril, by his side. His cause of death has not yet been revealed.<\/p>\n

Former and current presidents of the Cannes Film Festival Gilles Jacob and Pierre Lescure expressed their condolences to the Paris-born legend\u00a0on\u00a0Twitter. Jacob tweeted<\/a> in French \u201cnotes were soft as caress, his umbrellas made us cry. By leaving us on the sly, Michel Legrand commits his first false note. Music, Maestro, please.\u201d Lescure wrote in French<\/a>, \u201cMichel Legrand composed huge songs. And some little fantasies, full of his pretty fierce irony.\u201d<\/p>\n

Singer Tony Bennett also paid tribute to the late composer tweeting, \u201cMichel Legrand wrote the music for one of my most treasured songs to perform, \u2018How Do You Keep The Music Playing?\u2019 His music will last forever and we will keep singing it.\u00a0 He was a wonderful composer and beautiful human being and he will be missed.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Michel Legrand wrote the music for one of my most treasured songs to perform, \u201cHow Do You Keep The Music Playing?\u201d His music will last forever and we will keep singing it.\u00a0 He was a wonderful composer and beautiful human being and\u00a0
he will be missed.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Tony Bennett (@itstonybennett) January 26, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Legrand\u00a0worked across all musical fields including musicals, scoring movies and TV, arranging and recording albums, playing jazz piano and conducting orchestras. The French composer won five Grammys:<\/a> two for his 1975 jazz record Images<\/em>, Best Instrumental Grammys for \u201cThe Summer Knows,\u201d the theme from 1971\u2019s\u00a0Summer of \u201942<\/em>\u00a0and \u201cBrian\u2019s Song\u201d (1972) as well as a Grammy for arranging a 1972 record alongside Sarah Vaughan.<\/p>\n