Composer Michel Legrand has died at age 86.
I really took notice of his work back in 1971 in the move, Summer of '42, although I do recall the song "The Windmills of Your Mind" a couple of years earlier.
Legrand also scored the 1983 Sean Connery James Bond movie, Never Say Never Again.
According to Yahoo! News:
Prolific French composer Michel Legrand, who won three Oscars and five Grammys during a career spanning more than half a century, died aged 86 on Saturday, prompting an outpouring of tributes for his "inexhaustible genius".
Legrand's music spanned a wide range of styles and genres. He composed for more than 200 film and TV productions and was associated with over 100 albums.
"Since I was a child, my ambition has been to live completely surrounded by music, my dream was to not miss anything, which is why I have never focused on a single musical discipline," he once said.
He first won an Academy Award in 1969 for the song "The Windmills of Your Mind" from Norman Jewison's hit thriller "The Thomas Crown Affair".
He followed that with Oscars for his music for "Summer of '42" in 1972 and for "Yentl" in 1984.
Legrand, who had been scheduled to stage concerts in Paris in April, died at his home in the French capital early Saturday with his wife, the actress Macha Meril, at his side, his spokesman told AFP.To read more, go here.
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