Description
A towering figure in film and music, Michel Legrand created some of the most creative and innovative film scores of the second half of the 20th century. A prolific and highly versatile composer, Legrand worked with virtually every legendary figure in popular music and film from Maurice Chevalier to Barbra Streisand and from Orson Welles to Jean-Luc Godard. Just prior to his death at the age of 87, Legrand sat down with his longtime collaborator Stéphane Lerouge to recount many of the significant and memorable episodes from his life. Translated by Sam Taylor, this book shares Legrand's stories as told to Lerouge to English readers for the first time.
Table of Contents
Preface, by Damien Chazelle'It's not true, it's not false. It's just life.' Foreword, by Stéphane Lerouge1. My Friend the Piano2. The War at Eight3. 14, rue de Madrid4. Mademoiselle5. Spring of '446. Childhood Summers7. Raymond8. Summer Tours9. 6, rue Jenner10. Paris-New York11. Dizzy, Miles and Co.12. New Waves, Old Waves13. The First Half of Demy14. The Second Half of Demy15. Passport to Hollywood16. How Dark is Your Soul?17. I Sing18. The Union of Dwarf Aviators19. Three Images of Steve McQueen20. My Substitute Fathers21. Writing Situations22. Macha, Act I23. The Go-Between24. Through Walls and Across Borders25. Sarah, Stan, Stéphane & Co.26. Macha, Act II27. The Ones That Got Away28. A Scent Like the End of the World29. Elle s'appelle Barbra30. Fraternizing with the Enemy31. From Chaplin to Beauvois32. Citizen Orson33. Macha, Act III34. Waiting for TomorrowThe Sunlight of His Music, An afterword by Macha MérilAcknowledgmentsIndex
