R.I.P 〓 Francis Lai（86）French composer

2018/11/09
【最終更新日】2024/01/30

French media reported on Friday that Francis Lai (= left of the picture) had died. He was 86 years old. The causes of death etc are not disclosed. Lai was born in 1932, Nice, southeastern part of France.

From an accordionist to a composer, he was in charge of the music of the 1966 film “Un homme et une femme” and gained a lot of attention with music incorporating scat. In 1968, the music of the movie “13 Jours en France” which recorded the Grenoble Winter Olympic Games was also a worldwide hit.

In 1970 he won the Academy Award for Original Music Score in the US with the music of the movie “Love Story”. He worked on over 100 movie music, over 600 songs, and also provided music to French chanson singers such as Édith Piaf and Yves Montand.

In film music, he is famous for collaboration with film director Claude Lelouch (= right of the picture) . “Un homme et une femme”, “13 Jours en France”, “Vivre pour Vivre”, “Les Uns et les Autres”, “Les Misérables” and so on.

Photo：www.francis-lai.com


How about this ?

  1. R.I.P 〓 Joji Yuasa（94）Japanese Composer

  2. R.I.P. 〓 Sheng Zhongguo（77）Chinese Violinist

  3. R.I.P 〓 Raymond Leppard（92）British Conductor

  4. R.I.P. 〓 Valentina Levko（92）Russian Mezzo-soprano singer

  5. PARIS 〓 A couple of opera singers have set up a fund to support Australian freelance artists

  6. R.I.P 〓 Ennio Morricone（91）Italian composer

  7. R.I.P 〓 Steuart Bedford（81）British conductor

  8. R.I.P 〓 Tamara Milashkina（89）Russian Soprano Singer

  9. PARIS 〓 Alexander Neef becomes the next president of the Paris National Opera

  10. NICE 〓 The Opéra de Nice has announced that it will welcome Daniele Callegari as its new music director

  11. PARIS 〓 The Opéra national de Paris has announced its performance lineup for the 2022/2023

  12. R.I.P 〓 Lars Vogt（51）German pianist

  13. R.I.P 〓 Fou Ts’ong（86）British Pianist

  14. COLMAR 〓 Alain Altinoglu Appointed Artistic Director of Colmar International Music Festival

  15. R.I.P 〓 Jörg Demus（90）Austrian Pianist

  1. No comments yet.

  1. No trackbacks yet.