Michel Magne

Michel Magne

Known for: Sound
Biography: 1930-03-20
Deathday: 1984-12-19 (54 years old)

Biography

Michel Magne (20 March 1930 in Lisieux, Calvados, France – 19 December 1984 in Cergy-Pontoise, Val-d'Oise) was a French film and experimental music composer.


He was the fifth child in a family of eight. As young as age five, he was intrigued by his parents' piano. The Lisieux cathedral’s organist taught him to play keyboards, and soon he played the harmonium during Sunday services. At age nine he found his parents' Wagner discs, and thereafter would often quote Wagner in his works.


He then studied music at the French: Caen Conservatory, in Caen, France. By age 16 he had written an oratorio and a piano concerto. In 1946, he left Caen to attend the Paris Conservatory, where he had lessons by Simone Plé-Caussade and Olivier Messiaen.


He was nominated in 1962 for an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for adapting the Jackie Gleason score to film Gigot. He also scored Barbarella and a series of OSS 117 films.


In 1962, he released the studio album Tropical Fantasy.


Magne wrote some songs with lyrics by Françoise Sagan for Juliette Gréco and provided orchestral accompaniment.


In 1962, he purchased the Château d'Hérouville, near Pontoise, and converted it into a residential recording studio in 1969, known as Studio d'enregistrement Michel Magne, which through the 1970s was used by a series of artists such as Elton John (at his Honky Château), Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Jethro Tull, Cat Stevens, and the Bee Gees among many others.


In the 1970's, Jean-Claude Petit scored Magne's films, without due credit.


In 1972, he married Marie-Claude, née Calvet, having met her in 1970, near Hérouville while she was hitch-hiking as a schoolgirl. The couple moved to the south of France in 1974.


Magne committed suicide in 1984, in a hotel room.


Source: Article "Michel Magne" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Filmography

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Movies 88

self 4

TV Shows 3

Director 1

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Fantomas Demasque (2008)

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Emmanuelle 4

Emmanuelle 4 (1984)

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The Informer

The Informer (1983)

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S.A.S. San Salvador

S.A.S. San Salvador (1983)

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Les Misérables

Les Misérables (1982)

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Le transfuge

Le transfuge (1982)

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Rape

Rape (1978)

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Nea

Nea (1976)

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Chinese In Paris

Chinese In Paris (1974)

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Un ange au paradis

Un ange au paradis (1973)

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Cold Sweat

Cold Sweat (1970)

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Safety Catch

Safety Catch (1970)

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The Strangers

The Strangers (1969)

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The Sergeant

The Sergeant (1968)

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Sorrel Flower

Sorrel Flower (1967)

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Johnny Banco

Johnny Banco (1967)

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The Looters

The Looters (1967)

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Two Weeks in September

Two Weeks in September (1967)

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Shock Troops

Shock Troops (1967)

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Brigade Anti Gangs

Brigade Anti Gangs (1966)

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Galia

Galia (1966)

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Fantomas Unleashed

Fantomas Unleashed (1965)

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5.34
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Mission to Caracas

Mission to Caracas (1965)

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Ivory Coast Adventure

Ivory Coast Adventure (1965)

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The Great Spy Chase

The Great Spy Chase (1964)

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Angelique

Angelique (1964)

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5.75
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Fantomas

Fantomas (1964)

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5.76
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Cyrano and d'Artagnan

Cyrano and d'Artagnan (1964)

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Circle of Love

Circle of Love (1964)

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Male Hunt

Male Hunt (1964)

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Crooks in Clover

Crooks in Clover (1963)

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Original Music Composer
Germinal

Germinal (1963)

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Original Music Composer
Of Flesh and Blood

Of Flesh and Blood (1963)

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OSS 117 Is Unleashed

OSS 117 Is Unleashed (1963)

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Original Music Composer
Ladies First

Ladies First (1963)

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Original Music Composer
Any Number Can Win

Any Number Can Win (1963)

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Original Music Composer
Vice and Virtue

Vice and Virtue (1963)

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Music Director / Original Music Composer
The Devil and the Ten Commandments

The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962)

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Original Music Composer
Love on a Pillow

Love on a Pillow (1962)

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Original Music Composer
A Monkey in Winter

A Monkey in Winter (1962)

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Original Music Composer
Konga Yo

Konga Yo (1962)

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My Baby Is Black!

My Baby Is Black! (1961)

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Michel MagneMichel Magne

Information

Known For
Sound

Gender
Male

Birthday
1930-03-20

Deathday
1984-12-19 (54 years old)

Birth Place
Lisieux, France

Citizenships
France

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