#michel legrand
“For me, the quality of a melody should - even if the melody is very complicated by itself, should sound to you like it existed for thousand years already. It should sound so natural. It should float naturally like a bird singing a song. So I always try to - even if it’s torn, you know, if it’s complicated or sophisticated, it has to sound to you very natural.”
– Michel Legrand talking with Terry Gross in 1996. He died Saturday at the age of 86.
I was in high school when I saw The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) for the first time and I fell for the music (the song above!), the vivid colors that felt like a dream, and Catherine Denueve’s ponytail.
