Michel Magne
Michel Magne (born March 20, 1930 in Lisieux , Calvados department ; † December 19, 1984 in Cergy-Pontoise , Val-d'Oise department ) was a French composer , musician , record producer and painter .
Life
Michel Magne was born in Lisieux on March 20, 1930, the fifth of eight children . After starting to play the piano at the age of six , he later studied music at both the Conservatoire de musique de Caen and the Conservatoire de Paris . To finance his studies, he played several concerts in Normandy at the same time . In Paris he discovered electronic music for himself . During his subsequent military service, he led, among other things, the orchestra in Montlhéry and was posted to several performances. After his military service, he moved to Rochechouart , where he found a job at the Hôtel Jean Mermoz and devoted himself to studying infrasound .
After composing a film music for the first time with Bread of Life in 1954 , he began to write songs for the French opera singer Juliette Gréco . In 1962 he bought Le Château d'Hérouville , which was to become the location for his own music studio. He renovated the building and composed up to eight films a year in the years that followed, including all Fantomas , the OSS-117 film series and all five Angélique films. On May 26, 1969, however, the catastrophe struck that absolutely stalled his career as a composer. A complete wing of his castle burned down and with it his entire musical oeuvre, his sheet music and his music archive. Although he and Gérard Delassus rebuilt a music studio in another wing in August 1969 and founded his production company Société d'Enregistrement Michel Magne in November 1969 , for the next six years he concentrated almost exclusively on painting and only wrote isolated music. However, his music studio has been used extensively by well-known international musicians, including Elton John , Cat Stevens , Canned Heat , Pink Floyd and T. Rex . After he had greater success as a painter and individual exhibitions, he moved back to Paris in 1977, where he founded the record label Egg .
On June 28, 1960, Michel Magne married the dancer Monique Vence, from whom he separated again in 1970. He was then in a relationship with 16-year-old Marie Claude, whom he married in 1972.
December 19, 1984 Michel Magne died in a hotel in Cergy-Pontoise by suicide .
Discography
- 1959: Musique Tachiste
- 1960: Cap Canaveral - Symphony
- 1962: Cent mille chansons; Text: Eddy Marnay
Movies
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Awards (selection)
- 1963 : Nomination for the best film music with Gigot, the mute from Montmartre
literature
- Michel Magne: L'amour de vivre , Éditions Alain Lefeuvre 1980,
Web links
- Michel Magne in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Michel Magne ( Memento of the original dated November 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on peermusic.fr (French), accessed February 6, 2012
- ↑ LA PUISSANCE POP DE MICHEL MAGNE ( Memento of the original of August 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on gqmagazine.fr of June 6, 2011 (French), accessed on February 6, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Magne, Michel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer, musician, record producer and painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 20, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lisieux , Calvados department |
| DATE OF DEATH | 19th December 1984 |
| Place of death | Cergy-Pontoise , Val-d'Oise department |