Michel Magne

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.

Early life 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 , 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.

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

Personal life and death In 1972, he married Marie-Claude, , 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.

Film scores 1955 Le Pain vivant 1960 Détournement de mineures Les Sérum de bonté (TV series) Les Filles sèment le vent 1961 Les Livreurs Les Laches vivent d'espoir Rodophe Bresdin 1962 Gigot (arranged and conducted only) Le Diable et les Dix Commandements Le Repos du guerrier Les filles de La Rochelle Konga Yo Un singe en hiver Les Bricoleurs Le Gorille a mordu l'archevêque 1963 Les Tontons flingueurs Germinal Les Grands Chemins Symphonie pour un massacre Les Femmes d'abord Le Vice et la vertu Des frissons partout Méfiez-vous, mesdames OSS 117 se déchaîne Tante Aurore viendra ce soir Mélodie en sous-sol 1964 Angélique, Marquise des Anges Les Barbouzes Fantômas La Ronde Cyrano et d'Artagnan La chasse à l'homme Le Monocle rit jaune Banco à Bangkok pour OSS 117 The Man from Cocody Les Gros bras 1965 Fantômas se déchaîne How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning Coplan FX 18 casse tout Mission spéciale à Caracas Par un beau matin d'été Furia à Bahia pour OSS 117 A Woman in White Marvelous Angelique La Bonne Occase Compartiment tueurs 1966 Atout cœur à Tokyo pour OSS 117 To Skin a Spy Brigade antigangs Angelique and the King

Estouffade à la Caraïbe 1967 Untamable Angelique Johnny Banco À cœur joie Un homme de trop Fantômas contre Scotland Yard Batouk 1968 The Sergeant Sous le signe de Monte-Cristo Le Bâtard (musical direction) Barbarella (musical direction) Angelique and the Sultan

1969 Les Étrangers 1970 Cran d'arrêt Cold Sweat 1972 Tout le monde il est beau, tout le monde il est gentil 1973 Le Complot Don Juan ou Si Don Juan était une femme... de Roger Vadim (orchestration) Moi y'en a vouloir des sous 1974 Les Chinois à Paris 1976 Néa 1978 Viol 1982 Les Misérables T'es folle ou quoi? 1983 S.A.S. à San Salvador Surprise Party L'indic 1984 Réveillon chez Bob Emmanuelle 4