Known For
Sound
Born
Nov 25, 1935
Place of Birth
Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
Credits
56 titles
Michel Portal
Biography
Michel Portal (born 27 November 1935) is a French composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist. He plays both jazz and classical music and is considered to be "one of the architects of modern European jazz". Portal was born in Bayonne on 27 November 1935. His family was musical and there were several instruments in his house when he was growing up. His interest in jazz began after hearing it on the radio after World War II. He studied clarinet at the Conservatoire de Paris and conducting with Pierre Dervaux. Portal "gained experience in light music with the bandleaders Henri Rossotti and (in Spain in 1958) Perez Prado, as well as with the drummer Benny Bennett (1960), Raymond Fonsèque (1963), Aimé Barelli, and, for many years, the singer Claude Nougaro". Portal co-founded the free improvisation group New Phonic Art. During 1969, Portal played on a recording of Karlheinz Stockhausen's Aus den sieben Tagen. Portal began scoring music for films in the 1980s. He has won the César Award for Best Music Written for a Film three times. Source: Article "Michel Portal" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
Filmography
Michel Portal @ Nancy Jazz Pulsations 2021
Le Professeur
Original Music Composer
Cigarettes et bas nylons
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Lies
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The Girl from the Chartreuse
Original Music Composer
Le porteur de cartable
Sound
Un fils de notre temps
Original Music Composer
Jacques Lacan, la psychanalyse réinventée
Original Music Composer
Passionnément
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The Comedian
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Buud Yam
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The Colors of the Devil
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Le Concerto de Mozart
Himself
1914 the Glorious Summer
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Doctor Semmelweis
Music
The Machine
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Eugénie Grandet
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The Return of Casanova
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Au Sud du Sud
Music
Alcyon
Music
Dr. Petiot
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Ke arteko egunak
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Adventure of Catherine C.
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Angels
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Children of Chaos
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À corps et à cris
Music
A Tale of the Wind
Music
The Mortal Fortune
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No Harm Intended
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Sorceress
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Yeelen
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Milan noir
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Max My Love
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Fou comme l'oiseau
Music
Le fou du désert
Compositor
Paradise for All
Musician
The Return of Martin Guerre
Original Music Composer
Short Memory
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Champs-Elysées
Self
Café Plongeoir
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Droit de Réponse
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The Red Shade
Music
Le Beau Monde
Music
See Here My Love
Music
The Dogs
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Adoption
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Surreal Estate
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La Cecilia
Music
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
Tahia Ya Didou !
Music