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.
Sound 45
2010s
- 2012
Le Professeur
Original Music Composer
- 2010
Cigarettes et bas nylons
Original Music Composer
2000s
- 2005
The Girl from the Chartreuse
Original Music Composer
- 2003
Le porteur de cartable
Sound
Un fils de notre temps
Original Music Composer
- 2001
Jacques Lacan, la psychanalyse réinventée
Original Music Composer
- 2000
Passionnément
Original Music Composer
1990s
- 1997
Buud Yam
Original Music Composer
The Colors of the Devil
Original Music Composer
- 1996
1914 the Glorious Summer
Original Music Composer
- 1994
The Machine
Original Music Composer
Eugénie Grandet
Original Music Composer
- 1992
The Return of Casanova
Original Music Composer
Au Sud du Sud
Music
- 1990
Alcyon
Music
Dr. Petiot
Original Music Composer
Ke arteko egunak
Original Music Composer
Adventure of Catherine C.
Original Music Composer
1980s
- 1989
Children of Chaos
Original Music Composer
A Tale of the Wind
Music
The Mortal Fortune
Original Music Composer
- 1988
No Harm Intended
Original Music Composer
- 1987
Sorceress
Original Music Composer, Musician
Field of Honor
Music
Yeelen
Original Music Composer
Milan noir
Original Music Composer
- 1986
Max My Love
Original Music Composer
- 1983
Fou comme l'oiseau
Music
- 1982
Paradise for All
Musician
The Return of Martin Guerre
Original Music Composer
Short Memory
Original Music Composer
- 1981
Droit de Réponse
Original Music Composer
The Red Shade
Music
Le Beau Monde
Music
1970s
- 1979
See Here My Love
Music
The Dogs
Original Music Composer
Adoption
Original Music Composer
- 1976
Surreal Estate
Original Music Composer
La Cecilia
Music
- 1971
Tahia Ya Didou !
Music
- 1970
The Bamboo Incident
Original Music Composer
Les Trois Cousins
Music
1960s
- 1967
A Question of Rape
Music
Acted in 3
2020s
- 2021
Michel Portal @ Nancy Jazz Pulsations 2021
Movie
1960s
- 1961
No release date
A few notes on freedom
Lui-même
Other crew 1
1980s
- 1983
Le fou du désert
Compositor
Appearances3
1990s
- 1997
Le Concerto de Mozart
Himself
1980s
- 1982
1970s
- 1972
