Biography
Michel Colombier (23 May 1939 – 14 November 2004) was a French composer, arranger, and conductor. Colombier wrote the scores of several motion pictures and TV productions. He also wrote chamber music and ballets. With composer Pierre Henry he wrote music for Messe pour le temps présent, a piece created by choreographer Maurice Béjart in 1967. He released an album on A&M Records, "Wings", in 1972, which included a collaboration with Lani Hall on lead vocal, his song "We Could Be Flying", with lyrics by Paul Williams. Recorded in Paris, with Colombier on piano, it was also included on the album "Sun Down Lady", Lani Halls' first solo album after her years as lead singer for Sergio Mendes and Brazil 66, released in 1972 on A&M Records. The piece of music for which Colombier was perhaps, most famous, was the piece Emmanuel, named after and written in memory of his young son, who died in his infancy. It was used by the French television channel Antenne 2, alongside an 80 second animation known as Les Hommes Volants (The Flying Men), by Jean Michel Folon, to signal the beginning and end of their broadcast day between the years of 1975 and 1983. Colombier's death from cancer came shortly after midnight on November 14, 2004. He left behind a widow, Dana Colombier, with whom he fathered two children. He is interred in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA. Source: Article "Michel Colombier" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Sound 102
2000s
- 2005
Deacons for Defense
Music
- 2002
- 2001
- 2000
Screwed
Original Music Composer
Innocents
Original Music Composer
1990s
- 1999
Trippin'
Original Music Composer
Freak City
Original Music Composer
Pros & Cons
Original Music Composer
- 1998
Woo
Original Music Composer
Claudine's Return
Music
- 1997
Buried Alive II
Original Music Composer
Color of Justice
Original Music Composer
The Right Connections
Original Music Composer
Murder in My Mind
Music
- 1996
Mary & Tim
Original Music Composer
- 1995
The World of Jacques Demy
Original Music Composer
- 1994
Incident at Deception Ridge
Original Music Composer
Out of Darkness
Music
- 1993
Fade to Black
Original Music Composer
- 1992
Dirty Work
Music
The Dark Wind
Original Music Composer
- 1991
Fever
Original Music Composer
Fatal Exposure
Music
- 1990
The Fatal Image
Original Music Composer
Sudie and Simpson
Original Music Composer
Buried Alive
Original Music Composer
Impulse
Original Music Composer
1980s
- 1989
Desperado: Badlands Justice
Music
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
Music
- 1988
The Wizard of Loneliness
Original Music Composer
Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge
Original Music Composer
The Return of Desperado
Music
Satisfaction
Music
Cop
Original Music Composer
- 1987
- 1986
Florida Straits
Music
- 1985
- 1984
11th Victim
Music
- 1982
A Room in Town
Original Music Composer, Conductor
1970s
- 1979
Steel
Music
- 1977
The Model Couple
Original Music Composer
- 1976
- 1975
The 11,000 Sexes
Music
- 1974
Paul and Michelle
Original Music Composer
Chance and Violence
Music
- 1973
The Inheritor
Original Music Composer
Tarot
Music
- 1972
Un Flic
Original Music Composer
- 1971
Law Breakers
Original Music Composer
- 1970
The Other Man
Music
1960s
- 1969
The Scarlet Lady
Music, Original Music Composer
Mr. Freedom
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
- 1968
Every Bastard a King
Original Music Composer
Marguerite Duras and the '68ers
Music
- 1967
Marguerite Duras and the Prison Governess
Music
If I Were a Spy
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
Horizon
Music Director
- 1966
The Gardener of Argenteuil
Original Music Composer
A Young World
Original Music Composer
Marguerite Duras in the Lions' Den
Music
- 1965
Marguerite Duras and Stripper Lolo Pigalle
Music
L'Or du duc
Original Music Composer
Marguerite Duras interviews Jeanne Moreau
Music
Dim Dam Dom
Original Music Composer
- 1964
A Mouse with the Men
Original Music Composer
Hole in the Moon
Original Music Composer
