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      • Whether referring to the man or to his music, the same words spring to the lips of Francis Lai’s friends and collaborators: simplicity, discretion, warmth. It is therefore universally acknowledged: Francis Lai resembles his music.
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    Francis Albert Lai (French: [fʁɑ̃sis lɛ]; 26 April 1932 – 7 November 2018) was a French composer, noted for his film scores. He won the 1970 Oscar for Best Music, Original Score and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score for the film Love Story.

  3. Nov 21, 2018 · Over the years, Lai began to develop his own distinctive style of music that would distinguish him from all fellow competitors. This is one of the best products of his experimentation with this personalized style.

  4. Born in Nice, France, Francis Lai began his musical career as an accompanist to cabaret singers, including the legendary Édith Piaf. His exceptional talent earned him recognition in the early 1960s as a film composer.

  5. Apr 4, 2016 · Lai only offers 30 minutes of music, with just 25 being used in the film. Yet he was able to perfectly capture the film’s emotional core with a melody of uncommon beauty, which earns him immortality. His music brought theses lovers to life and offered testimony to their love.

  6. He won the 1970 Oscar for Best Music, Original Score and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score for the film Love Story. The soundtrack album went to No. 2 in the Billboard album charts and the film's theme, "Where Do I Begin", was a hit single for Andy Williams.

  7. Born in June 29th 1944 in Marseilles, he had no real predestination for music but went, at the age of 10, to the local Conservatoire to study, which explains the classical basis of many of his arrangements. Christian Gaubert joined the orchestra of Paul Mauriat in Paris when he was 20 and this was the start of his professional experience.