Michel Colombier

Biography

Michel Colombier (May 23, 1939 – November 14, 2004) was a French composer, arranger, and conductor. He 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. He was married to Dana Colombier, with whom he had two children. He is buried in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery. Source: Article "Michel Colombier" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Most Famous Work

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8

Tales from the Crypt

(1989) Music

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6

Dim Dam Dom

(1965) Original Music Composer

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7

The Money Pit

(1986) Conductor

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7

Purple Rain

(1984) Original Music Composer

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6

Against All Odds

(1984) Music

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6

Major League II

(1994) Original Music Composer

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6

How Stella Got Her Groove Back

(1998) Music

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7

White Nights

(1985) Original Music Composer

Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
1982	Self	Champs-Elysées 1982-01-16 TV Show
1975	Self	Midi Première 1975-01-06 TV Show
1972	Self	Le Grand Échiquier 1972-01-12 TV Show
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Sound

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2003	Music	Deacons for Defense 2003-01-01 Movie
2002	Original Music Composer	Swept Away 2002-10-11 Movie
2001	Original Music Composer	Warden of Red Rock 2001-06-06 Movie
2000	Original Music Composer	Screwed 2000-05-12 Movie
	Music	Innocents 2000-01-10 Movie
1999	Music	Sabrina, Down Under 1999-09-26 Movie
	Music	Freak City 1999-01-16 Movie
1998	Music	How Stella Got Her Groove Back 1998-08-14 Movie
	Music	Woo 1998-05-08 Movie
	Music	Claudine's Return 1998-04-17 Movie
	Music	The Long Way Home 1998-03-01 Movie
	Music	Scattering Dad 1998-01-04 Movie
1997	Music	Color of Justice 1997-09-07 Movie
	Music	The Right Connections 1997-08-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Buried Alive II 1997-06-18 Movie
	Music	Murder in My Mind 1997-02-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Meet Wally Sparks 1997-01-31 Movie
1996	Original Music Composer	Mary & Tim 1996-11-03 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Foxfire 1996-08-23 Movie
	Music	Barb Wire 1996-05-02 Movie
1995	Original Music Composer	The World of Jacques Demy 1995-09-22 Movie
	Music	Elisa 1995-02-01 Movie
1994	Original Music Composer	Major League II 1994-03-30 Movie
	Music	Out of Darkness 1994-01-16 Movie
1993	Original Music Composer	The Program 1993-09-24 Movie
	Music	Posse 1993-05-14 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Daybreak 1993-05-08 Movie
1992	Music	Dirty Work 1992-07-22 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Folks! 1992-05-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Deep Cover 1992-04-15 Movie
1991	Original Music Composer	Strays 1991-12-18 Movie
	Music	Diary of a Hitman 1991-11-20 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Fever 1991-05-11 Movie
	Original Music Composer	New Jack City 1991-03-08 Movie
	Music	Fatal Exposure 1991-02-06 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Dark Wind 1991-01-01 Movie
1990	Music	The Fatal Image 1990-12-02 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Sudie and Simpson 1990-09-11 Movie
	Music	Buried Alive 1990-05-09 Movie
	Music	Impulse 1990-04-06 Movie
1989	Music	Desperado: Badlands Justice 1989-12-17 Movie
	Music	Desperado: The Outlaw Wars 1989-10-10 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Asterix and the Big Fight 1989-10-04 Movie
	Music	Tales from the Crypt 1989-06-10 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Loverboy 1989-04-28 Movie
	Music	Out Cold 1989-03-03 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Who's Harry Crumb? 1989-02-03 Movie
1988	Original Music Composer	Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge 1988-05-24 Movie
	Music	The Spirit of Norway 1988-05-08 Movie
	Conductor	The Spirit of Norway 1988-05-08 Movie
	Music	The Return of Desperado 1988-02-15 Movie
	Music	Satisfaction 1988-02-12 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Cop 1988-02-05 Movie
1987	Music	Surrender 1987-10-09 Movie
1986	Music	The Golden Child 1986-12-12 Movie
	Orchestrator	The Golden Child 1986-12-12 Movie
	Music	Florida Straits 1986-10-26 Movie
	Music	Ruthless People 1986-06-26 Movie
	Conductor	The Money Pit 1986-03-26 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Money Pit 1986-03-26 Movie
1985	Original Music Composer	White Nights 1985-11-22 Movie
1984	Original Music Composer	Purple Rain 1984-07-27 Movie
	Music	11th Victim 1984-04-14 Movie
	Music	Against All Odds 1984-03-02 Movie
1982	Original Music Composer	A Room in Town 1982-10-27 Movie
1981	Musician	Documenteur 1981-10-02 Movie
1979	Music	Steel 1979-10-21 Movie
1977	Music	The Model Couple 1977-03-30 Movie
1976	Original Music Composer	Hunter Will Get You 1976-02-01 Movie
1975	Music	The 11,000 Sexes 1975-11-05 Movie
1974	Original Music Composer	Paul and Michelle 1974-03-15 Movie
	Music	Chance and Violence 1974-02-04 Movie
1973	Original Music Composer	The Inheritor 1973-03-22 Movie
	Music	Tarot 1973-01-01 Movie
1972	Original Music Composer	Un Flic 1972-10-01 Movie
1971	Original Music Composer	Law Breakers 1971-05-07 Movie
1970	Music	The Other Man 1970-10-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Colossus: The Forbin Project 1970-04-08 Movie
1969	Music	The Scarlet Lady 1969-05-14 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Mr. Freedom 1969-01-08 Movie
	Orchestrator	Mr. Freedom 1969-01-08 Movie
1968	Original Music Composer	Every Bastard a King 1968-07-17 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Pasha 1968-03-14 Movie
	Music	Marguerite Duras and the '68ers 1968-03-10 Movie
	Music	Manon 70 1968-02-21 Movie
1967	Music	Marguerite Duras and the Prison Governess 1967-11-12 Movie
	Original Music Composer	If I Were a Spy 1967-08-30 Movie
1966	Original Music Composer	The Gardener of Argenteuil 1966-10-07 Movie
	Music	Marguerite Duras in the Lions' Den 1966-02-25 Movie
1965	Music	Marguerite Duras and Stripper Lolo Pigalle 1965-10-28 Movie
	Music	L'Or du Duc 1965-09-23 Movie
	Music	Marguerite Duras interviews Jeanne Moreau 1965-07-28 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Dictator's Guns 1965-06-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Dim Dam Dom 1965-03-07 TV Show
1964	Original Music Composer	A Mouse with the Men 1964-07-16 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv