Francis Lai

An accordionist, he was part of the Montmartre music scene and from 1960 to 1963 accompanied Édith Piaf, writing songs for her such as L'Homme de Berlin. Meeting Claude Lelouch brought him into film: the theme of A Man and a Woman (1966) went round the world, and Lelouch kept working with him for decades. In 1970 he wrote Love Story, which won him the Oscar and the Golden Globe, and whose theme became the song Where Do I Begin?.

Style

Simple romantic melodies, accordion, piano and scat vocals.

Awards

Oscar and Golden Globe for Love Story (1970).

Discography

• A Man and a Woman (1966) Spotify · Apple Music
• Live for Life (1967) Spotify · Apple Music
• The Bobo (album 1967) Spotify · Apple Music
• La leçon particulière (1968) Spotify · Apple Music
• Un homme qui me plaît (album 1969) Spotify · Apple Music
• Du soleil plein les yeux (album 1970) Spotify · Apple Music
• Love Story (1970) Spotify · Apple Music
• Madly (1970) Spotify · Apple Music
• Rider on the Rain (1970) Spotify · Apple Music
• The Games (album 1970) Spotify · Apple Music
• Le petit matin (album 1971) Spotify · Apple Music
• L'aventure c'est l'aventure (album 1972) Spotify · Apple Music
• La course du lièvre à travers les champs (album 1972) Spotify · Apple Music
• Le Petit Poucet (album 1972) Spotify · Apple Music
• Dans la poussière du soleil (album 1973) Spotify · Apple Music
• Un amour de pluie (album 1974) Spotify · Apple Music
• Emmanuelle II : L'anti Vierge (1975) Spotify
• La Baby-Sitter (album 1975) Spotify · Apple Music
• Anima persa (album 1976) Spotify · Apple Music
• Le bon et les méchants (album 1976) Spotify · Apple Music
• Le corps de mon ennemi (album 1976) Spotify · Apple Music
• Bilitis (album 1977) Spotify · Apple Music
• Un autre homme, une autre chance (album 1977) Spotify · Apple Music
• Les Ringards (album 1978) Spotify · Apple Music
• Robert et Robert (album 1978) Spotify · Apple Music
• A nous deux (album 1979) Spotify · Apple Music
• Madame Claude 2 (album 1981) Spotify · Apple Music
• Edith et Marcel (album 1983) Spotify · Apple Music
• Canicule (album 1984) Spotify · Apple Music
• J'ai rencontré le Père Noël (album 1984) Spotify · Apple Music
• Les Ripoux (album 1984) Spotify · Apple Music
• Le sang du dragon (album 1985) Spotify · Apple Music
• Un homme et une femme : vingt ans déjà (album 1986) Spotify · Apple Music
• Association de malfaiteurs (album 1987) Spotify · Apple Music
• Bernadette (album 1988) Spotify · Apple Music
• L'inconnu dans la maison (album 1992) Spotify · Apple Music
• Les Misérables (1995) Spotify · Apple Music
• Hommes, Femmes : Mode d'emploi (album 1996) Spotify · Apple Music
• Une pour toutes (album 1999) Spotify · Apple Music
• Ripoux 3 (album 2003) Spotify · Apple Music
• Le courage d'aimer & Les Parisiens (album 2005) Spotify · Apple Music

"Spotify" and "Apple Music" open the album directly on each platform; if only Spotify appears, we have not yet been able to check that album on Apple Music. "Search Spotify" opens an album search for that title. If a link does not lead to the right album, write to [email protected]. "Album" marks the year of that album edition when it differs from the film's.

Listen

• Love Story (Theme) · Love StorySpotifyApple MusicYouTube
• Un homme et une femme · A Man and a WomanSpotifyApple MusicYouTube

Full biography on Wikipedia