About

Known credits:
45
Birthday:
1935-11-25
Place of birth:
Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
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Michel Portal

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
1997 Le Concerto de Mozart Actor Himself N/A
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Sound
2012 Le Professeur Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2010 Cigarettes et bas nylons Sound Original Music Composer 58
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2003 Le porteur de cartable Sound Sound N/A
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2003 Un fils de notre temps Sound Original Music Composer 59
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2001 Jacques Lacan, la psychanalyse réinventée Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2000 Passionnément Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1997 Buud Yam Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1997 The Colors of the Devil Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1996 1914 the Glorious Summer Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1995 Doctor Semmelweis Sound Music N/A
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1994 The Machine Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1994 Eugénie Grandet Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1992 The Return of Casanova Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1992 Au Sud du Sud Sound Music 59
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1990 Alcyon Sound Music 59
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1990 Dr. Petiot Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1990 Ke arteko egunak Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1990 Adventure of Catherine C. Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1990 Angels Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1989 Children of Chaos Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1989 A Tale of the Wind Sound Music 59
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1989 The Mortal Fortune Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1988 No Harm Intended Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1987 Sorceress Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1987 Yeelen Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1987 Milan noir Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1986 Max My Love Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1983 Fou comme l'oiseau Sound Music N/A
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1982 Paradise for All Sound Musician 59
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1982 The Return of Martin Guerre Sound Original Music Composer 60
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1982 Short Memory Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1982 Café Plongeoir Sound Music N/A
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1981 Droit de Réponse Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1981 The Red Shade Sound Music 58
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1981 Le Beau Monde Sound Music N/A
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1979 See Here My Love Sound Music 58
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1979 The Dogs Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1979 Adoption Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1976 Surreal Estate Sound Music 58
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1976 La Cecilia Sound Music 58
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1971 Tahia Ya Didou ! Sound Music 59
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1970 The Bamboo Incident Sound Music 59
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1970 Les Trois Cousins Sound Music 59
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1967 A Question of Rape Sound Music 58
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