Le voyou francis lai biography

Francis Albert Lai was a French film score composer born in Nice, France. In his twenties, Lai left home and went to Paris, where he became part of the Montmarte music scene. After a short period with the orchestra of Michel Magne, Lai became accompanist for Edith Piaf and also one of her composers. In he met filmmaker Claude Lelouch and was hired to write the score for the film A Man and a Woman. Released in , the film was a major international success, earning a number of Academy Awards. The young Lai received a Golden Globe Award nomination for "Best Original Score". This initial success brought more opportunities to work for the film industry both in his native France, where he continued to work with Lelouch on scores to films such as Vivre pour vivre (), Un homme qui me plaît (), Le voyou () and La bonne année (), as well as in the UK and the USA. One critic described his music for Bilitis as "light to the point of almost not being there Lai uses synthes

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