“The Windmills of Your Mind” is a song with music by French composer Michel Legrand and English lyrics written by Americans Alan and Marilyn Bergman . The French lyrics, under the title “Les Moulins de mon cœur”, were written by Eddy Marnay. The song (with the English lyrics) was introduced in the film The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in the same year. In 2004, “Windmills of Your Mind” was ranked 57 in AFI’s 100 Years…..100 Songs survey of top songs in American cinema. A cover by Sting was used in the 1999 remake 0f The Thomas Crown Affair.
Michel Jean Legrand (born 24 February 1932 in Paris – died 26 January 2019 in Paris) was a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, and jazz pianist. Legrand was a prolific composer, having written over 200 films and television scores, in addition to many songs. His scores for the films of French New wave director Jacques Demay, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) and The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967), earned Legrand his first Academy Award nominations. Legrand won his first Oscar for the song “The Windmills of Your Mind” from The Thomas Crown Affair (1968).
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