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Information trouvée : Décès 2004-11 : Michel Colombier, who scored more than 100 movies and television productions
including "White Nights," "Against All Odds," and "Purple Rain," has died. He was
65. Colombier, who also composed chamber music pieces and more than 20 ballets, died
Sunday of cancer at his home in Santa Monica. Colombier was French-born and was often
called the "godfather of French fusion" or, in Japan, "Fusion-sama." He had the versatility
to write classical phrases for Mikhail Baryshnikov's ballet steps in "White Nights,"
collaborate with Prince on futuristic rock sounds for "Purple Rain," and create gritty,
rhythmic music for "New Jack City." Colombier was classically trained as a pianist
at the Paris Conservatory. He performed on the soundtracks of some of the films he
scored, including "The Golden Child," a 1986 movie starring Eddie Murphy.