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Michel Colombier

Michel Colombier

Composer · Died November 14, 2004, aged 65 · Lyon, Rhône, France

Michel Colombier (23 May 1939 – 14 November 2004) was a French composer, arranger, and conductor. Colombier wrote the scores of several motion pictures and TV productions. He also wrote chamber music and ballets. With composer Pierre Henry he wrote music for Messe pour le temps présent, a piece created by choreographer Maurice Béjart in 1967. He released an album on A&M Records, "Wings", in 1972, which included a collaboration with Lani Hall on lead vocal, his song "We Could Be Flying", with lyrics by Paul Williams. Recorded in Paris, with Colombier on piano, it was also included on the album "Sun Down Lady", Lani Halls' first solo album after her years as lead singer for Sergio Mendes and Brazil 66, released in 1972 on A&M Records. The piece of music for which Colombier was perhaps, most famous, was the piece Emmanuel, named after and written in memory of his young son, who died in his infancy. It was used by the French television channel Antenne 2, alongside an 80 second animation known as Les Hommes Volants (The Flying Men), by Jean Michel Folon, to signal the beginning and end of their broadcast day between the years of 1975 and 1983. Colombier's death from cancer came shortly after midnight on November 14, 2004. He left behind a widow, Dana Colombier, with whom he fathered two children. He is interred in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA. Source: Article "Michel Colombier" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Born
May 23, 1939
Died
November 14, 2004 (aged 65)
From
Lyon, Rhône, France
Works as
Composer
Titles
62 on MovieCove · 106 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 20% in 30 days

What are Michel Colombier's films like?

Across their 58 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Comedy18 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 29th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama15 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 58th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Action11 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 37th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Crime7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 58th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Sci-Fi2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 48th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Sci-Fi movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
28%
Bonds
24%
Self
15%
Power
12%
Survival
11%
Society
6%
Ideas
3%
Romantic love14 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice15 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity10 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception10 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival9 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds10 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal5 titles, browse their movies with this themeGreed5 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 58 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 26 · Serious 13 · Dark 19

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 31 · Stylized 22 · Heightened 5

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 17 · Charged 21 · Intense 20

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 21 · Shifting 33 · Whiplash 4

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 32 · Some laughs 12 · Funny 14

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 17 · Even-paced 37 · Relentless 4

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 35 · Engaged 18 · Full focus 5

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 27 · Affecting 19 · Heavy 12

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 50 · Open-ended 7 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
36
Absurd
15
Joyful
14
Melancholic
16
Thrilling
13
Other
55

How their films linger

Fun23 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good20 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet18 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 5 with a twist

  • Happy23
  • Bittersweet23
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous11

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Michel Colombier's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 31 of their 62 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (18).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Michel Colombier's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

106 credits, 62 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Deacons for Defense(2003)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Swept Away(2002)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Warden of Red Rock(2001)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Screwed(2000)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Innocents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Composer

  • Sabrina, Down Under (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Composer

  • Trippin' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Composer

  • Freak City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Composer

  • Pros & Cons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Composer

  • How Stella Got Her Groove Back(1998)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Woo(1998)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Claudine's Return (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Composer

  • The Long Way Home(1998)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Scattering Dad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Composer

  • Buried Alive II(1997)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Color of Justice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Composer

  • The Right Connections (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Composer

  • Murder in My Mind(1997)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Meet Wally Sparks(1997)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Mary & Tim(1996)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Foxfire(1996)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Barb Wire(1996)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • The World of Jacques Demy(1995)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Élisa(1995)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Incident at Deception Ridge(1994)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Major League II(1994)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Out of Darkness(1994)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • The Program(1993)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Posse(1993)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Daybreak(1993)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Fade to Black (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Composer

  • Dirty Work (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Composer

  • The Dark Wind(1991)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Folks!(1992)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Deep Cover(1992)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Strays(1991)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Diary of a Hitman(1991)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Strictly Business(1991)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Fever(1991)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • New Jack City(1991)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Fatal Exposure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Composer

  • The Fatal Image (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Composer

  • Sudie and Simpson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Composer

  • Buried Alive(1990)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Impulse(1990)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Catchfire(1990)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Midnight Cabaret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Composer

  • Desperado: Badlands Justice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Composer

  • Desperado: The Outlaw Wars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Composer

  • Asterix and the Big Fight(1989)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Tales from the Crypt(1989)

    Show 1 episode · Composer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • Loverboy(1989)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Out Cold(1989)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Who's Harry Crumb?(1989)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • The Wizard of Loneliness(1988)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Composer

  • Norway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Composer

  • The Return of Desperado(1988)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Satisfaction(1988)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Cop(1988)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • The Couch Trip(1988)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Surrender(1987)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • The Wild Pair(1987)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • The Golden Child(1986)

    Composer · Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Florida Straits (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Composer

  • Ruthless People(1986)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • The Money Pit(1986)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • White Nights(1985)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Purple Rain(1984)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • 11th Victim (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Composer

  • Against All Odds(1984)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • A Room in Town(1982)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Documenteur(1981)

    Musician

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Steel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Composer

  • The Model Couple (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Composer

  • Cérémonie des César (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Show 1 episode · Orchestrator

  • The Hunter Will Get You(1976)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • The 11,000 Sexes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Composer

  • Paul and Michelle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Composer

  • Chance and Violence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Composer

  • The Inheritor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Composer

  • Tarot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Composer

  • A Cop(1972)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Law Breakers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Composer

  • The Other Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Composer

  • Colossus: The Forbin Project(1970)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • The Scarlet Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Composer

  • Mr. Freedom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Composer · Orchestrator

  • Every Bastard a King (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Composer

  • Pasha(1968)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Marguerite Duras and the '68ers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Composer

  • Manon 70(1968)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Marguerite Duras and the Prison Governess (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Composer

  • If I Were a Spy(1967)

    Composer · Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Horizon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Music Director

  • The Gardener of Argenteuil(1966)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • A Young World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Composer

  • Marguerite Duras in the Lions' Den (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Composer

  • Marguerite Duras and Stripper Lolo Pigalle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Composer

  • L'Or du duc (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Composer

  • Marguerite Duras interviews Jeanne Moreau (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Composer

  • The Dictator's Guns(1965)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Dim Dam Dom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 66 episodes · Composer

  • A Funny Boss(1964)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • FX 18(1964)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Hole in the Moon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Composer

Career shape

A full career of 103 titles from 1964 to 2005.

Biggest box office

The Golden Child (1986)

$80M worldwide

Highest rated

The World of Jacques Demy (1995)

Midcredits 88th

Most popular right now

Asterix and the Big Fight (1989)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Music100 of 103: 95 only music, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score40thOther crew8 of 103: 3 only other crew, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score57th

103 titles, 5 with more than one role — music and other crew overlap on 5 of them.

By decade

1960s19 · crew1970s13 · crew1980s25 · crew1990s41 · crew2000s5 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Michel Colombier's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 38th percentile, the median of all 61; across their 58 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 41st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

41stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 58

Approval · how many liked their films

36thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 58

Reach · how many have seen their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 58

Midcredits score across 62 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up11
  • 50th to 74th16
  • 25th to 49th20
  • Below 25th15

Shape of the crowd

24 of their 62 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Panned2
  • Crowd Pleaser24
  • Broadly Agreed12
  • Mixed24

Most divisive · composer

Swept Away (2002)

76th percentile spread · 62% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

Out of Darkness (1994)

Midcredits 94th · 77% liked

Reviewers score the sound and music 57/100 in their films, across 38 reviewed titles; fans 68, detractors 42. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Michel Colombier's work okay for kids?

Across up to 20 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity and profanity run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore12 titles30–79 · median 54 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity20 titles31–62 · median 54 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity14 titles45–87 · median 64 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs9 titles29–74 · median 37 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense9 titles21–79 · median 44 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Michel Colombier work with?

People who share at least 2 of Michel Colombier's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Donald E. Thorin shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles