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Francis Lai
real name Francis Albert Lai
French composer
Nice, France · 1932-04-26 – 2018-11-07
Francis Lai is credited on 11,144 releases across 2,577 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1959–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
11,144
Credits
2,577
Albums
8
Decades active
167
In collections
Biography
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French composer, born on the 26th of April 1932 in Nice - died on the 7th of November 2018 in Paris.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
11,144 releases · 2,577 albums · active 1959–2025
- Performance · 13,687
- Other credits · 1,649
- Production · 84
Studios: Studio Davout · Delphine Studio, Paris · Studio Des Dames · L'Olympia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

On How Life Is
1999

Friends
1971

Afro-Classic
1970

Viva! La Woman
1996

Emotion
1978

The Sorcerer
1967

The Shirley Bassey Singles Album
1975

The Best Of Herbie Mann
1970

Un Homme Et Une Femme (Bande Originale Du Film De Claude Lelouch)
1966

Bilitis (Bande Originale Du Film)

All Time Greatest Hits
1972

Love Story (Music From The Original Soundtrack)
1970

A Man Without Love
1968

Glory Of Love
1967

Gilberto With Turrentine
1971

Emotion
1977

His Greatest Hits
1974

Forever And Ever
1973

Something Else
1971

Kites Are Fun
1968

Cheganca
1967

Nightclub
2000

Pure Moods
1994

25th Anniversary Album
1978
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