Les Parapluies de Cherbourg

Les Parapluies de Cherbourg is the soundtrack Michel Legrand wrote for Jacques Demy’s 1964 film; it functions as a sung-through pop-influenced musical score featuring Legrand’s blend of lush orchestral arrangements and jazz-inflected harmonies. The music relies on recurring melodic motifs and shifts between bright, romantic themes and more melancholy passages, and includes the tune later known in English as "I Will Wait for You." The album is notable for integrating pop songwriting and jazz colors into cinematic orchestration.