Name:

Daniel Volpini

Date/Time:

1/18/06, 8:42 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

Admiré profundamente a Michael Colombier desde que lo descubrí en el año 1978 con trabajos que marcaban diferencia con lo que se escuchaba en esa época. Mis condolencias a sus seres queridos. Con Admiracion y respeto, Daniel Volpini. from Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Name:

Tim Yarnold

Date/Time:

12/31/05, 7:00 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

I never heard of this composer until I was given the "Wings" album recently. I was so moved and humbled by this music. A real work of art. Thank You.

Name:

Bruce Johnston

Date/Time:

10/31/05, 9:37 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

Michel:
Oh those great musical times with you over the years. I do miss you!

Bruce Johnston
The Beach Boys
October 31, 2005

Name:

Christian Theuser

Date/Time:

9/3/05, 12:44 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

hello!!!

This is a very intersting site of a great composer!!!
Unfortunately he has faded away but with his music michel got immortal!!! I don't know very much musics of him! Here in Germany i make one of the few radio shows related with scores, composers and movies called SCOREMIX! if anybody is interested please contact me.

So long!!! Greetings!

Christian

Name:

joan holman wellington

Date/Time:

8/2/05, 7:58 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

I worked for Michel's family as a physical therapist for David, first at the UCLA medical center, then in Paris in 1970. I would like to know where David is now living. Can anyone help me?
Thank-you.

Name:

Valarie Dean

Date/Time:

7/18/05, 3:16 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

Dana - thank you for sharing such an amazing being with the world. . . and me! He truly lives on, within you, your children, and those who respected and loved Michel's work. What a wonderful tribute! THANK YOU!
Valarie

Name:

Ellie Iuliano

Date/Time:

6/30/05, 11:02 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

I'm a huge fan of the movie Double Switch and I read that Michel Colombier was one of the composers for that movie.
Would you be able to help me find the music from this movie? I've been trying to find a soundtrack however, it appears there never was one made for the movie which is very unfortunate and I though perhaps you can help me find it somehow.



I'd really appreciate it. Thank you kindly for your time and assistance.



Kind Regards,



Ellie.

Name:

Armen Chakmakian

Date/Time:

6/20/05, 1:56 AM

Website:

http://armen.tv

Message:

We miss you Michele

Name:

Fabio Oggioni from Milano (Italy)

Date/Time:

6/10/05, 10:58 AM

Website:

None.

Message:

As listener of the album Michel Colombier (1979) i could say that the music expressed in that occasion was cool and a nice expression of the groove and love for the music that inspired everyone (the musicians) involved in the process. Nice mile on the road, to remember.
Sorry for the lost.

Name:

chuck mymit

Date/Time:

4/24/05, 9:21 AM

Website:

None.

Message:

Your music is beautiful.Your arrangements &orchestrations are a work of art. You have been
taken from us much too soon.Ihold dear to me every
album &cd i have of your music.Thank you for coming
into my life.You will be missed-but NEVER forgotten!!!
chuck mymit

Name:

leslie fhima

Date/Time:

4/22/05, 5:51 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

Dana, i am so sorry. Michel was so incredible. I'm sorry we haven't kept in contact. Please write me. i lost your no....Leslie

Name:

Tony Vaughan

Date/Time:

4/7/05, 2:44 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

I think that my previous tribute to Michel Colombier was a bit trite. I think that a better tribute would be analyse the 'Michel Colombier' album in further detail. It seems to me that his greatest attribute was to draw out remarkable performances from already remarkable professional musicians.

We often hear Michel's type of music (and that of many other jazzers) described as 'Musak', the sort of music we hear in Supermarkets. But what sets his music apart is the sensitivity of the musicians involved and his innate ability to create music at its supreme best.

For example;

1)Dreamland gives Jaco Pastorius a beautiful solo for fretless bass with superbly sensitive backing.
2)Then there is Larry Carlton's solo on Spring; so lyrical and controlled. But its Paco Pastorius's bass that keeps grabbing the attention as well as the orchestration. Wherever Jaco Pastorius appears in the album his contributions are staggering.

However, I must give my greatest appreciation to Mike Brecker's performance in Bird Song. We all know that he has staggering technical abilities, but here he plays it simple, and with soul. So much soul, and with that lovely acoustic guitar backing, that when he hits those higher registers he tears your soul apart.

What sets this album apart is that every track is superb but to me the tracks above are special to me personally.

Name:

Tony Vaughan

Date/Time:

4/7/05, 11:30 AM

Website:

None.

Message:

I am deeply saddened to hear of the death of Michel Colombier. He had a great talent for writing in various styles and the quality of his music is reflected by the fact that the top musicians performed his works. He understood the role of each instrument and featured them in solos without pushing himself to the front. For him, the music always came first.

I feel as I did when I heard of the death of Jaco Pastorius; devastated. There aren't many musicians of this calibre around and their loss will be felt by musicians around the world.

Name:

Greg Stegeman

Date/Time:

2/14/05, 5:32 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

I was watching the Grammys last night and was just devastated to learn of Michel's passing. I was 20 years old when "Wings" was released and was never more moved and inspired than after hearing it. I became obsessed with everything he did, especially "Old Fool Back on Earth" and the self titled album that featured the greatest lineup of contemporary jazz stars ever (Jaco Pastorius, Steve Gadd, Herbie Hancock, etc.). I always told all my musician buddies that Michel was my very favorite musician because of his brilliant orchestrations and mastery of all genres. "Wings" should be studied and reviewed by every serious musician in the world and I pray that his legacy will be embraced and shared for all time. Peace to Michel and his family.

Name:

Stephen Ferrone

Date/Time:

2/12/05, 7:17 AM

Website:

None.

Message:

I first heard Wings when I lived in France around 1972. That was my first introduction to Michel, his music. I met and worked with him some years later in New York City, and found him to be as beautiful a person as his music. I just found out about his passing and am deeply saddened. My deepest sympathy to his family and friends.

Name:

eena

Date/Time:

1/25/05, 1:36 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

Michel's music was like opening a window and receiving warm, welcoming autumn breezes. I'm sure there will be more in my life but none as blessing as these. I can only imagine how he's conducting that heavenly choir. What a symphony!

Name:

Francesc

Date/Time:

1/17/05, 5:15 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

Thanks Michel !!

"The heart is so willing" the song of my life.

THANKS NOW AND FOREVER for your music.

Francesc (Barcelona,SPAIN)

Name:

Kenny Farrall

Date/Time:

1/14/05, 4:45 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

"Old Fool Back On Earth" was my introduction to Michel's Music, and I immediately became a devoted fan.
Although I never met him, I feel as if I have lost a very dear friend. Rest In Peace, Michel. I will miss you....

Name:

Louis PIETERS

Date/Time:

12/25/04, 8:26 AM

Website:

http://www.GeorgesGuetary.net

Message:

The best way for me to pay a tribute to Michel Colombier was, it seems to me, to evoke him in a page of the site devoted to Georges Guétary for whom he arranged and orchestrated some musical partitions in 1968-69, and for whose daughter he composed the music of "Abradcadabra" in 1988.
I also wish to take advantage of this opportunity to say that Michel Colombier's music, in its "classical" line carries me in serene heights of infinite –and I thank him for that, when you can be lost in life, when life does not appear clear.
And then, I love those untiring rebels who, by the example, stimulate human rise.

Belgium, from where Toots Thielemans and Jean-Michel Folon are, both Michel Colombier's friends; for this reason, the sites of Courriaulx (http://www.Courriaulx.net/) and of the pictorial art of Caroline-Marie Labenne (http://www.CMLabenne.be/) recall him too.

Name:

Mark

Date/Time:

12/18/04, 11:32 PM

Website:

http://www.contact-lens-central.com

Message:

I must admit that I found this site by mistake but this is a great site!!! I wish more people will invest their time to build sites like this.

Name:

claude rizzo

Date/Time:

12/16/04, 5:28 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

"Wings", "l'héritier", Gainsbarre etc.. etc..
Merçi encore, Monsieur Colombier, pour toute votre oeuvre.
J'espère que les maisons de disques rééditerons votre oeuvre, en s'appliquant à préserver la qualité d'origine...

Adieu.

Name:

Thierry Arpino

Date/Time:

12/10/04, 8:59 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

Merci Michel pour ton Ré créatif !
Ta musique est inoubliable. Elle nous inspire pour toujours.
Je t'envoie mon plus bel accord du moment: Do 6/9 :)
Thierry (Le fils du batteur dans "Wings" !)

Name:

Patrick Basselier

Date/Time:

12/7/04, 3:39 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

Je viens d'apprendre la nouvelle en passant,par hasard sur votre site.Quel chagrin. Après Elmer,Jerry,vous,Monsieur Colombier.Vos oeuvres,j'en suis fan depuis longtemps.L'HERITIER et L'ALPAGUEUR font encore partie aujourd'hui de mes disques de chevet, écoutés des heures et des heures entières,sources de souvenirs d'enfance,évocations d'une grande époque (LABRO/BELMONDO)du cinéma français.
Même un peu tard,de tout coeur Monsieur,Merci pour tout le bonheur que vous m'aurez apporté grace à votre musique.
Si Dieu existe,il en a de la chance que vous l'ayez rejoint.

Name:

Antonia Ellis

Date/Time:

12/7/04, 3:39 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

During the last season of "Sex & the City," we were so very fortunate to watch Michel in action. It was the most magical afternoon in the studio, as his talent is awe-inspiring and his wonderful spirit, even more so... we'll miss you.

Name:

Jan Willem Vis

Date/Time:

12/5/04, 7:28 AM

Website:

None.

Message:

From it's initial release, Michel's 'Emmanuel' had become my signature tune for life: the ultimate generique, prelude to every new momentum, introduction to any new direction, a magic moment on its own.

After being informed on Michel's passing away by my dear friend Michael Lennon, who had worked with him some years ago and who was - strangly enough - not familiar to this beautiful song, I mailed an mpeg to his hotel room.

On the sounds of Emmanuel, we couldn't help sharing the tears because of this great loss. Another magic moment passed by, I guess.

Thanks for sharing the beauty of your talent through all those years. May god bless your soul forever!

Name:

Terry Carr

Date/Time:

12/3/04, 5:49 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

How fortunate I was to hear the Paris rehearsal for the "WINGS" album. To have Michel and his first wife, Yael as friends while I lived in Paris so long ago.

Six beautiful children and scores of beautiful music are quite a legacy.

Always seen and heard Michel as nothing less than that. Beautiful.

Bon to you.

Name:

Daniel Homer

Date/Time:

12/3/04, 11:28 AM

Website:

None.

Message:

Querido Michel:

Gracias por tu música llena de sensibilidad y calidad.
Desde alguna estrella ahora seguirás creando para el universo todo.
Con admiración y respeto,

Daniel Homer

Name:

Leonie

Date/Time:

12/1/04, 7:27 AM

Website:

None.

Message:

Does anyone know if there's any sheetmusic of the song in Sex and the City? Would love to play it...

Name:

Dan Lieberstein

Date/Time:

11/28/04, 5:36 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

I had the pleasure of working with Michel not too long ago on Sex And The City. He was a man of incredible talent and an amazing sweet gentle touch on the piano that I think matched his soul. A great musician, arranger and composer who will be deeply missed. I am so glad I had the opportunity to meet him and work with him. Adieu Michel.

Dan Lieberstein
Music Supervisor

Name:

GRAEME LYALL AM

Date/Time:

11/24/04, 1:23 AM

Website:

None.

Message:

An atmosphere of shock and incredible sadness descended upon myself and my students when the news of Michel's passing reched us here in Perth Australia. I feel so priveleged to have had the oppurtunity to correspond with such an amazing musician and a wonderful human being. I will always regret the fact that we couldn't quite make the Australian trip happen. To Dana, Siena, Arabella, Emily, and Anna, may I express the sympathies of the music community of Australia. We loved him and will miss him. Vaya con Dios mon ami. Graeme

Name:

Godwin Borg

Date/Time:

11/23/04, 5:11 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

My most sincere condolensces to Michel's relatives and close friends. He will live forever in our hearts and through his beautiful and inspiring works. God bless you Michel. Rest In Peace.

Name:

Gary Dailey

Date/Time:

11/23/04, 1:27 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

Condolences and God Speed!!!! In 1971 I was a young
trumpet player/arranger for the US Army Band during
Viet Nam. "WINGS" saved my musical sanity and pointed
me in a direction which would later take me to the
big bands of Buddy Rich, Maynard Ferguson and the
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and singer Ethel Ennis...
over the years, and many miles and gigs later, I had
worn out my THIRD copy of "WINGS" and the SECOND copy
of "OLD FOOL"....those albums were ALWAYS on the top
of the stacks no matter what was going on...imagine
my surprise when, while working in the video department of the Siddha Yoga Ashram in New York, I
walk by the message board and see Michel's name. I
stopped right then and there and took a few moments
to catch my breath. I rushed back to the video department and asked about Michel...they didn't know
where he was! Two days later, having thought I had
missed the opportunity of a lifetime, I answered the
phone in the video production office to find, you
guessed it, Michel on the other end of the phone! That
was the opportunity to finally thank him for playing
a major role in my musical and spiritual life. When
I got off of the phone, the production manager noticed
that I had never answered the phone in that intense a manner all Summer...I had to explain that it was like being able to thank Bach or Beethoven or Stravinsky for being in your life, AND being able to say it, heart-to-heart, in person. What a perfect environment for such a gift!!!!! Michel was , and will always be,
such a perfect gift for our environment! Thanks and
blessings for ever....Jaya Gurumayi! Gary

Name:

Alex Jaffray

Date/Time:

11/21/04, 8:43 AM

Website:

None.

Message:

Michel a du rejoindre les personnages de Folon, triste fin de programme.
Nous avons perdu un immense musicien, j'ai perdu un de mes maitres.

Name:

BRENDA RUSSELL

Date/Time:

11/21/04, 1:01 AM

Website:

None.

Message:

Michel, I am so sure somewhere in this beautiful universe you see all our tears and feel all the love of your friends and family who will miss you so much. It was as though you would always be here making your incredible music. You were such a wonderful human being first, and as I always called you "the funkiest Frenchman I know!" After having the honor of knowing you for 25 years, even though I hadn't seen you for a while, you were always living in my heart as a wonderful friend and a genius composer.

It was so fun having our play hangs and I'm so happy that I was the one God chose to bring you to the function where you met your wife, Dana. That was a very special occasion for me as that day changed your life.

You were so elegant that going anywhere with you, a girl had to have her s...t together!! You always looked liked you walked right off the pages of GQ Baby!!!

Your support of my music was such a solid place for me to lean on when I was ever in doubt. You will be missed miserably, but never ever forgotten.
Your creativity lives on as does your loving spirit.
Goodbye for now, my friend
Brenda Russell

(my heartfelt condolences to the Colombier family)

Name:

Patric

Date/Time:

11/18/04, 2:07 PM

Website:

http://www.prince.org

Message:

We here at www.Prince.org extend our heartfelt sadness and sympathies to the Colombier family at this time, and send out thanx 2 Michel for his wonderful gift of beautiful melodies.

Name:

Christian Le Gall

Date/Time:

11/18/04, 1:31 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

il est honteux que je vous ne parliez pas de sa collaboration avec BARBARA, bien plus fascinante artiste qu'une toute petite madonna que vous citez et qui ne mérite pas aucune majuscule...
It is a shame you don't talk about his work with BARBARA, best french singer and songwriter...

Name:

Dave Iwataki

Date/Time:

11/17/04, 4:02 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

Michel will continue to be an inspiration to me, and I will miss him.

Name:

vic

Date/Time:

11/17/04, 3:31 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

Rest well and thanks for the sounds!

Name:

Stefanie Sellars

Date/Time:

11/16/04, 12:51 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

Michel,

What a beautiful Legacy you have left for us.
Such exquisite music, such a great example to all of us.
Michael Shapiro spoke so highly of you, he said that one of the most impressive things about Michel is that no matter what kind of project he is working on he gives the same high degree of care and craftmanship to each piece, no matter if it be a Studio Film or a Movie of the week. It was a joy and an inspiration to watch and listen to you work.

Your legacy to always give your best has always been such a great ethical lesson especially in today's high pressure, very little time, post production world. It has touched, moved and inspired others, to reach further, work harder and be the best we can be, what greater good could anyone possibly do?

You will be missed. I hope that you were met by Jaco and many other missed friends and family when you transitioned.

Love and Light,
-Stefanie

Name:

Jeremy

Date/Time:

10/1/04, 9:31 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

Where can I purchase the song "The heart is so willing" , is it on Money Pit sound track?

Any info. is appreciated

Name:

Lothar Rapior

Date/Time:

9/23/04, 10:34 AM

Website:

None.

Message:

The blessings are with you as you brought so many musical blessings to us. Keep your soul flying. That´s where we meet unbeknown to our minds.
Amazing to meet you and Dana on the plane.
Truely yours. Lothar

Name:

Lothar Rapior

Date/Time:

9/23/04, 10:34 AM

Website:

None.

Message:

The blessings are with you as you brought so many musical blessings to us. Keep your soul flying. That´s where we meet unbeknown to our minds.
Amazing to meet you and Dana on the plane.
Truely yours. Lothar

Name:

Jan U-L

Date/Time:

9/15/04, 11:41 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

oops! Just figured out it was reissued and I didn't recognize the cover (Wings). Sorry!

Name:

Jan Upton Lloyd

Date/Time:

9/15/04, 11:21 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

I am going crazy trying to find an album I know I used to have (and loved) that featured Michel Colombier, Paul Williams and Lani Hall - am I nuts? There is no mention of this recording in your discography. I would really be thrilled to find another copy - any suggestions??????

Name:

Lourens Poorter

Date/Time:

9/3/04, 10:16 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

Dear Michel,

Thank you for having enriched my life with your beautiful music. It is so unique, sophisticated and most of all it is music for the sake of music. I can't help feeling so good and fullfilled after hearing your music. It is so well constructed and fits together like a glove. My favorite would have to be the album Wings. Thank you so much for your gift which is your musical genius to the world.

My warmest and best regards,

Lourens

Name:

alejandro bolaños

Date/Time:

7/25/04, 1:45 AM

Website:

None.

Message:

EN 1980 DESCUBRI TU ALBUM ^MICHEL COLOMBIER^.QUEDE FASCINADO.AHORA QUE DESCUBRO TU SITIO WEB TE PUEDO DAR LAS GRACIAS A TI POR TU MUSICA Y A DIOS POR LA SENSIBILIDAD QUE TE DIO.



SINCERAMENTE DESDE MEXICO

Name:

Sean Currey

Date/Time:

6/1/04, 6:40 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

Mr. Colombier,

My wife and I have always enjoyed your song "The Heart is so Willing" from the Money Pit. However, we are unable to find that song anywhere to purchase. Is it possible to buy this one song? If someone could point me in the right direction that would be great!

Name:

Erick Garnica

Date/Time:

5/27/04, 7:51 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

Mr. Colombier,

I have no words to describe the beauty and depth of your music. The music that is being heard today doesn't stand a chance to the great compositions such as yours and many others: Stravinsky, Dutilleux, Pastorius.

Gracias Maestro Colombier

Name:

RUDOLPH 1971

Date/Time:

3/29/04, 10:18 AM

Website:

None.

Message:

votre musique m'a rendu melancolique a vie,sans votre "emmanuel" je n'aurais pu decouvrir j-s bach et haendel quand je devint adolescent,merci et que dieu vous bennisse!

Name:

hervé goussé

Date/Time:

3/13/04, 9:30 AM

Website:

None.

Message:

Justes quelques mots :

" TOULOUSE TO WIN " et " STANCE A NEW YORK " sont deux compositions de vous, pour monsieur CLAUDE NOUGARO.
Elles sont simplement belles et fortes.
Merci !

hervé goussé

Name:

Mike Rebman

Date/Time:

1/3/04, 9:34 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

"Keep The Music Alive" Mr.Colombier!

Just heard "Sittin On A Dream" for the first time (The Money Pit...1986). Fantastic song!

Thanks

Name:

hervé goussé

Date/Time:

12/8/03, 8:54 AM

Website:

None.

Message:

merci pour votre musique qui respire la vie et 'amour !
"old fool back on earth" est une pierre précieuse dans un monde parfois bien triste !
je suis admiratif et votre musique me fait du bien !
bravo !

hervé goussé
toulouse, france

Name:

Pierre Bon

Date/Time:

12/2/03, 12:10 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

Cher Michel
J'ai aujourd'hui 40 ans et quand j'y pense, il ne c'est pas passé une semaine sans que j'écoute "WINGS"... Votre oeuvre fait partie des musiques qui m'ont appris à écouter, à aimer, à imaginer, et qui ma poussé vers cette voie difficile et sans limites qu'est la musique. Un grand Merci. D'autres reve de loto, moi c'est de voir et d'entendre "WINGS" sur scène! La vie musicale nancéienne (Nancy) est attractive! Venez nous rendre visite!
A très bientot!
Pierre Bon
A bientot

Name:

Abdullatif Abdulla

Date/Time:

12/1/03, 10:56 AM

Website:

None.

Message:

Please do accept me as a friend for this great artist.I am going to send some nice work.Thanks

Name:

Edward Fiebke

Date/Time:

11/6/03, 8:30 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

I love the album, "Wings". I believe that Paul Williams wrote the lyrics to many of the songs; the albums was produced by Herb Albert (I could be wrong on this); and Bill Medley sung the song "Freedom and Fear" which was the first song track on the album.

I used to have this album. Can't find it. I would sincerely love to purchase this album, "Wings", but I believe it is out of print.

Could you or anyone point me in the right direction as to where I may purchase "Wings". . . preferrably as as CD?????

The whole album is wonderful. I enjoy most the song, "Freedom and Fear".

Sincerely,

Edward Fiebke

Name:

Shaun Haywood

Date/Time:

11/5/03, 5:18 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

Mr. Colombier, I just wanted to write a quick note to you to say how much I have enjoyed your music. I first became acquainted with it, like most Americans I suppose, through the soundtrack of "Against all Odds". I must say, "The Search" or title theme to that movie is so haunting and recognizable that I literally hadn't heard it for 5 or 6 years, yet immediately recognized it when I heard the theme playing on television several weeks ago. I wasn't even paying attention to the TV at that point, in fact was in the other room, but had to rush to the set when I heard that guitar playing that theme and stay to the end to see your name on the credits.

I checked out your web site and listened to all of the examples and have to tell you that I really like your music. The sense of ebb and flow and melodic line is something that is sorely missed in today's music, yet I hear it very prominently in yours. Bravo!

A quick question, have you written any music for solo voice with piano accompaniment? The list of French composers that have contributed to the melodie over the years is an extremely important one, although entirely too short. I hope that you have.

In any event, please accept my best wishes and know that you have an extremely pleased fan that has rediscovered your music after many years.

All the best,
Shaun Haywood, operatic tenor

Name:

hervé goussé

Date/Time:

10/6/03, 3:37 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

Monsieur COLOMBIER,

le 6 octobre à la fnac de TOULOUSE, je trouve la réedition de votre album " WINGS " !
J 'ai 38 ans et joue le titre " EMMANUEL " sur mon lecteur cd : je ferme les yeux et redevient l' espace d' un moment le petit garçon qui regardait les petits hommes de FOLON sur la télévision de ses parents.
Mon regard devient trouble.
Merci !

Name:

Caston Malloy

Date/Time:

10/1/03, 9:16 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

Dear Mr. Colombier:
I LOVE YOUR MUSIC!
I once had an album of yours, with a song titled "I Call You My Love." It's one of my favorite songs and I would love to find a copy of it.
Please help me. I've looked and and looked and was told that it is out of print. It was one of my favorite albums. "I call you my love, though you're just a name that's disappeared like a word on the wind....." JUST BEAUTIFUL

Name:

Jeff Logsdon

Date/Time:

7/30/03, 5:44 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

Just surfed in after listening to 'Layas' on the Jaco Pastorius Anthology. I still get chills every time I hear that jam. Perhaps I should become more familiar with Michel.

Name:

Hans

Date/Time:

6/2/03, 1:57 AM

Website:

None.

Message:

Dear Mr. Colombier
it was in the late seventies i think, that a very dear friend of my played the M.C. album for me. I was in awe by the beauty of the music. This weekend he putted the music form the original LP on CD for me, bringing your music again under my attention. This made me finding your site. I am impressed with the tastefullness of the site.I am very anxious to hear more of your music.

with regards,
Hans

Name:

Bruce Rubin

Date/Time:

5/6/03, 3:19 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

In 1974, I was posted/sentenced for one year to a dot between the Artic Ocean and the Bering Sea, Sheyma, Alaska. I saw a French movie one day, along with a half dozen others, that left me with two lasting memories: 2 French businessmen, playing a vigorous game of soccer/football didn't shower afterwards, they just splashed on cologne(!) and the soundtrack was terrific. Thanks to the WWW, I've found the name of the movie and the composer of the music. Now, is the sound track to "L' Héritier" available?

TIA.

Name:

Morten Bjorgan

Date/Time:

2/15/03, 6:38 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

First time I heard of M.C. was after buying the album M.C., seeing all the brilliant musicians participating, Pastorius, Gadd, Erskine. After listening once I was hooked. I managed to get hold of a second hand "Wings", scratched and noisy.
And loved that one, too, having heard one of the tunes in a French gangster movie in my youth, with Deneuve and Gabin, I think it was.
So, I heard of "Old fool back on Earth", with elements of film scores and great vocal parts.
Then; enter the compact discs. I managed to obtain "Wings", but it took me years to get M.C. The VERY funny thing is, that I made my own cd of "M.C.", for convenience, and I let Peter Erskine know of this via a friend. Later he got a cd in the mail, his vinyl copy was worn out long ago.
Of course I have them all on real cd's now, and have ordered "Dream", - no shops in London have it in stock.
I now look forward to hear the new release of "Wings", having read somewhere that it has been remastered.
Of course I have seen the films with M.C. music,
and understand that a tour with a band is out of question.

Keep on the brilliant work.

mb

Name:

Molo Renzo

Date/Time:

1/1/03, 8:35 AM

Website:

None.

Message:

Bonjour et Bonne année 2003 Dear Michel,je suis ton Fan depuis 1968 et aussi musiciens,tiens je ne sais pas comme pouvoir faire pour acheter les CD Wings 1970 et 2002,j'habite en Suisse(Tessin Locarno)
peut tu me reisegner ?
Salutations Renzo

Name:

Xavier Estrada

Date/Time:

12/31/02, 3:28 AM

Website:

None.

Message:

Hello Michel,
You can't belive how long I'v been searching for one of your works. I first heard your Michel Colombier album in 1980. Since 1988 without any luck I have been looking and living request at some rare & used album store's here in Los Angeles. Back in 1997 I worked for the distributor for Mogami wire & cable. I recived an order and spoke with Michael Boddicker. I asked how to get a copy of the album or CD. It was out of print. It has Haunted me. For many decades I have been telling most all of my musician freinds of that album. I am blessed to find your web site. It is truly Chritsmas, I await my CD shipment. Merry Christmas to you and your family. And many more brilliant works from your Music's
heart in the New Year.

Xavier Estrada
X-Man
Orchestrada Audio
Los Angeles, CA.

Name:

Idris Saad

Date/Time:

11/21/02, 1:46 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

Hello, Migalo Laboro
Congratulation for to "Die another day". It realy blow my mind.I'm from Libya,and if it not for technology I won't hear about you.
I visited your website which I managed to reach.I hope I can organize to get your works.Are there any in Egypt? That will make it easier. I liked the proverb (in the forum); "Turn your face to the sun and the shadows will fall behind". What do you think about this saying, I encountered it in an old American movie; "You Lit Up My Life". Not widely known.It was a well done movie.
It says; "Sometime when you reach for a dream,you have to leave something behind".
And you'll leave behind music to enrich our life and warm our hearts.
Thank You

Name:

patricia empain

Date/Time:

11/20/02, 3:00 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

Le musée Folon est devenu ma promenade préférée,
et votre musique y est pour beaucoup.
Pensez-vous éditer ces compositions un jour: pourquoi ne pas les proposer à la vente dans la boutique du musée?

Name:

Theo-Hans

Date/Time:

9/24/02, 2:37 AM

Website:

None.

Message:

Hello,

I never heard of Colombier before 1989 when I heard Emmanuel on a cd played by oboist Han de Vries.
It was a very beautiful one and I was very touched by this. since that time I tried a few times to get this piece for oboe and piano, but unfortunately this was not possible according to the sheetmusic seller.
My question is:
Can I get anywhere a copy of Emmanuel for oboe and piano, or maybe the piano reduction or something else.
I hope that someone can help me.
Thanks,

Theo-Hans

T.J. Kuyvenhoven
Tolsteegplantsoen 34
3523 AK Utrecht
The Netherlands
theohanskuyvenhoven@hotmail.com

Name:

Sébastien Gobbé

Date/Time:

9/13/02, 2:22 PM

Website:

http://www.chez.com/unheards

Message:

Bonjour à vous Michel,
j'ai 15 ans, j'habite à Annecy, et je suis un nouvel adopté de votre musique du film "L'enfant sacré du Tibet" que j'ai regardé plusieurs fois, et elle m'a beaucoup, mais vraiment, beaucoup plu. Je sais pas comment vous faites pour composer tout ça (avec tous ces instruments), mais vous êtes un Dieu ! :-)
Franchement, bravo. Enfin je n'ai pas encore eu l'honneur d'écouter certaines de vos musiques à part "Psyche Rock" qui m'est assez connu. Et oui, je découvre ! :-)
Bravo à vous.

Name:

Sally Haynes

Date/Time:

9/1/02, 7:27 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

Thankyou Michel for your beautiful contributions to music. I was introduced to "Old Fool Back On Earth" by the inspirational Graeme Lyall (Cons. of Music, Perth, Western Australia) and was hooked from the first moment! How delightful, then, to see his entry in this guestbook, having not seen him for several years and now living in Melbourne. Congratulations on an outstanding website - I will be returning to it regularly.

Name:

Bobbi Blair Thompson, DC

Date/Time:

8/19/02, 2:39 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

Michel, I finally made it to your site. What a delight...much like you. Going out tomorrow to buy music. Give my love to the women (and girls) of the house.
In Health & Harmony,
Dr. Bobbi

Name:

Stéphane LE MAT

Date/Time:

7/15/02, 12:52 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

Bien qu'Emmanuel m'ait marqué depuis mon enfance, je salut l'oeuvre du compositeur.
Merci à vous.

Name:

Alex Jaffray

Date/Time:

7/1/02, 3:13 AM

Website:

None.

Message:

Petit, je m'endormais sur le générique de fin de programme d'Antenne 2. Quelle belle madeleine de Proust que cette "Emmanuelle". Michel, merci.

Name:

Marzin

Date/Time:

6/21/02, 7:26 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

merci pour votre site, mais je ne vois malheureusement rien, ni texte, ni pochette, mentionnant l'orchestration des disques : "l'aigle noir" , "seule" et "la fleur d'amour" sur les musiques de Barbara, et quelques unes des vôtres ? Merci de me répondre
Pierre

Name:

Fred Adkins

Date/Time:

5/27/02, 9:00 AM

Website:

None.

Message:

Michel, I had & loved the original version of Wings but lost it. What a wonderful idea, beautifully executed...... can't find a copy of the reissue but live in hope...... you make wonderful music.

Fred Adkins

Name:

Claude Brisset

Date/Time:

4/30/02, 5:48 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

Bonjour Michel , mille bravos pour votre musique magnifique et vos arrangements qui me laissent toujours aussi admiratif....Bravo aussi pour le site ! J'ai eu l'honneur et la grande joie de chanter " Freedom and fear " et " Morning has come again " en FRance , en 1984 , lors de plusieurs spectacles , ce fut un bonheur ! Votre musique nous est très chère ( à moi et de nombreux fans , musiciens et mélomanes en France et partout dans le monde ) Encore merci. Claude Brisset

Name:

Eun-Young Song

Date/Time:

4/15/02, 5:08 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

"Music from the heart..."

When I listen to Colombier, I lose all my appetite for other music!

I'm absolutely amazed by his superlative works.

I wish I could listen to the unknown pieces that he improvised when he was a teen-age student.

Name:

Mike M.

Date/Time:

4/6/02, 12:46 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

Bonjour mes amis!

I was so afraid that I would die before finding 'Wings' on CD. I'd better get my will drawn up. Looks like I'll be able to die contentedly!

Vive la musique de Michel!

Name:

Regann MiCherre Anderson

Date/Time:

3/28/02, 6:33 AM

Website:

None.

Message:

Michel, your website is wonderful. Cute pictures of "your girls". Your work is brilliant and like no other and I feel blessed to have had the opportunity to work with you. You gave me my "first break" (Pros & Cons). For this I will always be grateful.

Much love to you and your family...

Regann

Name:

Skalupe DosPedros

Date/Time:

3/23/02, 10:07 AM

Website:

None.

Message:

Hello! One of my all time favorite film scores would be "How Stella got her Shoes back" and consider the use of solo finger piano thoughout absolutely amazing. As for Michel Colombier music I've especially enjoyed the score for "Surrender" quite a bit. It's got a Goddamn good strong sound! I despise dripping sweetness and things of that nature other than when poured on a stack of six pancakes. Yesterday I found myself pleastly surprised to learn that there exists a recording of Herbie Hancocks music from "Fat Albert". From the perspective of a person who listens with both ears I consider what I've heard of your music pretty goddamn good and was wondering if perhaps you might be interested in scoring a film that I've been considering making possibly with Giancarlo Gianini in a supporting role and titled (english translation) "Legend of Stinky the Whore". And if Giancarlo Gianini isn't interested in the role I have in mind a fella who knows a fella who knows another fella that looks like Ernest Borgnine that'll work for cheap. Over the past several years I've been working for cheap doing clean-up work at construction sights with alcoholics and crack-heads and figure that I'm due for a change so thought I'd try a shot a film directing. Next I was wondering if any one knows anyone interested in financing?

Name:

Tiana et Katarina

Date/Time:

3/1/02, 6:45 AM

Website:

None.

Message:

Les félicitation s'imposent pour ce site qui nous a fait découvrir une plus grande partie de ce que nous connaissions déjà de votre travail c'est à dire la BO de "Largo Winch".

Name:

France Santella (former France LAURIE)

Date/Time:

2/1/02, 9:06 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

He, Michel: Tu ne pourrais pas avoir oublie tes Colombines... Je ne chante pas souvent, mais un de mes
voisins est Charles McPherson, et on fait le boeuf a la
maison. Je serai enchantee que tu me reponde!
"Le Son"

Name:

bob shelby

Date/Time:

1/27/02, 12:08 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

have been a fan since i first heard wings. enjoyed the clip of folon. would love to see the 95 clip that the two of you produced.

Name:

Jean-michel Toulon

Date/Time:

1/11/02, 10:15 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

bonne année Monsieur Michel Colombier
Je viens de découvrir ton site et je suis content :))
les photos sont splendides,je n'ai pas encore eu le temps de tout voir, le café à l'air très sympa:)))
quelle joie de pouvoir te parler ici,c'est vraiment super tous ces forums
à bientot

Name:

Stefanie

Date/Time:

12/14/01, 4:27 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

Michel,

Wonderful site.
Elegant, simple, well written and informative.
How wonderful that your fans now have a direct link
to you and your music.

Now we are all thirsty for a greatest hits CD.

Well Done,

Love and Light,

-Stefanie

Name:

A. Wells

Date/Time:

12/10/01, 11:57 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

I have Old Fool Back On Earth and I love it.
My favorite song is "Angel of Love" everytime that I listen to that song I feel better about myself an my day. If I do have a bad day I just put that song on an my day is better. Mr.Colombier I just want to thank you for that song, you just don't know how that song makes me feel. The tape used to belong to my mother,she would played it every Sunday an I would wake up hearing your songs. Now it belong to me and I "loves" it.

Thank you,
A.Wells

Name:

Carlos Barata

Date/Time:

12/6/01, 5:51 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

I know Michel Colombier only from "Wings" that I heard here, in Portugal in the seventies. Looking for that record I found this wonderful site. But I had not found "yet" how can I get the CD.

Name:

Don D. Paul

Date/Time:

11/10/01, 3:41 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

An old acquaintance and fellow artist. So good to find your website. A tout a l'heure....

Name:

Jacques Clusiault

Date/Time:

10/19/01, 1:07 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

Bonjour! Il y maintenant une trentaine d'années que j'ai ressenti l'onde de choc Wings. Je continu encore et encore d'écouter mon vieux vinyl. Impossible de trouver le c.d.! ( pour l'instant)
Vous êtes l'une de mes dernières ressources.
Il me faut cet album, c'est une question de goût, d'intelligence et d'émotion.
Longue vie au génie!

Name:

christian

Date/Time:

9/30/01, 7:06 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

Intéressant, mais vous ne mettez pas assez l'accent sur la qualité de ses orchestrations des musiques et de l'oeuvre de BARBARA, qui était une bien plus grandes artiste et créatrice que la plupart des chanteurs mis en avant dans cet hommage : petula Clark à côté est franchement ridicule, et Streisand un bluff commercial ! Il n'y a pas que les artistes anglo-saxons que diable !

Name:

Mike Walsh

Date/Time:

9/16/01, 9:21 AM

Website:

None.

Message:

For the last 18 years I have been moved, inspired, soothed, excited and simply been given joy by "Old fool back on earth". This is the only way I have of saying thank you, and sharing the thought with others who clearly feel the same way about your music. I have now finally found it on CD and cannopt wait for it to arrive - like a 16 year old waiting for the next Beatles album!

Mike Walsh

Name:

bibiche

Date/Time:

9/15/01, 10:20 AM

Website:

None.

Message:

bonjour !
je trouve vot' site 'achement pas bien heu.. et pis (de maïs) indigne de vot' talent, foutre dieu quel est le webmaster qui a pondu ce site qui ne vaut pas un pet de mulet ???? en attendant un site digne de ce nom pour Michel Colombier !

bibiche (bibi pour les intimes)

Name:

arthur tarnowski

Date/Time:

9/3/01, 8:19 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

Bonjour Michel,
Bravo et encore Bravo, almost a year and a half since the Largo Winch adventure began, and I am always discovering new reasons why we have been so lucky to have the "dove"(la colombe) score this tv series. Your internet site is a great example in how one can capture the spirit of a person in creating a web page for them. I am looking forward to our future collaborations as well as discovering even more interesting facts about you as I explore the living document that is Michel Colombier.com.

A bientot cher ami le chevalier,

ciao arturo

Name:

Alex from Russia

Date/Time:

8/31/01, 8:46 AM

Website:

None.

Message:

Hello Michel!Good site!!!I hear your music, only in movie "L'alpagueur".Thank you for this music!It's a super!!!!! I wish you good luck!

Name:

Frederic Rebet

Date/Time:

8/28/01, 5:23 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

Beautiful site ! I still discover new stories about you, and I think I have only seen a little part.
It is really warm to have met someone like you.
All the best

Name:

olivier ROBERT

Date/Time:

8/26/01, 11:18 AM

Website:

None.

Message:

Cher Michel, bonjour. Bonjour aussi à tous ceux qui ont pu contribuer de près ou de loin à la construction de ce site, qui remet à jour un intérêt pour votre musique, qui d'ailleurs n'avait sûrement jamais été entamé.
Je suis né en 1978, et ne connais par conséquent qu'une infime partie de votre travail, qui m'a cependant suffit à comprendre votre implication dans la création et le plaisir que vous avez du constamment chercher à partager avec les mélomanes du monde entier. J'ai découvert votre univers à travers plusieurs disques de musiciens ayant eu rapport avec vos productions, comme Messieurs Eddie Louiss, Yvan "Big" Jullien, Berard Lubat, etc... et suis tombé un jour sur un exemplaire à l'abandon de "Wings", et, pour ne pas faillir à la règle, y trouva quelques titres qui allaient devenir des références affectives pour moi.
Récemment, j'ai réalisé que vous n'étiez pas réellemnt un élément nouveau dans ma vie puisque j'ai découvert que vous étiez aussi derrière Monsieur Gainsbourg, et derrière beaucoup de musiques de films. Dernier choc: "l'Alpagueur". J'ai redécouvert ce film et son thème musical avec bonheur, bien qu'il devait reposer dans mon inconscient depuis bien longtemps.Je compare cette "empreinte musicale sous-terraine" à celles que Monsieur Lalo Schifrin a laissé dans tous les esprits. Mais vous m'avez ouvert la porte d'un univers intemporel qui semblait m'attendre depuis longtemps.
Voilà pourquoi je voudrais vous remercier, Michel.

Name:

Graeme Lyall

Date/Time:

7/12/01, 1:46 AM

Website:

None.

Message:

If anybody is searching for 'Old Fool Back on Earth' on CD, you will find it at Alapage.com in France. FRF119,57+postage. Worth it at any price. Graeme Lyall

Name:

Julien Comelli

Date/Time:

7/6/01, 4:27 AM

Website:

None.

Message:

Cher Michel,
merci infiniment pour votre travail tout au long de ces années. Grâce à vous, de grandes interprètes, comme Lani Hall ou Petula Clark, ont pu étoffer leur talent. Sans vos arrangements, et vos musiques de films, l'histoire ne serait pas tout à fait la même. C'est un plaisir de tout les jours que de découvrir toutes les finesses de votre oeuvre, écoute après écoute.
En espérant avoir un jour l'immense privilège de vous parler de manière plus directe, je vous prie d'agréer, cher Michel, mes salutations les meilleures.
Julien Comelli, Suisse

Name:

John Eklund

Date/Time:

6/28/01, 2:02 PM

Website:

http://www.mds.mdh.se/~dat95jed/

Message:

I just tuned in to your site (again), and I must say I love the new look and contents. I think
it treads the line between user-friendly simplicity and well-designed eyecandy very well.
One of the best composer sites I've seen.
(By one of the best composers I've heard!)

Greetings from the grim north
/ The score collector

Name:

robbie buchanan

Date/Time:

6/25/01, 4:00 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

hey, michel. this is a beautiful site. soooooo tasteful. i would say it's almost as tasteful as your music:)

Name:

Jenny

Date/Time:

6/24/01, 1:03 AM

Website:

None.

Message:

I have just finished listening to "Wings" again. It has been, since childhood, a comforting place of refuge and renewal for me. "Emmanuel" never fails to bring tears to my eyes, always in a good way. I know "Wings" is just one of many many things you have done over the years, but it has meant a great deal to me in my life. Thank you for the opportunity to say "thank you"!

Name:

Graeme Lyall

Date/Time:

6/22/01, 10:49 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

Great site. Michel is now incorporated into the Composition and Arranging curriculum of the Jazz Dept. of the W.A. conservatorium of Music. Perth, Western Australia. He should be part of every music course that exists. Graeme Lyall(M.Mus.)

Name:

Eric Persing

Date/Time:

6/21/01, 1:21 AM

Website:

None.

Message:

New site looks great Michel! Love the look and the layout.

Much love from your friend and cohort,

Eric Persing

Name:

Walter S. Hemingway

Date/Time:

6/20/01, 9:27 AM

Website:

None.

Message:

Beautiful site. Michel Colombier is, of course, a musical genius. I would love to know if "Old Fool Back on earth" is available on CD. Please anyone?

Name:

James Dowaliby

Date/Time:

6/15/01, 8:13 PM

Website:

None.

Message:

Great Site.
Very fluid, emotional, comforting.
musical.
of course.
why should we be surprised?
thank-you.

Name:

webmaster

Date/Time:

6/13/01, 7:37 PM

Website:

http://www.leitmotif.com

Message:

Welcome to the Michel Colombier guestbook!