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13 jours en France (Cover)

Mimei Sakamoto & Benjamin Legrand

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This is the Duet music video by Mimei Sakamoto & Benjamin Legrand(Son of Michel Legrand). They chose this song to commemorate the 2024 Olympic in france.
This song "13jours en france" is a theme song of the same title movie "13jours en France". The movie is a documentary film by Guy Gilles and Claude Lelouche in 1968.
Mimei met Benjamin in 2017 at first in Paris. Japanese pianist Makoto Kuruya introduced
Mimei to Benjamin for their first duet songs "Un home et une femme" and "What are you doing the rest of your life". "Un home et une femme" is also the composition of Francis Lai. So it is meaningful for them to duet the work of Francis Lai one time again.

Mimei and Benjamin love this beautiful music,and Benjamin was a friend of the composer Francis Lai, because his father Michel Legrand made music with Francis Lai. Mimei met Pierre Barough in Japan and visited his wife's live house "Saravah! Tokyo" many times .
It is sorry Francis died in 2018. Pierre Barough also died in 2016. But Mimei and Benjamin want to devote this recording to them.

Even now the melody and the words are beautiful and fresh . If we can renew their beautiful song with new taste , we are very happy !
23th June 2024
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-Vocals -
Mimei Sakamoto & Benjamin Legrand

-Music -
Francis Lai
- Lyrics -
Pierre Barouh

Arrangement / Music Director / Piano
Jean-Claude Orfali

1st violin : Henri Gouton
2nd violin : Julien Bezias
Alto : Iara Teixeira Martins
Cello : Gwendeline Lumaret
Accordeon : Ludovic Beier
Piano : Jean-Claude Orfali

Sound Engineer & Mix : Pierre Dachery(Studio Prado)
Mastering : Abbey Road Studio
Mastering Engineer : Geoff Pesche
Mastering Coordinator : Martin Nagano

Producer : Mimei Sakamoto

Artist Profile

  • Mimei Sakamoto

    MIMEI SAKAMOTO. (Born 1965). Japanese artist. Mimei made her debut as a manga artist in 1989 gathering much attention and popularity throughout Japan. But in 2006, Mimei came down with "Collagen Disease" (an intractable connective tissue disorder causing inflammation and destruction of collagen throughout the body). Experiencing much trouble walking and using her hands, doctors even told her she may not have much time left. Around the same time, with an unyielding desire to continue to express her passion as an artist and, in spite of having no professional experience or training, she turned to singing. With the support of many people around her, she managed to release her first CD recording, "JINSEI~INOCHI" (Rambling Records). Then Mimei released her first jazz album, "La Magie de L'amour" (arrangement by Makoto Kuriya on the JAZZ JAPAN label ) in 2012, and followed this up with the second album, "BLUE LEGEND ~Aoi Densetsu~" (JAZZ JAPAN) in 2013, produced by Tsugutoshi Goto and featuring her own original lyrics. Work on a 3rd album, "Moulin Rouge" (MIMEIDIA), began in 2015. Taking 5 years to complete, it consists mainly of the music from Michel Legrand arranged by Makoto Kuriya and featuring bassist Osamu Koichi and drummer Masahiko Osaka. Two bonus tracks on the album feature duets with Benjamin Legrand, the son of Michel Legrand. During this same period, she started her own independent label, MIMEDIA, to further excel in her newfound art and has produced several original promotion videos. Even with the loss of many intimate friends to cancer over the past 4 years, Mimei has gotten to the point where she can now move around and use her hands, debuting as a painter and resuming her career as an author. As a lasting tribute to her friends, "Moulin Rouge" is a monumental work of the soul.

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