In the early sixties Michel Magne has already made a name due to his experimental compositions, his collaborations with Françoise Sagan and his musical adaptations of Jacques Prévert, Charles Péguy and Bernard Dimey. Later he focused on more popular cinema soundtracks. Starting with Henri Verneuil for the movie 'Un Singe En Hiver' (A Monkey In Winter), which featured Jean Gabin and Jean-Paul Belmondo. A soundtrack which includes dialogues by Michel Audiard from the book by Antoine Blondin.