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Maurice-Alexis Jarre (French pronunciation: [mɔʁis alɛksi ʒaʁ]; 13 September 1924 – 28 March 2009) was a French composer and conductor. Jarre is best known for his film scores , particularly for his collaborations with film director David Lean composing all of his films from 1962 to 1984.
During the eighties, he incorporated synthetic sounds in his music, writing his first entirely electronic score for The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) . His son Jean-Michel Jarre is a well-known popular musician. Born September 13, 1924. Died March 29, 2009 (84) Add to list. Won 3 Oscars.
Some of the best film music from french composer Maurice Jarre.
Maurice Jarre. Composer: Lawrence of Arabia. Unlike many musicians who started to learn music while still in their childhood, Maurice Jarre was already late in his teens when he discovered music and decided to make a career in that field. Against his father's will, he enrolled at Conservatoire de Paris where he studied percussions, composition and harmonies. He also met and studied under Joseph Martenot, inventor of the Martenot Waves,...
Maurice Jarre, who won three Oscars – all for films by David Lean – was one of the last of the “silver-age” film composers, perhaps best known for scoring large-scale films but equally at ...
Maurice-Alexis Jarre (French: ; 13 September 1924 – 28 March 2009) was a French composer and conductor. He composed the movie scores for Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and Dr. Zhivago . He also worked on The Train (1964), Mohammad, Messenger of God (1976), Lion of the Desert (1981), Witness (1985), Fatal Attraction (1987), and Ghost (1990).
Dec 15, 2014 · French composer Maurice Jarre was best-known for his sweeping musical canvases for the epic films of director David Lean, including LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962), DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965) and A PASSAGE TO INDIA (1984), all of which won Academy Awards for the composer.
