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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.
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- Lyon, Rhône, France
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- Malibu, California, USA
Mar 30, 2009 · The French composer Maurice Jarre, who has died of cancer, aged 84, won three Academy awards for best movie score - Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Dr Zhivago (1965) and A Passage to India (1984) - and ...
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Oscar-winning composer Maurice Jarre, who captured the majesty of the desert in his music for “Lawrence of Arabia” and wrote the haunting “Lara’s Theme” in his score for “Doctor ...
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 ...
- September 13, 1924
- March 29, 2009
Mar 31, 2009 · Maurice Alexis Jarre was born Sept. 13, 1924, in Lyon, France. He came to music relatively late, dropping out of the Sorbonne, where he was studying engineering, and enrolling in the Paris ...
Jun 8, 2018 · Maurice Jarre, who began scoring films during the 1950s, had studied under the composer Arthur Honegger, best known for his programmatic works—a train speeding along a track and a rugby game. Jarre inherited his teacher's appreciation of the evocative and descriptive capacities of music, certainly a useful legacy for enhancing the filmic ...
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