:: Maurice Jarre - September 13th 1924 – March 29th 2009 ::

[Michael]

In french, sorry.

Le célèbre compositeur Maurice Jarre, auteur notamment de très nombreuses musiques de films, est mort dimanche à Los Angeles, à l'âge de 84 ans. Il était le père du musicien Jean-Michel Jarre. On lui doit les bandes musicales de "Lawrence d'Arabie" (1962), "Docteur Jivago" (1965), "La route des Indes" - qui lui ont chacune valu un Oscar - mais aussi de "Paris brule-t-il ?" (1966), "Le cercle des poètes disparus" (1989) ou "Ghost" (1990).

Source : http://www.leparisien.fr/loisirs-et-...009-459055.php

Famous compser Maurice Jarre, composer of very numerous movies soundtracks, died sunday in Los Angeles. He composed musics for "Lauwrence of Arabia" (1962), "Dr Jivago" (1965), "A passage to India" - a won an Oscaf for each one - and "Paris brule-t-il ?" (1966), "Dead poets society" (1989) or "Ghost" (1993).

[Alsygene4]

An excellent musician & composer. May he rest in Peace.

[kevycanavan]

Jean Michel's Father died yesterday.


Another great composer
My thoughts to his family

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[Abi]

Laras theme from Dr Zhivago... that will be my reminder. It was a tune that played in a wind up jewellry box I used to have when I was little... I'd wind it up constantly and play it over and over... I can hear that tune now..
I just wished that I still had that jewellry box so I could play that tune just one more time...

My condolences go to the Jarre family right now. Thinking of them in this, their hour of need.

[kevycanavan]

RIP Maurice
a great composer and father to another

[bruja]

Just read this five minutes ago- felt quite shocking. Another great musician that left too early-
good luck, Maurice, wherever you are now...

I feel with his family,too
Hope,they're not too deep in grief and will start to smile again...

[GlennFolkvord]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp..._t96Sk573Aj8Wg

PARIS (AFP) — Maurice Jarre, Oscar-winning composer of music for films including "Doctor Zhivago" and "Lawrence of Arabia", died overnight Sunday in Los Angeles aged 84.

The death of Jarre, who won a third Oscar for his score for "A Passage to India", was announced to AFP by the manager of his son, electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre.

The elder Jarre wrote the music for more than 150 films by great directors including John Frankenheimer, Alfred Hitchcock, John Huston and Luchino Visconti.

In 1952 he wrote his first score, for the short "Hotel des Invalides," at the request of director Georges Franju.

Maurice Jarre, who settled in the United States in the mid-1860s, also wrote symphonic music and music for theatre and ballet.

[melo]

My condolences for all Jarre's Family.

ps: Unfortunatelly in Brazil, a newspaper online put a wrong EAN MICHE JARRE picture, not Maurice :

http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/i...0u542519.shtml

[Robbie]

RIP Maurice! Condolences for all Jarre's Family!

[Project_Z]

Adieu Maurice...