A hugely prolific composer best known for his multiple collaborations with director David Lean, Maurice Jarre is one of the most well-respected personalities in the film industry. A student of the Paris Conservatoire, Jarre, who was born in Lyons on September 13, 1924, was the musical director at Paris' Theatre National Populaire in the early 1950s, when he became intrigued with film work. His first movie assignment was the Georges Franju-directed short subject, Hotel des Invalides (1952). Here, as in future projects, Jarre preferred to avoid the obvious in his scores, opting for muted and romantic effects where other film musicians might rely upon bombast. He gained worldwide prominence and three Oscars, for his collaborations with director Lean on Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Doctor Zhivago (1965), and A Passage to India (1984). The composer's Zhivago leitmotif "Lara's Theme" became a best-selling single, though it caused a brief rift with Lean, who disapproved of hit songs that detracted from the films themselves. Jarre has also scored the films of directors as diverse as Alfred Hitchcock (Topaz, 1969), John Huston (The Man Who Would Be King, 1975), Peter Weir (The Year of Living Dangerously, 1982, Witness, 1985) and even satirist Jerry Zucker (Top Secret!, 1984). When Zucker decided to forego parody for romantic fantasy in 1990's Ghost, he engaged Jarre for the score -- and the composer had yet another hit (with the help of Alex North's "Unchained Melody"). Jarre is the father of Jean-Michel Jarre, a popular composer in his own right.
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Uprising
Composer (Music Score) |
2001 | |||
I Dreamed of Africa
Composer (Music Score) |
2000 | |||
New York, Episode 2: 1825-1865 - Order and Disorder
Composer (Music Score) |
1999 | |||
New York, Episode 3: 1865-1898 - Sunshine and Shadow
Composer (Music Score) |
1999 | |||
New York, Episode 4: 1898-1918 - The Power and the People
Composer (Music Score) |
1999 | |||
New York, Episode 5: 1919-1931 - Cosmopolis
Composer (Music Score) |
1999 | |||
Sunshine
Composer (Music Score), Conductor |
1999 | |||
Le Jour et la Nuit
Composer (Music Score) |
1997 | |||
Notre-Dame de Paris
Composer (Music Score) |
1996 | |||
The Sunchaser
Composer (Music Score) |
1996 | |||
A Hundred and One Nights
Composer (Music Score) |
1995 | |||
A Walk in the Clouds
Composer (Music Score) |
1995 | |||
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Fearless
Composer (Music Score) |
1993 | |||
Mr. Jones
Composer (Music Score) |
1993 | |||
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Lean by Jarre
Actor |
1992 | |||
School Ties
Composer (Music Score) |
1992 | |||
Shadow of the Wolf
Composer (Music Score) |
1992 | |||
The Setting Sun
Composer (Music Score) |
1992 | |||
Fires Within
Composer (Music Score) |
1991 | |||
Only the Lonely
Composer (Music Score) |
1991 | |||
After Dark, My Sweet
Composer (Music Score) |
1990 | |||
Almost an Angel
Composer (Music Score) |
1990 | |||
Ghost
Composer (Music Score) |
1990 | |||
Jacob's Ladder
Composer (Music Score) |
1990 | |||
Solar Crisis
Composer (Music Score) |
1990 | |||
Chances Are
Composer (Music Score) |
1989 | |||
Dead Poets Society
Composer (Music Score) |
1989 | |||
Enemies: A Love Story
Composer (Music Score) |
1989 | |||
Prancer
Composer (Music Score), Musical Direction/Supervision |
1989 | |||
Buster
Songwriter |
1988 | |||
Distant Thunder
Composer (Music Score) |
1988 | |||
Gorillas in the Mist
Composer (Music Score) |
1988 | |||
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La Palanquin Des Larmes
Composer (Music Score) |
1988 | |||
Moon Over Parador
Composer (Music Score) |
1988 | |||
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Wildfire
Composer (Music Score) |
1988 | |||
Fatal Attraction
Composer (Music Score) |
1987 | |||
Gaby: A True Story
Composer (Music Score) |
1987 | |||
Julia and Julia
Composer (Music Score) |
1987 | |||
No Way Out
Composer (Music Score) |
1987 | |||
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Shuto Shoshitsu
Composer (Music Score) |
1987 | |||
The Murder of Mary Phagan
Composer (Music Score) |
1987 | |||
Apology
Composer (Music Score) |
1986 | |||
Solarbabies
Composer (Music Score) |
1986 | |||
Tai-Pan
Composer (Music Score), Musical Direction/Supervision |
1986 | |||
The Mosquito Coast
Composer (Music Score) |
1986 | |||
Enemy Mine
Composer (Music Score) |
1985 | |||
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
Composer (Music Score) |
1985 | |||
The Bride
Composer (Music Score) |
1985 | |||
Witness
Composer (Music Score) |
1985 | |||
A Passage to India
Composer (Music Score) |
1984 | |||
Dreamscape
Composer (Music Score) |
1984 | |||
Samson and Delilah
Composer (Music Score) |
1984 | |||
Top Secret!
Composer (Music Score) |
1984 | |||
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Au Nom de Tous les Miens
Composer (Music Score) |
1983 | |||
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The Sky's No Limit
Composer (Music Score) |
1983 | |||
Coming Out of the Ice
Composer (Music Score) |
1982 | |||
Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder
Composer (Music Score) |
1982 | |||
Firefox
Composer (Music Score), Conductor |
1982 | |||
The Year of Living Dangerously
Composer (Music Score) |
1982 | |||
Young Doctors in Love
Composer (Music Score) |
1982 | |||
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
Composer (Music Score) |
1981 | |||
Circle of Deceit
Composer (Music Score) |
1981 | |||
Lion of the Desert
Composer (Music Score) |
1981 | |||
Taps
Composer (Music Score) |
1981 | |||
Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb
Composer (Music Score) |
1980 | |||
Resurrection
Composer (Music Score) |
1980 | |||
Shogun
Composer (Music Score) |
1980 | |||
The Last Flight of Noah's Ark
Composer (Music Score) |
1980 | |||
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The American Success Company
Composer (Music Score) |
1979 | |||
The Black Marble
Composer (Music Score) |
1979 | |||
The Magician of Lublin
Composer (Music Score) |
1979 | |||
The Tin Drum
Composer (Music Score) |
1979 | |||
Winter Kills
Composer (Music Score) |
1979 | |||
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Ishi: The Last of His Tribe
Composer (Music Score) |
1978 | |||
The Users
Composer (Music Score) |
1978 | |||
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Two Solitudes
Composer (Music Score) |
1978 | |||
Jesus of Nazareth
Composer (Music Score) |
1977 | |||
March or Die
Composer (Music Score), Conductor, Musical Direction/Supervision |
1977 | |||
The Prince and the Pauper
Composer (Music Score) |
1977 | |||
Shout at the Devil
Composer (Music Score) |
1976 | |||
The Last Tycoon
Composer (Music Score) |
1976 | |||
The Message
Composer (Music Score), Musical Direction/Supervision |
1976 | |||
Mandingo
Composer (Music Score) |
1975 | |||
Posse
Composer (Music Score) |
1975 | |||
The Man Who Would Be King
Composer (Music Score) |
1975 | |||
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The Silence
Composer (Music Score) |
1975 | |||
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Grandeur Nature
Composer (Music Score) |
1974 | |||
Great Expectations
Composer (Music Score) |
1974 | |||
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Mr. Sycamore
Composer (Music Score) |
1974 | |||
The Island at the Top of the World
Composer (Music Score) |
1974 | |||
Ash Wednesday
Composer (Music Score) |
1973 | |||
The House That Cried Murder
Composer (Music Score), Musical Direction/Supervision |
1973 | |||
The Mackintosh Man
Composer (Music Score) |
1973 | |||
Pope Joan
Composer (Music Score), Conductor, Musical Direction/Supervision |
1972 | |||
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
Composer (Music Score) |
1972 | |||
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
Composer (Music Score), Musical Direction/Supervision |
1972 | |||
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A Season In Hell
Composer (Music Score) |
1971 | |||
Plaza Suite
Composer (Music Score), Musical Direction/Supervision |
1971 | |||
Red Sun
Composer (Music Score), Musical Direction/Supervision |
1971 | |||
El Condor
Composer (Music Score) |
1970 | |||
Ryan's Daughter
Composer (Music Score), Musical Direction/Supervision, Songwriter |
1970 | |||
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The Only Game in Town
Composer (Music Score), Musical Direction/Supervision |
1970 | |||
The Damned
Composer (Music Score) |
1969 | |||
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The Extraordinary Seaman
Composer (Music Score) |
1969 | |||
Topaz
Composer (Music Score), Musical Direction/Supervision |
1969 | |||
Five Card Stud
Composer (Music Score) |
1968 | |||
Isadora
Composer (Music Score) |
1968 | |||
The Fixer
Composer (Music Score) |
1968 | |||
Villa Rides
Composer (Music Score), Musical Direction/Supervision |
1968 | |||
The Night of the Generals
Composer (Music Score), Musical Direction/Supervision |
1967 | |||
Gambit
Composer (Music Score) |
1966 | |||
Grand Prix
Composer (Music Score), Musical Direction/Supervision |
1966 | |||
Is Paris Burning?
Composer (Music Score) |
1966 | |||
The Professionals
Composer (Music Score), Musical Direction/Supervision |
1966 | |||
Doctor Zhivago
Composer (Music Score) |
1965 | |||
The Collector
Composer (Music Score) |
1965 | |||
The Train
Composer (Music Score), Musical Direction/Supervision |
1965 | |||
Behold a Pale Horse
Composer (Music Score) |
1964 | |||
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Weekend à Zuydcoote
Composer (Music Score), Musical Direction/Supervision |
1964 | |||
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Judex
Composer (Music Score) |
1963 | |||
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Les Animaux
Actor |
1963 | |||
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To Die in Madrid
Composer (Music Score) |
1963 | |||
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Your Shadow Is Mine
Composer (Music Score), Musical Direction/Supervision |
1963 | |||
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L'Oiseau de Paradis
Composer (Music Score) |
1962 | |||
Lawrence of Arabia
Composer (Music Score) |
1962 | |||
Les Dimanches de Ville d'Avray
Composer (Music Score) |
1962 | |||
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Les Oliviers De La Justice
Composer (Music Score) |
1962 | |||
Lovers on a Tightrope
Composer (Music Score) |
1962 | |||
The Longest Day
Composer (Music Score) |
1962 | |||
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Thérèse Desqueyroux
Composer (Music Score) |
1962 | |||
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Le President
Composer (Music Score) |
1961 | |||
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The Big Gamble
Composer (Music Score) |
1961 | |||
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Trois Vérités
Composer (Music Score) |
1961 | |||
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Crack in the Mirror
Composer (Music Score) |
1960 | |||
Eyes Without a Face
Composer (Music Score) |
1960 | |||
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La Tête Contre les Murs
Composer (Music Score) |
1958 | |||
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Generation du desert
Composer (Music Score) |
1957 | |||
Maurice Jarre: A Tribute to David Lean
Performance, Producer |
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