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Maurice Jarre
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Maurice Jarre was born in 1924 in Lyon and studied at the Paris conservatoire, with percussion as his main subject. For years he worked for Jean Vilar's theatre. After French films such as Les yeux sans visage (1960), the director David Lean asked him for Lawrence of Arabia (1962). Jarre wrote a grand, broad theme and used unusual colours such as the ondes Martenot, an early electronic instrument. It earned him an Oscar, as did Doctor Zhivago (1965), in which Lara's theme became world famous with balalaikas. In the 1980s he switched to synthesizers, as in Witness (1985). He won three Oscars, all three for films by Lean.
Listening
Listening tip. Notice the broad main theme with its great leaps, and hear how percussion and unusual instruments colour the desert or the Russian steppe.
Overture · Maurice Jarre, 1962
Main Title · Maurice Jarre, 1965
Building the Barn · Maurice Jarre, 1985
Discography
Studio albums
- 1962Lawrence of Arabia (soundtrack)
- 1965Doctor Zhivago (soundtrack)
- 1965The Collector (soundtrack)
- 1966Grand Prix (The Original Sound Track Album) (soundtrack)
- 1966Is Paris Burning? (soundtrack)
- 1966The Professionals (soundtrack)
- 1968The Loves of Isadora (soundtrack)
- 1970Ryan's Daughter (soundtrack)
- 1971Sole Rosso (soundtrack)
- 1974The Island at the Top of the World (soundtrack)
- 1975The Man Who Would Be King (soundtrack)
- 1976Parole d'homme (soundtrack)
- 1977Jesus of Nazareth (soundtrack)
- 1978Crossed Swords (soundtrack)
- 1984Top Secret! (soundtrack)
- 1985A Passage to India (soundtrack)
- 1985Enemy Mine (soundtrack)
- 1985The Bride (soundtrack)
- 1985Witness (soundtrack)
- 1986Apology (soundtrack)
- 1986Tai-Pan (soundtrack)
- 1986The Mosquito Coast (soundtrack)
- 1987Fatal Attraction (soundtrack)
- 1987No Way Out (soundtrack)
- 1988Gorillas in the Mist (soundtrack)
- 1989Lawrence of Arabia
- 1990After Dark, My Sweet (soundtrack)
- 1990Almost an Angel (soundtrack)
- 1990Ghost: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 1990Jacob's Ladder (soundtrack)
- 1990The Night of the Generals (soundtrack)
- 1990The Year of Living Dangerously (soundtrack)
- 1991Only the Lonely (soundtrack)
- 1992Dreamscape (soundtrack)
- 1992School Ties (soundtrack)
- 1993La caduta degli Dei (soundtrack)
- 1993Shadow of the Wolf: Music From the Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 1997Gaby: A True Story (soundtrack)
- 1997Le Jour et la Nuit (soundtrack)
- 1999A Walk in the Clouds (soundtrack)
- 1999Sunshine (soundtrack)
- 2000I Dreamed of Africa (soundtrack)
- 2001Uprising (soundtrack)
- 2006The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (soundtrack)
- 2007H.M.S. Defiant / Behold a Pale Horse (soundtrack)
- 2008Fires Within (soundtrack)
- 2008Grand Prix (soundtrack)
- 2008Shōgun (soundtrack)
- 2008Soleil rouge (soundtrack)
- 2008The Big Gamble / Treasure of the Golden Condor (soundtrack)
- 2009Pope Joan (soundtrack)
- 2010Lion In The Desert/The Message (soundtrack)
- 2010Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (soundtrack)
- 2010Shout at the Devil (soundtrack)
- 2010Taps (soundtrack)
- 2010首都消失 (Shuto shôshitsu) (soundtrack)
- 2011Lion of the Desert (soundtrack)
- 2011The Message (soundtrack)
- 2012Posse / The Last Tycoon (soundtrack)
- 2012The Last Flight of Noah's Ark (soundtrack)
- 2012The Longest Day (soundtrack)
- 2012Topaz (soundtrack)
- 2013Au nom de tous les miens (soundtrack)
- 2013Die Fälschung (soundtrack)
- 2013Prancer (soundtrack)
- 2013Taps / The Only Game in Town (soundtrack)
- 2013Vendredi ou la vie sauvage (soundtrack)
- 2014Distant Thunder (soundtrack)
- 2014Mandingo / Plaza Suite (soundtrack)
- 2014Solar Crisis (soundtrack)
- 2015Enola Gay (soundtrack)
- 2015Una stagione all'inferno (soundtrack)
- 2016Behold a Pale Horse (soundtrack)
- 2016The Setting Sun (soundtrack)
- 2020The Collector (soundtrack)
- 2024Resurrection (soundtrack)
Other work
- 1960Les yeux sans visage
- 1989Dead Poets Society
In School of Rock
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- Film Music MapNL Map
- The Dream Factory: Film Reel 2NL Reader
Mentioned in other articles
- Historical epic and sword-and-sandal film Genre
In Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Maurice Jarre used an ondes Martenot and a great deal of percussion to evoke the desert.