Maurice Jarre

Personal Info

Know For

Sound

Gender

Male

Birthday

1924-09-13 (85 years old)

Deathday

2009-03-29

Place of Birth

Lyon, Rhône, France

Maurice Jarre

Biography

Maurice-Alexis Jarre (13 September 1924 – 28 March 2009) was a French composer and conductor. Although he composed several concert works, Jarre is best known for his film scores, particularly for his collaborations with film director David Lean. Jarre composed the scores to all of Lean's films from Lawrence of Arabia (1962) on. Notable scores for other directors include The Train (1964), Mohammad, Messenger of God (1976), Lion of the Desert (1981), Witness (1985), Fatal Attraction (1987) and Ghost (1990). Jarre was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Three of his compositions spent a total of 42 weeks on the UK singles chart; the b...

Production

1989

Dead Poets Society

as Original Music Composer

1990

Ghost

as Original Music Composer

1975

The Man Who Would Be King

as Original Music Composer

1975

The Silence

as Original Music Composer

1990

Jacob's Ladder

as Original Music Composer

1979

The Tin Drum

as Original Music Composer

1969

Topaz

as Original Music Composer

1993

Mr. Jones

as Original Music Composer

1982

Firefox

as Original Music Composer

1987

No Way Out

as Original Music Composer

1965

Doctor Zhivago

as Original Music Composer

1962

Lawrence of Arabia

as Original Music Composer

1993

Fearless

as Original Music Composer

1988

Gorillas in the Mist

as Original Music Composer

1974

Great Expectations

as Original Music Composer

1992

Solar Crisis

as Original Music Composer

1989

Chances Are

as Original Music Composer

1966

Is Paris Burning?

as Original Music Composer

1964

The Train

as Original Music Composer

1981

Taps

as Original Music Composer

1987

Fatal Attraction

as Original Music Composer

1968

5 Card Stud

as Original Music Composer

1986

The Mosquito Coast

as Original Music Composer

1980

The American Success Company

as Original Music Composer

1982

The Year of Living Dangerously

as Original Music Composer

1966

The Professionals

as Original Music Composer

1973

1971

Red Sun

as Original Music Composer

1960

Eyes Without a Face

as Original Music Composer

1985

Witness

as Original Music Composer

1962

The Longest Day

as Original Music Composer

1984

Top Secret!

as Original Music Composer

1985

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

as Original Music Composer

1977

March or Die

as Original Music Composer

1966

Gambit

as Conductor

1990

After Dark, My Sweet

as Original Music Composer

1995

A Walk in the Clouds

as Original Music Composer

1966

Gambit

as Original Music Composer

1967

The Night of the Generals

as Original Music Composer

1965

The Collector

as Original Music Composer

1972

Pope Joan

as Original Music Composer

1968

Villa Rides

as Original Music Composer

1978

The Users

as Music

1962

Bird of Paradise

as Original Music Composer

1956

1970

El Condor

as Original Music Composer

1961

Famous Love Affairs

as Original Music Composer

1977

Lorenzaccio

as Music

1969

The Damned

as Conductor

1974

The Island at the Top of the World

as Original Music Composer

1958

Provincial Chronicle

as Original Music Composer

1991

Fires Within

as Original Music Composer

1988

Wildfire

as Original Music Composer

1976

Shout at the Devil

as Original Music Composer

1961

The President

as Original Music Composer

1971

1961

1961

1989

Enemies, a Love Story

as Original Music Composer

1984

Dreamscape

as Original Music Composer

1963

Spain

as Music

1963

Judex

as Original Music Composer

1970

The Only Game in Town

as Original Music Composer

1982

Young Doctors in Love

as Original Music Composer

1979

The Magician of Lublin

as Original Music Composer

1988

Distant Thunder

as Original Music Composer

1974

Life Size

as Original Music Composer

1992

The Setting Sun

as Original Music Composer

1961

Three Faces of Sin

as Music Director

1997

Day and Night

as Original Music Composer

1962

Therese

as Original Music Composer

1964

Weekend at Dunkirk

as Original Music Composer

1992

School Ties

as Original Music Composer

1999

Sunshine

as Original Music Composer

1987

Gaby: A True Story

as Original Music Composer

1987

Tokyo Blackout

as Original Music Composer

1985

Enemy Mine

as Original Music Composer

1983

For Those I Loved

as Original Music Composer

1981

Circle of Deceit

as Original Music Composer

1980

The Black Marble

as Original Music Composer

1989

Prancer

as Original Music Composer

1989

Prancer

as Conductor

1958

Le Bel Indifférent

as Original Music Composer

1963

To Die in Madrid

as Original Music Composer

1978

Like a Turtle on Its Back

as Original Music Composer

1975

Posse

as Original Music Composer

1968

5 Card Stud

as Songs

1968

Isadora

as Conductor

2001

Uprising

as Original Music Composer

1959

Beast at Bay

as Music

1975

Mandingo

as Conductor

1982

Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder

as Original Music Composer

1959

The Chasers

as Music

1956

Le Théâtre National Populaire

as Original Music Composer

1976

The Last Tycoon

as Original Music Composer

1969

The Damned

as Original Music Composer

1990

Ghost

as Orchestrator

1996

The Sunchaser

as Original Music Composer

1988

Julia and Julia

as Original Music Composer

1986

Apology

as Original Music Composer

1984

A Passage to India

as Original Music Composer

1984

A Passage to India

as Conductor

1979

Winter Kills

as Original Music Composer

1976

The Message

as Original Music Composer

1973

The MacKintosh Man

as Original Music Composer

1973

The MacKintosh Man

as Conductor

1970

Ryan's Daughter

as Original Music Composer

1970

Ryan's Daughter

as Conductor

1992

Shadow of the Wolf

as Original Music Composer

1964

Behold a Pale Horse

as Original Music Composer

1985

1975

Posse

as Conductor

1981

Lion of the Desert

as Original Music Composer

1959

Stars at Noon

as Original Music Composer

1985

The Bride

as Conductor

1984

1980

Resurrection

as Original Music Composer

1975

Mandingo

as Original Music Composer

1960

1961

Spotlight on a Murderer

as Original Music Composer

1972

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

as Original Music Composer

1986

Solarbabies

as Original Music Composer

1982

Coming Out of the Ice

as Original Music Composer

1956

All the World's Memory

as Original Music Composer

1959

You Have Nothing to Declare?

as Original Music Composer

1968

Isadora

as Original Music Composer

1959

Head Against the Wall

as Original Music Composer

1959

The Chasers

as Conductor

1985

The Bride

as Original Music Composer

1962

The Olive Trees of Justice

as Original Music Composer

1991

Only the Lonely

as Original Music Composer

1984

Top Secret!

as Conductor

1986

Tai-Pan

as Original Music Composer

1968

The Fixer

as Original Music Composer

1990

Almost an Angel

as Original Music Composer

1966

Grand Prix

as Original Music Composer

1971

Plaza Suite

as Original Music Composer

1969

Topaz

as Conductor

1986

Tai-Pan

as Conductor

1963

A King Without Distraction

as Original Music Composer

1977

The Prince and the Pauper

as Original Music Composer

1975

Mr. Sycamore

as Music

1965

Doctor Zhivago

as Conductor

1988

Moon Over Parador

as Original Music Composer

2013

La Scala Ballet: Notre-Dame de Paris

as Original Music Composer

1962

Sundays and Cybele

as Original Music Composer

1996

The Sunchaser

as Conductor

1976

The Message

as Original Music Composer

1960

The Itchy Palm

as Original Music Composer

1960

Lovers on a Tightrope

as Original Music Composer

1963

Cast the Same Shadow

as Original Music Composer

1964

Death, Where Is Your Victory?

as Original Music Composer

1978

Two Solitudes

as Original Music Composer

1980

The Last Flight of Noah's Ark

as Original Music Composer

1983

Vendredi ou la vie sauvage

as Original Music Composer

1986

Le palanquin des larmes

as Original Music Composer

1984

Samson and Delilah

as Original Music Composer

1962

Sun in Your Eyes

as Original Music Composer

1959

Beast at Bay

as Original Music Composer

1960

1978

Ishi: The Last of His Tribe

as Original Music Composer

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