Maurice Alexis Jarre was born on September 13, 1924 in Lyons, France. Although he composed several concert works he'll always be remembered as a composer for film scores. He worked quite often with David Lean for which he composed scores for “Lawrence of Arabia” (1962), “Doctor Zhivago” (1965), “A Passage to India” (1984) for which he won Academy Awards. His biggest single record was “Somewhere My Love” which was recorded by Michael Sammes Singers which reached number 14 in 1966. Jarre composed three European western scores, “Villa Rides” (1968), “El Condor” (1970) and “Red Sun” (1971). Jarre was married to actresses Dani Saval from 1965-1967 and Laura Devon (1967-1984. He is the father of composer Jean Michel Jarre and screenwriter Kevin Jarre. Maurice died on March 29th of this year in Los Angeles, California. Today we remember Maurice Jarre on what would have been his 85th birthday.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Remembering Maurice Jarre
Maurice Alexis Jarre was born on September 13, 1924 in Lyons, France. Although he composed several concert works he'll always be remembered as a composer for film scores. He worked quite often with David Lean for which he composed scores for “Lawrence of Arabia” (1962), “Doctor Zhivago” (1965), “A Passage to India” (1984) for which he won Academy Awards. His biggest single record was “Somewhere My Love” which was recorded by Michael Sammes Singers which reached number 14 in 1966. Jarre composed three European western scores, “Villa Rides” (1968), “El Condor” (1970) and “Red Sun” (1971). Jarre was married to actresses Dani Saval from 1965-1967 and Laura Devon (1967-1984. He is the father of composer Jean Michel Jarre and screenwriter Kevin Jarre. Maurice died on March 29th of this year in Los Angeles, California. Today we remember Maurice Jarre on what would have been his 85th birthday.
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