Sad news sent my way via George Mattson"Jean-Michel’s dad died yesterday.
He had quite a composing career winning Academy awards for his scores from Lawrence of Arabia, Dr. Zhivago and Ryan’s Daughter.
He also composed his first electronic score for “The year of Living Dangerously.
RIP Maurice. My condolences to Jean-Michel."
Condolences indeed. Such a great loss.
Maurice Jarre on Wikipedia
Maurice Jarre on IMDB
Jean Michel Jarre on Wikipedia
A couple of videos in his memory:
Maurice Jarre - Lawrence Of Arabia
YouTube via freeasabirdd
"Maurice Jarre conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on "Lawrence Of Arabia" - A musical tribute to Sir David Lean, 1992"
Maurice Jarre - Doctor Zhivago
"Maurice Jarre conducts in tribute of David Lean, 1992. (Sound track of DOCTOR ZHIVAGO writen and conducted by Maurice Jarre,1965)"
The Year of Living Dangerously was one of the first electronic compositions that got me interested in electronic music. The Mosquito Coast soundtrack was beautiful, too. It's a sad loss.
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