FILM COMPOSER MAURICE JARRE DIES
FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A French musicians guild says ACADEMY AWARD winning film composer MAURICE JARRE has died at the age of 84.
MAURICE JARRE is best known for writing the haunting song LARA’S THEME from the film DOCTOR ZHIVAGO.
SACEM head BERNARD MIYET cites MAURICE JARRE’S family Monday as saying the composer died in his CALIFORNIA villa.
He penned dozens of scores for many notable films, including RYAN’S DAUGHTER, GAMBIT, THE LAST TYCOON, THE YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY and ENEMIES: A LOVE STORY.
He won OSCARS for his music for DOCTOR ZHIVAGO, LAWRENCE OF ARABIA and A PASSAGE TO INDIA and was nominated for an additional six ACADEMY AWARDS.
MAURICE JARRE was born in 1924 in LYON, FRANCE and studied music at the CONSERVATOIRE DE PARIS before starting his career composing scores for theatrical productions.
He had lived in the U.S. for decades.
