Maurice-Alexis Jarre (; 13 September 1924 – 28 March 2009) was a French composer and conductor. He composed the movie scores for Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and Dr. Zhivago. He also worked on The Train (1964), Mohammad, Messenger of God (1976), Lion of the Desert (1981), Witness (1985), Fatal Attraction (1987), and Ghost (1990).

Jarre won three Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, and a Grammy Award.

Maurice Jarre

Influences

Jarre stated composers like Arthur Honegger, Franz Waxman, Miklós Róza, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Richard Wagner, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Max Steiner, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Richard Strauss as influences.

Maurice Jarre

References

1924 births

2009 deaths

Cancer deaths in Los Angeles

French conductors

Movie score composers

Musicians from Lyon

Academy Award winning composers

Golden Globe Award winning composers

BAFTA Award winners

Grammy Award winners

20th-century French composers

21st-century French composers

Maurice Jarre