JARRE, MAURICE

Maurice Jarre , the film composer, was born in Lyons, France. His first important commission was for the score of Lawrence of Arabia, (1962), which began a close collaboration with David Lean , for whom he also scored Doctor Zhivago (1965) and Ryan’s Daughter (1970). His scores were of an epic, lush-sounding nature, enhanced by the use of electronic music, as is evident in The Year of Living Dangerously (1983) and Witness (1985). All the electronic instruments were recorded simultaneously,...