Composer Maurice Jarre dies
Winner of three Oscars, four Golden Globes and two Baftas, French film composer Maurice Jarre died during the night of Saturday to Sunday in Los Angeles, at the age of 84.
With over 160 films to his name, the Lyon-born composer began his career in France before settling in Hollywood in the 1960s. Nominated nine times for an Oscar between 1963 and 1991, he won the famous statuette for the scores on three features by UK director David Lean: Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago and A Passage to India.
His prolific filmography includes major titles such as Luchino Visconti’s The Damned, Elia Kazan’s The Last Tycoon, Volker Schlöndorff’s The Tin Drum, John Huston’s The Man Who Would Be King, William Wyler’s The Collector, Alfred Hitchcock’s Topaz, Peter Weir’s Witness and Dead Poets Society, Georges Franju’s Eyes Without a Face and Judex, René Clément’s Is Paris Burning?, Henri Verneuil’s Weekend at Dunkirk, Michael Cimino’s The Sunchaser and István Szabó’s Sunshine.
After scooping a European Film Award for Outstanding European Achievement in World Cinema in 2005, Jarre received an Honorary Golden Bear for Lifetime Achievement at the Berlin Film Festival in February 2009.
(Translated from French)
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