Maurice Jarre

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  DE 4th November 15, 1966 (58 weeks)
  AT 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link November 15, 1966 (48 weeks)

Maurice-Alexis Jarre (born September 13, 1924 in Lyon , † March 29, 2009 in Los Angeles , California ) was a French composer who is mainly known for his film music . He is the father of the musician and record producer Jean Michel Jarre .

He has received numerous awards for his artistic work. Among other things, he received an Honorary Golden Bear at the Berlinale and has received several Oscar and Golden Globe awards.

Act

Jarre wrote the music for a large number of films, including Jesus of Nazareth , Rivals Under the Red Sun , Shogun , Gorillas in the Mist, and The Dead Poets Club . His film music has been nominated for an Oscar several times, which he also won three times: For Lawrence of Arabia (1963), Doctor Zhivago (1966), and Journey to India (1984); all three films were directed by David Lean . In 2009 he received the Honorary Golden Bear at the Berlinale Film Festival in Berlin.

Private life

Jarre has been married four times. From his first marriage to Francette Pejot (in the 1940s, after the Second World War ) comes his son Jean Michel Jarre , who is considered one of the pioneers of electronic music . He divorced his wife a few years after the child was born and had very little contact with the family. He refused a musical collaboration with his son until his death. With the naming of the asteroid (4422) Jarre , however, both were honored together.

In 1965 Maurice Jarre married the French actress Dany Saval . With her he had a daughter, the production designer Stephanie Jarre. The marriage ended in divorce in 1967. In the same year he married the American actress Laura Devon . He adopted their son Kevin Jarre , a screenwriter who later worked on films such as Tombstone and Glory . Devon and Jarre divorced in 1984. In the same year Maurice Jarre went into his fourth marriage to Fong F. Khong.

Maurice Jarre died of cancer in Los Angeles in 2009 at the age of 84.

Filmography

1952

  • The Dome of Invalides (Hôtel des Invalides)

1956

  • All the memory of the world (Sur le pont d'Avignon)
  • La Théâtre National Populaire
  • All the memory of the world (Toute la mémoire du monde)

1957

  • Le Feu aux poudres

1958

  • A scream against walls (La Tête contre les murs)

1959

1960

1961

  • The three truths (Le Puits aux trois vérités)
  • The Big Gamble (The Big Gamble)
  • The midnight killer (Pleins feux sur l'assassin)
  • The President ( Le président )

1962

1963

1964

1965

1966

1968

1969

1970

1971

1972

  • The Effect of Gamma Rays on marigolds (The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds)
  • That was Roy Bean (The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean)
  • Pope Joan (Pope Joan)

1973

1974

  • Mr. Sycamore

1975

1976

1977

1978

  • The Prince and the Beggar (Crossed Swords)

1979

  • The Tin Drum
  • The Magician (The Magician of Lublin)
  • Winter kills

1980

  • Rivets under themselves (The Black Marble)
  • Crash Landing in Paradise (The Last Flight of Noah's Ark)
  • The strong will (Resurrection)

1981

1982

1983

  • Cry for Life (Au Nom De Tous Les Miens)

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1995

1996

1997

  • Le Jour et la Nuit

1999

2000

2001

Awards and nominations

Oscar (Academy Award)

Oscar nominations

Golden Globe

Golden Globe nominations

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT
  2. ↑ Maurice Jarre in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  3. ↑ Awards of the Berlinale 2009 , accessed April 29, 2017
  4. ↑ Oscar-winning movie legend Maurice Jarre dies
  5. ^ European Film Academy: European Film Awards 2005 The Winners
personal data
SURNAME Jarre, Maurice
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jarre, Maurice-Alexis (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French composer
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Lyon
DATE OF DEATH March 29, 2009
Place of death Los Angeles , California