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Post by Allen Wiener on Mar 31, 2009 10:50:20 GMT -5
Maurice Jarre, a legendary, Oscar-winning composer of Hollywood film scores, has passed away. www.nytimes.com/2009/03/31/arts/music/31jarre.html?_r=1&ref=obituariesMost people are aware of the music he composed for blockbusters like Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago, but while researching our book on Alamo music, we found that he also composed music about the famous siege and battle. The following is excerpted from our book, Music of the Alamo: "Disney released the LP Davy Crockett de Walt Disney in France in 1956, a French language adaptation of the Disney series read by Francois Perier with Serge Reggiani in the role of Davy Crockett, Jacques Provins as Georgie Russel, Michel Mery as Norton and Christian Gentil as Jackson. The music was composed by Maurice Jarre, the composer of such film scores as Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago and The Longest Day . It is interesting to hear the story read in French, with a French-speaking Davy, and a French rendition of “The Ballad of Davy Crockett,” sung by Olivier Jeanes. The LP was released in Canada in 1967." AW
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Post by rriddle3 on Mar 31, 2009 13:30:42 GMT -5
The first time I heard of him was when he wrote the title theme to the TV series 'Cimarron Strip' back in '67. That tune still sticks in my memory.
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Post by Paul Sylvain on Mar 31, 2009 18:51:56 GMT -5
This is one of the cases where the name meant nothing to me until I read the article and saw all the classic, epic films that he created music for. Thanks for posting this. --
Paul
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Post by Allen Wiener on Mar 31, 2009 19:21:21 GMT -5
You're welcome, Paul. I also did not have the same degree of name recognition for Jarre that I had for other Hollywood composers of that era (Tiomkin, North, Newman, Bernstein, Goldsmith, Gold, Rozsa, et al), but he was clearly in the same league.
AW
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Post by Rich Curilla on Apr 2, 2009 1:16:54 GMT -5
I have indeed cherished Jarre's music. I have had Zhivago's score since it came out and recently got a DVD with my favorite of all types of "commentary" tracks -- a "music only" track. When I put it on, I can expect to get surprised repeatedly throughout the three plus hours, since I forget that it is on in between music cues and then suddenly: "Dun-da-da, Dun-da-da, Dun-di-dah-dah!"
My other favorite Jarre scores are for The Train, The Professionals, The Man Who Would be King and The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean.
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