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Maurice Jarre, composer of “Dr Zhivago” dies
Maurice Jarre, Oscar-winning composer of music for films including “Doctor Zhivago” and “Lawrence of Arabia”, died in Los Angeles aged 84.
The death of Jarre, who won a third Oscar for his score for “A Passage to India”, was announced by the manager of his son, electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre.
The elder Jarre wrote the music for more than 150 films by great directors including John Frankenheimer, Alfred Hitchcock, John Huston and Luchino Visconti.
In 1952 he wrote his first score, for the short “Hotel des Invalides,” at the request of director Georges Franju.
Maurice Jarre, who settled in the United States in the mid-1960s, also wrote symphonic music and music for theatre, ballet and television, including the 1970s mini-series Jesus of Nazareth.
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