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Um… Michael Arlidge, who asked for the confirmation, is Australian, posting from Brisbane. I do find it odd that anybody would be so cynical about reports that an 84-year-old has died. I don't give a stuff what you think.
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Better late than never, I guess: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7971223.stm I think I'll listen to "Sunshine" (my favourite Jarre score) first, and then if that doesn't leave me in a state I'll move on to the other scores of his that I have in my collection. And tonight I'll watch his 'Tribute to David Lean' concert DVD.
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I'm not on your ignore list by any chance, Niall?
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This is so tacky and depressing that an obituary to a beloved composer should so be cheapened by infantile bickering and crass one-upmanship about nothing at all. This is the man who gave us 'Lawrence of Arabia' and for that one score alone, let alone all the others, he's earned his way. This is very sad. (And the first idiotic nerd who quips that he was in his '80s as though that somehow mollifies something can just think first before they vomit.) His style was always distinctively French, and he was unique. When he used his beloved percussion, he could still be unique, and that's a talent. When he described Paris under the Nazis, as he did in several films, he was pure genius. What a loss. I wasn't expecting this, even though he appeared in that wheelchair. He won't really get to hear the new definitive Tadlow of 'Lawrence' when it emerges. The grim reaper seems particularly callous of late.
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I was thinking just today about my favorite score from Maurice Jarre, "The Collector". Rest in peace!
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