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RIP
NP: Crossed Swords (FSM)
M A S T E R P I E C E
I love the whistling theme on the "Crossed Swords" score!
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Maurice Jarre's music has a very special place in my life. He was one of the first I've discovered when I have started with this hobby, listening to film music and collecting it. If you are looking for great scores, look not further:
Enemies: A Love Story (1989)
Moon Over Parador (1988)
Tai-Pan (1986)
Witness (1985)
A Passage to India (1984)
Lion of the Desert (1981)
The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
Ryan's Daughter (1970)
La Caduta degli dei (1969)
The Fixer (1968)
Villa Rides (1968)
The Night of the Generals (1967)
Grand Prix (1966)
The Professionals (1966)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Les Yeux sans visage (1960)
Please, someone release THE FIXER, please! (I know it's apparently a lost case anyway.)
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Farewell Mr Jarre, another great legend of movie music passed away. I will listen to a number of his scores tonight....
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Woke up this morning to read the terrible news of Maurice Jarre's passing here on the message board.
I can clearly recall when the Maestro was the new kid on the block, scoring one big film after another and getting albums produced one after another. Little did I know then that he had a long and distinguished career in France before Lawrence of Arabia and recent releases of his French period have gone a long way in filling in the gaps.
I know his music was not always met with high esteem among critics and music lovers, but he created a large number of indisputable classics, many of them already mentioned above.
Among my favorites, besides the four he did for David Lean, are The Professionals, Is Paris Burning? and The Damned.
May he rest in peace.
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Maurice Jarre was the first composer whose works I started to collect. Tai Pan, Enemy Mine, The Mosquito Coast, Julia & Julia, Witness. I just couldn't get enough of his unique sound. Every time I "risked" buying something new and unknown, I was rewarded with surprisngly accessible music. I'm very sorry to see him leave us.
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Mr. Jarre's music made an indelible impression on me -- some personal favorites are "The Collector" and "Les Yeux sans Visage". Somehow, even in his grandest scores, it was the smaller, psychological moments that always got to me. He had an uncanny knack in those moments for expressing swirling emotional undercurrents -- especially melancholic yearning. There are moments in his scores that make sadness almost a palpable entity.
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Very sad.
Now Playing: maybe not his best but a favourite of mine: WITNESS (Maurice Jarre), and I have a few other discs ready to play in tribute afterwards.
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