Morlock 11 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7971223.stm Lawrence of Arabia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Rest In Peace, Maurice Jarre. Lawrence in Arabia will always be remembered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Oh wow! I had no idea he had cancer. He was one of the greatest film composers of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 RIP Mr. Jarre. Top Secret! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Williamsfan301 11 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Oh WOW!!! Very shocking. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 337 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 R.I.P Mr. Jarre. He also did the score for Ghost too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 RIP, Maurice. I will listen to Lawrence of Arabia later today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melange 446 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Wow, this is quite a bomb as I've been a fan of both Father and Son,since 17 or so. On this particular occasion I think his surreal and flowy score for Mosquito Coast will be fitting. In the last few weeks I had managed to get hold of his score he wrote for The Message. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Holy CRAP!RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixie_twinkle 48 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 This is very sad news. He composed some of the most memorable scores since the 50s. I feel for his family. I love the music of his son Jean-Michel Jarre, and wish him well in this difficult time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Brausam 214 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Thanks for all the great music! You'll be missed - and best wishes to Jean-Michel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 I didn't even know he was still alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Williamsfan301 11 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 I didn't even know he was still alive.I hate to admit this, but I didn't either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wycket 36 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 I didn't even know he was still alive.I hate to admit this, but I didn't either.Make that three. Shame, he did do some great work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 I adore Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago is listenable, but I don't remember his work on Ghost; I remember The Righetous Brothers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corellian2019 384 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 RIP Maurice Jarre, and may you and your work shine on forever... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dole 17 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Sad News. RIP Ghost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 337 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 85 years is a long time. Then again my grandparents are in their 90's and my grandfather is strong as ever in terms of health. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 RIP Yet another of the grand old men of film music passes. Lawrence of Arabia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerrygollay 0 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Au revoir Maurice et merci pour ta merveilleuse musique ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Oui, monsieur. Come to think of it, the only score I have heard from Maurice Jarre from is Lawrence of Arabia. But I suppose that is enough..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitch 57 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 One of my favourite film composers was died. I was very sad to hear the news of Maurice's passing and had been listening to SCHOOL TIES, A PASSAGE TO INDIA and TOPAZ yesterday afternoon while preparing dinner. His work will be forever associated with Sir David Lean and for that reason I shall be playing the piece he wrote for Sir David's funeral: "Remembrance". A very, very sad time for film music fans. Hitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neimoidian 14 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 It's a very sad news. Lara's ThemeHats off... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artyjeffrey 20 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 RIPLara's Theme. That's all I'm saying. Lara's Theme. Immortal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnifex 5 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Another great and illustrious composer gone, and no one coming to replace the greatness. Requiescat in pace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKenLittle 6 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 If a composer could write one epic score in their career, like Lawrence of Arabia or Doctor Zhivago, some would say that was enough of a legacy. Maurice Jarre gifted the world with so many, that it seems almost impossible.And now he's gone...RIP Monsieur JarreBKL who will now listen to "Building the Barn" from Witness. (My personal favourite) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,671 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 I've only ever known him for one theme (Lawrence), but what a theme...RIP Maurice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissPadmé 17 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Thank you Mr. Jarre for all of your music:Listening to my favoutire track now: "Building the Barn" from "Witness" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean1700 4 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Very sad news indeed. I mainly knew him because of Witness, Mosquito Coast, The Bride and Ghost and while I couldn't appreciate his music as much as I do others I did have some of his music. I especially enjoyed Witness and found it to be a really great score.It's even more sad to know that we have lost another much loved composer. These last 5 years have seen some the loss of some great names in film music. R.I.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maglorfin 196 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Oh dear. Such sad news. Sit tibi terra levis, dear Mr. Jarre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melange 446 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Lara's Theme. That's all I'm saying. Lara's Theme. Immortal.It may even have been one of the earliest film score melodys I heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neimoidian 14 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 If a composer could write one epic score in their career, like Lawrence of Arabia or Doctor Zhivago, some would say that was enough of a legacy. Maurice Jarre gifted the world with so many, that it seems almost impossible.And now he's gone...RIP Monsieur JarreBKL who will now listen to "Building the Barn" from Witness. (My personal favourite)Thank you Mr. Jarre for all of your music:Listening to my favoutire track now: "Building the Barn" from "Witness"Funny that I read your comments exactly when this track was on...- Chris, who has been listening to his Jarre's collection since morning... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarbas 1 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Rest in peace Mr. Jarre... one of my favourite film composers! End Credits from Ghost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Wow, sad news. Rest in peace. Ghost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 He wasn't spoken of enough around these parts imo, Jarre was most famous for Lawrence of Arabia, but his wonderfully romantic score to Doctor Zhivago was just as memorable. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,174 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 I'm afraid the only score of his I have is Lawrence. And I can only think of two more I've heard in films, both long ago. Zhivago for example I've never heard at all. Isn't there a Gerhardt compilation of Jarre scores?At least 84 is quite an impressive age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Hey, I just realized he was "only" 8 years older than John Williams... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dark Trilogy 39 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Sadly News.R.I.P Maurice Jarre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melange 446 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Another great and illustrious composer gone, and no one coming to replace the greatness.Hmm, I'm not sure. Composers like Maurice Jarre were lucky to pop up in that golden era when film music really began to stand out with memorable themes that people carried away with them from the cinema, and also began being released on LP to play. A lot of it also has to do with length of career and age too, in my opinion. In 30 years time (if humanity makes it, of course) a few of the composers of film music today may be looked back on fondly as rich fine wines I'm sure, and there will be a new generation that will see those now old folks as the last of a dying breed. And there was a lot that Maurice did after the notable epic films that wasn't really taken much notice of when he began using very subtle or fully electronic scores. Goldsmith and Poledouris too, in my opinion. People just tend to really notice it when they die, that's all. Stable door, horse, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Hey, I just realized he was "only" 8 years older than John Williams... Yeah well John Williams doesn't have cancer like Jarre did. Morricone is composing fine well into his 80's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 My condolences.And listening to 'Jacob's Ladder' with one of the best 'haunting' piano melodies even Williams could be proud of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarbas 1 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Hey, I just realized he was "only" 8 years older than John Williams... Yeah well John Williams doesn't have cancer like Jarre did. Morricone is composing fine well into his 80's.I believe that if John Williams was with cancer, it wouldn't be let out. He seems to be a very discreet person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Brigden 7 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Very sad. I have long wished for a release of his score for FIREFOX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Hey, I just realized he was "only" 8 years older than John Williams... Yeah well John Williams doesn't have cancer like Jarre did. Morricone is composing fine well into his 80's.I believe that if John Williams was with cancer, it wouldn't be let out. He seems to be a very discreet person. :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Let's all keep this thread respectful as we pay our condolences toward the loss of Mr. Jarre.Anything else can be discussed via PM or another thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melange 446 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Let's all keep this thread respectful as we pay our condolences toward the loss of Mr. Jarre.Has there been any sign of otherwise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrScratch 294 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Goodbye, Maurice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ST-321 4 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Very sad news. I am listening to Lawrence of Arabia now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,792 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Sad :cool:Rest in peace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSM 126 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 There goes the last Golden Age Hollywood composer.Just a few days a go I thought about it and was happy that he was still among us.RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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