Last Sunday, March 29, one of the great figures of cinema, the musician composer Maurice Jarre, passed away.. At 84 years old,complained about cancer who had been ill for a while, the French-American artist said goodbye, from his home in Los Angeles.
Jar achieved glory composing the soundtracks of huge Hollywood filmmakers, and his work was recognized on numerous occasions, including three Oscars, becoming the first composer to achieve such an achievement, in addition to his four Golden Globes and an honorary Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.
The Academy Awards were received for Lawrence of Arabia, in 1962; repeating for Doctor Zhivago; and in 1984 by Passage to India.
Maurice jarre He was born in Lyon, France, on September 13, 1924. Already in his adolescence he became interested in the world of music and at the age of 16 he began his musical studies. His link with the cinema would not come until 1952, year in which he made the music for the short film «Hotel des Invalides«. Then work with filmmakers such as John Frankenheimer, Alfred Hitchcock, John Huston, and Luchino Visconti.
Among the best known films that have his contribution, are: "Is Paris Burning?" (1966), "The poker of death" (1968), "Muhammad the messenger of God" (1977), "Jesus of Nazareth" (1976), "The tin drum" (1978), "Sole witness" ( 1985) "Gorillas in the mist" (1988), "The club of dead poets" (1989), "Ghost" (1990) and "Doctor Zhivago".