death_date death_place birth_place name birth_date background yearsactive birthname image article_title birth_name occupation spouses
28 march 2009 malibu , california , united states lyon , france maurice jarre 13 september 1924 non_performing_personnel 1958 -- 2001 maurice-alexis jarre maurice jarre.jpg maurice jarre
 maurice-alexis jarre composer , conductor francette -lrb- 1965 -- 1967 -rrb- laura devon -lrb- 1967 -- pejot 1984 -rrb- fong f. khong -lrb- 1984 -- 2009 ; -lrb- his death -rrb- in the 1940s -rrb- dany saval
maurice jarre

maurice-alexis jarre -lrb- 13 september 192428 march 2009 -rrb- was a french composer and conductor , `` one of the giants of 20th century film music '' who was `` among the most sought-after composers in the movie industry '' and `` a creator of both subtle underscoring and grand , sweeping themes , not only writing for conventional orchestras ... but also experimenting with electronic sounds later in his career . ''
although he composed several concert works , jarre is best known for his film scores , particularly for his collaborations with film director david lean .
jarre composed the scores to all of lean 's films from `` lawrence of arabia '' -lrb- 1962 -rrb- on .
notable scores for other directors include `` the train '' -lrb- 1964 -rrb- , `` mohammad , messenger of god '' -lrb- 1976 -rrb- , `` lion of the desert '' -lrb- 1981 -rrb- , `` witness '' -lrb- 1985 -rrb- and `` ghost '' -lrb- 1990 -rrb- .
jarre was awarded a star on the hollywood walk of fame .
three of his compositions spent a total of 42 weeks on the uk singles chart ; the biggest hit was `` somewhere my love '' -lrb- to his tune `` lara 's theme '' , with lyrics by paul francis webster -rrb- by the mike sammes singers , which reached number 14 in 1966 and spent 38 weeks on the chart .
jarre was nominated for nine academy awards , winning three in the best original score category for `` lawrence of arabia '' -lrb- 1962 -rrb- , `` doctor zhivago '' -lrb- 1965 -rrb- , and `` a passage to india '' -lrb- 1984 -rrb- , all of which were directed by david lean .
he also won four golden globes , two bafta awards , and a grammy award .
